Why do people do this?
04 July 2005, 05:48 PM
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Why do people do this?
Had to call out a flatbed recovery truck after my gearbox went bang on the weekend.
As the recovery truck driver scraped the car onto the flatbed
he asked how many litres it was, to which I replied 2.
He replied "....I've got a 3 litre twin turbo"
I replied "on which car?"
He replied "an Impreza"
I replied "I didnt know they did a 3 litre" (99.9% sure of it)
He replied "they dont in this country but I had it imported from Japan"
I replied "oh I see" (not believing a word of it)
Later on the journey I baited him further...
"how much power does it have?"
HIM: "412bhp"
ME: "nice, how much torque"
HIM: "erm...cant remember but it does Santa Pod in 6 seconds"
ME: "nice, what gearbox does it have?" (thinking what a clown)
HIM: " oh, standard"
I left it at that. Cant believe the bull**** he was coming up with. The only thing I said about mine was '2 litre'. If people are going to bull**** its worth them finding out how much the person at the receiving end knows. Couldn't bring myself to go any further as I kind of felt sorry for the clown.
So funny
As the recovery truck driver scraped the car onto the flatbed
he asked how many litres it was, to which I replied 2.He replied "....I've got a 3 litre twin turbo"
I replied "on which car?"
He replied "an Impreza"
I replied "I didnt know they did a 3 litre" (99.9% sure of it)
He replied "they dont in this country but I had it imported from Japan"
I replied "oh I see" (not believing a word of it)
Later on the journey I baited him further...
"how much power does it have?"
HIM: "412bhp"
ME: "nice, how much torque"
HIM: "erm...cant remember but it does Santa Pod in 6 seconds"
ME: "nice, what gearbox does it have?" (thinking what a clown)
HIM: " oh, standard"
I left it at that. Cant believe the bull**** he was coming up with. The only thing I said about mine was '2 litre'. If people are going to bull**** its worth them finding out how much the person at the receiving end knows. Couldn't bring myself to go any further as I kind of felt sorry for the clown.
So funny
04 July 2005, 07:29 PM
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i had the same a few years back mate. Some kid tried to tell me that he had a Renault 5 Turbo With 10, YES 10 Dump Valves Under The Bonnet.
Only Bumped InTo Him THe Following Week In His Car. Would He Open HIs Bonnet ??? "Would He F**K" !!! Come Out With A Minter That His Bonnet Cable Had Snapped 20 Minutes Before !!!!
Why Do People Talk So Much Chicken Soup And Think They Can Get Away With It ???
Only Bumped InTo Him THe Following Week In His Car. Would He Open HIs Bonnet ??? "Would He F**K" !!! Come Out With A Minter That His Bonnet Cable Had Snapped 20 Minutes Before !!!!
Why Do People Talk So Much Chicken Soup And Think They Can Get Away With It ???
Originally Posted by BOB'5
Had to call out a flatbed recovery truck after my gearbox went bang on the weekend.
As the recovery truck driver scraped the car onto the flatbed he asked how many litres it was, to which I replied 2.
He replied "....I've got a 3 litre twin turbo"
I replied "on which car?"
He replied "an Impreza"
I replied "I didnt know they did a 3 litre" (99.9% sure of it)
He replied "they dont in this country but I had it imported from Japan"
I replied "oh I see" (not believing a word of it)
Later on the journey I baited him further...
"how much power does it have?"
HIM: "412bhp"
ME: "nice, how much torque"
HIM: "erm...cant remember but it does Santa Pod in 6 seconds"
ME: "nice, what gearbox does it have?" (thinking what a clown)
HIM: " oh, standard"
I left it at that. Cant believe the bull**** he was coming up with. The only thing I said about mine was '2 litre'. If people are going to bull**** its worth them finding out how much the person at the receiving end knows. Couldn't bring myself to go any further as I kind of felt sorry for the clown.
So funny
As the recovery truck driver scraped the car onto the flatbed
he asked how many litres it was, to which I replied 2.He replied "....I've got a 3 litre twin turbo"
I replied "on which car?"
He replied "an Impreza"
I replied "I didnt know they did a 3 litre" (99.9% sure of it)
He replied "they dont in this country but I had it imported from Japan"
I replied "oh I see" (not believing a word of it)
Later on the journey I baited him further...
"how much power does it have?"
HIM: "412bhp"
ME: "nice, how much torque"
HIM: "erm...cant remember but it does Santa Pod in 6 seconds"
ME: "nice, what gearbox does it have?" (thinking what a clown)
HIM: " oh, standard"
I left it at that. Cant believe the bull**** he was coming up with. The only thing I said about mine was '2 litre'. If people are going to bull**** its worth them finding out how much the person at the receiving end knows. Couldn't bring myself to go any further as I kind of felt sorry for the clown.
So funny
04 July 2005, 07:33 PM
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Does what to Santa Pod in 6 seconds??? Makes the whole crowd laugh i bet
Funny enough i mentioned the idea of someone dropping a 3litre twin turbo from a Legacy into an Impreza just yesterday...anyone know if this has been (can be?) done??
Funny enough i mentioned the idea of someone dropping a 3litre twin turbo from a Legacy into an Impreza just yesterday...anyone know if this has been (can be?) done??
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Originally Posted by Xcelerater
10 dump valves how in the world would look like 
05 July 2005, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by BOB'5
Had to call out a flatbed recovery truck after my gearbox went bang on the weekend.
As the recovery truck driver scraped the car onto the flatbed he asked how many litres it was, to which I replied 2.
He replied "....I've got a 3 litre twin turbo"
I replied "on which car?"
He replied "an Impreza"
I replied "I didnt know they did a 3 litre" (99.9% sure of it)
He replied "they dont in this country but I had it imported from Japan"
I replied "oh I see" (not believing a word of it)
Later on the journey I baited him further...
"how much power does it have?"
HIM: "412bhp"
ME: "nice, how much torque"
HIM: "erm...cant remember but it does Santa Pod in 6 seconds"
ME: "nice, what gearbox does it have?" (thinking what a clown)
HIM: " oh, standard"
I left it at that. Cant believe the bull**** he was coming up with. The only thing I said about mine was '2 litre'. If people are going to bull**** its worth them finding out how much the person at the receiving end knows. Couldn't bring myself to go any further as I kind of felt sorry for the clown.
So funny
As the recovery truck driver scraped the car onto the flatbed
he asked how many litres it was, to which I replied 2.He replied "....I've got a 3 litre twin turbo"
I replied "on which car?"
He replied "an Impreza"
I replied "I didnt know they did a 3 litre" (99.9% sure of it)
He replied "they dont in this country but I had it imported from Japan"
I replied "oh I see" (not believing a word of it)
Later on the journey I baited him further...
"how much power does it have?"
HIM: "412bhp"
ME: "nice, how much torque"
HIM: "erm...cant remember but it does Santa Pod in 6 seconds"
ME: "nice, what gearbox does it have?" (thinking what a clown)
HIM: " oh, standard"
I left it at that. Cant believe the bull**** he was coming up with. The only thing I said about mine was '2 litre'. If people are going to bull**** its worth them finding out how much the person at the receiving end knows. Couldn't bring myself to go any further as I kind of felt sorry for the clown.
So funny
Did the Driver look like this
05 July 2005, 07:53 AM
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I've had people do this before and I find it embarressing and irritating that they think I'm so stupid as to fall for their **** 
These people are inadequate in some way and probably lie all the time to try and build credibilty with people they aspire to IMO.
F
These people are inadequate in some way and probably lie all the time to try and build credibilty with people they aspire to IMO.
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05 July 2005, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by phelpsa
I had one guy claim to me that his FWD saxo had 'pulled a few wheelies down the strip'. I said 'so its got a RWD conversion', and he said 'errrr no'.
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The guy must be a mechanics genius.
05 July 2005, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by phelpsa
I had one guy claim to me that his FWD saxo had 'pulled a few wheelies down the strip'. I said 'so its got a RWD conversion', and he said 'errrr no'.
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05 July 2005, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by phelpsa
I had one guy claim to me that his FWD saxo had 'pulled a few wheelies down the strip'. I said 'so its got a RWD conversion', and he said 'errrr no'.
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