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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:10 PM
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Old lady asked me "who makes Infiniti"

So I was at the hand car wash today waiting for my car to be dried when I noticed this old lady (@ 65 years old) checking out my car intently. She comes over to me and strikes up a conversation that goes like this:

Old lady: Hi, your car is really beautiful, what year is it?
Me: 2004
Old lady: Wow, it looks brand new. It is really a beautiful car.
Me: Thanks, your car (@ 1980 Olds Cutlass) is a real classic - they don't make cars like that anymore.
Old lady: yeah I know, but I don't drive it much - I only have 40000 miles on it.
Me: Really, wow.

HERE COMES THE CLINCHER!!!

Old lady: Who makes Infiniti? Does Ford make Infiniti?
Me: No, ahh umm ... Infiniti makes it.

I was caught off guard with that question. Has this ever happened to anyone? If you were asked a question like this, what would you have replied?
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:14 PM
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LOL! I would say that aliens make our cars, and it comes from a different planet. It's a car from the future! hahahah j/k I would never say that to a nice old lady. I would just say Infiniti! That never happened to me before.
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:20 PM
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ha old ladies are funny like that
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:21 PM
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nissan?
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:30 PM
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^^^^Exactly. I would have said, Infiniti is the company which is a subsidiary of Nissan. Kinda like Lexus is a subsidiary of Toyota and Acura is a subsidiary of Honda.
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:31 PM
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renault/nissan actually makes it
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmytango00
nissan?
We all know that Nissan makes Infiniti - I was just caught off guard.

I eventually told her Nissan, but I think she was confused because there was only the Mt. Fuji emblem and the I N F I N I T I lettering. She probably thought I N F I N I T I was the model and not the make.
 

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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Hexxum001
^^^^Exactly. I would have said, Infiniti is the company which is a subsidiary of Nissan. Kinda like Lexus is a subsidiary of Toyota and Acura is a subsidiary of Honda.
BOOOOOM! perfectly put..too bad my vocabulary is not as expanded as hexx's..i was on dictionary.com the whole time i was reading your post.lol ..i probably would of said, " uh nissan .....wtf do you think you dumb b!tch" haha jk jk i would of just said nissan.
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:38 PM
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Should have said Datsun, then she would have got it.
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:38 PM
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If you're gonna make fun of the old lady at least get it right. Nissan makes Infiniti.
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by afr0puff
Should have said Datsun, then she would have got it.
LMAO!! my mom drove one of those an old one, i was like 5.
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 05:54 PM
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That's funny, here's another similar story:

https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...+make+infiniti
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by speedraver
That's funny, here's another similar story:

https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...+make+infiniti

humm...... anyone throwing the flag up on this story? im to new to do that




jk, thats pretty crazy though..i guess our cars look like mustangs...........not!
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmytango00
humm...... anyone throwing the flag up on this story? im to new to do that




jk, thats pretty crazy though..i guess our cars look like mustangs...........not!
That is pretty crazy, I certainly wished I had done a search for "old lady" before I posted.

This is not a repost or a copy, this really happened to me today.
 
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Old 05-03-2006 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmytango00
LMAO!! my mom drove one of those an old one, i was like 5.
Yeah, my dad had an old 200sx which he loved. Every time he hears me mention Infiniti he tells me to shut the hell up. "It's just a fancy Nissan, stop acting special."
 


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