When People Misunderstand Which Car You Say You Drive

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind) 11/09/2015 at 21:11 • Filed to: Ford GT

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Has anyone ever misunderstood which car you tell them you drive? Mostly directed at Ford GT owners since I would imagine you get people telling you about how their kid brother just got an 06 Mustang too. Also I would assume Continental GT owners would need to clarify it isn’t a Lincoln.

Maybe some other instances such as:

“What do you drive?”

“I have an RX-7”

“Oh, my mother loves her Lexus!”

or how about:

“What do you drive?”

“300ZX”

“Mopar or no car right?! Haha”

Any other possible misunderstandings? Any stories?!!

Jayhawk Jake > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:17

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This girl I met mentioned driving her dad’s GT Ford. I still don’t know if she meant Ford GT or Mustang GT.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:18

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“What do you drive?”

“A alfa”

“A what?”

“A alfa”

“what’s that?”

“It’s Italian”

“so they’re like super fast and expensive right?”

I also love doing this one because nobody ever catches on

“what kind of car is that?”

“A Jag-you-were”

“A what?”

“you know like “jag-wahh-uh”

They’ll just give me the blankest expression possible

Übel > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:23

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I thought I could get away with calling my GTI a Golf, but I managed to confuse someone with it the other day and had to resort to calling it a Rabbit.

As for the Karmann Ghia, all I get is “a what?”.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:30

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I imagine that a VW Thing would raise some questions.

“So what do you drive?”

“Oh you know. A Thing”

“Well obviously.”

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:32

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Always happens:

“Who makes this?”

“...Hyundai”

PowderHound > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:46

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I’ve resorted to just saying Subaru.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:49

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“I drive a Volvo”

*person conjures up an image of an old brick*

“No no no. It’s actually a two door hatchback”

“Oh....”

Urambo Tauro > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:49

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Imagine Chevy SS owners...

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:50

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“Volkswagen Beetle”

“so like the Nazi car right”

*SLAP*

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:51

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What people think when I tell them what I drive:

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:52

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My other favorite was when I was getting gas in my SWEDISH Volvo

An old man with a Buick at the pump next to me sees me filling my Car

“You should stop wasting gas on that Jap car”

“It’s actually Swedish.”

“(Grunts) Still not ‘Murican.”

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:55

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When I tell people I drive a Galant.

Most people don’t realized that the Galant was ever anything but a big Maxima wanna-be. They’re really surprised when I tell them it’s a 91, and it’s AWD.

Wobbles the Mind > Urambo Tauro 11/09/2015 at 21:55

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“Check it out, I got the new SS!”

“Nice! With the V8, magnetic ride, and a manual, right??”

“You know it!”

“Sweet! So who’s Malibu is this?”

Nauraushaun > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:56

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300ZX

When I mention 300ZX to people they always seem to get in their head that it’s an SX. Later they’ll mention my “280SX” or something.

Understandably insignificant to some, but there are important differences between the S cars and the Z cars.

scoob > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 21:58

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Everyone looks at me in shock when I tell them I don’t drive.

What kind of a car enthusiast doesn’t have a car or even a driver’s license?!

This guy.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 11/09/2015 at 22:03

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*an Alfa. hahaha. This is what immediately comes to mined when I hear Alfa Romeo.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > PowderHound 11/09/2015 at 22:09

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SO like one of them Lessbenen station wagons right? what a queer.

PowderHound > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/09/2015 at 22:14

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Exactly.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > PowderHound 11/09/2015 at 22:18

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When I worked at a Ford dealership them sales guys there would constantly rag on Subarus with comments like the one above. It was so stupid, they couldn’t see past this little homophobic insecure thing in there mind, for what” because once in the 90’s Subaru had an ad with a Lesbian couple in it? I at one time said that a Taurus X was basically a Subaru Outback for some one who wants to “buy American”. I was told I’d better shut my mouth before I get fired.

PowderHound > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/09/2015 at 22:30

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TIL there is a Taurus X and it's a fucking SUV. They made the Taurus into an SUV...

Hanzr > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 22:32

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Being a college student driving s2000, I’ve get enough shit about my car and my race (Asian) to feed a plantation of mushroom. Well, maybe they’re right lol. But as soon as I go out and drive, everything just doesn’t matter.

Axial > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 22:34

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Does it count if I’m deliberately misleading?

“What do you drive?”

“Oh, a Chevy coupe.”

“I used to have a Cavalier, too!”

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > PowderHound 11/09/2015 at 22:35

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Yup, it was also called the Freestyle, they changed the name at the same time the switch back from 500, to Taurus. The Freestyle also has a 3.0V6 and a CVT that was a POS. where as the Taurus X had a 3.5l and a 6 speed auto. I’ve driven both, I’d buy an X, and I’d like to burn a few Freestyles.

PowderHound > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/09/2015 at 22:39

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That's it! As I posted that I remembered a friends mom having something very similar but not a Taurus. 'Twas a freestyle.

911e46z06 > Wobbles the Mind 11/09/2015 at 23:56

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When I told people I was thinking about buying a Chevy SS, I got a lot of “Oh, Camaro SS?” No. Just SS.

911e46z06 > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 11/09/2015 at 23:57

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I get some weird looks when I tell people I drive a bus

Baeromez > Wobbles the Mind 11/10/2015 at 00:07

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Everyone thinks my car is either a Trans Am or a Camaro.

It’s a Firebird, people. V6 equals Firebird.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > 911e46z06 11/10/2015 at 00:10

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I’d imagine so. Daily-ing an actual bus would probably be a hassle.

911e46z06 > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 11/10/2015 at 00:45

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And I wouldn’t look near as cool as I do in the VW

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > 911e46z06 11/10/2015 at 00:56

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Like gas and parking and all of those important car things. And I didn’t know you had a bus. What year?

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > 911e46z06 11/10/2015 at 01:02

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A bus that I live in and has a racecar in the back.

911e46z06 > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 11/10/2015 at 01:26

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‘70. I have way too many cars.

for Michigan > Jayhawk Jake 11/10/2015 at 01:29

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Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > Wobbles the Mind 11/10/2015 at 01:45

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“Oh I drive a Cadillac convertible” (and people think this:

“and race it on weekends.” -then I get the confused blank stare. So when I show them this

All of a sudden, they want to impress me with their knowledge of the vehicle (mostly wrong). I usually correct their wrong info as I walk away. For those that don’t try to impress me, I usually try to sneak a peek of their reaction to hearing this highly modified beast start up (PRICELESS!).

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Wobbles the Mind 11/10/2015 at 03:16

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Twice someone has corrected me on the Land Rover Series III; ‘Don’t you mean a BMW?’

And someone called my Alfa a Ferrero Rocher once.

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/ferrero-rocher…

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Wobbles the Mind 11/10/2015 at 08:05

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Not a misunderstanding such as yours, but...

“A Colorado”

“lol whut why did you buy such a piece of shit”

“Because V8”

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 11/10/2015 at 08:06

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Jag-wire drives me nuts.

Wobbles the Mind > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/10/2015 at 08:15

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That’s the Colorado I want. Saw a police one (a decade ago, so no V8 but still the chrome face) and have wanted one with a bit of a lift and brush guard ever since. Saw a super clean 2012 yesterday.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Wobbles the Mind 11/10/2015 at 08:32

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I have the chrome face. I want it gone.

Wobbles the Mind > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/10/2015 at 08:35

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No, keep it. Chrome is making a comeback. Have you seen the future in movies?!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Wobbles the Mind 11/10/2015 at 09:50

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I WANT IT GONE. Well, smoked actually.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/10/2015 at 16:01

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Go back about 30 years and that’s the same alfa i drive

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 11/10/2015 at 16:24

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looks like ou’ve got a bit of a project there! i like it.