Last night, at a local gathering of cars, mostly BMWs. It started out that way but evolved into something big. Now cars of all types come in to hang out and chit chat. Although the majority is still kids who are under 20 and drives BMW 335s.
I was standing back from my car talking to a person who is rebuilding his RX-7 and a kid approaches me and the conversation goes like this:
him: nice car
me: thank you
him: do they come with superchargers and turbos?
me: um... actually the newer models are supercharged from the factory. The 08 Elise are s/c'ed and the Exige have been that way since 2007.
him: oh, cool, cause my friend's got one of those.
me: oh yeah? Very nice. (I'm going to guess here that his friend is probably his age... around 17?)
him: yeah, it's got 2 turbos on it.
me: *long pause while I'm searching for nice things to say* ....
him: yeah, it's sick.
me: um... that's ... nice.
At this time, the guy who is building an RX-7 looks at me... and I glance at him, and he saves me by starting another conversation.
After the kid leaves, my other friend who was listening in said... so um... one turbo for each bank of 2 cylinders? We all crack up.