Interesting cars with uninterested owners!
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At work today i discovered that my workmate has replaced his crusty old Escort with a black 06 plate RX8 (231bhp version). Nothing unusual about that apart from the fact that he views cars as merely devices to get from a to b and of no more importance than white goods.
When i asked him why he'd picked the RX8 he stated that he "liked the look of it, its got 4 seats and it was a good price"!. When i mentioned the 9,000rpm rev limit and the much vaunted handling i may as well have been talking about a washing machine, though he did say that it rode better than his Escort
Does anyone else have to put up with this type of non-petrolhead nonsense?
When i asked him why he'd picked the RX8 he stated that he "liked the look of it, its got 4 seats and it was a good price"!. When i mentioned the 9,000rpm rev limit and the much vaunted handling i may as well have been talking about a washing machine, though he did say that it rode better than his Escort
Does anyone else have to put up with this type of non-petrolhead nonsense?
When GM in Oz started making the Vauxhall Viva they called it a Holden Torana.
When they developed it for racing they developed a straight 6 version, with 3 twin choke Weber carbs, among the many improvements. All these were painted purple.
After test driving a four pot Torana, a couple of non petrol head school teacher friends of mine decided to buy one.
When she said she liked the purple one, & that is what they were sold.
A week or so later he asked me to tell him what all the carbs were. When I explained what they had done he said “that explains why the repayments were quite a bit higher than I was expecting”.
When they developed it for racing they developed a straight 6 version, with 3 twin choke Weber carbs, among the many improvements. All these were painted purple.
After test driving a four pot Torana, a couple of non petrol head school teacher friends of mine decided to buy one.
When she said she liked the purple one, & that is what they were sold.
A week or so later he asked me to tell him what all the carbs were. When I explained what they had done he said “that explains why the repayments were quite a bit higher than I was expecting”.
AndyS2 said:
There's a bloke at work with an RX8, he's never had it above 5000rpm! I thought he was joking when he told me, but he wasn't, and he's owned it for 2 years! what a waste.
I work with one chap bought a Yamaha Fazer brand new 3 years ago. He loves bikes and is always chatting about them to fellow biker guys. Not once has he taken it over 5000rpm. Mental.
There's a guy on my shift who has an un-molested X-reg Impreza. It's the sort of car that you'd expect a car enthusiast to own, right? I'd seen him pull up in it on his first day at our place, and we ended up working together that day. I know a bit about them, but I was just making conversation...
M: "I noticed your Impreza in the car park, it looks pretty tidy."
H: "Yeah. I've had it about 2 years now."
M: "Ah, nice. So what made you particularly go for a UK-spec car then?"
H: "What do you mean?"
M: "Well, you know... as opposed to one of the various import versions."
H: "Umm, I dunno."
M: "Right. So you didn't fancy a WRX or an STi or something then? Those are usually about 276bhp if I remember rightly."
H: "Erm..."
M: "Soooo.... yours is the 208bhp one then, I think?"
H: "...dunno. I want to get some of those Lexus-type rear lights though."
M:
Old Gregg said:
There's a guy on my shift who has an un-molested X-reg Impreza. It's the sort of car that you'd expect a car enthusiast to own, right? I'd seen him pull up in it on his first day at our place, and we ended up working together that day. I know a bit about them, but I was just making conversation...
M: "I noticed your Impreza in the car park, it looks pretty tidy."
H: "Yeah. I've had it about 2 years now."
M: "Ah, nice. So what made you particularly go for a UK-spec car then?"
H: "What do you mean?"
M: "Well, you know... as opposed to one of the various import versions."
H: "Umm, I dunno."
M: "Right. So you didn't fancy a WRX or an STi or something then? Those are usually about 276bhp if I remember rightly."
H: "Erm..."
M: "Soooo.... yours is the 208bhp one then, I think?"
H: "...dunno. I want to get some of those Lexus-type rear lights though."
M:
The funny thing is that he and the rest of the people you work with that he has told probably think you're a monumental tM: "I noticed your Impreza in the car park, it looks pretty tidy."
H: "Yeah. I've had it about 2 years now."
M: "Ah, nice. So what made you particularly go for a UK-spec car then?"
H: "What do you mean?"
M: "Well, you know... as opposed to one of the various import versions."
H: "Umm, I dunno."
M: "Right. So you didn't fancy a WRX or an STi or something then? Those are usually about 276bhp if I remember rightly."
H: "Erm..."
M: "Soooo.... yours is the 208bhp one then, I think?"
H: "...dunno. I want to get some of those Lexus-type rear lights though."
M:
t.VeeFour said:
Why do some posters on here expect anyone who owns a nice car to have an almost autistic interest in them?
I like to have nice kitchen appliances, but I wouldn't know the difference between one model and the next on the shop floor.
Fair comment chap but its sunday afternoon, i'm bored and stuck at work,i have internet access and i thought it may turn into an interesting/amusing discussion!I like to have nice kitchen appliances, but I wouldn't know the difference between one model and the next on the shop floor.
Nick3point2 said:
The funny thing is that he and the rest of the people you work with that he has told probably think you're a monumental tt.
You're absolutely right, that's really funny! It was merely an ice-breaking first conversation, you pillock.t.Oh, and the fact that we're actually really good friends would back up the fact that he thinks I'm a t
t My final reaction of that conversation was simply at his Lexus light owning aspirations, I wasn't knocking his lack of interest in the car. He had a nice performance car, I assumed he was an enthusiast - what a crazy assumption.
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