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Old Dec 12, 2001 | 10:36 PM
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Do they ask you if it's a Viper?

Anyone ever ask if your car's a Viper? The first time I got it was from a chick at the Burger King drive through... then more and more often since I put on the 99 front spoiler and painted it to match. Guess I live among silly ingnorants. I haven't come up with any really amusing respones either, how about some ideas....
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Old Dec 12, 2001 | 10:44 PM
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Yup I get it too. My personal favorite is when the guys almost fall out of the drive-up window watching you leave
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Old Dec 12, 2001 | 10:48 PM
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I took mine to school one time and some guy told me,"Hey your the one with the mini viper huh....."
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Old Dec 12, 2001 | 11:01 PM
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Once there was a gas station guy, he asked like this "hey dood. is that a Miata?"
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Old Dec 12, 2001 | 11:01 PM
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I get mini/baby Viper all the time. MOST people don't know what the f#%$ it is. Half don't believe it's a Mazda when I tell them. One ditz I ran into thought it was a super fixed up integ. Go figure
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Old Dec 12, 2001 | 11:12 PM
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Yep, most often mistaken for a Viper. That or they just call it the Bat mobile.
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 12:24 AM
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Naaa, i hate it when your at the beach, and you park your car right by the sand entrance for 4 wheelers, so you can take a scenic pic of the car, when a reeeaaalllyyy hot gal walks up and is like. . ."Nice Honda". . . and walks off. I dont know wether to walk up to her and try to get her number, slap her, or throw her in the car and show her its not a Honda, and im not a Honda boy
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 12:28 AM
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Naaa, i hate it when your at the beach, and you park your car right by the sand entrance for 4 wheelers, so you can take a scenic pic of the car, when a reeeaaalllyyy hot gal walks up and is like. . ."Nice Honda". . . and walks off. I dont know wether to walk up to her and try to get her number, slap her, or throw her in the car and show her its not a Honda, and im not a Honda boy
Thats when you get her to pose for the pictures.....oh yeah, with the car to.
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 01:00 AM
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Re: Do they ask you if it's a Viper?

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Anyone ever ask if your car's a Viper? The first time I got it was from a chick at the Burger King drive through... then more and more often since I put on the 99 front spoiler and painted it to match. Guess I live among silly ingnorants. I haven't come up with any really amusing respones either, how about some ideas....
Well ... you could start by changing your signature to "1.3 Litre American V-10 Eater."

Just tell them that you didn't need a cleverly-named car to make your snake feel any longer.
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 01:05 AM
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LOL! I get the "Batmobile" comment all the time....
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 01:07 AM
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I got that question a while back

From a bunch of kids on a basketball court. Pretty cool, as that was my dream car til I got this one...
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 01:26 AM
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I get both the batmobile and the mini viper lines also. People are so naive about what kind of cars these are.
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 02:12 AM
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me too..

Yep, heard them all. That lame *** honda one really ticks me off. My favorite though is when I'm at a hot rod show and some old guy asks me why my "radiator" is so big. I always return the question with "it's even more interesting that it's connected to the throttle body" :p
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 02:26 AM
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Mine has been called "Mini-Viper", a "Porsche" and get this... An MX-7!!!
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 04:01 AM
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Mine's been called a viper a fair share of times now.
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 09:55 AM
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I've never been asked if it's a Viper. I was asked if it was the new(?) corvette. I said no, it's much better than that.
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 09:57 AM
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Yea, I've had the "Is that a Viper?" question. It's always come from the drive thru at some fast food joints...

Most people usually don't know what the hell it is, and just like someone said above, they don't really believe it's a Mazda when I tell 'em.

Actually, one day I had the car out and went to a strip mall. I parked a ways away from the store I was headed to so I could soak up more than one parking spot. When I came out, a Viper owner had parked right next to me (and I was WAY out away from the shops).

Didn't get a chance to meet the owner, but it was interesting to see how similar the cars do look.
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 10:41 AM
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All the time man, drive-throughs, car washes.....
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 11:13 AM
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YOU TAKE YOUR CAR TO A CAR WASH?? I SHOULD SLAP THE HELL OUT OF YOU!!
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 11:22 AM
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All the time man, drive-throughs, car washes.....
...the women, their friends, the cheerleaders, their bf going
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 11:39 AM
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YOU TAKE YOUR CAR TO A CAR WASH?? I SHOULD SLAP THE HELL OUT OF YOU!!
Uh, I do too.. I live in an apartment right now, and I'm not making 20 trips back and forth to get a bucket full of water to clean the soap off...

Of course I don't go to the automatic car washes....
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 11:53 AM
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What's it's been called...
Batmobile
Viper
New Vette

Things said about it...
"Is that a European something?"
"That's a weird chevy
- No, it's actually a Mazda
- *laughing* Mazda's aren't fast"
"That's gotta be a 6 cylinder"
"Is that the turbo or non-turbo model?"
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 12:05 PM
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...the women, their friends, the cheerleaders, their bf going
LOL. That's my favorite. The little hotties with their boyfriends on the sidewalk, and the guys all pointing with their jaws on the ground. It's good to be FD.
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 12:10 PM
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I got the funniest one, I recieved a speeding ticket and the cop put dodge viper in the ticket hahahaaa
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Old Dec 13, 2001 | 12:14 PM
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I don't know why, but I get that all the time.
People think its a GTS.
It's been called a Viper, Porsche, the Batmoblie ect...

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