Went to a small party last night at a friend's house. Due to someone else's party, I was forced to park my S in my friend's driveway, so all other party guests arriving after me were forced to walk by it when entering the house.

Sure enough, people that knew me, but not the car, were quoted as "is that some kind of BMW?" or "wow that is a nice little convertible." Nice to know that even with the fourth model year of production almost upon us, our car is still rare enough to draw comments of praise. Not so anymore with the common Boxster or BMW Z.

 

Duncan, the exact same thing happened to my wife and I at a party last night. The street parking was full, but as we pulled up, someone had to go home, and they were parked in the driveway. We pulled on in. All during the party, people wandered outside because it was hot, and my S became a "hot" topic as well. Like you, I had the usual "it's cute" to "is that a Beemer?" to my favorite "yeah, the Honda S2000. 240 HP and a 9,000 rpm. Sweet ride!" If he only knew how sweet it can be.

 

A few weeks ago a homeless guy came up to my window while I was at a stoplight. I assumed he was after some spare change, but he just asked if the car was a BMW. I told him it was a Honda, and he just stood there puzzled for a second, then turned to go back and sit on the curb.

 

Basscase,

The same thing happened to me a few weeks back while cruising down Westheimer.

Two guys in a pickup kept staring at the car for about 3-4 stoplights when the passenger finally yelled out, "Is that one of those Honda Kompressors?".

I smiled and said "Sure is!".

He's going to more confused the next time he speaks to an S2000 owner.

 

Unless he's making fun of you. Then you look confused to him.

 

i love it how no one knows about the car im driving. most of them are clueless, that adds to the being 'exclusive" factor.

 

I have the "s" badges everywhere so it's even funnier! I have had people ask me if it's the new Toyota Spyder, Is that a BMW? ,Is that a Subaru?, and a tech. at Pep Boys said, "What is that some kind of import? "

 

That's the best reason I've ever seen to never take my car to Pep Boys....

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RazorV3
[B]i love it how no one knows about the car im driving.

 

do people not believe the "H" badges, or something? for god's sake, the vehicle has badging for a reason, and it's pretty fvcking obvious to me what any given car is due to the badges the carmakers put on them (that is, before i learned to identify cars by silhouette and other features)! why do people not bother to look before opening their mouths like idiots?

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