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The best non-car stuff to buy from Bentley, Porsche, and Rolls-Royce

The charming-but light-in-the-wallet-Joey uses the tableau to pick up women under the pretense of owning a cool car

(Clockwise from left): The Chronotimer Series 1; P’8479 sunglasses; and Roadster Hardcase Luggage Set Black Edition by Porsche Design.
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(Clockwise from left): The Chronotimer Series 1; P’8479 sunglasses; and Roadster Hardcase Luggage Set Black Edition by Porsche Design.

Hannah Elliott | Bloomberg
You’ve seen Friends, right? Did you see the episode in which Joey dons a Porsche jacket and fanny pack, holds a Porsche keychain, and stands on the street near a pile of cardboard boxes shaped like a Porsche 911 underneath a cold-weather cover? The charming—but light-in-the-wallet—Joey uses the tableau to pick up women under the pretense of owning a cool car. 

The kicker to the scene is that, as Joey tells his friends, “only an idiot would wear this stuff if he didn’t own the car.” Ha, ha.

At the time, that scenario wasn’t far off. In the 1990s, most of the

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