The Most Depressing Automotive Conversation Ever
So I pull into the car wash in the building where my gym is this morning and up next to me pulls a brand new MB SLS. I tell him it's a beautiful car (styling wise I have mixed feelings about the car, but that's for another discussion), and he thanks me, so I ask him, "How do you like driving it?"
He mumbles back something I couldn't understand, but to me it sounds like 'I like driving my SL 300 better.' Now I think to myself, 'If this man just said what I think he said, he might be the coolest man ever!' So I ask him to repeat himself. "I like it, but I like driving my Prius better."
I'm in the Twilight Zone. "You're Prius?" I say.
"Yeah. This is sort of a piece of art. But I like driving my Prius better."
I spout something about how in a hundred years the SLS will still be on the road and the Prius will be in landfill. I'm not sure if he was confused or offended, "Maybe you're right" he says as he walks away.
I'll tell you who was confused and offended: me.
"The Metric System is the tool of the Devil! My car gets 40 Rods to the Hogshead and that's the ways I likes it!" -Grandpa Simpson