spitfirebill wrote: The first Karman Ghia I ever saw I thought was a Porsh ah.
The first ever Porsh ah I had often got mistaken for a Karmann Ghia, so it's understandable. 
spitfirebill wrote: The first Karman Ghia I ever saw I thought was a Porsh ah.
The first ever Porsh ah I had often got mistaken for a Karmann Ghia, so it's understandable.
I've always liked the cars he builds (cosmetically at least), but never much understood the whole cult of personality thing that seems to surround him. I have to imagine its mostly due to the homeless-look clothes, beard, and dreads being "unusual" in a Porsche scene that's generally known for its kind-of-elitist attitude, complete with Porsche-branded windbreakers all over the place at any place where Porsches are (granted that goes for many other marques as well). Plus he has a cool name.
Wonder if people would think he was so cool if he was just a clean-cut dude named "Mike Johnson" who made his fortune designing button-up shirts and khakis sold at Macy's or Lord&Taylor, lol. I suspect then he'd just be some "rich guy with a big Porsche collection" to most of us.
Nonetheless, his cars are good for the enthusiast community, especially to make people think outside the box on the cosmetic appearance (because the world would be boring if it was full of OEM-color, unmodified sports cars). Though his street hooning is certainly not good for the community. If Joe Schmo hoons and crashes his modded-out sportscar, the only people that notice are his friends and a few local cops. When "celebrities" do it (especially with a news reporter riding shotgun), everyone notices and that's how we get crackdowns laws regarding modified cars, etc....
It's kind of like the guy who does a big burnout leaving a cruise night. Those guys are generally not welcomed back the next times.
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