Help Please!! Annoying work colleague - Page 3

1TUFFUTE · 04-02-2016, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by XB GS 351 Coupe

May be you are reading this all wrong.

You said his car is stock then you say it is loud?? A stock car is not loud, so how do you know it's stock??

You may be surprised what is lurking under that bonnet of his. Being older he probably has reasonable disposable income, how do you know there is not a healthy blower or some serious mods hiding under that bonnet bulge.

Who cares......the BA GT would need a bonnet full of upgrades to even keep up with an FG F6. Not to mention exhaust mods are probably the first and most easy and common of mods done to a V8.

If the guy had a blower on it.....it sure sounds like everyone would allready know about it anyway.......

**Cav** · 04-02-2016, 11:31 PM

Challenge him to a ****ing contest.

Show him how you can ****s a long distance

Old guys have no pressure.

XB GS 351 Coupe · 05-02-2016, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 1TUFFUTE

Who cares......the BA GT would need a bonnet full of upgrades to even keep up with an FG F6. Not to mention exhaust mods are probably the first and most easy and common of mods done to a V8.

If the guy had a blower on it.....it sure sounds like everyone would allready know about it anyway.......

Obviously the OP cares, that is the whole point of this thread

A well modded, BA GT vs Stock FG F6, might not be as cut and dry as you think it might be.

Plenty of guys keep tight lipped about what is under the bonnet, who is to say he has not thrown 10-15K or more under the bonnet of his GT, and is just playing with the OP.

I know a guy who has spend north of 25K on their engine alone, and when asked will just say 'yeah, she goes Ok'

Another person I know quite well told me he was building a nice mild street motor, and his first run at WSID was a 10.9

Carrion · 05-02-2016, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Thaddeus

I am not sure if this happens to anyone else, but I need some advice. A guy at my work is always raving on about how good his car and how it would beat anything and bla bla bla. This guy is old enough to be my dad, maybe late 40s early 50s, and he doesn't let anyone get a word in when talking about cars. He acts like an expert because he is an old guy.

He drives and 2005 BA GT. Its stock. Its not bad, but he thinks because its a V8 and loud, that its actually quick.
I have an 2011 FG F6. Now he says he would blow me away because he has a V8 and its better and quicker than 6 cylinders. How do I explain to this old guy that technology has changed and I probably have a quicker car than him. I have offered to race him at the drags so its all legal but he reckons only young hoons go there and he doesn't need to race me to know he has the quickest car at work.

What do you guys think would be the best way I could shut this old guy up and prove him wrong?

Respect your elders boy

Iggle Piggle · 05-02-2016, 12:08 PM

**** all you guys calling the ***** in his 40s old.

And GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!

XB GS 351 Coupe · 05-02-2016, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Iggle Piggle

**** all you guys calling the ***** in his 40s old.

And GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!

Haha was thinking the same, if only I could be 40 again

ebv8 · 05-02-2016, 04:10 PM

i'm the old guy at work (36) that tells the young guy (26) that my BA GT will **** all over his new WRX, only because he hasn't taken it above 3,000rpm yet as he is afraid it will blow up or use too much fuel.
Fast cars are to be driven fast* (*where appropriate)
plus a stock WRX states a 5.8s 0-100 and last time i checked mine it was quicker than that but that was on a phone app

mike_nofx · 05-02-2016, 04:41 PM

Is this thread not almost word for word the same thread Hulk posted some time back?

**Beastie** · 05-02-2016, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mike_nofx

Is this thread not almost word for word the same thread Hulk posted some time back?

It does sound very much like a Hulk thread

blueoval · 05-02-2016, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by The Beast

It does sound very much like a Hulk thread

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Originally Posted by mike_nofx

Is this thread not almost word for word the same thread Hulk posted some time back?

You guys are right, although when would Hulk back down and say that he will ignore another guys taunts? Normally Hulk would add another angle to the argument to bait more people.

Carrion · 05-02-2016, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by blueoval

You guys are right, although when would Hulk back down and say that he will ignore another guys taunts? Normally Hulk would add another angle to the argument to bait more people.

So true, he was much better than this guy.

**Beastie** · 05-02-2016, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by blueoval

You guys are right, although when would Hulk back down and say that he will ignore another guys taunts? Normally Hulk would add another angle to the argument to bait more people.

Two options;

1. Never
2. When the thread is closed

Iggle Piggle · 05-02-2016, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Beast

Two options;

1. Never
2. When the thread is closed

lol, of all the threads he created you'd be confident many more are closed than open.

Guy should have been in sales with his closing rate.

Blue Shadow · 05-02-2016, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Thaddeus

I am not sure if this happens to anyone else, but I need some advice. A guy at my work is always raving on about how good his car and how it would beat anything and bla bla bla. This guy is old enough to be my dad, maybe late 40s early 50s, and he doesn't let anyone get a word in when talking about cars. He acts like an expert because he is an old guy.

He drives and 2005 BA GT. Its stock. Its not bad, but he thinks because its a V8 and loud, that its actually quick.
I have an 2011 FG F6. Now he says he would blow me away because he has a V8 and its better and quicker than 6 cylinders. How do I explain to this old guy that technology has changed and I probably have a quicker car than him. I have offered to race him at the drags so its all legal but he reckons only young hoons go there and he doesn't need to race me to know he has the quickest car at work.

What do you guys think would be the best way I could shut this old guy up and prove him wrong?

First of all, his old guy 40 to 50, fair crack. I reckon dont worry about him, let him dream you just know the facts

The Yeti · 05-02-2016, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Thaddeus

I have offered to race him at the drags so its all legal but he reckons only young hoons go there and he doesn't need to race me to know he has the quickest car at work.

This line here tells me he knows he's full of crap, it tells me he's too scared to take it for a run so there for he's talking tuff to make up for it

next time he waffel's on about how his 8 is soooooo much faster than your 6, pull up some stats and simply offer to dispute it at the track, and until he does he can STFU

I love my V8's (older the better) but I'm not foolish enough to think the flatty in my wifes 38 could beat a modern 4cyl car much less a 6 0r 8

**Beastie** · 05-02-2016, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Carrion

So true, he was much better than this guy.

I'm calling it's Hulk...

RANGEREST · 05-02-2016, 05:56 PM

To the op, firstly I don't like you already! 40-50 is old? WTF?
As posted earlier take him for a drive, if that doesn't get the desired response, Drag him.

Blue Shadow · 05-02-2016, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by The Yeti

This line here tells me he knows he's full of crap, it tells me he's too scared to take it for a run so there for he's talking tuff to make up for it

next time he waffel's on about how his 8 is soooooo much faster than your 6, pull up some stats and simply offer to dispute it at the track, and until he does he can STFU

I love my V8's (older the better) but I'm not foolish enough to think the flatty in my wifes 38 could beat a modern 4cyl car much less a 6 0r 8

Well said, us old timers (40-50 yo) need to stick together

**Charliewool** · 05-02-2016, 06:09 PM

Can't be Hulk.... It apparently happened at work, not at a BBQ!

**Falcon Coupe** · 05-02-2016, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Thaddeus

What do you guys think would be the best way I could shut this old guy up and prove him wrong?

The question is how did you and said "old guy" get such nice Aussie cars in the United States?

blakef6 · 05-02-2016, 06:23 PM

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**FairmontGS** · 05-02-2016, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Thaddeus

Seeing him start his car today and leave work made me think i am just gonna leave it alone. He loves his car, and i don't think he has much else. Beating him wouldn't make me feel any better, in fact, i think i would feel worse. Thanks all for the help, I am gonna be the bigger man and leave it alone.

Cheers

Smart move. Respect your elders (and their fantasies). You'll be old one day as well.

Franco Cozzo · 05-02-2016, 06:31 PM

Hows the Aurion going braaah?

Road Games · 05-02-2016, 07:05 PM

He bought an FG-X XR8 didn't ya know ?

Havn't seen papers yet but he did post a pic of someone's on another forum...

ozpacman · 05-02-2016, 07:12 PM

No wonder the work of handwriting experts is so highly valued from an investigational viewpoint.

One can deny penning the words but certain styles are inimitable!

Poor old Thaddeus might as well have signed off his post with 'love from the big H'.

Russ.

**Beastie** · 05-02-2016, 07:29 PM

You have to wonder...

I thought that his user name was quite thoughtful and clever given his history, however in the end it was his undoing (acknowledging the similarity of his posts too).

My question is why???

What makes someone so keen / desperate to be heard / troll?

**Fordman1** · 05-02-2016, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by The Beast

You have to wonder...

I thought that his user name was quite thoughtful and clever given his history, however in the end it was his undoing (acknowledging the similarity of his posts too).

My question is why???

What makes someone so keen / desperate to be heard / troll?

He just wants to get loved by the community here

Express · 05-02-2016, 07:47 PM

Re: Help Please!! Annoying work colleague

Now I'm confused, who was annoying who?

.:4:. · 05-02-2016, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Express

Re: Help Please!! Annoying work colleague

Now I'm confused, who was annoying who?

Can the tread name be changed to annoying member? Or is it better being called annoying ex member?

mike_nofx · 05-02-2016, 08:17 PM

Every new forum member registration should include a short car related IQ test to weed out the Hulks. With questions relating to how to deal with old guys claiming their car is faster than yours, 0-100km times of an Aurion, etc