I remember my mate had a 2.1 MK1 Cortina (lotus rep) as his first motor. We were doing twat laps of the high street thinking we were the boys with the windows down, Ice Cube swearing his tits off at peak volume, exhaust burbling away and the twin carbs barking at every available oppotunity.
Anyway we were in traffic outside Woolworths (remember them!?) and two ladies who must have been 60-70 who had seen us pass several times came over and one gestured for me to turn the music down. I thought fair enough, it is a bit obscene for a saturday afternoon, and awaited a talking to. She came out with "excuse me boys, is this a genuine lotus? My dad used to take me to watch these racing, its lovely"
No doubt i think if we had been in a corsa or summin she'd have thought we were scum.