Take him for a ride over to my place, and we can confuse him no end.
I've also got an inca yellow Spitfire, but I've also got a Fiat Spider.
Oh we could have fun with this guy!
Terry Thompson wrote:
> Side story:
>
> Well, today, the first guy that comes over leans into
> the engine bay and says "Oh this is nice! My brother
> has one just like it. It's a fiat spyder right?" and
> my reply was "No. it's a tr etc." and he looks at me
> kind of funny and says "No. This is a Fiat! My brother
> has one." So I stop toying with the carbs for a minute
> and I tell the guy "I'm pretty sure that this is a
> triumph spitfire." So he goes "Oh, well it's identical
> to a Fiat". I can see he's getting a bit adversarial
> regarding the fact that I'm trying to mislead him
> about my fiat (rolling my eyes). And I go back to
> playing with the unisyn and I tell the guy "Yeah,
> they're both small cars and look very similar." (I'm
> trying to placate the guy), and goes "Well, they're
> both basically the same car, right?" And I tell him
> "No. The Spyder is built by fiat - an Italian company,
> and the Spitfire was built by Triumph - a British
> company. You know. Like MG?" So the guy goes "Oh. This
> is an MG!"
>
> Believe it or not, the discourse went on for about 5
> more minutes, but I think you've suffered long enough,
> I know that I have.
>
> -Terry
> '76 Inca Yellow Fiat Spyder 1500
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