Dumbest questions people ask about your car

[DARKEST_HOUR]

"do you drift ?"

Cop: "Is that one of those SRT20s or something? I hear they go fast"

 

[Sage]

When I’m sitting in my car, and a friend decides to hop in the passenger seat, they’ll invariably see the joystick sprouting out of the center console (hey look, no PRNDL!), and ask me, “Wait, you drive a stick?” Uh, no, I used an automatic transmission to get to school, then swapped it out with a manual in the parking lot.

 

[MistaX]

I can't say much about my car specificly, besides the "Is that a V6 or V8?"
Z28s all had V8s..

But, the best is when I was with a friend in his Evo 8 MR, one guy came up to us and said "The MR means it's mid engined, right?"

 

[DARKEST_HOUR]

lol

 

[High-Test]

"Dude.... That's got a lexus engine, right?"


About my Biscayne:

"No power windows?! You must have bought it from a poor person!"

 

[300E_guy]

is that a diesel?

or

is that a hunk of crap?

no and no. its 300E . the E means its electric right?

 

[Jay]

I get

"Has it got a blow off valve?"
"Has it got a intercooler?"

And out of the blue by a random person
"What boost ya running"

 

[Gen.]

"Is it turbo? "

No...

"Then it's ****."

Idiots.

 

[Duke]

I've been told - not asked - many times that my Neon has a Mitsubishi engine.

 

[-Fred-]

"Where's the NAWZ?"
"Oh, turbo... What does it run?"
"No way, how much money you got into that?!"
"That's one of them VTAK engines, eh?"

And it goes on and on and on...

 

[Joey D]

"Did you break your suspension?"
"How do you drive it like that?"
"Why did you lower a truck?"
"That thing got a V8?"
"Are you Mexican or something?"....do I look Mexican?

 

[Jay]

I also get

When in Skyline
"Get a V8!!"


When In Monaro or another V8 I get
"Get a Turbo!"
or
"Get a Import!"

 

[blargonator]

what does it run? lol i ask that sometimes <8- P
anyways.....my stupid civic has a flat black hood with one hood pin to stop it from flying open and the rest of it is light blue.....well anyways......some kids feel like they have to ask "is that a carbon fiber hood?!" then i reply with a punch to the kidney (i wish), actually i says (yeah says) "does it look like carbon fiber? i don't see any type of pattern on my hood, do you?"

 

[Joey D]

Oh I almost forgot...

"Does it have hydrolics?"
"Make it hop!"

 

[McLaren'sAngel]

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

This one came from a friend who needs GLASSES STILL!

He poorly reads the Z28 badge:

"Does your car have 228 power level?"

 

[Young_Warrior]

Kids who like to suck up say this when rocking the volvo s40

"Yeah these new style volvos do about 160MPH dont they" and theyre just waiting for me to be like yeah but I just laugh. They do give me a giggle.

 

[NSX-R]

i don't have people around me that are that dumb, however...

"Yo, turn the turbo on!"

I vomited after that went through my right ear...

 

[High-Test]

"Yo, turn the turbo on!"

That's great!

A kid who had played too much grand theft auto said "why are the taillights like that?" after I showed him a pic of my chevy.


I think he was joking, though.

 

[Layla's Keeper]

Top Ten Dumbest Comments/Questions/Suggestions I Hear About my Beloved Layla (a 1970 MGB GT)

10 - "Where's reverse?" (reverse has a lockout gate and no synchro, and it's down and towards the left)

9 - "Needs a bigger exhaust" (I'm running a two inch ANSA exhaust and three into two into one header on stock ports, any bigger and I'd get valve float)

8 - "Is the shifter broken?" (straight cut gears mean you can't rush shifts and have to match revs on shifts)

7 - "Why are the brakes so hard?" (it's a single chamber, unassisted Lockheed master cylinder, don't be a pansy)

6 - "Your power steering is busted" (no, there is none. It's a manual rack)

5 - "Nice hubcaps." (Goddam I hate hearing that one. It's a centre lock car, THEY'RE REAL 'EFFIN WIRE WHEELS)

4 - (after hearing it's a four cylinder) "Single or twin cam?" (No numbnuts it's a danged pushrod engine)

3 - "You should swap in an SR20DET." (oh HELL NO am I putting a Japanese engine in a British sports car. There's only two viable swaps for an MGB, Rover V8 or Ford 289)

2 - "Where'd they make it?" (if the Union Jack badge in the grille didn't give it away, it's FRIGGING BRITISH!)

1 - "Who Made it?" (MG. What's on all the badges? MG. What's on the engine? MG. It's an MG, B model, GT line)

I mean, chrissakes, it's not like I own an Opel GT or Saab Sonnet. I own the single most popular single generation of sports car EVER.

 

[High-Test]

Very, very, cool. Got any pics?

 

[Layla's Keeper]

That's Layla. A little tatty, but loves to be wrung out and once the money is in my pocketbook, there's a host of new sheetmetal (courtesy of Proper MG and Moss Motors) that'll cure a lot of what ails her.

Hopefully, I'll also have the pocketbook to introduce her to the finest Rover 5.0L that Lanocha Racing can produce (using four sidedraft 45mm Weber DCOE's instead of their usual proprietary fuel injection setup because I refuse to allow EFI into my car).

 

[-Fred-]

I absolutely love those. 👍

 

[Layla's Keeper]

I appreciate it, and I'm sure she does too. Hey, it's not easy to keep a girl's figure over 35 years of Ohio winters (18 of which were spent under a tarp before I acquired her).

 

[McLaren'sAngel]

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

Ky00t car Layla! 👍

 

[Jay]

You should put a SR20DET in it ......only joking .


Nice MG 👍

 

[Wolfe]

"Hahahaha, you'll never get a BMW for your first car..." (my family and friends, prior to purchase... )

(also prior to purchase, my uncle, an auto mechanic...) "European cars aren't reliable at all, and E30 BMW's are perfect example of this. You should go with something Japanese, like a Corolla or Civic, or even better, an old Cavalier or Corsica..." (my car has out-lived two Toyotas and a Nissan that my friends have owned, and is in better mechanical shape than the 10-years-younger sub-100,000-miles Olds and Blazer that my parents own...)

(that same uncle, testdriving my car...) "Look, it's got no power, hahaha!!" (he was briefly, repeatedly stomping the throttle in top/5th gear at 45mph, and commenting on the lack of acceleration... )

"DO A BURNOUT!!" (100hp/103ft-lb + nice Pirellis that I would like to keep for a while = no burnouts for me)

"Your car has a four-cylinder?????" (<sarcasm>oh yes, I would much rather have a less-fuel-efficient, less-reliable, heavier, 6-cylinder E30, because I need all the power I can get to go drag racing from stoplight to stoplight around the city...besides, 4-cylinders are useless for performance unless they're turbo. It's not like BMW has ever made an M car with a four-cylinder... </sarcasm>)

"YOU DRIVE YOUR CAR IN THE WINTER?!?! BUT IT'S REAR WHEEL DRIVE!!!!!!" (this one I actually find amusing...everyone's convinced that RWD + snow = death wish Either that, or they're convinced I'll get stuck...)

"You've got a BMW? Awesome!" (I show them the car) "That's a BMW...??"



@Layla's Keeper: Nice!! MG's rock. 👍

 

[213101]

"Do a burnout" is commonly annoying or "is it front wheel drive or rear?"

 

[benzoboy]

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

This one came from a friend who needs GLASSES STILL!

He poorly reads the Z28 badge:

"Does your car have 228 power level?"

Same thing happened to my Dad:

(Short-Sighted person tries to read the ST24 Badge on the back of his Mondeo)

"Your car has 5724HP?"

I wish

Or...

(Dad tells them it's a Ford Mondeo 2.5 Litre V6)

"What size engine is it?"

WTF?

 

[puricele7e]

Oh my.....I can't help but laugh ....Sorry for messing up your topic but this is just TOO funny

 

[High-Test]

Layla is extremely cool. 👍

What kind of gas mileage does she get?

I think side draughts are cool, but the one on your MG looks like a top draught.(not that that's a bad thing.)

(is it draft, or draught?)

I saw a Stovebolt 235 Chevy with a set of three webers on it, it was wild!