I like that car people notice my car (even if they don’t know what it is) but normal people just see a boring family sedan.

In the drive-through line of a fast food restaurant today, a guy walked by my car and then literally did a double take. It was comical. Then he motioned me to roll down the window.

“Oh my god this car is sweet! What is it?” he said.

Even a lot of car people don’t know what the SS is. It’s never had any advertising nor much press, as I mentioned before. He probably just noticed that it had big fat tires on the rear, huge brakes, and of course the unmistakable V8 growl and grumble.

So I told him that it was a Chevy SS, really just a re-badged Holden Commodore, and that it had a 415HP Corvette LS3 engine in it.

“Damn, man, this car is awesome,” he said as he walked away.

It’s almost like driving an exotic — car people know it’s something unusual but don’t know much about it since it’s so rare. If there are any SSes left on the lots, that dude might be a buyer now.