Next time tell her you converted your car to run on vegetable oil? lol..
Tell her to go sniff your exhaust, when you rev it up it smells like french fries. When she goes back there, rev it to about 6k rpms, let her get a snoot full of your exhaust.
+1 And if she keeps complaining call the cops and fill in an harrassment complaint! At that age that should settle it.
-when she comes over next time, say: "oh hey ______, you know I sure am glad you came over here, last time I didn't get a chance to talk to you about something that's changed my life. I wanted to share some amazing things we're doing at my church, I think you would really benefit from some of this information, (hand her a Scientology pamphlet that you've picked up), it's amazing stuff, our next meeting is thursday, why don't I pick you up and we can go together. we do some truly remarkable things, we often summon the dead and then dance around talking to the alien spirit gods, and then after we talk about things that concern us, like the environment, the lies about baby jesus, and how tom cruise should run for president of our galaxy, I think you would love it! so should I meet you out here at 7:00 on thursday? and then look at her with a way too enormous smile, breathing heavily with excitment and blinking really hard. that should get her off your back....heck she may move after a maneuver like that.
Thanks guys for all the advice. Some of them really made me laugh. Anyways, I think this lady is too lonely or something and she is just seeking attention. I am pretty sure the story will continue since I will drive my F car more often during Spring and Summer. So stay tuned. There might be part 2, 3.....
Smiling at seniors is basically the same as inviting them to snoop on your life! Would you really want that!? Even if she took offence to those half arsed remarks, she'd end up calling the cops (or the local sanitarium) on you!
Tell her "it's a good thing for you that we have strict gun laws cause you wouldn't stand a chance in the USA so va-fan-gool and if my goomba knocks on your door, run and hide!!" TRANSLATION: "Tell her "it's a good thing for you that we have strict gun laws cause you wouldn't stand a chance in the USA so go f*ck yourself and if my Godfather knocks on your, run and hide. (sounds better in Italian)"
Now that virtually every response has stabbed your neighbor in the head, maybe its time for an outlier. Imagine that all cars on the road were loud exotics, spewing out pollutants, making a helluva noise, racing around with testosterone heads at the wheel. Ok, modify that to a million rice rockets with oversized tube mufflers creating a symphony of earsplitting sounds. Ok, modify that to 40,000 motorcycles w/o exhausts buzzing around the Parthenon in Greece that virtually destroyed sights (with smoke) and sounds of the city. Would that scenario bother people, maybe it might just be too much. And maybe its getting to be too much. My take is, be prepared to hear from more people like your neighbors in the future, because more and more people share her sentiments. Perhaps the best retort is "yes your right, it is loud, does get lousy mileage and pollutes the environment" but the fact is, its a "classic" and I drive it 1/10th as much as regular cars and thus contribute about 1/4 of the noise and chemical pollutions that others do. Hey brothers, I drive a CS that emits an ear splitting wail under wide open throttle. My second brain thrives on it but I'm also aware the "noise" is noxious to 45% of other people. Its a reality: our self-centered private gain is not always a win-win, it can contribute to public loss.
This thread got me thinking about converting high performance cars to E85 fuel.. Pro's and Con's on say maybe a ... 430 Scuderia with E85 capabilities? Can also use gasoline and imagine having it setup properly to be able to run both gasoline and E85 at the same time. Jay Leno did it lol..
Ask her if she likes Classical music. Then tell her to listen to the Symphony... as you pedal Wagner's Götterdämmerung. Tell her this is music to your ears. She just might get it.
Well said. Agree completely. To the OP: I'm also in Richmond and there's never a shortage of old people with an opinion. Having said that, I'd take a million of them over the crappy drivers that congregate at Westminster & #3/Aberdeen Center, the red-necks flying down Steveston Hwy or the ricers down the Hwy 91 Connector.
is anything you do really any of her business? just tell her to mind her own business. I've been through this many times filling up at gas stations, having people tell me im only killing the environment. People are very rude; its really none of their business.
Give them a ride and make shure she sees that. She'll see all these people with big smiles on their face. Like that she'll feel alone on her side, the only one on the street not loving that car.
Good points. I would politely inform her that it is not just cars that are ruining our environment it is our complete inefficient modern life style. Thus unless we turn the TV/Fridge/Washing machine/Radio/etc. off and Don't fly/Take taxis/etc. then we are all making an impact. Pete
