Priceless. Just priceless.
Thanksgiving is a time for families to join for a meal and argue about the most divisive topics imaginable until someone flips over the table, covering Nana in Aunt Jeannie’s sweet potato casserole, which Nana never liked anyway since Jeannie left her behind at Southcoast Plaza that one time “on accident.”
Anyway, to avoid all those awkward conversations about politics, religion, or why Kelly got one of those haircuts (does she like girls now?) Here’s a quick list of surefire dinnertime conversation starters for your gearhead—or non-gearhead—friends and family.
1. Will the new electric Mustang be able to kill more cars & coffee spectators with an extension cord clothesline maneuver or with its massive electric torque curve?
2. Mom, Dad, it’s time you accept me for who I am and that I drive a Miata.
3. Ford vs. Ferrari: Which is most appropriate for an LS swap?
4. No one else around the table knows any better, so go ahead and refer to autocrossing as “racing.”
5. Civic Type R vs. Tesla Cybertruck: Which can you rag on the hardest while secretly loving?
6. How you “won” your last track day.
7. “Shut up Larry. It’s called a ‘project’ car because it’s not supposed to drive. Then they’d call it a ‘driving’ car. I’ll finish it someday. You’re adopted.”
8. Actually, BMWs are 100% reliable, provided you fix everything that breaks.
9. Long whiteboard discussion involving segment times, other drivers you once beat, weather conditions, tire durometer readings, quantum mechanics of friction, objects of impossible geometry, a prophecy involving stealing several skulls from a local cemetery, Gary Cherone-era Van Halen, The Harlem Globetrotters, HAARP, and the episode of Scooby Doo featuring Jonathan Winters proving conclusively that you TECHNICALLY won a national championship despite the results showing that you were 17th.
10. It says 200tw on the side, of course it’s a STREET tire.
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Priceless. Just priceless.
HAHAHAHHA! Awesome!
Telling my mom to accept me for driving a Miata, that's what I will do
Talk about your favorite finish and era for Porsche phonedials. Bring photo examples of the wheel over the years it was available.
Yes, bringing visual aids will make it a more interesting conversation for everyone.
pres589 (djronnebaum) said:Talk about your favorite finish and era for Porsche phonedials. Bring photo examples of the wheel over the years it was available.
But first take like 10 minutes to find them on your phone. "Wait, I was just looking at them a few minutes ago...."
Last year we had three different of our vehicles need towing. The first was the MSM Miata and I fortunately found this really good guy with a flatbed that advertises he knows how to safely load sports cars.
Then two more breakdowns with my truck and then my wife's car. So I used the same guy each time even though he costs a little more.
So now my wife never fails to bring up at social gatherings that I am the only person she ever knew who has his own personal tow truck driver and carries the guy's business card in his wallet. Of course hardly anyone understands what it is to be a car guy and thinks that its just another of my eccentricities.
This will come up at Thanksgiving I have no doubt.
David S. Wallens said:pres589 (djronnebaum) said:Talk about your favorite finish and era for Porsche phonedials. Bring photo examples of the wheel over the years it was available.
But first take like 10 minutes to find them on your phone. "Wait, I was just looking at them a few minutes ago...."
I would prefer to see dry mounted 8x10s. I mean, come prepared.
Make sure you ask everyone in your family at least 3 times if they have any extra space in their garage, as you've just acquired another non-running project car and the yard's already full and by they way do they have any tools you could borrow and hey does that air compressor of theirs still work, because you'd like to come over and get started on it tonight after pie?
"9. Long whiteboard discussion involving segment times, other drivers you once beat, weather conditions, tire durometer readings, quantum mechanics of friction, objects of impossible geometry, a prophecy involving stealing several skulls from a local cemetery, Gary Cherone-era Van Halen, The Harlem Globetrotters, HAARP, and the episode of Scooby Doo featuring Jonathan Winters proving conclusively that you TECHNICALLY won a national championship despite the results showing that you were 17th."
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