anyone have any funny conversations regarding their car?

girl: you got a new car? nice!
me: thanks
girl: isnt that a girls car?
me: dont know...
girl: what is it... like a v6 or something
me: v10... with turbo!

me: i think im getting a new car...
friend: what kind
me: mini cooper...
friend: please tell me its at least an S!

random bum: hey... nice car!
me: thanks
random bum: what kind of mileage does it get?
me: ive been gettin around 30ish...
random bum: how much to fill her up?
me: bout 55 bucks...
random bum: damn! why so expensive!
me: umm it generally has to do something with the size of the tank and grade of gas...

bank security guard: oh, thats the coolest mini i have ever seen.... i like what you did with the coloring...
me: (thank god someone noticed my joeymod) thanks, i did it myself
bank security guard: you did this? can you tint my car too then?
me: oh... the tints... no i got that done somewhere else....

 

OH YES.

Dad: You got a what?
me: a MINI Cooper S.
Dad: Does that come with it's own wind up key?
me: You're not funny, dad.
Dad: How often do you have to feed the little gerbils in the engine?
me: (Stony silence)
Dad: Well.....does it at least fit in the bed of your school-bus-truck? (also likes to make fun of my F150...that's bigger, safer, and more powerful than his truck.)
me: WE ARE NOT AMUSED.


hard-of-hearing Father-in-law: What's that you say you got?
Me: A MINI Cooper.
FIL: OH! You said you got a MINOR?
Me: No, a MINI. A Minor is a different car.
FIL: Oh...I see. MINORS are nice. You'll like it.
Me: Sigh.....

 

ahahahhaha!!! minors... close enough no?

 

That's what HE thought, evidently. Closer than MY dad got, at any rate! My FIL is very goofy. He ALWAYS asks me what kind of car it is (he's NOT elderly, he is just GOOOFY and forgetful.) He usually asks if it's a MINOR, or a MORRIS. I figure hey, both are MOSTLY close. They both begin with M anyway.

 

Those are all great! Keep em coming guys! I haven't had any good ones like this yet!

I hope your F150 isn't this model year.

http://bridger.us/2002/12/16/CrashTe...perVsFordF150/

 

Nope, mine is a 2001. Have you ever seen the link I post periodically, called "Room to Live?" It talks about the crumple zone of cars. Very interesting. Anyway - didn't mean to highjack pillar's thread!

 

My Dad is 83 and he just recently broke his shoulder flipping himself over the handlebars of his motorcycle. So he's no one to be telling me what kind of car I should or should not be driving!

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This happened today

Girl: Is that your new PT Cruiser
Me: No, that is my new MINI
Girl: Nice, I like PT Cruisers
Me: Thanks, but it’s still a MINI

 

Here is what one of my employees said to me the day before I got my mini -


Co-worker: So did you get your clown car yet?
Me: No, not yet...I think tomorrow I pick it up.
Co-worker: I'll make sure to have your clown nose ready.
Me: Ha ha, your so funny.
Co-Worker: Oh, and if there is no where to park you can just put it in the back of my SUV.
Me: Your Fired.

Did I really fire her? Of course not, but that ended the conversation pretty quick, lol. Plus, no ones laughing now. They got to go for a ride and see my tank at an estimated 580+ miles per tank. (Yes, I really get 580 or more miles per tank. I drive 98% freeway 110 miles a day!)

 

A few days ago I ran into an older couple on a road trip. They pulled up in their new "compact" SUV... a GMC Acadia.

Old People: Wow, thats a cute car...
Me: Thanks
Old People: Is it fun to drive?
Me: Hell yes!
Old People: What kind of mileage do you get?
Me: around 37 on the highway
Old People: wow, thats great, we get only 18...

As their walking away, the older lady turns and asks under her breath...
"How exactly do you fit in there?"

Me: You mean all 6'2" 330 pounds? I spray everything inside with non-stick Pam and wedge myself inside. When I arrive I don't stick..."

I imagine my mileage would go up if I lost a couple hundred pounds... But it corners so well with such a great low center of gravity!

 

This was during the Italian Job Ride motoring event at Kings Island Amusement Park in 2005. There were aproximately 50 to 60 MINI's all parked in a very prominent part of the parking lot. I worked there part time to save up for my R56.

Co-Worker: Look at those. Nuthin' but a tin can. A death trap on wheels.
Me: No they're really great. Fun and Fast. Safe too. Ever Drive one?
Co-Worker: No Way. I want to drive something safe.
Me: So what do you drive right now.
Co-worker: A Hyundai Excel
Me:
Co-Worker: F@&# Off.

This was between my moron brother in law last fourth of July.
Him: You really bought one of those? I guess you have to be secure in your manhood to be seen in one.
Me: I am. I don't need to comensate for a little pecker by driving an Avalanche.

The day after I bought it was showing off to my friend.
Him: Dude, It's a chick car. Where's the rest of it?
Fast forward 10 minutes as I take him for ride on a curvy hilly road.
Him: OH SH$$$$$TTTTTT

 

At MTTS Boston --

Friday night en route to F1 in Quincy for the gokart racing:
WIFE: So how do we get there?
ME: We take this exit.
WIFE: What road is that? And where do we go from there?
ME: I forget. We'll just follow the MINIs.
WIFE: What kind of directions are that?
DAUGHTER: Simple. We just follow the MINIs.
WIFE: But what if there are no MINIs?
Just then we exited the highway and got behind an MCS and a Clubman.
ME: See, we just follow the MINIs. (laughing)
DAUGHTER: Follow the MINIs. (laughing)
WIFE: You're both nuts. (not exactly laughing)

Saturday morning at Pier 4 among 250 MINIs, after walking around and chatting to motorers:
WIFE: You're among your people. You're all weird.
ME: And all this time you thought it was just me.

CROC 411

 

 

Friend: Hey those MINIs are nice, I see you got one
Me: yes I did
Friend: what's with the huge speedometer, is that so you know how fast your going when your drunk?
Me:

Border Customs agent:Nice car Sir.
Me: Thank you
Border Customs agent: What's with the checkered mirrors, you think your going to cross the border faster?
Me: I wish!

Gas station dude: Nice car, what year is it?
Me: 2008
Gas station dude: Oh, brand new, are they still making those?
Me:

 

firebird:nice car,what is it a 4 cylinder hahahahaha

me:

traffic signal:green

me: 1st gear, vroooooom pshhh... second gear vrooooom pshhh

firebird:

me: hahahahaha

 

at the Rite aid parking lot (2 streets down from a MINI dealer)

Random Woman: i like your car!
Me: Thanks!!
Random Woman: What is it?
me: its a MINI cooper
Random Woman: no its not (dead serious)
me: yes it it??
Random Woman: MINI doesnt make a convertible...
me: then what am i driving?? (as i run my fingers across the MINI wing emblem on the hood)


Random Man: Hey! is that one of those cars that runs on water?!
Me: yup!! its great you should get one!

 

That sounds like a conversation I've had with my husband, almost exactly!!!

 

Hey now I have an avalanche and a mini. I only drive the avalanche on cold days and I live in Phoenix arizona. So lets say I will be driving the mini more.

 

That sounds like a conversation I've had with my husband, almost exactly!!!
-- x uh oh x

That's funny. And of course, whenever I wave at a MINI and get a wave or thumb's up back, the wife always says "You're all alike."

And of course I recite the MINI I spot, like BRG/W which further drives her up the wall as I keep it to initials. The spousal annoyance quotient of the MINI is quite high.

CROC 411

 

Before riding in the MINI:
"So how many hamsters does it have?"
"How much horsepower, 50?"
"Nice little tin can you've got."
"What's the 0-60? Three days?"

After riding in the MINI:



(that's them being speechless by the way.)


There was also this incident that happened the day I got my MINI where cabriopilot told a kid taking donations at a red light that I was Bill Gates' son and just got a new car... The kid actually believed him and even though I told him it was a joke the kid kept talking as if I was just trying to hide it. Bill Gates' son... I wish.

 

Today -

Co-worker: Cool car!
Me: Thanks, I love it.
Co-worker: Is that really yours or is it a rental?
Me: It's mine.
Co-worker: Wow. Didn't really realize you were a Trojan Magnums' guy....
Me: Yep.