lack of knowledge
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lack of knowledge
i am really shocked at the lack of knowledge when it comes to people and the difference between the years of a corvette and even more so the different models...even talking to some corvette guys they still get lost in the most basic talk of vettes!
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I am with you guys as well. I know a fair amount,,but am nowhere in the ballpark of being an expert. What I DO find amusing are guys that have no clue TRYING to sound like one
!! Wonder just how many C5 coupe owners found out through various conversations that they REALLY owned a Z06!?!
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Sitting at the gas station pumping gas yesterday,
a 19 year old kid walks up and is selling wheel cleaner and wants to give me a demonstration while i pump gas on one of my wheels.. he goes and i quote...
"Kid-man beautiful car, i have one sitting in the drive way"
"Me- ya shes my baby"
"Kid- Ya i have one of those sitting in my driveway i just love mustangs they are fast"
"Me- i dont need the demonstration thank you anyways..."
a 19 year old kid doesnt know these things? you dont need to be a car enthusiast to know the difference between a pony and a checkered flag..
i was actully mad leaving and prob wont go back to that gas station :-P
a 19 year old kid walks up and is selling wheel cleaner and wants to give me a demonstration while i pump gas on one of my wheels.. he goes and i quote...
"Kid-man beautiful car, i have one sitting in the drive way"
"Me- ya shes my baby"
"Kid- Ya i have one of those sitting in my driveway i just love mustangs they are fast"
"Me- i dont need the demonstration thank you anyways..."
a 19 year old kid doesnt know these things? you dont need to be a car enthusiast to know the difference between a pony and a checkered flag..
i was actully mad leaving and prob wont go back to that gas station :-P
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Pays to know your cars, trust me when I say that the dealer KNOWS that that 96 vette doesnt really have that LS1 that he put in the advertisement.. I see that alot.. Oh and advertising F-bodies and Impalas as having "vette" motors.. The f-bodies may be really close but its still not the real deal.
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He smugly boasted it was an "Anniversary Edition" and when I tried to describe the actual "Edition", he looked at me like I was El Stoopido because the car was obviously black.....DER....
Oh well......
As said, if one doesn't know...at least don't try to fake that you do.
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I was out if front of a tavern when a couple drove up in a black '03 and I complimented him and the car.
He smugly boasted it was an "Anniversary Edition" and when I tried to describe the actual "Edition", he looked at me like I was El Stoopido because the car was obviously black.....DER....
Oh well......
As said, if one doesn't know...at least don't try to fake that you do.
He smugly boasted it was an "Anniversary Edition" and when I tried to describe the actual "Edition", he looked at me like I was El Stoopido because the car was obviously black.....DER....
Oh well......
As said, if one doesn't know...at least don't try to fake that you do.
As as well as the black premium color fee that also reduces the value come trade-in time. Love car salesman! 
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...what's worse is I don't think he realized that I also was driving a Corvette.
Last edited by MSG C5; Mar 9, 2011 at 01:26 PM.
