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I went into my office early yesterday morning. I stopped on the way in at a local outside coffee ant bakery. When I pulled up in front and parked, a brand new silver 500SL mercedes convertible pulled in behind me.
Both cars were looking good, same color tops down. We both said "Good morning, nice car", went and sat down. A few minutes later a lady rides up on her bicycle parks it and starts looking at my S. She's ignoring the mercedes. Finally she looks at me and says "Thats a really beautiful car. is it yours?"
I'm going wow she likes mine better that the 500SL. Then she says "I have a Saturn too. I didn't know they made a cute little convertible like this"
She saw the S on Ricks badges and figured it was a Saturn.
Hi,
The Rick S badge also looks almost identical to the S badge on the East German Trabant (Trabi) -- a two stroker that was made out of recycled materials. Hadn't thought of the Saturn....
That blows! I've heard, "is that a Porsche or what" but not Saturn. Damn that hurts. Sorry! I shared your post with my lady friend and we both laughed out loud and then she said to tell you that it's not the S that counts, it's how you use it!!!!!!!!!!
That kind of reminds me of one day when I was sitting at the beach in my S2000 on a sunny day. The top was down on my recently washed and waxed beauty....(S2000). Scantily clad roller skaters whizzed by and I sat there soaking up the sun and sights. I even had a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses on. I started to feel like Magnum P.I. A couple of ladies slowed down and sat at the table close to where I was parked and kept looking my way and admiring the car when a flock of seagulls flew over and targeted my car. I could imagine them setting their coordinance now and how my car and bright Hawaiian shirt looked through their bomb sights. Huge white gooey droppings exploded onto my windshield and hood. I quickly learned what it might have been like to be in Pearl Harbor during "Tora Tora." The girls laughed hysterically and skated away. Luckily I always carry windex and a roll of paper towels. Damn birds!
I had a similar situation. I was at a DQ drive-thru in Randolph NJ (ralper may know this place) when a Jaguar XJ pulled up behind me. The lady from the passenger side leans out the window and asks,
"Is that a Hyundai?" - ( I guess it was b/k of the H on the back)
I yelled back, "No, it's a Honda!"
She said, "Nice Car"
I said, "Thanks!" and drove off.
I'm not up on my drive-thru etiquette, but should I have handled it differently?
11-16-2003, 04:28 AM
Put in my place!
Hadn't thought of the Saturn....
