Need a snappy comeback

I had a guy at a local show ask me to open my hood when I told him my car had a 340. I told him it was not much to look at. He was excited to see it and tell his kid about how bad *** 340's are. Ended up being a pretty nice guy with a big block Satellite. Made a new car show friend!

Better to be polite than to be a smart *** and piss off a potential car buddy, part supplier, or assistant wrench turner.

Not many folk like you left Brian. That's why people are intimidated to talk to guys at car shows with nice cars. Granted there are a lot of total dickheads out there but the majority of people just want to learn. Guess if you want to be a stuffy smart *** buy a porshe or Ferrari so when you break down nobody wants to help because you should already have it covered.