Dumbest question I usually get is "want to run em?"

I'm a cop.

 

^haha awesome! I'm not a cop, but in the three years of owning it I have only been asked that maybe once or twice. I even have exhaust on it so I can't figure out if they think I will just embarrass them, or they don't think a z is worth their time...interesting.

 

Just got the car out of winter storage and driving it back from Kelowna to Calgary, hit a gas station and these two older dudes, look me up and down as I am fueling; When I came out:

guy "you had that over 300 yet?"
me "it's clamped at 255"
guy "Oh I bet it hits 300 no problem!"
me "it's clamped at 255"

The most common for me in order of most asked:

1. What kind of body kit is that? never seen it?
2. That thing must be brand new, what is it?
3. Whoa that looks like a Porsche!

Most in the know usually pull up ahead and look back at my bumper checkin for an IC

K

 

pull up to a stop light where a guy is standing on the corner with a sign for one of those we buy gold places:

him: nice car
me: thanks
him: you imported it?
me: huh?
him: dat plate on the front you imported dat?! (pointing at the jap plate on the front of my car)
me: yea sure lol *drive away*

 

Two weeks ago.

At local gas station in home town.
Guy in black vette pulls up.
Asks me about my 370...
Talk to him about his car..
Then asks why I didnt get the TT or V8 option....
I say they only come with V6 motor..
Then I tell him what I have done to the car.....

Finished fueling up Started my car see him stare at my car and he watch while I was leaving





DAN

 

why would you have a japanese plate? i hate seeing plates from other countries. you're in america!

 

because i love all things jap, and it pisses off all the stance kids rolling around here with euro plates

 

if you did love all things japanese then you would understand that "jap" is a derogatory term.. two posts in and you're already insulting an entire nation.

 

Fail, and i'm talking about you, not him, Jap is not a derogatory term. It's amazing how uninformed a lot of Americans are about Japan and the whole "JDM" thing.

Sorry, rant over.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap

i know wikipedia isn't always the most reliable source, but i would trust it over some dude that uses "fail".

 

Unlucky, and yes, you're right about being wary of wiki. There is nothing wrong with the term, it's not derogatory but seems to be used in derogatory terms, particularly in the states (go figure)

But it's still used in polite company, in jap bike clubs etc etc so it's purely the user and their intentions as to whether it's rude or not

 

everything you said could be said about any racial slur.. depends on who says it and how its said

 

Some yes, but not *all* - i think it's very obvious in this case that it wasn't being used in an oppressive way.

 

Not the dumbest thing asked, but said...

A bitter lifted truck driver who lost badly after some fun on the road: "My truck can still tow more than your Japanese ****!" (Truck was lifted around 1 foot = not able to tow...)

Me: uhm... Good for you. 0_0

 

Why were you racing a truck?

 

i stopped at auto zone for some cleaning supplies when an employee there asked me "hey does that come stock from the factory with boost already on the block like the type-r does" uhhhhh? the poor kid went on a rant about how type-r integras come stock from the factory with 3lbs of boost already on the block, i did not buy cleaning supplies that day, nor did i ever stop at that auto zone again

 

hey daddy read your post again. I didn't know engines wore boots.

 

thanks

 

Just asked my Japanese co-worker who's visiting the U.S. for a couple weeks. She said there is no offense.. and all American's look the same and she can't tell us apart. I was like that's what we say about you

 

Pics of her, or it didnt happen.