You mean you have one of THE rare 1983 (YES, 1983!!!) Yenko Corvette SS? I thought that those were only done by Baldwin -Motion for the 1983 model, only in RED. You know, the one that Prince based his song on... "You need a RED Corvette." Damn, And I thought that I had an inside line... I wondered who bought it. Got any land, or bridges for sale?
I have had a few also. 2 people really surprised me, yesterday a gentleman pulled in where I fueling up, walked (with a cane) around the car and said, " it is so nice to see one of these, they were an underrated car of their day". No one thought of Buick being muscle car, then laughed and said, boy were they surprised. Then a couple years ago, I had a woman come up to me and just say, "a 70?" Due to it being bamboo cream, then she talked about her and husband having one, and also the brother in law. She said they had so much fun "cleaning up the streets" on weekends. She knew her Buicks. Thing is, this is North Dakota, we dont have the amount of buicks here as other states do.
Since '64 & '65 Rivs. don't have Buick written on them ANY WEAR people walk up & ask what kind of car is a Riviera??? When I tell them it's made by Buick they are usually dumb founded. Buick made a car like that????
I did like and appreciate the history behind it how it was shoped around to the GM braches. The car is well engineered
My car has most the emblems other than the "Riviera" script on the fenders shaved, so doesn't say BUICK anywhere either. I get "beautiful Pontiac, what is it, a '67?" more than any other question or compliment. I don't know why, but without fail the vast majority think it is both a '67 and a Pontiac for some reason.....
I got no issues with anybody asking about the GN. As long as they let me go when its clear I wanna leave. All good 99% of the time. Saw some old dude getting out of a Bentley SUV the other day. Asked him about it and he wouldn't shut up -- showed me tje interior, talked about intetiors, underpinnings, etc. I tolerated it because he saw my GN and knew what my GN was.
Always get the "what year chevelle is that?". That one never gets old...... Also got this once, "is that an original SS 454?". I told him yes, but I took the LS6 out and put a Buick 455 in it. Then I turned and walked away. He stood there baffled, my wife started laughing.
"I had a twin turbo Regal"! "C'mon dude they never made a twin screw Regal". "Yes they did"... Took the mid 12 second Stage 1 to the church picnic. The husband of my wife's friend wants to go for a ride so I take him and blast on it a couple of times. We get back and some other guys ask how it runs; he says " it's almost as fast as my 383 charger". Yea okay... Mikey
Had a deputy respond to a loose dog call a while back and he asked about a project car I had-burgundy ‘86 Regal T Type. He said “ Izzat one nem Grand Nationals?” I barely had time to say “no, it’s a T Type, same drivetrain...” before he cut me off saying “Naw, them Grand Nationals, they had them twin turbos, they was really fast.” I tried again and he said “Naw them was faster cuz a them twin turbos.” I just shut up and waited for him to leave. Patrick
I love people coming up and talking to me, on the odd, and it is odd, occasion that someone actually knows what they are talking about it's awesome, as often I learn something new also. Most people don't have a clue, especially for me here in Australia, but every now and then someone surprises me. Mine being a daily, it happens regularly someone asks about it. Had a guy just the other day say, man that car is exactly the same as the one on The Green Book movie. I haven't seen the movie so I did not disagree. But I looked it up. It was a 1962 Cadillac Sedan DeVilles (pillar less 4 door). Mine's a 2 door hardtop. I did once have a guy determined by buy my Camaro off me, note it was 6 months after completing a full 3 year professionally paid for build that my bank account was still recovering from. Think big $$$. So I say to him, it will be a big big number (I am never planing to sell this car ever). So I throw out a number $450K (Aussie pesos). He says no problem. I say great here's my number call me when you have the bank check ready. Never heard from him.
You know what else irritates me. When I'm sitting in traffic and I see a big giant cloud of vape smoke billow out of some one's car. I can't explain it...I know it doesn't make sense...but it just irks me. LoL...I'm officially turning into a grumpy old man....and too soon...I'm "only" 39!
Hey, we're the same age and I'm noticing it, too! I'm now the guy standing on the corner telling people to slow the "eff" down going by my house, and to turn their damn stereos down.........I'm scared for 4 months from now when I turn 40.
I spend most of my time yelling at & chasing the geese out of my backyard. Damn grass-eating buzzards! And they crap a lot, too.
My kids are about the same age as my neighbor's kids...the neighbor boy likes to grab and twist the small branches on my trees. Really pisses me off...he's about 9 y/o....it takes everything in me not to yell at him (LoL terrible...I know). It's not like I'm some kind of lawn and garden freak...but I do like it to be well manicured. It's not a big enough deal for me to go tell his dad...but a big enough deal for me to tell him...."Hey, Man! Cut that out! What'd that tree ever do to you??" My blood boils when I see a little twisted/pulled down branch...saw one pulling out of my driveway this morning. LoL! This is like therapy!
Ben, my oldest daughter does that all the time, we will be walking down the street and she pulls leaves of people's plants. I have a go at her every single time, I've even sat her down and talked to her about it....I know she still does it, but she doesn't do it around me anymore
On the way home from the Buick Bash in the GS, a lady in the passenger seat of a mini van next to us at a red light said "I like your Dog, oh, the car is nice too" LOLOLOL Wife and I took Sky with us to the Buick Bash
