So I pull into Wawa this morning...

[Mr. Wonderful]

and there's a guy sitting at a table watching me pull into a parking space.
As I exit my Stinger he asks me: "is that the new Maserati?"
Well that made my day as Clint would say.

 

[MerlintheMad]

On one of my gas stops coming to Atlanta on Wednesday, a guy asked, "What car is that"? And I directed his attention to the "K" skin on the front and said, "That is an official logo in the country of origin, and it is a stylized K." He asked hesitantly, "Kia?" And I confirmed. "I thought when I first saw it that it might be the new Jag."

 

[Tobstertx3]

and there's a guy sitting at a table watching me pull into a parking space.
As I exit my Stinger he asks me: "is that the new Maserati?"
Well that made my day as Clint would say.

Recently moved to a new facility, while leaving the first day Security pulls me over and asked me the same. Should have seen his face when I said it was a Kia and floored it.

 

[Kgh31386]

When I started a presentation at my last all staff meeting, my director stopped me and said “ok we all need to know, did you get another Lexus or is it a Kia??”

 

[Gargamel]

When I started a presentation at my last all staff meeting, my director stopped me and said “ok we all need to know, did you get another Lexus or is it a Kia??”

My standard reply to a "x or y" question is either "yes" or "no". Cant let a such change unused.

 

[GenesisG70]

I would get pissed if someone mistakes my Kia for a Maserati, Maseratis are crap and have awful reliability its interior is full of Chrysler cheapness as well...

 

[Gargamel]

I would get pissed if someone mistakes my Kia for a Maserati, Maseratis are crap and have awful reliability its interior is full of Chrysler cheapness as well...

Isnt the common name "Mess-erati"?

 

[CKeeler]

When I started a presentation at my last all staff meeting, my director stopped me and said “ok we all need to know, did you get another Lexus or is it a Kia??”

Ive had my car be called a Lexus twice before

 

[Silvermanor]

I've had people ask how much the car was. I always say guess. One has said 75k and another has said 35. When I asked the guy who said 35 why he thought that, he said because it's a Kia. People usually have no idea either way.

 

[GenesisG70]

Isnt the common name "Mess-erati"?

Yeah but is more like My ass sir rate it.

 

[Paihan Lee]

On one of my gas stops coming to Atlanta on Wednesday, a guy asked, "What car is that"? And I directed his attention to the "K" skin on the front and said, "That is an official logo in the country of origin, and it is a stylized K." He asked hesitantly, "Kia?" And I confirmed. "I thought when I first saw it that it might be the new Jag."

I'd actually be a little offended if they thought it was a Jag haha

 

[SamB]

Yeah but is more like My ass sir rate it.

You went far for this one

 

[Aurelian]

I've had people ask how much the car was. I always say guess. One has said 75k and another has said 35. When I asked the guy who said 35 why he thought that, he said because it's a Kia. People usually have no idea either way.

One time I had an older couple stop me in a parking lot, complimenting the Stinger's looks. Then they asked me what kind of car it is, and I told them it's a Kia. Without prompting, the husband said "So it's like... $25k right?"

That line left me speechless for a few seconds. Still, they were a nice couple and obviously admired the car itself. Kia's brand history just leads to those inevitable assumptions.

 

[Kgh31386]

I had a guy in an Aston stop me in the gym parking lot to ask what it was, when I told him he yelled back to his car, ”yo babe! It’s a Kia, I told you!” That DBS probably cost more than $40,000 in taxes and interest. Pay $40,000 for a car, or $40,000 in interest and taxes...I ball on a budget I guess.

 

[Mike_TX]

and there's a guy sitting at a table watching me pull into a parking space.
As I exit my Stinger he asks me: "is that the new Maserati?"
Well that made my day as Clint would say.

What is a "Wawa"?

 

[Crisis]

What is a "Wawa"?

I was curious about that as well. The only Wawa I know is in northern Ontario, a long ways from Fort Lauderdale. They do have a helluva nice goose, though.

 

[Rob M]

1) a convenience store/gas station chain on the east coast of the US.
2) how a person with rhotacism pronounces "water".

 

[eflyguy]

 

[MerlintheMad]

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Well, I'll be swizzled. They exist. I just thought it was a nonsense word for something local (i.e. esoteric to outsiders).

 

[Mike_TX]

1) a convenience store/gas station chain on the east coast of the US.
2) how a person with rhotacism pronounces "water".

lol