Most Frequently Asked Questions About Your Car

KnurledCar entering parking lot:  "BRRrrrrrrrRRRRRP! Brp! Brp! Brp! Brp! BRRRrrrrrrrrRRRRP! Brp! Brp! Brp! Brrrrr."

Standard Question:  "Is that still rotary powered?"

What year Malibu wagon is that.

What kind of motor is in there 

Why do the wheels have mustang center caps. 

Several times every week for the past few years I have been asked to sell my Volvo 245. It is getting old. The answer is "only after I die"

Biggest question is get or at least most prevalent: “why?”

FD:  "Is it a turbo?"  (yes, all FDs are turbo)  Often followed by "is it for sale?" (No)

Miata:  "That's not stock, is it?"  (no, it's got 300+ at the wheels)

Audi:  "What color is that?" (Nogaro Blue, it's a special order color)

Truck & E46:  Nobody asks me questions about those.

My 1975 Datsun 280z.  "Did you buy that new?"

Uh, no. I was born in 1968 so I was in elementary  school when this car was new.

Old SE-R: What motor does that have?  ("Car people" were always confused because it sounded way too mean/bassy to be a 4 cylinder)

Previous Miata: What color is that? Black? Blue? Green? Answer: Yes (It was a Montego Blue)

Current Miata:  Very few.  It's pretty much invisible.  Most comments come from other "Miata people", who either love or hate the "appearance package" stuff it came with.  

kazoospec said:

Current Miata:  Very few.  It's pretty much invisible.  Most comments come from other "Miata people", who either love or hate the "appearance package" stuff it came with.  

That's quite an "appearance package" for a yellow Miata. :)

jimbob_racing said:

My 1975 Datsun 280z.  "Did you buy that new?"

Uh, no. I was born in 1968 so I was in elementary  school when this car was new.

I get that with my 1961 Pontiac.  I was five years old then.

2015 Transit Connect, white, cargo van - Dude at drive through window - "Do you drive that for work?" No, its mine. He gives a disgusted look. "Why would you drive that?"

2010 Kia Forte Koup - Young guy at another drive through window - "What year is that!?" Its a 2010. "Oh wow, I've never seen a Kia with a manual before!" Me starting to say "back in my day..." but realizes I'm turning into that guy: Yep, not many manuals left.

Another dude, a little older than me working on his very nice and loud Corvette in the next bay at the auto hobby shop: "How do you like your car?" I start to rattle off a list of design features that only a car nerd would care about. Him: "Oh I was thinking about buying one of these for my teenage daughter who just got her license." Me, a little defeated: It is a safe car with lots of airbags.

Why does it have a hood scoop?

Is that a diesel?

BMW stands for British Motor Works don't it?

first new car I owned, '71 BMW 2002

Brett_Murphy said:

Why does it have a hood scoop?

My parents had a 1997 Legacy GT. Naturally aspirated 2.5 with a hood scoop that did nothing at all. So it's a legit question for some Subarus :)

On the old Cadillac: "What year is it?". Nobody can ever guess.

On the Miatas: "Who makes that?" (cue the sound of a sobbing Mazda PR person)

Jumper K Balls (Trent) said:

Oddly enough the most asked question is "what is it?" Not from kids either. Every age group. I consider it to be one of the most iconic cars of the 20th century.

I even had a kid in a R53 Cooper S think I was gaslighting him when I told him it was a mini. He was just like "uh, dude. I'M in a mini, what is that"

I've never experienced that. Everyone I've spoken to knows mine is a Mini.

"Is that an old taxi?" I mean, it's little brother was a popular taxi over seas. 

"Is that the thing from You Story?" No... but we also built a replica of that that looks nothing alike.

https://imgur.com/5Nr9ddy

All 3 MINIs: That must get good gas mileage!

Teardrop trailer: Do you sleep in that?

Keith Tanner said:

Jumper K Balls (Trent) said:

Oddly enough the most asked question is "what is it?" Not from kids either. Every age group. I consider it to be one of the most iconic cars of the 20th century.

I even had a kid in a R53 Cooper S think I was gaslighting him when I told him it was a mini. He was just like "uh, dude. I'M in a mini, what is that"

I've never experienced that. Everyone I've spoken to knows mine is a Mini.

I certainly never expected it. I always thought it was up there with the VW beetle as one of the most known cars of all time. 

The eight and a half was an odd one. Most folks who came up to talk to me about it turned out to have emigrated from eastern Europe and had tears in their eyes upon seeing it.

Most locals said something like. "My Mom had one of those Datsuns when I was a kid"

The odd thing about both is I can be sitting at a stop light next to something like a fiberglass T bucket and people will look at me in the mini/Fiat and say "Boy you don't want to get in an accident in that" For some reason guys on Harleys wearing a T shirt, cargo shorts and a skullcap love to tell me how unsafe my cars are.

Keith Tanner said:

On the old Cadillac: "What year is it?". Nobody can ever guess.

Sounds like the perfect opportunity for: "It's a 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 automobile!"

I’m a bit sad that no one has asked about, commented, or even sneered at my “Clutch in, Dicks out” license plate frame on my Miata. 

ShawnG said:

Keith Tanner said:

On the old Cadillac: "What year is it?". Nobody can ever guess.

Sounds like the perfect opportunity for: "It's a 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 automobile!"

Wait a second Keith you have an old Cadillac as well?

Keith Tanner said:

My parents had a 1997 Legacy GT. Naturally aspirated 2.5 with a hood scoop that did nothing at all. So it's a legit question for some Subarus :)

 

Keith, always with his valid points and logic and everything. 

 

wearymicrobe said:

ShawnG said:

Keith Tanner said:

On the old Cadillac: "What year is it?". Nobody can ever guess.

Sounds like the perfect opportunity for: "It's a 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 automobile!"

Wait a second Keith you have an old Cadillac as well?

66!

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