A few words of advice: when pulled over for speeding in your Porsche, try not to be a prick about it. In Melbourne, Australia, a man driving a Porsche was stopped by police officers after he was caught doing 150 kmh in a 64 kmh zone. After going through the obligatory “Do-you-have-any-idea-why-I-stopped-you-today-son?” rigamarole, the Porsche driver proceeded to hypothetically question the officer. According to the newspaper article, the driver reportedly asked the officer if he [the officer] would have been prepared to pursue him had the driver decided to flee, reminding him, “I can get this thing up to 205.”

Fair or not, as a Porsche owner you are burdened with the responsibility of constantly having to defy the Douchebag Assumption – a task made all the more difficult if you actually are a douchebag. 

Ferrari F430 Spider - A Great Rental

If you are like most car enthusiasts, your true dream car falls into one of two types: muscle cars or high-end exotic cars. Since the dawn of the auto industry, men and women have challenged each other on the open road, eager to build it bigger, faster and more powerful than ever before. Of course, power and luxury come at a price, and in today’s economy many of us simply cannot justify the expense of buying our dream cars. Fortunately, there are several ways to experience your dream ride without making the investment in an exotic car of your own.

Rental Cars

If you are planning a trip to Las Vegas, Miami, New York City or another luxury destination, why not splurge on a high-end ride for the weekend? The travel industry is hurting badly in today’s economy, resulting in some truly amazing flight and hotel deals. With all that money saved on travel and lodging, it is easy to justify a rental car that will make you feel like a true high roller. Gotham Dream Cars and Dream Car Rentals are just two of the many rental agencies that specialize in exotic rides like the Ferrari F430 Spider and the ever-popular Porsche 911.

Luxury brand Porsche ranked top overall. Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan, ranked second, and Toyota’s Lexus luxury division ranked third.

Porsche: Top Car Brand

Infiniti: A Close Second

Lexus: Toyota’s Amazing Luxury Brand

Source: JD Power

I’m not entirely sure what kind of Porsche this is (a Porsche 356?), but what a waste!

Pulled out of a Russian lake:

Here’s an interesting article on the 6 most expensive cars in the world (I think we have to assume that they are either still in production or at least not rare antiques).

However, at RideLust, our tastebuds were fully satisfied with a list of the top 6. Since this is a topic we’re interested in, our plan is to pull together a list of the 50 most expensive cars in the world sometime.

For now, this is what CCPundit lists as the top 6:

1. Bugatti Veyron
2. Enzo Ferrari
3. Pagani Zonda C12 F
4. Koenigsegg CCX
5. Porsche Carrera GT
6. Mercedes SLR McLaren

Thoughts? Is this the right ordering? Are there others that should be on this list? Let us know in the comment section.

The one word needed to describe the 2008 launching of the Cayman S Porsche Design Edition 1 (besides the long name) is Black. The limited production Cayman S will come in all black and only black as it makes its 777 car production run. “You can have any color you want to as long as it is Black,” as Henry Ford used to say. But the special edition Porsche is no Model T to say the least.

Bolstering the German car is a 3.4 liter straight six pumping out 295-hp. With a zero-to-sixty time of 5.4 seconds you may not blow the doors off everything on the road but you will certainly look good at any speed. The sleek black of the exterior does not stop at the doors either, as the same color is carried on into the interior cock-pit of the car.

So the rumor has it that Porsche is considering a small car to compete against the GTI segment of the market and a small SUV to battle against the BMW X3 segment. Will those vehicles actually be developed and where the Porsche logo? Well who would have thought that Porsche would build a 4-door sedan and yet the Panamera is nearly complete.

There is very little information available concerning what will come in these latest Porsche concoctions. The only figure provided so far is that the compact car will be propelled by a 295-hp motor. What motor will use and the rest of the stats to go with it are still a mystery.

Ever look at those car company logo’s and wonder where they came from? Well there is a convenient listing out there that provides some of the background for the some of the worlds most recognized symbols.

Take for example the Volvo logo. In Latin the word Volvo means “i roll”. The circle with arrow of the Volvo logo is the symbol for iron, which was used to make Sweden’s main industrial product of the country back in the day: steel.

While there is a certain panache that comes from being a person that can just cut a check for whatever he wants, there are others who see savings in leasing and can find better uses for that upfront cash. It is not all about holding the title to the car as much as it is having the keys.

A recent article in the New York Times discussed some of the advantages of leasing exotic cars that those who could still afford to do otherwise are choosing over that cash purchase. Luckily there are a few companies now specializing in providing those leases once the leaser has plunked down 20-25% of the purchase price for a down payment.

After already increasing the fee to drive high CO2 producing cars to the equivalent of $25 the leaders of London are considering another increase. If their new plan goes into effect it will be costing gas guzzling Londoners what would amount to a daily fee of $50 U.S.

London is charging hard against their congestion issues and pollution concerns. The hope is that by charging such an exorbitant amount they will be able to discourage some people from further adding to the traffic on busy city streets. In turn they hope it will encourage people in London to use the Mass-Transits available or drive smaller, less polluting cars.