Me and some of my budies at work have decided to start biking during our lunch break at work. This is an effort to slow the effects of having a desk job... that is.... we don't want to be fat(er).
So this morning I toss the old bike in the car and head to work, making a stop to top off the tires on the way in as they were a bit squishy (the bike tires, not the one on my baby)
I back the car up to the air pump at the gas station, pop the hatch and walk over to the the machine with my $1 in change. There are two guys standing there, one works in the shop... well call him ethnic guy (EG) since I couldnt figure out his accent or read his name tag. And there was another guy about my age, sports shirt, backwards baseball cap, gold chain.. etc etc. We will call him Meathead (MH).
Here is the conversation we had... I just wanted to put air in my tires and go to work.. it was early... and sometimes I snap and kill people before 11 am.
EG: What size is that? 2.0?
Me: The car? 2.3 Liter
EG
hhh yeah? Is it fast?
Me: Its gotta turbo ... yeah its pretty quick.
EG: No kidding? nice!
MH:I'm not a fan of those little cars... I like the good old american V8... like that camaro. (Points to an old piece of s*** 1980 something camaro)
MH: Now those things are fast.
Me: Well this little thing is pretty quick
MH:Not V8 fast (or something like that)
Me:Well It will do 156 mph + and 0-60 in under 6 seconds.
Eg: ooohhhhhh (impressed)
MH:Bet its not as fast as that (points to an S5)
Me: Well that's an S class, most cars aren't. Although I did beat an S4 off the line up to about 80 mph once. (True story for another time)
MH: Yeah well blah blah blah blah blah...
Me: Yeah I know. The new S4 will do 0-60 in about 4.3-4.5 seconds (according to the sign at the car show I was at.)
Me: Besides its just a supped up little hatch... nothing too fancy
MH: Well my brother has an S4 and blah blah blah blah ... those little cars just can't compete.
Me: I dunno, the new WRX pulls 4.7 in the 0-60 test. Not bad for a little hatch.
MH: Blah blah blah ...The older S4s were faster then the new ones. The older ones had like A million horse power and the new ones only have like 2000... (I tuned out to this one)
EG: Well his is faster then your car. (Points to to a de-badged bronco... or somethign equally bad)
MH: Well yeah thats a truck so....
MH:Those american V8s though you can't beat em.
Me: Yeah I'nm a big fan of the Z06 and ZR1.
MH: Well yeah, the zr1 is the fastest american car produced.
(thinking to myself...ever heard of a saleen s7 dude?)
MH:In a race a camaro would be so much faster then one of those little cars though. (Oh so we are back to this again)
Me: Maybe, I have never seen a camaro that would pull more then .89 on a skid pad. Think the hatch would be better in the turns.
MH:No they corner great. They weigh like 6000lbs (he actually said 6000). They are so heavy they just stick to the road.
(again to myself im thinking this guy clearly has a phd in physics)
EG:That camaro would just be so fast in a race... blah blah blah.
ME:Guess there is only one way to find out.
EG:OOOOHHHHHHH
.... it went on an on. The whole time im thinking dude just shut the **** up and go away. I just want to put air in my bike tires. He's trying to put my car down while making it look like hes not. Its ******* 8:30 am IM IN A BAD MOOD BY DEFAULT. If I had a knife I would stab you in the ******* eye.
He's hangin at a gas station with his bad bronco and putting down othe people's cars at 8:30 in the morning. WHO DOES THAT? SERIOUSLY??
Not knowing my camaro facts I did look them up... the ones I foudn weren't that impressive. Though I was wrong about the skid pad. Odly those things did better then I thought on it. Numbers i saw were in the low 0.9x range.
To you meat head ... hope you had a fun day drinking budweiser before noon, and collecting wellfare. Make sure to punch your girlfriend in the eye and give her one to the jaw for me.
... and the go get a job.
So this morning I toss the old bike in the car and head to work, making a stop to top off the tires on the way in as they were a bit squishy (the bike tires, not the one on my baby)
I back the car up to the air pump at the gas station, pop the hatch and walk over to the the machine with my $1 in change. There are two guys standing there, one works in the shop... well call him ethnic guy (EG) since I couldnt figure out his accent or read his name tag. And there was another guy about my age, sports shirt, backwards baseball cap, gold chain.. etc etc. We will call him Meathead (MH).
Here is the conversation we had... I just wanted to put air in my tires and go to work.. it was early... and sometimes I snap and kill people before 11 am.
EG: What size is that? 2.0?
Me: The car? 2.3 Liter
EG
hhh yeah? Is it fast?Me: Its gotta turbo ... yeah its pretty quick.
EG: No kidding? nice!
MH:I'm not a fan of those little cars... I like the good old american V8... like that camaro. (Points to an old piece of s*** 1980 something camaro)
MH: Now those things are fast.
Me: Well this little thing is pretty quick
MH:Not V8 fast (or something like that)
Me:Well It will do 156 mph + and 0-60 in under 6 seconds.
Eg: ooohhhhhh (impressed)
MH:Bet its not as fast as that (points to an S5)
Me: Well that's an S class, most cars aren't. Although I did beat an S4 off the line up to about 80 mph once. (True story for another time)
MH: Yeah well blah blah blah blah blah...
Me: Yeah I know. The new S4 will do 0-60 in about 4.3-4.5 seconds (according to the sign at the car show I was at.)
Me: Besides its just a supped up little hatch... nothing too fancy
MH: Well my brother has an S4 and blah blah blah blah ... those little cars just can't compete.
Me: I dunno, the new WRX pulls 4.7 in the 0-60 test. Not bad for a little hatch.
MH: Blah blah blah ...The older S4s were faster then the new ones. The older ones had like A million horse power and the new ones only have like 2000... (I tuned out to this one)
EG: Well his is faster then your car. (Points to to a de-badged bronco... or somethign equally bad)
MH: Well yeah thats a truck so....
MH:Those american V8s though you can't beat em.
Me: Yeah I'nm a big fan of the Z06 and ZR1.
MH: Well yeah, the zr1 is the fastest american car produced.
(thinking to myself...ever heard of a saleen s7 dude?)
MH:In a race a camaro would be so much faster then one of those little cars though. (Oh so we are back to this again)
Me: Maybe, I have never seen a camaro that would pull more then .89 on a skid pad. Think the hatch would be better in the turns.
MH:No they corner great. They weigh like 6000lbs (he actually said 6000). They are so heavy they just stick to the road.
(again to myself im thinking this guy clearly has a phd in physics)
EG:That camaro would just be so fast in a race... blah blah blah.
ME:Guess there is only one way to find out.
EG:OOOOHHHHHHH
.... it went on an on. The whole time im thinking dude just shut the **** up and go away. I just want to put air in my bike tires. He's trying to put my car down while making it look like hes not. Its ******* 8:30 am IM IN A BAD MOOD BY DEFAULT. If I had a knife I would stab you in the ******* eye.
He's hangin at a gas station with his bad bronco and putting down othe people's cars at 8:30 in the morning. WHO DOES THAT? SERIOUSLY??
Not knowing my camaro facts I did look them up... the ones I foudn weren't that impressive. Though I was wrong about the skid pad. Odly those things did better then I thought on it. Numbers i saw were in the low 0.9x range.
To you meat head ... hope you had a fun day drinking budweiser before noon, and collecting wellfare. Make sure to punch your girlfriend in the eye and give her one to the jaw for me.
... and the go get a job.
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