How to deal with questions/comments where the answer is....well....you know...

[Argess]

Thank-you for the replies. I have had people just turn around and walk away after asking the "Is it real"? question and getting a "No, it's a replica" answer. Rude of them, but two wrongs don't make a right, and I like to give people the benifit of the doubt first.

I know there are other threads on how to handle these type of questions, but....well....er....I read a lot of things I'd like to say, but not many things I would say.

The younger guys seem the best. They usually are polite and come over to look and say how nice it is, and sometimes I just say "Thank-you" but if I have a few minutes, I ask them if they'd like to see the engine. Once the hood opens, they usually have pretty good questions after that.

Seems the older a "gawker" is, the dopier the questions and the more rude their reactions to the answer. But regardless, I like to be as polite as I can.