| Shine on belt-buckle, shine on - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| Perilous_Enterprises |
"You should fill your tires with nitrogen," says the guy.
For starters, I absolutly hate it when people I don't know just come up to me and tell me what they think I should do. As I was putting some air in my tires yesterday, the most hill-billy redneck of all hill-billy rednecks starts telling me about an article he read on the Internet.
"Nitrogen in your tires is better than air," he tries telling me. I turned up to look at him. There in the snow stood 2 cowboy boots, with tight blue jeans tucked into them, all held together with a beltbuckle that could surely summon Hercules from anywhere on the planet! I quickly judged this man on his appearance alone.
"You see, normal air can cause your tires to rot. If you fill them with nitrogen, they will last longer...."
So I stopped, and I asked him, "just what do you think is in the air we breath?"
"Oxygen" he replies.
It was at this moment I knew my first impression was bang on. I tried to tell him that 78% of this Earth's atmosphere is in fact nitrogen, and so by using an airhose, I am IN FACT filling my tires with nitrogen. He was in disbelief, and started telling me all about the article he read, on the internet.
I tried to ignore him, but he just kept going on. He was telling me that nitrogen is toxic and if it was mixed with oxygen it would explode.
Moral of my story??
It pays to be brighter than your belt-buckle. |
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| wjjeeper |
hahaha.
Awesome. |
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| REFLUX |
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Originally posted by Perilous_Enterprises
a beltbuckle that could surely summon Hercules from anywhere on the planet!
I tried to tell him that 78% of this Earth's atmosphere is in fact nitrogen, and so by using an airhose, I am IN FACT filling my tires with nitrogen.
:rofl: GOLD!
hahahahha |
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| STiPWR |
My favorite type of people.... the ones who see your car and come give you advice on "performance". Not that I know everything about cars, but I do know more about MY car than 80% of the general population I'm sure.
The best was this guy who told me to bring my car to get some serious work done to subracing. Later when I seen his car in the parking lot, I realized that I was the one who installed all of his parts.. haha.
Or the wife's friend who asked if I had the "NOS HOOKUP" because "thats the only way 4cyl's can be fast".
Or a mustang owner who asked if my license plate said PWR because " I thought it was fast ".
Or the same mustang owner asking me why I didnt know how to turn off my car.... (turbo timer)
Too many stupid people in this world that should just shut their mouths. |
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| onestepback |
| Some dude asked me while I was gassing up, if my honda had a hemi. I was so stunned, I couldn't even think of a witty comeback. :dunno: |
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| Grace Too |
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Originally posted by Perilous_Enterprises
"You should fill your tires with nitrogen," says the guy.
For starters, I absolutly hate it when people I don't know just come up to me and tell me what they think I should do. As I was putting some air in my tires yesterday, the most hill-billy redneck of all hill-billy rednecks starts telling me about an article he read on the Internet.
"Nitrogen in your tires is better than air," he tries telling me. I turned up to look at him. There in the snow stood 2 cowboy boots, with tight blue jeans tucked into them, all held together with a beltbuckle that could surely summon Hercules from anywhere on the planet! I quickly judged this man on his appearance alone.
"You see, normal air can cause your tires to rot. If you fill them with nitrogen, they will last longer...."
So I stopped, and I asked him, "just what do you think is in the air we breath?"
"Oxygen" he replies.
It was at this moment I knew my first impression was bang on. I tried to tell him that 78% of this Earth's atmosphere is in fact nitrogen, and so by using an airhose, I am IN FACT filling my tires with nitrogen. He was in disbelief, and started telling me all about the article he read, on the internet.
I tried to ignore him, but he just kept going on. He was telling me that nitrogen is toxic and if it was mixed with oxygen it would explode.
Moral of my story??
It pays to be brighter than your belt-buckle.
Well if you are a chick it's obvious the man is trying to pick you up with his intelligence. lol, no I didn't just type that with a straight face. If you are a dude and he made the effort to come over and talk to you. The only thing I can think of is Brokeback mountain, and the guy was trying to pick you up with his intelligence.
Cheers,
Grace Too |
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| ChromeDragon |
It's true that pure nitrogen can help prolong tire life, but I go through tires so fast I couldn't care either way.
You know you drive your car hard when you measure tire life in laps, not tens of thousands of kms.:thumbup: |
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| Em1 |
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Originally posted by onestepback
Some dude asked me while I was gassing up, if my honda had a hemi. I was so stunned, I couldn't even think of a witty comeback. :dunno:
bahaha iver had that one before. i did the same thing i had nothing to say except laugh. |
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| JeepGirl |
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Originally posted by onestepback
Some dude asked me while I was gassing up, if my honda had a hemi. I was so stunned, I couldn't even think of a witty comeback. :dunno:
Well... Honda did have a Hemi, Actually the 1969 Honda 1300 Coupe 9 did....
Link to info at Jalopnic
But I highly doubt you have that car... So my guess is that guy found you attractive....
:lol:
J/K!! |
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| SilverNeonRacer |
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Originally posted by JeepGirl
Well... Honda did have a Hemi, Actually the 1969 Honda 1300 Coupe 9 did....
Link to info at Jalopnic
But I highly doubt you have that car... So my guess is that guy found you attractive....
:lol:
J/K!!
Actually.. a number of Import cars have hemispherical heads... aka hemi's.. I've owned 3 toyota's and a Dodge branded Mitsubishi with Hemi heads...
I drove into a Dodge dealership.. right when they brought the Hemi's back... one of the sales guys yelled across the lot at me(I was in a 2002 neon) "That thing got a hemi?" his sales buddies started chuckling.. I assumed it was a half baked sales pitch for a truck, so I yelled back "Yup, it's half a Hemi!" They all just shut up.. it was kinda interesting to watch... but it's also the same dealership I was being apunk int he parking lot waiting for a friend... another friend was out there waiting with me.. I had my trunk popped, windows rolled down, and I played a 20kHz to 20Hz Sine sweep... all the sales people started to look up.... |
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| ChromeDragon |
| If they ask about the Hemi you say "No, it has a pent-roof head with four valves, ie. better than a hemi.":thumbup: |
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| Perilous_Enterprises |
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Originally posted by Grace Too
The only thing I can think of is Brokeback mountain, and the guy was trying to pick you up with his intelligence.
K, that just made the experience worse for me.... :( |
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| Godzilla |
| i had a kid inform me that my car is illegal in canada. i agreed and told him i'm a criminal |
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| TurboEG6 |
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Originally posted by Godzilla
i had a kid inform me that my car is illegal in canada. i agreed and told him i'm a criminal
lol |
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