Anyone else notice a decline in the number of stares?
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Anyone else notice a decline in the number of stares?
I counted 63 stares in my first 1000 miles. I stopped counting then, but it seems like a lot less in the last month or so. What gives? Is the public tired of looking at me, or am I just desensitized to it? Have TTs gotten too common? How am I ever going to pick up chicks now 
Even worse, I was following a nice S4 up the toll road this morning and I passed a brand new blue TTQ (still had his 30 day tags on). I gave him a nice smile and wave as I passed and he didn't even look over.
I don't really drive this car for the image, but I did like the attention while I was getting it.
Even worse, I was following a nice S4 up the toll road this morning and I passed a brand new blue TTQ (still had his 30 day tags on). I gave him a nice smile and wave as I passed and he didn't even look over.
I don't really drive this car for the image, but I did like the attention while I was getting it.
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Re: Anyone else notice a decline in the number of stares?
You know, that what I've been thinking lately too.
When I first got my silver TTQ people were craning
the necks to figure out what I was driving. Gassing up was a hoot. I still get the stares but
not as much.
When I first got my silver TTQ people were craning
the necks to figure out what I was driving. Gassing up was a hoot. I still get the stares but
not as much.
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still getting lots of attention, in fact ...
just last weekend, I was parked and waiting while my wife was in a gift shop (I HATE gift shops - and would much rather sit in my TT). Anyway a very attractive young lady walks by and starts waving to get my attention. I look up and she mouths the words, "Your car is soooooo cool". At that moment a whole buch of possibilities of what to mouth back to her ran though my mind - but the reality of my wife emerging from the gift shop set in, so I just smiled and nodded like a dumbass.
But the point is, the car is still getting plenty of attention.
But the point is, the car is still getting plenty of attention.
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Re: still getting lots of attention, in fact ...
Nice story. I'm glad I'm just 29 and still single.
But the TT is still getting a lot of attention when I drive it or gas up - and that's here in Southern California. I have cars changing lanes on the freeway to follow from behind just to get a closer look on the TT. Bottom line - not too many TT's have arrived in the States, so a lot of people still don't have a clue to what a TT is or looks like. I think once the roadsters and 225 come out in mass, the neck-turning will ease up - just like it did for the BMW Z3.
But the TT is still getting a lot of attention when I drive it or gas up - and that's here in Southern California. I have cars changing lanes on the freeway to follow from behind just to get a closer look on the TT. Bottom line - not too many TT's have arrived in the States, so a lot of people still don't have a clue to what a TT is or looks like. I think once the roadsters and 225 come out in mass, the neck-turning will ease up - just like it did for the BMW Z3.
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Actually I'm kind of relieved...
...that people aren't checking out the car as much. I bought the TT because I love it, rather than what anyone else would think of it. At least in Seattle, the stare quotient is way down (too many Microsoft and .com millionaires?), and it's nice to feel pretty comfortable to park it on the street.
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