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Car Sends a Message
Dec. 15th, 2012 09:23 pmOne of my bosses was telling me that one of the tires on his car was going flat and that's when he realized his car did not come with a spare, not even one of those mini spares.
That reminded me of when I learned that many pick-up trucks do not come with bumpers.
Man, you think some things just go without saying, but no.
He said the trunk is small already, so it makes sense.
So he dropped his car off to get the tired fixed (while there was still enough air in the tire to be able to drive it there himself). He told them that last time he left his car there to be repaired, the next time he refilled his gas tank he noticed that he'd gotten five fewer miles per gallon than usual. So, they were joyriding his car, having more fun with it than he let himself have. He said he wasn't angry or anything, and the repair had required driving the car to test it. But with just a bad tire, he warned them that he didn't want this to happen again.
Obviously, he has some kind of sports car. (He didn't say what kind; Robin's guessing Porsche.)
He described a few other odd things that happen to him now that he has that car. His car attracts a lot of attention. More than he wants.
And people will pull up next to him, especially Ferrari drivers, and want to race him, revving their engines. They especially like revving their engines under bridges, because you can get a good echo going. He doesn't want to race people, though.
And of course he has to be extra careful to drive perfectly because he also gets attention from police officers.
I've never noticed people treating me differently based on what car I'm driving, but then all the cars I've driven, even rental cars, have been very common and boring models, so that makes sense.
But Robin has noticed a difference. He says when he drives his big red pick-up truck, people get out of his way. But when he drives my little blue sedan, he gets no respect. (Or as I like to call it, fear.) People will cut him off going 20 miles an hour more slowly than he's going, for example.
And here I thought that's just how everyone drives.
And then there's my friend raaga123 who finally gave up her Miata after being rear-ended one too many times by people who claimed they didn't see her. I'd like to add that her Miata was quite a bright robin's-egg blue color. But these large vehicle drivers would claim that her car was just too short to be in their sight lines. Uh huh.
And my mom noticed that she started getting hit when she had a dark green car (Toyota Tercel) instead of other colors. As if green were camouflage in the suburbs. Weird.
So, what message is your car sending out? Invisibility? Doormat? Attention whore? Monster truck? Bumper car?
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That reminded me of when I learned that many pick-up trucks do not come with bumpers.
Man, you think some things just go without saying, but no.
He said the trunk is small already, so it makes sense.
So he dropped his car off to get the tired fixed (while there was still enough air in the tire to be able to drive it there himself). He told them that last time he left his car there to be repaired, the next time he refilled his gas tank he noticed that he'd gotten five fewer miles per gallon than usual. So, they were joyriding his car, having more fun with it than he let himself have. He said he wasn't angry or anything, and the repair had required driving the car to test it. But with just a bad tire, he warned them that he didn't want this to happen again.
Obviously, he has some kind of sports car. (He didn't say what kind; Robin's guessing Porsche.)
He described a few other odd things that happen to him now that he has that car. His car attracts a lot of attention. More than he wants.
And people will pull up next to him, especially Ferrari drivers, and want to race him, revving their engines. They especially like revving their engines under bridges, because you can get a good echo going. He doesn't want to race people, though.
And of course he has to be extra careful to drive perfectly because he also gets attention from police officers.
I've never noticed people treating me differently based on what car I'm driving, but then all the cars I've driven, even rental cars, have been very common and boring models, so that makes sense.
But Robin has noticed a difference. He says when he drives his big red pick-up truck, people get out of his way. But when he drives my little blue sedan, he gets no respect. (Or as I like to call it, fear.) People will cut him off going 20 miles an hour more slowly than he's going, for example.
And here I thought that's just how everyone drives.
And then there's my friend raaga123 who finally gave up her Miata after being rear-ended one too many times by people who claimed they didn't see her. I'd like to add that her Miata was quite a bright robin's-egg blue color. But these large vehicle drivers would claim that her car was just too short to be in their sight lines. Uh huh.
And my mom noticed that she started getting hit when she had a dark green car (Toyota Tercel) instead of other colors. As if green were camouflage in the suburbs. Weird.
So, what message is your car sending out? Invisibility? Doormat? Attention whore? Monster truck? Bumper car?
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