Am I supposed to feel insulted???

"Firewrx234" (firewrx234)
08/08/2015 at 21:50 • Filed to: None

Weird thing happened today while going out for dinner. I pulled into the parking space that was facing the open bar doors and saw three men eyeing my car pretty hardcore. So much so that Mrs. Firewrx noticed and pointed it out to me as well. As we got out, one of the three stooges exclaimed, “Your car is over engineered!” And after saying it once, he made sure to say it again right afterward to make sure I heard his witty comment. All that I could do was smile back and give him a thumbs up because I honestly could not find a problem with his comment or a way to make it derogatory. I was honestly flattered that a drunk felt so compelled to yell about my car when I most definitely didn’t have the flashiest nor the most expensive car in the lot. (Challengers with rims and large trucks with lifts surrounded me)

Either way, what is the weirdest comment you’ve heard about your car?

DISCUSSION (45)

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 21:57

“It’s worthless with the head gaskets gone, but I’ll take it off your hands for $800. My son will love to have these wheels and tires.”

“It’ll cost 5,000 to replace the gaskets in this(1995 4Runner).”

- Now defunct shop in the town that I lived in while I was in Florida.

pjhusa > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 21:58

One time, my friend and I went “parking lot car spotting”. I remarked how ugly the regular C-Class wheels were, and said that the AMG-style ones were so much better. He agreed. We poked and prodded, unimpressed with the color choice (white exterior and beige interior). Soon enough, the owner came running and screaming (probably thought we were vandalizing her car). My friend and I quickly praised the car’s wheels, color choice, blah blah. Heh.

Again, I commented this before, and I will say it again, you have a nice C-Class though.

Firewrx234 > pjhusa
08/08/2015 at 22:05

Lol still appreciated

qbeezy > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:06

“That car doesn’t belong to you, its gods” - a homeless man

“ I know. It’s the banks right now “ -qp

Tom McParland > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:08

Kinja'd!!!

That’s a nice Benz you got...but I’d like to know what’s going on with this mess over here.

EmbraceTheRasp > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:08

“Sounds like a Honda” Said about the obnoxiously loud exhaust on my e46 m3.

It’s actually true a little. #enbracetherasp

Birddog > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:12

Yes. You are supposed to feel insulted. You worked hard to get something more tangible than a quick Buzz. How dare you!

/Kidding..

I love odd 80s and 90s cars. (Chrysler L bodies are my favorite.)

So.. When I hear “Nice Car” I never know how to react.

Firewrx234 > Tom McParland
08/08/2015 at 22:15

Kinja'd!!!

That one? It's my friends RX-8 with only 28ish k miles. He loves it and he's never gonna let it go. And yes it's a stick

nothing > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:19

because the grill looks like a biplane, and to a (stupid) drunk person planes with two wings are better than planes with one wing, so clearly over engineered

Jedidiah > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:29

“Why don’t you put a Chevy engine in it?”

fhrblig > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:40

I haven’t gotten a comment, per se... the weirdest thing about my car is how much women flirt with me. I could understand if I was young and attractive, but I’m a bald, heavy-set gay man in his early 40s. WTF?

Dy-no-mite Jay > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:40

An auto insurance adjuster was asking how fast my 6 spd manual fusion is as he hasn’t seen one with a stick (it’s a 1.6 ecoboost, so not insanely fast at all) and if i drive it like a sports car. I told him it’s not very fast, i don’t drive crazy and is more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow, and that it doesn’t have too much power to get me in trouble with Jonny law. Like i would tell an insurance adjuster i drive like a nut. ..

Bytemite > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:42

Well he shouldn’t let it go...it will be worth around 3k at 80,000 miles.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:47

My random and incorrect gas station one from earlier comes to mind

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/so-im-at-the-g…

(On mobile can’t do things the clean and proper way)

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:51

I just get compliments from car people/mechanics.

It’s totally invisible in every possible way to normal people (unless they think it looks good and have no clue what it is, or to people that know what it is because I've told them, like some coworkers), which is a good thing.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > fhrblig
08/08/2015 at 22:56

What do you drive?

The E-class I borrowed the last time I was in Los Angeles, after a thorough cleaning, attracted the weirdest comments and flirting from 45+ women. I was a short, bald, 31-year-old (now older). It was like they could smell blood.

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > fhrblig
08/08/2015 at 22:57

Please sir, teach me your ways! I’m balding in my early 20’s and not stick skinny like the usual guys my age. It sucks ):

JGrabowMSt > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:58

“That thing must cost you a fotune.”

“It’ll pass anything but the gas station.”

Clearly it either 1) doesnt cost a fortune because I have it, or 2) I have a fortune to spend on it, and thats not your business. I also pass plenty of gas stations, I get more MPG out of it that most other people would.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 22:58

“Who the hell wants a 7 series it can’t even handle that well.”

5-Speed Gangsta > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 23:02

A kid I used to play rugby with: “You’re volvo sounds shitty” (about my e36) to which I replied “Your altima is shitty” and then he started telling me it wasn’t his and that he drives a 2011 impala ss so I just laughed because they did not make the impala ss in 2011 and even if they did it would still be pretty shitty.

nothing > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 23:04

It is because the grill looks like a bi-plane. Drunk people think biplanes must be over engineered because they have two wings

Firewrx234 > Bytemite
08/08/2015 at 23:07

Yeah they do not hold their value well at all

fhrblig > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/08/2015 at 23:09

A non-Abarth Fiat 500. Go figure.

fhrblig > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC
08/08/2015 at 23:10

Apparently all you need is a Fiat 500. It’s never happened to me ever until I bought this thing.

TheHondaBro > EmbraceTheRasp
08/08/2015 at 23:19

bruh

TheHondaBro > nothing
08/08/2015 at 23:20

Now I can’t unsee that. Damn you.

nothing > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 23:20

Why did you purchase a red car?

nothing > TheHondaBro
08/08/2015 at 23:26

Not a bad thing. The grill is wonderfull.

AM > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 23:28

Depends what I’m driving, in the Jetta I get no compliments because it’s boring and brown.

I always get compliments in my Yukon though, gas stations, corner store, you name it I’ve got a compliment there. I assume it’s because the truck is still in mint condition and where I live you don’t really see that because A) It turned to a rusted shit or B)It’s been stolen.

Tom McParland > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 23:30

Ah...that explains the fender...I totally thought that was a rear fender vent and was very confused. Those are cool cars...when everything is working right.

vwbeamer > Firewrx234
08/08/2015 at 23:36

A. You did the right thang and took the comment as a complement...maybe was meant to be one.

B. Worse comment on a car I owned, was a guy told me my 89 Acura Integra was the same thing as a 89 Honda Accord hatch back, and I would have saved money by just buying the Honda... This was in 1989. 1. They were not the same thing, and 2. The Integra was priced the same as the Accord.

C. Yes, I’m old, very old.