#9389867 - 09/06/18 08:50 AM
Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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Loc: Toronto, Ontario
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So somehow I go into a conversation about commuting with a colleague. He mentioned he drives in from Ajax and I asked him how he finds the drive, traffic, etc. It kinda went like this:
Him: The commute and traffic aren’t too bad when you drive a sports car Me: Oh nice, what do you drive? Him: An “M series” Me: Cool, an M3, M4, M5 …? Him: It’s a 3 series Me: Nice, an M3 Him: Well it’s a 3 series with the M package
At this point, I’m thinking “Then why play it off like you drive an M car?”. Don’t get me wrong I’m not shitting on his car (figuratively) as I’m sure its nice, but c’mon who are you trying to impress? Anyway I let him go on and on about his amazing car.
Then one day we end up going to a work function and he offers to give me a lift. We walk to his car and I’m thinking “That can’t be the car he was telling me about, could it?”. It was an F30 but there were no M wheels, no M bumpers, no M brakes etc. Even the interior was lacking any M styling options, but it did have aluminum sill plates that read “Luxury” . When I asked him where the M goodies were he kinda changed the topic and went on about how he does have the M engine. Come again? I didn’t have the heart to tell him there is no M engine and that even if he did have the M package (which he clearly doesn’t) there are no engine improvements. Come to think of it I think he referenced it as a V6 (common newbie mistake). Poor sap doesn’t know he’s driving a turbo-4. he truly believes this is an M car ... or has the M package ... or something along those lines.
I was able to snap some pics of the beast. I’m not hating on the guy. In fact he is a super nice guy. I just question how someone in their mid-thirties who claims to be such a “car guy” can be so misinformed about his own car?
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#9389946 - 09/06/18 10:40 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Mr.Bozack
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Loc: Ontario
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Pretty sad your guy doesn't even know how many cylinders he has
In high school my italian friend always told people he drove a RS - this was back in the 90s. Nobody knew what he was talking about and when pressed more he would cough up the Cavalier RS lol - He would drive around in parking lots put it in neutral and rev it up to pretend he had a standard...And yes Stevie B was playing lol
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#9389951 - 09/06/18 10:48 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
[Re: Mr.Bozack]
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Risky Business
Provides a Great Work Environment. he/him
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"sports car" "m series" "m engine"
this guy has a tough life ahead of him.
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#9390066 - 09/06/18 01:27 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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I hope OP tells us more about this guy, i am genuinely curious how a mid 30's male is doing this pathetic shit.
Everyone knew a guy like that growing up, but you'd think they would grow out of it by 35, JFC...especially with the internet pathological liars have been eliminated for the most part.
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#9390175 - 09/06/18 02:44 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Lafora
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Registered: 12/16/01
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people actually get bothered by this shit?
ok, he doesn't know what he has, and he brags as if he has shit that he doesn't have.
it's just water cooler talk right. let him spew and just uh huh and be doen with it
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#9390262 - 09/06/18 04:20 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
[Re: SuPeR-MaRiO]
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Risky Business
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So he is "that guy"...definitely not just clueless, this is some amazing insecurity that he never grew out of.
In for more stories please, I am enjoying this more than I should lol
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#9390314 - 09/06/18 05:45 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Raocorp
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So he is "that guy"...definitely not clueless, this is some amazing insecurity that he never grew out of.
In for more stories please, I am enjoying this more than I should lol
Definitely a "that guy" type of guy. I'm surprised OP hasn't been around these types more often. Every work place I've ever been has had one of them. Doesn't matter if it's a labour job or a desk job, there was always at least one. It's very rare that I've met another "car guy" that isn't just some dude-Bro that knows nothing.
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#9390330 - 09/06/18 05:59 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Risky Business
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I am trying to think to myself, how have they gone on for 35 years 'unchecked'? Like do they come home and their mom and dad line up to pat their head for a job well done?
Super fascinating, this thread would be a hell of a lot better if we had their ethnic background to get the stereotypes moving along!!!
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#9390454 - 09/06/18 09:22 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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Registered: 06/28/01
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Loc: Toronto, Ontario
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In for more stories please, I am enjoying this more than I should lol Trust me there are more, but some of them might make him a identifiable. He apparently has a problem (aka an addiction) to motorcycles. Rides, them, races, them, I dunno. I wasn't really paying attention.
He also has some crazy fast Corvette. I think he mentioned at one point he built it himself cuz you know he's super into that kinda thing. If I'm not mistaken I think its rusted out though, it needs a paint job and he doesn't drive it much. Oh wait, now I remember its stored in an airplane hanger somewhere because he doesn't have enough space to store it at home. I think that's when I had told him he needs to buy a bigger house with more garages, to which he responded with "Tell me about it, I have too many toys"
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#9390500 - 09/06/18 10:05 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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A2B-Lexus
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Registered: 04/19/01
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Loc: Raptors Land
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Not Chinese....because a Chinese dude would spend the $ and get an older M3 than buy an inferior model and lie about it. (knowing full well that someone would know their shit and call him out)
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#9390502 - 09/06/18 10:08 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Screamin Type ARGH!
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this thread would be a hell of a lot better if we had their ethnic background to get the stereotypes moving along!!! Any guesses?
i was gonna say white guy (like honkey white, not euro white). buuuuut i'm going with a shade of brown lol...ie. persian or arab, maaaaybe indian/paki.
granted he is driving the typical white bimmer regular sedan looooved by middle aged asian women all over maaaakhaaaam and RHill - but doubt he's asian.
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#9390679 - 09/07/18 09:29 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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Registered: 06/28/01
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Loc: Toronto, Ontario
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Ok things got a little interesting. When I saw his car in person I had noted that he had personalized plates in the format of "yyyy x" where "yyyy" is equal to what I recognize as a brown first name (not my co-worker's name) and "x" is equal to the first initial of his last name. Meh no big deal. Maybe that's another name he goes by or its his wife's name. You know those brown folk do some funky stuff with names.
Well I just looked him up on Facebook and sure enough his account is partially open. Well low and behold his license plate matches his younger brother's name. So is he potentially using his brother's car to pose?
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