The Last Laugh

[gfish]

Hello all...

So last night, my wife and I ventured out of town for a drive at sunset. Before we left town, we pulled into McDonalds for a couple of shakes. Their entry had some huge potholes. I negotiated my way through their minefield of potholes and made an immediate turn into McDonalds. Ooops...in my concern about potholes, I neglected to use my turn signal. Suddenly, there was an irate lady yelling at me "We all know you're rich, but you still have to use turn signals". At first, I was a bit stunned. I usually try to be a courteous and conscientious driver. Yes, I failed at that moment. Then I realized the irony and humor of the situation. She's assuming we're rich and inconsiderate based on our 22 year old car! I guess it was an unintended compliment. In the end, we got the last laugh.

gfish

[s8ilver]

Ah yes, the rarified air of rich high 4 to low 5 figure car owners. How much is a new Civic again?

[zellamay]

I'm not clear on this. Do you have to signal for every pothole? ..... Incidentally, you are rich.

[gfish]

S8ILVER - With the increase in used cars, I think I may have hit the low 5s. How about you?

zellamay - Yes, I signaled for every pothole. And no, I'm not rich. Just an ordinary guy with an extraordinary car.

[s8ilver]

S8ILVER - With the increase in used cars, I think I may have hit the low 5s. How about you?

I have the Coupe insured for 20 and the Roadster for 25. Realistically probably mid teens on the Coupe and mid 20s on the Roadster if someone loved my mods, so I'll never sell if I can help it.

[gfish]

Realistically, I think I'm in around 15.

On another subject, I just started using Hybrid Ceramic Spray Coating from Turtle Wax. This product is incredible. I received five compliments in the first week I used it. Six complements if you include the lady by McDonalds!



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[sleeperz]

So... This made me laugh out loud.
FWIW 2 stories.
First, my non-car literate friends think my Z3M is an expensive car. I have to correct them. So I can relate to your story first hand.
Second, I get lots of redlight race invites from Corvettes and Mustangs, and a few Camaros, I just wave them on. 500hp vs sub 300hp car in about the same weight range? No Way!
Funny... Once this happened near to my home and I told the guy to meet me back in a hour and I would bring my Buick Grand National (I really do own a tweaked 800hp one). He turned pale and said NO because he knew what that was. Bhwahahahah
Sold this one....
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[ZGator]

2.3 Red Seats, that's the secret sauce IMHO LOL!

[Hoyt Clagwell]

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Steele grey with dark red seats, my favorite color combo. Lucky lucky you!

[gfish]

Hello Hoyt & Z Gator...

Thank you for the nice comments. We bought our first Z3 in 2015. It was steele grey with tannin red seats. But it was a high mileage car with 130K on the odometer. In 2018, I spotted its twin brother on ebay. Same color combo (same car in the pic). Our new ride had 42K on the clock when we bought it. For about a month, "the twins" shared the garage together. Today, our "new" car has around 50K on the odometer.

[pine1000]

Yes, people have strange opinions on these cars. I've been asked "what is that a 68?" not sure what he thought it was but he seemed stunned when I said it was a 2000. Also had a young lady say "nice corvette". A lot of non-car-people seem to assume it is new and very expensive I think just because it is clean/waxed and it has a BMW badge.

My wife drives a 2014 Mercedes GLK 350. We got it used for $17k a couple of years after they stopped making them. Some of her friends and extended family have a real problem with it, even though they drive domestic SUVs that cost double or more. It's crazy.