Village Idiot passed by this afternoon delivering leaflets.

Confidently identified my coupe as a Renault 19.

Agreed with him.

Observe the village idiot
He doesn't give a damn
I wish I were an idiot
My god, perhaps I am!

(Crawling in a traffic jam in Potsdam a couple of days ago, I chanced to notice a blue 20vt in my mirror, a couple of cars back. For maybe half an hour, I was in front of him, behind him, alongside him... and until I ended up next to him and yelled 'Hallo' out of the window, he hadn't realised I was there... top marks for observation, that man!)

When in Italy, twice I had people telling me the coupe was a Barchetta. What can you do...

I assume you abstained from telling them what they were....