A&Q about Lotus
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Originally Posted by Tyger
The way I learned it was that the additional "e" implies the feminine.....
Did you just write that Charlie Brown description??
Then I better start adding the 'e'...
No, it's from the official Peanuts website.....I WISH I was that good of a writer.
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Originally Posted by LastToy
It was a comment made by an Elise driver to a non-Elise driver. I just drove home from a dinner with a friend (I'm in my Audi since my Elise hasn't shown up yet). I was on Comm Ave by Boston University. An ST Elise pulls up next to me at the light (for some reason, he pulled up from behind me). Of course I was staring at it. He say to me, "I would race you but I don't race slow cars."
Sounds like a real loser.
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Originally Posted by Crudson
Old lady: "You shouldn't worship idols"
"...and you shouldn't be walking around outside by yourself, you might get lost!"
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Originally Posted by Zeede
GRRRR, wtf is going on?
Parents want society to raise their children... that way when anything goes wrong: must have been the video games
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Originally Posted by Keeper
It's only necessary if you're speaking French. Either spelling is correct in English regardless of gender, although if I was a blond guy, I don't know that I'd want to ever be described in print with the feminine version.
Peut-etre il faut que je parle francais.
But seriously, I know a lot of people consider certain things unnecessary, like spelling and punctuation. However, one ought to be careful, because many other people think otherwise. I was genuinely confused at first whether RacyTracy was a boy or a girl (not that I really had to know)! Anyway, generally speaking, it is better to be more precise when possible.
Hey, now don't get me started on the recent popular use of the word "gender" instead of "sex"!
And sorry for the thread hijack! (Lips now sealed) :}
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got an interesting comment at the gas station today..."Is that a regular Lotus?" What the hell does that mean?
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Originally Posted by europa73
got an interesting comment at the gas station today..."Is that a regular Lotus?" What the hell does that mean?
No it's unleaded
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similar thoughts came to mind after he asked...i figured it would have gone over his head anyway
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Originally Posted by europa73
got an interesting comment at the gas station today..."Is that a regular Lotus?" What the hell does that mean?
I stopped to get gas one day and a guy pulled up at the pump next to me and started asking me questions. He actually admitted he didn't need any gas and just wanted to know about my car! Luckily he was polite and fairly well informed.
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I posted this in my vacation thread, () but it was pretty funny and deserves to be here. I was in the middle of nowhere, Nevada when I came up on an old guy selling gold nuggets. I ask to take a couple pictures by his stand.
Him - "Sure"
Me - "Thanks"
Him - "What kind of scooter is that?"
Me - "A Lotus"
Him - "Who makes Lotus?"
Me - "Lotus"
Him - "Wow, that's a nice car for a Nevada highway, you could do around 80 or 90 mph without anyone bothering you."
Me - (grinning) "Yup."
Him - "How much does one of those run for?"
Me - "Around 50 or so."
Him - "I guess I better sell some more gold nuggets."
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I had another guy in a road construction crew come over and ask me about the car. I was stopped at a light, and he walked up and asked what kind of car it was. He said he had seen a red one about a week ago, but it was moving. This is the second time the road guys have asked. I guess they see a lot of car...
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I had a high school aged kid during the 17-miles drive at Pebble Beach say:
"You have an Elise."
Me - "Yes I do."
Him - "That's my favorite car in the world."
Me - "Thanks, mine too."
Him - "You can't be my friend."
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A kid at the post office was unloading stuff to take in and talking to his friend. I heard him say something likes it goes 150. The other guy saw me and thought I knew what they were talking about and said "Is he right about that?".
I said yeah, it goes 150, but I dont drive that fast. The kid then said, no I mean it goes for 150, like 150,000 dollars. I sad no, it was about 45K, and the kid looked shocked.
Three brothers about age 5-10 ride their bikes by my house and saw my car about a month ago as I am pulling out of my driveway. They ask me questions about the car and ask if they can look at it. I tell them that I am in the middle of going somewhere, but if they see me outside sometime, stop by and I'll show it to them. About a week ago I was at my neighbors about 4 houses away and parked my car in in her driveway, and went across the street and was hanging out at another neighbors house. The 3 kids are standing around the car as we came out of the house. I walked across the street towards the car and start talking to the kids about the car and tell them it's mine. The kids get all excited and say some guy who lives at the house over there (pointing to my house) has one too.
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Other than the occasional "How much does that cost?", which I find to be rude and tacky (If it is their first and only question), I haven't had too many funny comments. I did have a perfectly put compliment a few weeks ago though. I was at a stop light and a guy pulled up in an Explorer. He looked over at me and said "Hey - nice choice. It's beautiful." What a great way to put it - not judgemental or jealous, simply complimentary while recognizing that we all make our choices and the cars that we purchase are simply one of them.
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Getting gas Sunday a.m. with my GF for a run down an old country road for breakfast. This guy in a ghetto mobile (stereotypical img of baseball cap sideways, gold and silver chains, etc.) drives into the gas station leans out and says "is that a four banger?"
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A couple of weeks ago, a group of neighborhood kids were skate boarding down the street (we're near the bottom of a hill, they start at the top, and come down the hill pretty fast, and turn the corner past my house as they are slowing down ). I was cleaning the Elise as they were walking back to go up the hill again.
All of the kids (ages 15-16) were looking at the orange Elise as they were walking, and one of them said "Nice car!". I said "Thanks", and I guess I said it friendly enough, that they all came over to look at it and ask questions. About a half hour later, after all eight of them had a chance to sit in the driver's seat and dream, they finally headed back up the hill...
There's now at least eight teenagers in my neighborhood that are dreaming about having an Elise...
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At a lookout point over Lake Mead by Hoover Dam, I pulled up and a 12 or 13-year-old girl saw me, grinning ear to ear. To her dad she says, "Daddy, daddy. That's the car I have on my wall." I thought that was pretty cool, so I let her take a couple pictures next to it.
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At a busy gas station yesterday I was squeezing into a spot when woman in a pickup directly in front of me starts up and gets ready to leave. I figure I'll just wait for her to pull out and have plenty of room. I see her mouth at me and hear her slightly through the window, "Oh, I'm just supposed to back out for you?". I didn't say anything, just waited. She pulled out straight at me and I had to inch up on the pump to give her room. On her way by she yelled out the window, "A**hole!". I replied with a kind, sweet word of the type I am known for and mentioned she should practice driving in reverse.
Just after that an older guy and a kid walked up seperately. Old guy had to ask what it was but was impressed. The kid knew exactly what it was and all about it and said he reads car mags. The last two of the three I met yesterday made up for the first one.
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*sigh* coworker asked for a ride and on the way to the car he said...
"I've been reading up on the Elise, it's good that Lotus is finally putting some power into their cars unlike their other Esprit model which just has a 4 cylinder in it".
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Originally Posted by doma
*sigh* coworker asked for a ride and on the way to the car he said...
"I've been reading up on the Elise, it's good that Lotus is finally putting some power into their cars unlike their other Esprit model which just has a 4 cylinder in it".
must have been reading it backwards