Ultimate Dumb Question Thread

[rotorhead]

I thought I would start a thread with some of the stupid questions that have been asked about our cars. My contribution is a Saudi Arabian Checkpoint Guard who insisted I pop the front hood so he could check the engine bay.

Me: "The engine is in the back"
Guard: "No you open"
Me: "OK but the engine is in the back"
Guard: "Hey where is the engine, you play tricks"
Me: "Its in the back"
Guard "Ok Ok you go"

[cstreit]

That's rich.

Asked of my racecar with the fuel cell up front...
Numbnut: "Is that an electric car?!"

Asked of my 82 911 Turbo:
Clueless: "Is that one of them new Jah-poh-neez cars?"


Asked almost every trip to the racectrack of the racecar:

Wide-eyes: "How fast does it go?"
Me: "Oh... 185-190 depending on the wind." (I've just been making it up for several years now. Each time I'm asked I just add 5mph from the last time I said it. I'm up to 220MPH now.

[Geronimo '74]

what kinda car is that??

asked by a guy who had to be living in his basement for the last 50 years and had just popped out

[widebody911]

Regarding my 911T: Does the "T" mean "Turbo?"

[}{arlequin]

in my garage (apt. bldg):

"you guys putting nitrous in that thing?"

-Noah was helping me install the MSD

[Breeang]

Dyslexic Guy in parking lot:

"What model of Pontiac is that ?"

[makotosun]

Gee neat looking car - can I drive it?

[gchappel]

I have a dual out muffler system on my 85 carrera. With both pipes the car sets off car alarms, and my wife's nerves so I built a small cap that fits over one of the outlets- it is just a cap that bolts on with a single bolt through the cap and pipe. It really takes the low rumble out of the car, and on the dyno costs 2-4hp- not much on the street. I didn't even think anyone would notice it, but every time I park it someone asks me what it is. When I try to explain it I got dumb stares so now I just tell people it is an aerodynamic fin that holds the rear end of the car down at over 120mph. Everyone now nods, and says "I see". I even had one guy tell his wife that is what he thought it was.
Have Fun.
Gary

[bigchillcar]

"what's a cool collar..??"
ryan

[JeremyD]

Dude: What sort of gas mileage do you get in that thing?
Me: Well that's not really why I bought it
Dude: That's what I thought - laughing
Me: Well, actually on the way from Chicago where I bought it - I averaged around 27 miles per gallon on the freeway and that was averaging over 80 miles an hour...
Dude: stops laughing - no *****?

[coloradoporsche]

Guy standing in a parking lot looking at my decklid with the 911SC emblem on it:

"Is that a 911?"

Another guy in a parking lot:

"What does it do in the quarter-mile?"

A friend looking at my brand new Khumos delivered shaved and heat-cycled from the Tire Rack:

"How long did it take you to wear out those tires?"

[Drago]

Border Guard: Pop the trunk.
Me: Uh, OK.
Border Guard: OK, pop the hood.
Me: Pop
Border Guard: Could you please unlatch the hood (couldn't figure it out apparently).

Smog Nazi: Pop the hood.
Me: OK.
Smog Nazi: Where's the motor?
Me: In the back.
Smog Nazi: Uh, OK, pop the trunk.
Me: OK.
Smog Nazi: Where is the battery?
Me: In the front
Smog Nazi: Would you mind popping the hood again.
Me: Not at all.

[mschuep]

"You're not going to actually drive that to work, are you?" If I wanted a dust collector I'd get myself a scale model.

[jorian]

Kid in a parking lot - "You should put some 22's on that thing."
Me - "Really?"
Kids friend - "Yeah. That'd be ill!"

Anybody got any 22's for sale? I wanna be ill...

[Dan in Pasadena]

When I had my Guards Red 944 with polsihed Phonies:

Kid - Nice car Mister, it's fast, huh?
Me - Nah, not really
Kid - I bet it's REALLY fast
Me - Nah, It's actually one of the slower cars Porsche ever made
Kid - Sure looks fast to me

(Thinking 'WTF?! It "looks" fast?)

Postscript: I now realize that if it is red, the wheels are shiny and it says "Porsche" on it? To most "regular people" out there - you are driving the world's fastest car

[erobinson]

"what kind of vw is that?"

[87924gt]

I was towing my race car to the track and when I drove up to the toll booth the attendant asked if the car behind us was with us. We probably could've driven through without paying for the trailer if we weren't laughing so hard!!
Steve

[craigster59]

Kid working the drive-thru window "Whay kind of car IS that?"
Me "It's a Porsche, made in Germany."
Kid "How were you able to get it over here, did you have to move the steering wheel over to the left side?"

[tony77targa]

Kids friend - "Yeah. That'd be ill!"

Are you sure they didnt say "sick"

[jorian]

"Ill" is the new "sick"
sick is no longer cool:/