Meanest funny thing you've said about a friend's car...

The Barbie thread got me thinking about an exchange at a work party a few years ago...

Manager Joe was giving Manager Kevin some ribbing about his "souped up Saturn." Kevin was defensively pointing out that his car pre-dated the Saturn. Being the curious type and coming late to the conversation, I asked Kevin what he drove; he replied a late '80s Corvette. Joe looked crestfallen that I'd ruined his fun, and since I liked Joe better, I had to do it...

I turned to Kevin with big sweet girly eyes. "OH! A late '80s Corvette? Was it silver? Pleeeease tell me it was silver! My Barbie's Corvette was silver!!" I enthused.

Joe grinned. "Oh, Kevin! Barbie's Corvette was silver!!"

It didn't matter that his Corvette was, in fact, black...all the guys just called it the Barbie car after that. :D

I like you. You are evil when confronted with the "automobile as jewelry" people.

I've got a friend that's a Merkur nut. He, my manager and I were just hanging out one day at work when Kyle went outside to help some cute girl with her car. He came back in and sighed, "man, I need a girlfriend, something to blow my money on." And Steve snapped right back and said "what, five Merkurs isn't enough?"

When my friend got a Crossfire and posted about it on a MB that we're on. Someone asked for photo's, Matt replied he'd get them up soon... I helped him out by posting up LeBaron pics

My other friend got a Jag XJR, I pointed out that they copied their styling from Kia...

"It's just like a BMW".

BowtieBandit wrote: I've got a friend that's a Merkur nut. He, my manager and I were just hanging out one day at work when Kyle went outside to help some cute girl with her car. He came back in and sighed, "man, I need a girlfriend, something to blow my money on." And Steve snapped right back and said "what, five Merkurs isn't enough?"

I hit the floor when reading this (I in fact share a Merkur between 3 people, it's a good thing too, it takes all 3 of us to pay for her habits)

My brother got pissed when in front of his friends I said:

"If you couldn't get laid in a woman's prison with a fistful of Pardons, that Miata ain't getting it done!"

He bought a 4WD Chevy truck. Gee, hope it wasn't something I said ....

I had someone at an autocross tell me that my car (318ti) was what "real" BMW owners bought for their daughters.

Entropyman wrote: I had someone at an autocross tell me that my car (318ti) was what "real" BMW owners bought for their daughters.

Di you ask to be introduced to said daughters?

One of my friends came out to Summit Point for a lap in my car. He got out and exclaimed "That isn't a berkeleying car - its a coffin"

Not exactly on topic, but one guy described another guy's wife as " ... strong like tractor. And just as smart! "

You're ranger is a piece of E36 M3 and I'll never help you work on it...

I guess that wasn't really funny! But that is what happens when you buy a 97 ranger for $5k with 140,000kms on it that is a stripper with no options (literally, NONE), a regular cab, 2wd, 5 speed manual, that needs a clutch shortly and probably has the timing belt off a tooth (no power below 2k rpm, but pulls really well to redline). And I told him not to. You don't listen to me when buying vehicles, I don't help you work on them. You listen to me, my labor is free. Pretty freikin' good deal!

My buddy buys a clapped out brown 69 ford Tradesman van.

"Wow, Ryan. You just bought a rape van."

Anson's free candy amd puppies van at the challenge was noteworthy.

rough paraphrasing/combining of what about 6 people said on Sunday's autoX: "that's no longer a Fiat, it's a cone killing clown car "

describing a Fiat 600 with a 2.something liter GM Ecotec motor sitting in the back seat with a GM automatic transaxle bolted up to it, 9 year old Hoosier slicks with half the tire outside of the fenders, no windshield/side windows/rear window to speak of, painted primer grey, twitchy as all get out, and while the tires don't grip the pavement worth a damn, they might as well have a magnetic attraction to every cone on the course. all in all, a clown car that someone put too much air in the tires

"And you're proud of that?"

HiTempguy wrote: You're ranger is a piece of E36 M3 and I'll never help you work on it... I guess that wasn't really funny! But that is what happens when you buy a 97 ranger for $5k with 140,000kms on it that is a stripper with no options (literally, NONE), a regular cab, 2wd, 5 speed manual, that needs a clutch shortly and probably has the timing belt off a tooth (no power below 2k rpm, but pulls really well to redline). And I told him not to. You don't listen to me when buying vehicles, I don't help you work on them. You listen to me, my labor is free. Pretty freikin' good deal!

that is how it is supposed to work.
my uncle went out with me to check out a $250 caravan a couple years ago. He said to get it, I said ok you fix it when it breaks. Sadly, he hasn't had to do much besides oil changes.

To the co-worker with the riced-out 300Z who likes to brag about his "street racing" endeavors.

"Paul Walker and Vin Diesel called... they want their douchebaggery back."

To a coworker just the other day: Wait, you thought a new Mustang didn't have enough power and you ended up with a V6 Charger?

Told my friend he needs football pads, feathers, and assless chaps to go with his car

I once told a friend when looking for what to do with some random Honda he had purchased (I am not a Honda fan, so bear with me)

"Best thing to do with it? Leave the keys in it over in Frogtown and hope it gets stolen"

Another time, it was running funny- and I closed the hood and said "There's your problem right there" pointing to the Honda badge.

I am also a big fan of when asked how to mod a particular vehicle "Sell it, and buy a good car?" They always like that one.

My comment was unintentional, but I still chuckle to myself every time I think about it.

We had just arrived at the hotel for the 2004 Challenge and all the Challengers were milling around the parking lot checking out the competition. It was quite a bit of fun that year because that was the year with the Bat Van, the Big block 3 series and Thunder Midget. I was standing beside our car and another Entrant came up to check out our car. I gave him the "tour" of our car and asked him what he had brought. He pointed out his car, which unfortunately I didn't think was very impressive, and proudly said "yep, I got it done for seventeen!" To which I replied, "Dollars?"

Showing off my new-to-me $1(I think I overpaid, honestly) bugeye Impreza TS to a coworker, his only response was:

"Looks like it has down syndrome."

Back in the mid 90's I was on the phone with my friend Joe, he told me that he just got a new Geo Tracker. I said, "Cool, you didn't get that gay green one did you"...

Guess what color he got

I have two.

"It's an automatic?.........Oh."

"Well that's an Audi for ya"