| Hi dear friends,
After receiving my email Miata 1, our close friend E (he indeed lives very close to us, within jogging distance) was very concerned about our car purchase plan and gave me a call on his way home. I guess he feels partially responsible for my husband’s crazy idea since he has a cool convertible and likes to drive us around during weekend.
Usually he is on my husband’s side trying to persuade me, the only sane person, to get a convertible as a second car. He did not know shao po will get carried away for a 2 seat only Miata. E’s greatest concern is there will be no space for him if we ever want to go out with a Miata at weekend.
Well, I told him that my husband will never let his buddy sit in the trunk. I am probably the one who should worry about this. For those who have seen “Out of Sight", the romantic scene of Lopez and Clooney squeezed in the trunk floated to my mind but soon I realized the small trunk of Miata has no way to accommodate more than one person. So nothing really fancy will happen to “a" person laying in a Miata trunk.
E realized it is really a big deal to shao po this time bcs they have to delay their tennis play for shao po’s test driving appointment after work. Wow, my husband had never given up his tennis play with his buddy. E sounded worried. He said he totally agreed with my complaint of getting a Miata and strongly support me to oppose my husband’s crazy idea. Not until later, I realize this French guy has quiet a different definition of “strongly support".
We decided that an emergency dinner meeting is needed so I called shao po (while he is test driving and he sounds so different like he is having a Roller Coaster ride) and ask him to meet me and E in the restaurant. We had waited for 30 minutes and shao po still hadn’t shown up. E suspected that shao po would arrive with a Miata. Being hungry and worried, I felt stomachache. The waiter even suggested that we should order unless the person we are waiting is a very good and important friend. I told him it is my husband indeed and he didn’t say anything more.
Eventually shao po arrived. How is it? I asked. He was very calm and said “it is ok." I felt less worried. Then we got to order something. “You guys might not believe me but I am going to give you some very unbiased opinions. This is the best handling car I have ever driven." my husband spoke with a very mysterious smile. I knew right away it is hopeless. Not even E can help but I still keep my last hope.
Sometimes peer advice can be so influential, you never know. I should give E’s “strong support" a chance and he did complain about the disadvantage like two seats only to my husband. Occasionally, he is off his position by saying “if Miata and Cabrio are the only two choice, I prefer Miata."
After listing all the great performance he just experienced, shao po concluded “I went there as a skeptic but now I am so impressed———–" Doesn’t it sound familiar to you, those psychic show audience saying they come as skeptics but now they are totally believers! So far, I had not heard of any statement from E which is really showing his “strong support". I don’t blame him. Anyone there would have hard time finding the right way to discourage shao po who is totally excited, you can almost see a halo above his head.
Finally, E nodded his head and said “Miata will be nice as a second car." (that is what you can get from a French man’s “strong support".)
Well, E is going back to Paris for two weeks. Shao po said that he would love to pick him up at the airport if he gets a Miata by then (of course, I stay home). There is another problem. E has a big luggage which wouldn’t fit into the small trunk. If he cannot disassemble his luggage, probably I need to drive my Altima to pick up “his luggage". The whole image is haunting me like a Halloween nightmare.
In the future, If you happen to see my husband driving a Miata with E sitting beside him, don’t forget to knock the trunk: I am probably there. Happy Halloween. Peng peng |
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