[Fred Z]

Here was an interesting comment....though not what I expected!
I was taking my ususal morning cruise up the Calif coast to Malibu for breakfast, yesterday, Sat. I had a nice day out there....plenty of thumbs up from everyone from police officers to the limo driver pulling up, rolling down the blacked out window and saying, 'dude, that is just too cool! Really a nice car, stunning...have a great time!'
Well, while heading into Venice from the 101....I encountered a couple of 'eco cars' and of course, just politely passed them sort of calmly......when this guy in the blue one pulls up on my right, stops and rolls down the window. I was waiting for the usual questions,...what kind of car, or nice ride, or how many horses......but you know what he said.............'I am curious....did it cost a lot extra to have the holes put into your muffler so it could make more noise?' At first, I thought he was referring to the turn outs, facing down, but then I figuered it out...he was being a 'smart ash' and actually confronted me with the bold statement! He was older with others in his car...and I chose NOT to rip him (just too old) and my next inclination was to give a nice 2 second burst that would have blown his hair piece off down the street....but instead.......I said ... ' no, not really, they didn't really charge me that much more, and see how great it works!!".... He just stared, and I took off, semi burst, and all I could see was 3 pairs of eyes......just .....staring!!!
I could have let him have it, as I never hardly ever, get a negative statement....but it was so bold, and classic....that I didn't want to explain the ...straight thru sidepipe thing.....just toyed with the comment! I was, however, going to ask him....' hey, what is that blue thing going to be when it grows up?'
fred z