# If an SUV was raised by a family of sport cars... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2001, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947 "2001-10-17T10:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/1 "2001-10-17T10:56:36Z")
would it be shunned by light pick-up trucks? And what the fuck is up with “zoom, zoom?” And why does the mealy-mouthed kid pronounce it “zum, zum?” And can we _please_ shoot a car commercial without hosing down the asphalt first? Sorry. Please excuse my early morning rant… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/2 "2001-10-17T10:58:53Z")
Maybe you should switch to decaf, **Chief** , or maybe not… This cracked me up!! ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/3 "2001-10-17T11:01:54Z")
Not only that, but the way the commercial shows that SUV threading in and out of all of those other cars makes me want to shoot the damn driver! I **hate** when people drive like that! ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/4 "2001-10-17T11:03:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tevya \* > \*\*Not only that, but the way the commercial shows that SUV threading in and out of all of those other cars makes me want to shoot the damn driver! I **hate** when people drive like that! \*\* Oops! This is MPSIMS. I meant to say “darn” driver! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/5 "2001-10-17T13:22:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChiefScott \* > \*\* > And can we _please_ shoot a car commercial without hosing down the asphalt first? > \*\* Many things work better when hosed down… Car commercials, plants, tee-shirts… ---
**Author:** ![Caiata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Caiata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caiata)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/6 "2001-10-17T13:37:43Z")
Aww, but I adore that little boy! And I know every word to that song! _grins_ I in fact sing it quite often on my way to work. You see, after having 3 successive 1988 Ford Escort Pony clones (each one white, each one a hatchback, I even transferred my clever bumper stickers to each car as I purchased them), I am quite proud of the zippy power of my 1996 Pontiac Grand-Am. It has a whole 6 litres of _something_, precisely what I do not know, in its engine, and it has _platinum_ spark plugs, for which I personally would like a vanity window in the hood 🙂 It goes zoom! And I like making it go zoom as I speed to work. Zoom zoom zoom! (hey, hey, hey!) Zoom zoom zoom! (ya, zoomzoomzoomzoom!) 😃 Speaking of work, it’s in, like, 8 hours. And I’ve not slept yet. I should rectify this situation, yes indeed! ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/7 "2001-10-17T15:55:11Z")
::shakes head:: **Caiata** is a sick, sick puppy… And I see those bastardous “stealth” smilies, chum. ---
**Author:** ![Dilbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Dilbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dilbert)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/8 "2001-10-17T16:05:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caiata \* > \*\*I am quite proud of the zippy power of my 1996 Pontiac Grand-Am. It has a whole 6 litres of _something_, precisely what I do not know, in its engine, and it has _platinum_ spark plugs, for which I personally would like a vanity window in the hood 🙂 > \*\* I’m not trying to sound mean, so please don’t take it that way. You don’t know a whole lot about cars do you? I would like to help you out here: Your car has 6 cylinders, not litres. You can’t see the platinum part of the spark plug unless you take it out. This isn’t all that uncommon in newer cars either. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/9 "2001-10-17T16:39:20Z")
For some reason the OT reminds me of _Babe_, but with a hippo instead of a pig. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/10 "2001-10-17T16:54:47Z")
I think the little zum-zum kid is supposed to look and sound “Euro.” The implication being that only Europeans, and especially those of “vague European heritage” like the little zum-zum kid, know about sports cars. Like the kid, like the music, could do without the reckless driving. Never noticed the wet road. They don’t have chowder like this in New York. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/11 "2001-10-17T18:29:44Z")
I like the kid – I think he’s funny-lookin’. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/12 "2001-10-17T19:44:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cliffy \* > \*\*I like the kid – I think he’s funny-lookin’. > > –Cliffy \*\* LOOK AT HIS EARS!!! BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! DUMBO!!! sorry… im done now… [sub]They’re so big!![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Caiata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Caiata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caiata)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/13 "2001-10-17T19:44:51Z")
_grins at Dilbert_ Well, while it is true that I’m a ditz at anything requiring more than basic physics to work, I was actually just being silly 😛 Especially in that I know a '96 Grand Am isn’t such a great car anyway, but damnit, it’s my first non-hatchback, non-white, non-1988 car and I’ve gotta hype it up somehow, y’know? 😃 If erroneousness is the only way, then damnit, I’m gonna do it in grand fashion! (And I rather like the idea that instead of weird voo-doo magic that makes it work, each cylinder has a litre or so of magical potion that makes it work! _grins_) And just a tad annoyed at my last bill from the mechanic 'cause of said platinum spark plugs - I’d gladly _bisect_ one just to see what makes 'em so damned spiffy 😉 (And yah, Mr. ChiefScott, I’m an avid hater of smilies. Call me a smiliebigot, I just dun like 'em! _kicks 'em_) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_The\_Bold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dale\_The\_Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_The_Bold)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/14 "2001-10-17T21:13:03Z")
Why do they even have car commercials? Do they really think I’m going to go and make a $25,000 decision because I think it’s clever how a kid whispers “zoom zoom,” or because because a bunch of yuppies know the words to “One Week?” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/15 "2001-10-17T23:23:47Z")
i really hate the one that has the camera like its mounted on a stupid skateboard, then they try to hype up the “exhiliration”! when i was growing up, my old man used to yell at people in traffic that were too slow, “MOVE THAT GODDAMN ROLLERSKATE!”. I kinda equate rollerskates and skateboards with shitty automobiles now. that ad works in reverse with me, thanks to my old man. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/16 "2001-10-17T23:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dilbert \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Caiata \* > > \*\*I am quite proud of the zippy power of my 1996 Pontiac Grand-Am. It has a whole 6 litres of _something_, precisely what I do not know, in its engine, and it has _platinum_ spark plugs, for which I personally would like a vanity window in the hood 🙂 > > \*\* > > I’m not trying to sound mean, so please don’t take it that way. > > You don’t know a whole lot about cars do you? > > I would like to help you out here: > > Your car has 6 cylinders, not litres. > You can’t see the platinum part of the spark plug unless you take it out. This isn’t all that uncommon in newer cars either. \*\* I am also not trying to be mean, so don’t take it that way. I beleive that Caiata’s post is what one would call “humor.” That humor does not hold up well to careful factual examination as the statement was made for maximimum funniability (technical humor term) and not maximum factuality. Caiata is making her (real or feigned) lack of knowledge about cars exaggerated so as to mine the various terms associated with cars for humor. That allows her to suggest putting a little window in her hood to look at the platinum spark plugs. That isn’t all that uncommon in humor. ---
**Author:** ![miatachris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@miatachris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miatachris)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/17 "2001-10-17T23:45:15Z")
Why don’t you try driving a Miata? Highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/18 "2001-10-17T23:51:23Z")
Wonder what his adolescent years were like? SportsCar Mom\>: SUV, sweetie…you’ve been guzzling a lot of gas lately… SUV\>: Mom!! I’m getting ready for my date with Isuzu!! Snotty SportsCar Sister\>: Oh please, she only asked you on a dare. Like an American utility vehicle like you could ever make love to a sleek Japanese sports car? SUV\>: ::horn starts honking in anger:: Sportscar Dad\>: Toughen up, son. Mom\>: Honey, you could take just a _few_ more pounds off your tail pipe, couldn’t you? SUV\>: ::drives out of the room bawling:: Coming to NBC this fall! ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/19 "2001-10-18T00:35:47Z")
Awwww, no, I love this ad! The cars (MX5s?) look so joyful when they’re spinning around in the sand. I want one! [singing] Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a spinny car thing … [/singing] ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947/20 "2001-10-18T09:35:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by miatachris \* > \*\*Why don’t you try driving a Miata? > > Highly recommended. \*\* I’ve been driving Miatae for more than eleven years, and can’t imagine wanting to drive anything else (except maybe a Lotus Elise :)). > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kayeby_ > **I want one!** Go for it! Life’s too short. 🙂 Eric [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-suv-was-raised-by-a-family-of-sport-cars/87947.md?page=2)