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some people just don't get it. |
TheCabinetmaker |
Jul 13 2014, 07:29 AM
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I drive my car everyday Group: Members Posts: 8,309 Joined: 8-May 03 From: Tulsa, Ok. Member No.: 666 |
Was filling my gas tank yesterday when I heard a commotion and a couple guys yelling behind me. When I turned around I found they were yelling at me. I looked under my car to check for gas pouring out, but it was dry. They were yelling about me putting gas in my engine. One of them said the gas goes in the back. I told them to relax, I was putting it in the tank. Then they started arguing with me.when I showed them the tank and the engine they were amazed at my skills for moving the engine to the middle. They just refused to believe it came that way. Less than a mile away, I made another stop and someone in the parking lot asked if that top came off. I simply said yes. as he was walking around the car he said "that's a karman ghia right"? I was gonna just say yes but he saw the hood badge and said "oh, it's a Porsche, no it's not! You just stuck the emblem on there". I just walked off. I've been dealing with this crap for 40 years. Why can't people just mind their own business? If every guy who's told me his best friend had one in college really had one there would have been two million made. Now I'm not adverse to talking about my car, but at least ask a real question and stop lying. Had one guy tell me he used to do frame off restorations to them in the 70's. Huh? Go away dude.
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ClayPerrine |
Jul 13 2014, 07:22 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,820 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
This is nothing new. It has been happening for years. There is even an episode of the original Hawaii 50 where a woman is driving a 914 and it breaks down. The next scene shows the mechanic in the front trunk telling her that the carburetor is bad. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)
Years ago, a whole group of 914s got together to go to Austin from DFW for a tour down there. We had stopped for gas, and this woman in a pickup looked at the car and said "I got one of those in the shed behind the house. It's just down the road." Everyone started thinking "Original six" or "916" so we all had to follow her to her place. This is what we found: At one time Betty and I kept a running total of the number of incorrect guesses at the type of car we were driving. We stopped when we reached 100 wrong guesses. I still laugh when Betty tells about the kid who walked around her car at an AX. First he looked in the front, and didn't see the motor. Then he looked in the back and didn't see the motor. So he asked her where the motor was... Her response: "I knew I forgot something this morning." |
mangrum |
Jul 14 2014, 10:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 10-September 03 From: Ann Arbor, MI Member No.: 1,134 |
I was talking to a guy at a pub recently who said he owned MGs during his younger days. Later in the conversaion I said that I owned two 914s and he responded with "aren't those cars junk?" I looked at him like WTF dude, you just insulted me and my cars, and he said "no, really, aren't they junk?"
What an A-Hole! This is nothing new. It has been happening for years. There is even an episode of the original Hawaii 50 where a woman is driving a 914 and it breaks down. The next scene shows the mechanic in the front trunk telling her that the carburetor is bad. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) Years ago, a whole group of 914s got together to go to Austin from DFW for a tour down there. We had stopped for gas, and this woman in a pickup looked at the car and said "I got one of those in the shed behind the house. It's just down the road." Everyone started thinking "Original six" or "916" so we all had to follow her to her place. This is what we found: At one time Betty and I kept a running total of the number of incorrect guesses at the type of car we were driving. We stopped when we reached 100 wrong guesses. I still laugh when Betty tells about the kid who walked around her car at an AX. First he looked in the front, and didn't see the motor. Then he looked in the back and didn't see the motor. So he asked her where the motor was... Her response: "I knew I forgot something this morning." |
wndsnd |
Jul 14 2014, 12:24 PM
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You wanted a horse, but got a goat. Nobody wants a goat.... Group: Members Posts: 2,861 Joined: 12-February 12 From: North Shore, MA Member No.: 14,124 Region Association: North East States |
I was talking to a guy at a pub recently who said he owned MGs during his younger days. Later in the conversaion I said that I owned two 914s and he responded with "aren't those cars junk?" I looked at him like WTF dude, you just insulted me and my cars, and he said "no, really, aren't they junk?" What an A-Hole! I brought mine to a local car show at the burger ice cream joint. Guy came over to talk me up and said he once had a MGBGT. I told him "Yeah, I had one of those once, it was the biggist POS I ever owned." Oops, I didn't mean to insult him, but it was, and he agreed. To think I sold a 67 911S and then bought it. Long story............ John This is nothing new. It has been happening for years. There is even an episode of the original Hawaii 50 where a woman is driving a 914 and it breaks down. The next scene shows the mechanic in the front trunk telling her that the carburetor is bad. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) Years ago, a whole group of 914s got together to go to Austin from DFW for a tour down there. We had stopped for gas, and this woman in a pickup looked at the car and said "I got one of those in the shed behind the house. It's just down the road." Everyone started thinking "Original six" or "916" so we all had to follow her to her place. This is what we found: At one time Betty and I kept a running total of the number of incorrect guesses at the type of car we were driving. We stopped when we reached 100 wrong guesses. I still laugh when Betty tells about the kid who walked around her car at an AX. First he looked in the front, and didn't see the motor. Then he looked in the back and didn't see the motor. So he asked her where the motor was... Her response: "I knew I forgot something this morning." |
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