Let me lead you through the streets of Moscow

by Anni Pelmeni

No statistics this time, I have no idea if there is statistics about Moscow preferences in cars. I can judge only by the guts feelings where Moscow love for car lays. And my guts feeling tells me that Porsche is definitely among the top choices. The break of Iron Curtain happened when I was still in middle school, since then Porsche was somewhat a luxurious symbol in my imagination. Not that I ever wanted to have a car, but still Porsche was a hallmark of wealth and exclusivity. But these days I see Porsches everywhere.

Here are my photo proofs:

one parked on the Old Arbat

two on the street side

one parked in the office yard where I work

Is it just me or are they everywhere? I have no clue how much a Porsche costs, but again my guts feeling suggests that normal office workers and managers should not be able to afford it. Does it mean that I am surrounded by overly rich people?!?!? Or is there another explanation? I am still making guesses and trying to get used to spoting a Porsche every time turn around a corner.

After my complains about 'Porsches are-all-around-me-and-I-never-drove-it-even-once' my colleague from Germany pointed me to a data base where all the car trial offers are collected [they will even pay you for driving their car]. Should I try it next weekend and ask that colleagues of mine to come along and then for a coffee....

Stumbe it!