Antoninus
October 9th, 2004, 01:42 AM
Ya know....Im watching TV and I see a commercial for a car. The commercial was for some sort of SUV and it said, I ***t you not, "Double locking gear ratios"......what? What the HELL are "Double locking gear ratios"? Now....Im a reasonably intelegent person, not terribly mechanical, but still intelegent. And I wouldnt know a "double locking gear ratio" from roadkill if I had cue cards. So what makes these companies think that people understand, or care for that matter, what these things are?
Even better "54 cubic inch engine"......Ok...is that how much Diet Coke you can pour into the engine before it stalls or what? I mean, who CARES how many cubic inches your engine is!? If it runs, thats GOOD!!
And the killer is, salesmen have NO idea what your talking about when you bring this stuff up. I did this, I actually did this, I went with my dad to look at a new truck about 6 or 7 months ago. My dad was filling out some papers for contact information or something like that and I looked at the salesman and I pointed to an SUV they had sitting in thier showroom and I asked "How many cubic inches is that engine?" Dyou know that blank look people give you when they have NO idea what the **** your talking about? Thats the look I got from that guy.
Even better "54 cubic inch engine"......Ok...is that how much Diet Coke you can pour into the engine before it stalls or what? I mean, who CARES how many cubic inches your engine is!? If it runs, thats GOOD!!
And the killer is, salesmen have NO idea what your talking about when you bring this stuff up. I did this, I actually did this, I went with my dad to look at a new truck about 6 or 7 months ago. My dad was filling out some papers for contact information or something like that and I looked at the salesman and I pointed to an SUV they had sitting in thier showroom and I asked "How many cubic inches is that engine?" Dyou know that blank look people give you when they have NO idea what the **** your talking about? Thats the look I got from that guy.