milloman
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OK please tell me if i'm being a bit of a grumpy old man here, or if you agree...
People who aren't car enthusiasts... where do they inherit the policy that "new cars are way faster than old cars"??? Let me explain how this came about...
I'm on facebook, and one such person who is in my friends list has her status to this... (please note that she knows full well that i am a car nut!... and she is not!) "xxxxx.... Plus the car I have been given is sooooooooo fast!!!!!!!!"
So i comment on her status...
"Ooooo what car???? and why have u been given it??? " - an amicable response and genuine because she has a brand new car herself!
The response...
"Its a vauxhall vectra 2L but its sooooooooo fast so could do ya car in a race believe me!!"
(so it's a hire car)
... I've got a TD04 glanza (ok unmapped, but still pushing 190bhp at the moment!), so you can imagine what was going through my head...!
Part of you really really wants to throw a stone at her leg and tell her she couldn't be more wrong, and that it's just because her brand new car (which was written off, hence the hire car!) is sooooooooo slow that she thinks the 2Ltr Vectra (i've dubbed it "the Gashtra") is an F1 car... but i took the high ground and just humoured her...
Please advise if i'm just being far too quick to get pee'd off, or does non-car enthusiats' ignorance towards modifying cars pee anyone else off?!
This is the chill out room, so i expect you all to tell me to 'Chiiilllll out duuude'!!!
People who aren't car enthusiasts... where do they inherit the policy that "new cars are way faster than old cars"??? Let me explain how this came about...
I'm on facebook, and one such person who is in my friends list has her status to this... (please note that she knows full well that i am a car nut!... and she is not!) "xxxxx.... Plus the car I have been given is sooooooooo fast!!!!!!!!"
So i comment on her status...
"Ooooo what car???? and why have u been given it??? " - an amicable response and genuine because she has a brand new car herself!
The response...
"Its a vauxhall vectra 2L but its sooooooooo fast so could do ya car in a race believe me!!"
(so it's a hire car)
... I've got a TD04 glanza (ok unmapped, but still pushing 190bhp at the moment!), so you can imagine what was going through my head...!
Part of you really really wants to throw a stone at her leg and tell her she couldn't be more wrong, and that it's just because her brand new car (which was written off, hence the hire car!) is sooooooooo slow that she thinks the 2Ltr Vectra (i've dubbed it "the Gashtra") is an F1 car... but i took the high ground and just humoured her...
Please advise if i'm just being far too quick to get pee'd off, or does non-car enthusiats' ignorance towards modifying cars pee anyone else off?!
This is the chill out room, so i expect you all to tell me to 'Chiiilllll out duuude'!!!