On my morning commute, I tend to drive through a lot of areas with relatively wealthy residents, right into the heart of the Silicon Valley. Once in a while, it amazes me that how trivial it was to see a Porsche, Corvette, NSX, Lamborgini, Ferarri on the freeway. As a child growing up in the Midwest (for what little time period it was), those were cars of dreams, magazines, for the most part fictitious entities that few lucky people in the world would ever own.
Yet here, they are the common vehicles of the wealthy young or old alike. What’s most ironic though, is finding a middle-aged man with silver mane, proudly and triumphantly driving down the freeway in his exotic sports car traveling at 55mph. Perhaps they are just past their athletic prime and no longer possess the reaction time required for pushing their vehicles to the limit. Or maybe they’re just very aware of how much it would cost if a dent was ever placed on their precious gem.
Either way, there’s nothing funnier than following a Porsche at 55mph in the slow lane (I was heading for the exit, mind you), then watching the driver slam on the brake lights as if going any faster would tear their $100k vehicle apart (he, on the other hand, was not exiting).
Men driving Porsche at 55mph are going home to their wives who drive Mercedez SUV at 25mph, who signal left while turning right while talking on the cell phone (holding it with one hand, of course). And ALWAYS talking on the cell phone (These women must be talking to EACH OTHER all the time).
New business idea: Diamond-studded ear-piece for the cell phone. Heck, lets throw in pink diamonds with Hello Kitty design as well.