I AM SO ASHAMED.

"SonorousSpeedJoe" (SonorousSpeedJoe)
11/17/2014 at 11:55 • Filed to: None

So today in Thermodynamics, we began discussing engines. Before that, though, the instructor tells a story about a Cadillac CTS that her husband purchased a couple years ago. She mentions that it has another letter at the end that makes it unique, and asks the car guys in the room to take a guess. My response?

Me: "4!"

Every other car guy in the room: "V!!"

Me (berating myself internally): "4 ISN'T A LETTER, DUMBASS! SHE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT AN AWD SYSTEM!"

I made myself look like an idiot, and it was only 9:30 A.M. I'm not going to bother guessing whether said CTS-V (which is most definitely NOT a CTS4) is an LS2-/LS6-powered 1st-gen or the LSA-powered 2nd-gen, as all of those match the "Corvette engine" criterion that she mentioned afterwards (okay, the C6 ZR1 used an LS9, not an LSA, but they're pretty closely related AFAIK). I do know one thing for sure, though: it's gonna be a loooong day.

DISCUSSION (19)

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > SonorousSpeedJoe
11/17/2014 at 11:58

Your class sounds awesome

Tohru > SonorousSpeedJoe
11/17/2014 at 12:00

Shun the non-believer. Shuuuuuuuuun.

For Sweden > SonorousSpeedJoe
11/17/2014 at 12:00

I'd hoon a CTS4

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Tohru
11/17/2014 at 12:01

Shuuuunnnn. Nnn.

CalzoneGolem > For Sweden
11/17/2014 at 12:03

List of cars I wouldn't hoon:

SonorousSpeedJoe > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
11/17/2014 at 12:06

She's not a car gal by her own admission, so I was thinking along more practical lines. It was interesting to hear about the gearhead that she married, though.

The class itself is pretty tough - I need to be doing better in it than I am now.

For Sweden > CalzoneGolem
11/17/2014 at 12:06

[ba dum tsh]

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > SonorousSpeedJoe
11/17/2014 at 12:07

Id probably love that class, but do horribly in it. I cant into math. Thats why Im becoming an industrial designer and not an engineer or architect

blacktruck18 > SonorousSpeedJoe
11/17/2014 at 12:09

Coffee: The key to not having your brain fail you in the a.m.

Cherry_man1 > CalzoneGolem
11/17/2014 at 12:10

reliant robin?

CalzoneGolem > Cherry_man1
11/17/2014 at 12:10

Nope, I'd hoon it.

Cherry_man1 > CalzoneGolem
11/17/2014 at 12:11

Geo Metro

CalzoneGolem > Cherry_man1
11/17/2014 at 12:12

There isn't a car that I wouldn't hoon assuming it was running and I was allowed to.

Cherry_man1 > CalzoneGolem
11/17/2014 at 12:13

devel 16 or what ever its called.

doodon2whls > SonorousSpeedJoe
11/17/2014 at 12:15

Kinja'd!!!

CalzoneGolem > Cherry_man1
11/17/2014 at 12:37

Think about what you're asking me. If that thing is a car then yes I would hoon it.

Stupidru > SonorousSpeedJoe
11/17/2014 at 12:38

Don't be down on yourself for not being awesome at Thermo. Where I went, the high score at the end of the semester was a 56% and everybody was graded on a curve.

And really, it's a Monday morning... I've made worse mistakes at work on Monday mornings

SonorousSpeedJoe > blacktruck18
11/17/2014 at 13:14

I had enough coffee, but not enough sleep.

SonorousSpeedJoe > Stupidru
11/17/2014 at 13:21

This particular teacher drops a couple of grades and takes a "make your own curve" approach for the most part, i.e. she isn't particularly inclined to curve the final grades. The class has averaged close to 70% on both mid-term exams IIRC, so I doubt there would be much of a curve anyway.