When your family think you own a corvette when you are not a corvette guy.
When your family think you own a corvette when you are not a corvette guy.
Hah it's actually my dad. When I sent him my nsx picture, he asked me why I was driving a corvette and if i have sold my nsx. Corvette is a great car but I dont ever see myself owning one.
???* You laugh when people ask if they can drive it.
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I say "yes." A good portion of the joy of owning the NSX is sharing the experience with others.
1) You are paying HOW MUCH for a 96? (loan officer who was obviously not familiar with the nsx)
2) Is that your red corvette ( < 5 hours into ownership )
3) You paid HOW MUCH for a 2006? [ my response: "no ma'am - a 1996" ] ( DMV clerk )
Someone asks how much you paid for your car, house or recent vacation.
TRY THIS: Nosy money questions are so rude that almost any polite shutdown is fair game. Try, “I’ve purposely forgotten!” Letitia Baldrige, author of “New Manners for New Times,” also suggests this go-to line: “I only know that whatever I paid, it was far too much, and whatever I earn, it’s far too little.”
It annoys me when strangers on the street ask me how much I paid for my cars. They can check Autotrader or eBay if they're truly interested. I'm going to try to use the following response:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/27119806/ns/today-relationships/t/four-ways-respond-nosy-questions
But some people are super pushy and say "no really, how much?" I'm not sure how to deal with those types yet.
Smile & say, "Why do you want to know?"
or "You're a nosy little turd, aren't you."
...or ask them a highly personal question that is sure to make them squirm. ("So exactly how much money do YOU have in your checking account?")
Ah yes, first world problems. :biggrin:
But some people are super pushy and say "no really, how much?" I'm not sure how to deal with those types yet.
I don't know either. It's really annoying. I even changed the subject and talked about something else car-related just to veer away from the topic with one guy and he went back to it.
When u have this on ur leg shuuunnn!
When u have this on ur leg shuuunnn!
It annoys me when strangers on the street ask me how much I paid for my cars. They can check Autotrader or eBay if they're truly interested. I'm going to try to use the following response:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/27119806/ns/today-relationships/t/four-ways-respond-nosy-questions
But some people are super pushy and say "no really, how much?" I'm not sure how to deal with those types yet.
...you begin to shut the window a block away from your destination.
...you begin to shut the window a block away from your destination.
Smile & say, "Why do you want to know?"
or "You're a nosy little turd, aren't you."
...or ask them a highly personal question that is sure to make them squirm. ("So exactly how much money do YOU have in your checking account?")