So, here is what happened when I left the store and walked to my car

[Dr_jitsu]

the other day. I walked up to it and pressed my key fob, and it didn't work. I thought "great, car is new and already something is not working.

Then I noticed that I was not standing next to my (white) car. I was standing next to a white Porsche Panamera.

 

[xot1]

It also happens to me every once in a while.

 

[MerlintheMad]

I love humble people. Funny story, too.

 

[Dr_jitsu]

This car never ceases to put a smile on my face.

 

[CKeeler]

A Stinger owner will admit. A Porsche owner would hope no one saw him

 

[Dr_jitsu]

I was a materialistic brand snob for many years. I realize now how unimportant those things are in the larger scheme. I don't care what others think of me either. I enjoy telling people deadpan that I drive a Kia. Of course anyone who goes for a little "sporting" run says "holy shit" after I put her through a big sweeper at 95 or so. They also note the major grunt in this motor.

 

[AV8R]

the other day. I walked up to it and pressed my key fob, and it didn't work. I thought "great, car is new and already something is not working.

Then I noticed that I was not standing next to my (white) car. I was standing next to a white Porsche Panamera.

That's the funniest story about a stinger yet!

 

[Flameangel]

I can probably up that, when I had a Ford Falcon, I had parked it in an underground car park near work.I walked towards it and pressed the fob, the lights blinked and door unlocked, I jumped into the drivers seat. A guy appeared next to the window with an apprehensive look on his face and said " your in my car " I looked around and noticed how spotless it was and it had a toll tag on the front window....it wasn't my car, how embarrassing, my car was two cars further down but exactly the same type and colour. We must have hit our fobs at the same time, I apologised and he laughed, he said he was worried for a moment, maybe he thought I was a car jacker

 

[Manaz]

Reminds me of this:

 

[AV8R]

I can probably up that, when I had a Ford Falcon, I had parked it in an underground car park near work.I walked towards it and pressed the fob, the lights blinked and door unlocked, I jumped into the drivers seat. A guy appeared next to the window with an apprehensive look on his face and said " your in my car " I looked around and noticed how spotless it was and it had a toll tag on the front window....it wasn't my car, how embarrassing, my car was two cars further down but exactly the same type and colour. We must have hit our fobs at the same time, I apologised and he laughed, he said he was worried for a moment, maybe he thought I was a car jacker

You gotta stop looking at number plates you're getting distracted lol.

 

[Mike_TX]

the other day. I walked up to it and pressed my key fob, and it didn't work. I thought "great, car is new and already something is not working.

Then I noticed that I was not standing next to my (white) car. I was standing next to a white Porsche Panamera.

When people seem shocked my car is a KIA, I tell them "Nah, it's actually a Maserati Ghibli. I just changed the nameplates to mess with people."

 

[M'Kehyah]

[head nod] I always start with "yeah, I have a used KIA hatchback my wife got me for Fathers Day" (They make the "KIA-Face" (kinda' like when someone farts) and the assumption is that my wife or my kids must not think much of me...) and then I say, "let's go race for 'pinks, eh?" [mad-scientist-evil laugh]

 

[Revvdmedia]

I watched a couple looking into my car, eyeing the non-Kia badges, clearly trying to make out what the car is. They finished and went to walk away, but then went back for a second look lol. A good two minutes or so they were ogling it.

 

[Aarvix]

When people seem shocked my car is a KIA, I tell them "Nah, it's actually a Maserati Ghibli. I just changed the nameplates to mess with people."

Sadly, I see way more Ghiblis than stingers around here.

 

[Mike_TX]

Sadly, I see way more Ghiblis than stingers around here.

Yeah, my next-door neighbor has one, black like my Stinger, so it's confusing.

 

[GenesisG70]

Be glad that was just a mental lapse otherwise if you would have bought a Panamera you only would have 1 kidney left over...

 

[Aarvix]

The other kidney is for out of warranty repairs.

 

[eljay]

My Stinger didn't get any comments for several months, but in the past couple of weeks, she's become the "shameless flirt" once again. The difference is that now her flatterers are all well-aware she's a Kia, and not because I haven't rebadged her. The most fun was when I was about to turn right from my driveway earlier this week. A delivery guy was waiting to cross to my side of the street, and I assumed he was eyeing the car to decide whether it was safe to cross, so I motioned him on and waited. All the way across, he stared at the car with a delighted grin, and when he finally made it to my side and I pulled into the street, he stood staring next to the curb with the same goofy grin. I couldn't resist stopping and rolling down the window, and he said, "This is the Stinger?!" Turns out he'd been a Kia owner, hadn't yet seen a Stinger in person, but mentioned wanting one. The look on his face made my afternoon, and I enjoyed it more because he was clearly under no impression that it was anything more exotic than what it is.