How do you answer, "Is it real?"

[t walgamuth]

I have never understood why threads get locked (not picking on this forum). I like them when they wander and so forth.

[Jaydee]

I drove past a sport car dealeship north of Melbourne a couple of months ago and saw a Cobra. So I stopped to have a look, and the salesman came up and told me it was a real one, not one of them fake plastic copies. I said how much? He said it was the bosses private car, so not for sale, but telephone numbers.
I said ok, I have one of them fake plastic copies, and he dissapeared. Even though I was looking at some of the other nice cars there. JD

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I have never understood why threads get locked (not picking on this forum).

Threads used to get closed when the prejudicial impact of the posts outweighed the probative value of the information. That, at least, was the test in the ol' days....

[t walgamuth]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Threads used to get closed when the prejudicial impact of the posts outweighed the probative value of the information. That, at least, was the test in the ol' days....

Are you a lawyer?

[jhv48]

Here’s a question I get asked a lot. And usually it’s from a guy that pulls up next to me at a traffic light. “Hey, what year is that?”
So how do you truthfully answer that question in fifteen seconds while idling Loudly next to another vehicle?
I don’t have the time at the light to explain that my car was built in 2009 to replicate a 1965 vehicle while my car is exploding out of the sidepipe right next to his ear.
So, I lie and say “1965” just to avoid a shouting match. Just seems simpler.
My bad.

[kevins2]

Originally Posted by jhv48

Here’s a question I get asked a lot. And usually it’s from a guy that pulls up next to me at a traffic light. “Hey, what year is that?”
So how do you truthfully answer that question in fifteen seconds while idling Loudly next to another vehicle?
I don’t have the time at the light to explain that my car was built in 2009 to replicate a 1965 vehicle while my car is exploding out of the sidepipe right next to his ear.
So, I lie and say “1965” just to avoid a shouting match. Just seems simpler.
My bad.

I answer "It's a 6 year old replica of a 1966 Shelby Cobra". Short enough to shout to someone who asks that question. And, you're right, it gets asked a lot.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by jhv48

Here’s a question I get asked a lot. And usually it’s from a guy that pulls up next to me at a traffic light. “Hey, what year is that?”
So how do you truthfully answer that question in fifteen seconds while idling Loudly next to another vehicle?
I don’t have the time at the light to explain that my car was built in 2009 to replicate a 1965 vehicle while my car is exploding out of the sidepipe right next to his ear.
So, I lie and say “1965” just to avoid a shouting match. Just seems simpler.
My bad.

You answered correctly because that is the question he asked. It happened alot at gas stations. Imagine if he'd asked an you said 2009 and he called Hillbank and said "I want one of those 2009 Cobra cars". If they probe deeper about its origin and lineage and who built it and when and most of the time they get the doe-in-the-headlights look since they didn't really ask a question that required a PhD dissertation.