I feel a little guilty but yesterday I was in a bit of a hurry and their were these 2 guys gawking at the car from inside the front window of Cycle Gear….and this question came up- is that the engine on the front? I said no that is just plastic. The real engine is under the hood. They looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and walked off. The best part was THEIR WERE NO MORE QUESTIONS!
I guess I should have said "The real engine is under the bonnet".
Good response!
My daughter's "boy friend" (in quotes, because I refuse to accept it), when standing there and looking at my M3W for the first time, asked if he could look at the engine. He's only a Senior in college, so I guess I should forgive him for being an idiot, but I can't... This is the same guy, who after going for a spirited ride in my '14 Corvette Z51 convertible, had this to say: "thanks for the ride". Polite, but a dufus.
Curious...what was wrong with "thanks for the ride"? What would a non-doofus have said?
Well, given that he asked me exactly nothing about the car, it's engine, trans, suspension, features, performance, handling, fuel economy, styling, color, interior, seats, power top operation, cost, weight, or specs, I found it somewhat of a shallow "conversation"... Reflecting his lack of interest in expanding his knowledge in anything mechanical - or in trying to engage somehow with his girl-friend's father.
The response felt roughly the same as if I had just showed him our new dishwasher.
But perhaps I'm being too hard on him... Nope, don't think so.
