Driving into Prague, I became a sudden rockstar. I've never had so much attention in my life. Kids in the back seats of vehicles around us were crawling over each other to get a look. When I started up my car in the car park of the Hilton, the attendant clapped his hands!
Basically at every gas station throughout Europe, people would come up and chat. Of course, considering my complete lack of German/Czech/Dutch, the conversations did not go very long!
Even back in LA, where expensive cars are a dime a dozen, I still get almost daily stares and thumbs up on the freeway. It's a very entertaining car to drive and I had no idea it would be so popular.