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Re: [Healeys] Just want to vent!

To: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Just want to vent!
From: Chris Dimmock <austin.healey@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 21:52:00 +1100
I've never encountered that Alan
But if I did, I'd just say...
Me: Yeah mate. It runs just fine. As a matter of fact, I was just  
checking that my radiator wasn't blocked. And my grille wasn't  
stained. Can't you smell it???
Him: what do you mean?
Me: well this guy in a turbo WRX STI (insert appropriate modern car  
here) just shit himself when I went past him at about 140 mph at those  
esse bends  just down the road..... I've already cleaned the  
windscreen, but it was starting to run a little warm....
Have you got a high pressure hose?
:-)

Sent from my iPhone

On 07/10/2010, at 7:17 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:

> All -
>
> Yesterday I was in a public parking lot and I had the bonnet open on  
> my '59
> Jag Mk IX - I was simply replacing the fuse for the interior panel  
> lights.
> The car runs perfectly and I drive it daily (as all of my cars) - I  
> tend to
> be maniacal about keeping my cars on the road and in perfect working  
> order.
> This car is beautifully maintained and is a solid 5 footer.  73K  
> original
> documented miles.
>
> So.... for the all of three minutes that I am changing this fuse in  
> the
> parking lot, some guy walks by and says matter-of-factly "Does that  
> thing
> run?" and gets in his crappy Nippo-BJ9 and drives away.
>
>
> 1) Why the **** can't these people say "nice car" instead?
> 2) What possess these people to think up the most negative thing to  
> say?
> 3) Do any of you have a clever retort for such nonsense?
>
>
> I sheepishly said "yes this car runs just fine" but later was  
> unsatisfied
> with my response, especially while I'm busy with the bonnet up.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks for letting me get this off my chest.
>
> Alan
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