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Old 08-06-2007, 11:19 AM   #2241 (permalink)
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Agreed. We are all kids. I frequently tell people that I'm not really a grown-up but I play one during business hours.

Great line.
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Old 08-06-2007, 11:54 AM   #2242 (permalink)
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Kids adore these cars.
I haven't seen a kid yet that wasn't staring at the car. The day i drove my Dad's to and from Lime Rock Park every kid i passed (or was passed by) was staring at it and smiling.
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Old 08-06-2007, 01:27 PM   #2243 (permalink)
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Funny because they don't care about being private about their feelings. You can hear them, clear as day, "Michael! Look at the car!" "Dad, did you see that car?" "Nice car!!!!"
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Old 08-06-2007, 01:32 PM   #2244 (permalink)
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After reading through the majority of this thread, I thought that I had seen it all. But I was wrong. I took delivery of my car on Saturday at 8AM, and a few minutes after the truck driver drove-off and I was attending to the car, I see this Infinity driving towards me, crossing the bike lane, headed straight towards my car like it was slowing going to rear-end it.

WTF? So I stepped behind my car and stared at the Infinity driver until they drove away.

They were basically driving right where the truck was parked.
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Old 08-06-2007, 03:10 PM   #2245 (permalink)
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... headed straight towards my car like it was slowing going to rear-end it... So I stepped behind my car.
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Old 08-06-2007, 04:27 PM   #2246 (permalink)
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That's HORRIBLE. I can't believe someone would do that!!!!!!



This is why I'm so anal about my car's whereabouts and when I can't see it.
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Old 08-06-2007, 04:29 PM   #2247 (permalink)
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got this one last night and it definitely gave me a laugh. I was sitting next to my car drinking a coffee and a group of kids came up, not knowing i was the owner.

Kid: Look at the license plate (temp tag)!
Other Kid: Thats definitely a rental
Kid: Are you serious, what kind of person would rent a car like this?

before i could say anything, as i was having too much fun listening, my girlfriend chimes in:

"Um, excuse me, but that is NOT a rental, it's his" (with much attitude, as only a chick could lol)

Bump for my girlfriend.
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Old 08-06-2007, 04:32 PM   #2248 (permalink)
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got this one last night and it definitely gave me a laugh. I was sitting next to my car drinking a coffee and a group of kids came up, not knowing i was the owner.

Kid: Look at the license plate (temp tag)!
Other Kid: Thats definitely a rental
Kid: Are you serious, what kind of person would rent a car like this?

before i could say anything, as i was having too much fun listening, my girlfriend chimes in:

"Um, excuse me, but that is NOT a rental, it's his" (with much attitude, as only a chick could lol)

Bump for my girlfriend.

She didn't have to be rude to them!
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Old 08-06-2007, 04:49 PM   #2249 (permalink)
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I see this Infinity driving towards me, crossing the bike lane, headed straight towards my car like it was slowing going to rear-end it.

WTF? So I stepped behind my car and stared at the Infinity driver until they drove away.
When I was driving around this weekend, I took off at a traffic light semi-quickly Hit the 2nd cam and then backed off to a normal speed. Then some psycho lady in a Toyota Camry comes weaving through traffic behind me and starts tailgating me !!! So I drive a little further and get into a right turn lane and she follows me .... but when I turned right , she kept going straight from the turn lane !!! wtf ???
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Old 08-06-2007, 05:03 PM   #2250 (permalink)
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Similar thing about a week ago -- 'cept it was some dingo in a Z28. I just keep it at the speed limit when I see some nit-witt coming up on me that way.

Anyway, after a light, and on the next block, a Sheriff's deputy pulls up aongside and rolls down his passenger window. I'm thinking... he likes the car, or the way I handled the 'challenge'....

cop: you wanna get back to your racing?

me: what did you say?

cop: you two--racing back there.

me: what are you talking about? nobody's racing...

cop: looked like racing to me!

me: ....have a nice day officer.

Rolled up my window and kept driving--eyes straight forward. No point in arguing; figured I just call him on it. The nice man zoomed off!
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Old 08-06-2007, 05:16 PM   #2251 (permalink)
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Got the car fixed.....

I refer you to my sad post for the details.

Now back to driving it again Yeeeeehaaaaaaawwwwww.

So I pull up to work and one of the female paramedics sees me and says...
"I knew one of you doctors had to drive that car. I just love that car!!!!!!!! What I would do to drive it...." (another story)
Then all the usual questions that have been in this thread over and over....

Then came.... "I could use all my pay for the past 5 years and still not afford one....."

I just could not bring myself to tell her that her minivan likely costs the same.

It is certainly more fun that way.
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She didn't have to be rude to them!
of course she didnt' have to be.....but the story wouldn't be as funny if she wasn't
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Spokesman for a group of 10 year-olds: Whoa, dude, is that your car!
Me: Yup.
Them: No way! NO WAY! How much is that car, like, a million dolla's?!
Me: Haha, nope. Way less.
Them: [waiting for answer]
Me: Um...cost me 40 grand...
Them: Whaaaat?? (eyes huge)
Me: ...but I got it used.
Them: Ahhhh!!!! (in sudden understanding...then, to his friends That thing's 200 thousan' I'm tellin' ya! I swear!


Later...same kid...
Kid: That's your car???
Me: Um....yup.
Kid: No WAY!

I've met a lot of young fans but this guy was pretty enthusiastic. I offered him a seat in it. He got halfway in, couldn't quite work out the maneuver, and decided against it. Gotta give him props for respecting the car. I was at a cruise-in in Atlanta where a Murcie owner let a 5 year-old sit in his car. As he got in, I watched as he slipped and slammed his foot down on the painted body panel near the door sill.
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Random incident filling up at the gas station. Guy starts walking towards me.

Guy says "Nice car." and I say, "thanks"

As he passes by he puts his hand across the driver's window leaving a nice print and me to wonder... think it might FEEL different than other glass?

Anyway that was good for a laugh.
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Random incident filling up at the gas station. Guy starts walking towards me.

Guy says "Nice car." and I say, "thanks"

As he passes by he puts his hand across the driver's window leaving a nice print and me to wonder... think it might FEEL different than other glass?

Anyway that was good for a laugh.
Nah - he just had to wipe off a booger
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Nah - he just had to wipe off a booger


Or his drool
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I was out for a spin Saturday morning. While waiting for a light to turn green, an SUV of young Gangsta wantabe's pull up next to me asking the typical "who makes that... how fast... how much... where did you get it?" questions. The last one before the light changed.. "What's it like to drive a V-12?"

I just laughed and said... "I don't know... I've never have one"
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I was out for a spin Saturday morning. While waiting for a light to turn green, an SUV of young Gangsta wantabe's pull up next to me asking the typical "who makes that... how fast... how much... where did you get it?" questions. The last one before the light changed.. "What's it like to drive a V-12?"

I just laughed and said... "I don't know... I've never have one"

Wouldn't the math indicate that it's 3 times better?
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Wouldn't the math indicate that it's 3 times better?
Yea, but most ppl don't know anything about engines and except the higher the number after the V is the better.

I had a guy ask me once if it had a V10 or V8. I told him it was an I4 and his response was "WOW!, I've never even heard of that!"
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