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I bet it was an honest question/response from a guy who is clueless about cars in general. I bet if you ran a "poll" using the "general public" and referenced "kit" or "conversion" cars you would get a high percentage of folks mentioning VW. They were the popular conversion car for years and years. I was shocked to find that some folks do in fact use the VW chassis for Cobra "conversions" even today (in which case, Turk is onto something).

Concerning first impressions: I read an article/ research paper some years ago about "first impressions". It said in general, they were pretty accurate, which surprised me. Seems that in most cases your first impression, that "gut feeeling" is in fact very close to reality. If your instinct says, "I'm not sure I like this guy", or whatever it is unlikely that will change over time.

There were exceptions to the rule. I think this guy deserves a second chance because he was probably speaking out of pure ignorance. But............they sure got off on the wrong foot!

Ernie