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Took the Cobra to a popular car gathering at a diner. Spent most of the day looking at the multitude of various cars in attendance. Later in the day wife & I had dinner at the diner as the show was winding down. When we were walking back to Cobra, one of only a few cars left from the show, sun had set and the parking lot overhead lights were on. I see two couples standing near my Cobra. As we approached, one of the women asked if it was my car, to which I responded affirmatively. Her response was, “thank god, we’ve been waiting for over an hour, our husbands wouldn’t leave until they heard the car start. I started the Cobra and gave them the expedited tour, as I’m sure the ladies weren’t up for more than that. The two guys were thoroughly enjoying checking out the Cobra and I’m sure could have spent the rest of the night talking with me about it.
At another car gathering I attended, while paying my entrance fee, I shut the engine down, to be able to converse with the person checking me in. One of the men standing at the check in area asked me why I shut the engine off. I responded, “so I can here you”, his response was “start it up, I want to listen to it”!