Originally Posted by ATL-Porsche

Be advised, sticking your finger in another man's tailpipe and then sticking it in your mouth to taste it usually only happens in prison. I would be careful if I were you.

Originally Posted by Sub

I reached down when no one was looking and stuck my finger in the fluid collecting at the base of the pipe for a feel to see if it was oily. It didn't feel oily. So (and I'm not sure what possessed me to do this) I decided to have a taste to see if I could tell if it was soot or just water. I felt like an experienced archeologist who can, by tasting, tell how old a piece of pottery is. After sticking my finger in my mouth I quickly realized I didn't know what soot tasted like because I had no frame of reference for soot. This was not one of my brighter moments because now I had a mouth full of sooty water and the smartly dressed salesman was coming back over. Do I spit? Did I have a tissue in my pocket? Did he see me fiddling my finger into his car's tailpipe and tasting it? Do I do the unthinkable and.. gulp?


I pretended to cough, leaned back and over and spit it out behind me. I don't think the salesman noticed, but I did have a pretty terrible taste in my mouth for the test drive. Let this be a valuable lesson to you all!

Awesome replies. Thanks guys.