People at car shows w/mouths and no ears

Don't you just hate it when people walk up to you at the local cruise night, ask questions, then start babbling and don't hear ONE thing you say back to them? Drives me crazy.......the people who I really want to talk to end up walking away b/c these jokers can't take a hint even when you turn away and ignore them. They just start babbling to the person next to you!

This one guy in particular last weekend.....rode in on a bicycle...... ou: he said he has an '67 Olds Toronado, similar to my car but (cough, cough) front wheel drive. Spectators are one thing, but STUPID guys with a car they can't finish are even worse........

I mentioned to him at least 3 different times that RIV'S ARE NOT FWD.......finally on the fourth try, he was actually listening and said to me "NO, Riv's are all FWD too. Riv's were FWD ever since the first one was built back in '65". :shock:

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I just wanted to slap this guy upside the head........then explained to this ignorant jerk off that '63 was the first year for the Riv, and they were always REAR WHEEL DRIVE and many actually had POSI up until '79 when the things began going down the pooper. Then he said "ARE YOU SURE"? :shock:

:rant: :rant: :rant:

("No.......I'm not sure.......I just drive my car around in reverse all the time b/c I forgot how to use the shifter") p

This guy just kept on yapping.....yap, yap, yap, for over an hour.......the conversation went a lot like this:

Guy on bike: "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....my motor is all apart"

ME: "DID YOU SEE THAT COOL AMPHICAR OVER THERE?"

Guy on bike: "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....I want to paint it myself"

ME: '"MARTIANS LANDED IN MY BACK YARD LAST NIGHT AND STUCK SOMETHING IN MY BUTT"

Guy on bike: "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....how do you get the paint from the spray cans to match?"

ME: "OLDS TORONADO'S ARE COOL" ou:

Guy on bike: "yeah, I know! Mine has........blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....and it's 450HP"

ME: "OH SH*T, THAT CAR OVER THERE JUST CAUGHT FIRE!" :idea2:

Guy on bike: "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....I can't get the caulking to seal the leaks on my windshield"

ME: "WELL, I REALLY HAVE TO GET GOING NOW......IT WAS NICE TALKING TO YOU" :moonu:

Guy on bike: "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...."

ME: "WHY DON'T YOU LOOK AROUND, I THOUGHT I SAW ANOTHER OLDS OVER IN THE OTHER ROW"

Guy on bike: "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...."

ME: "WELL, I REALLY HAVE TO GET GOING NOW......IT WAS NICE TALKING TO YOU" :af:

Guy on bike: "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...."

ME: FINALLY IO JUST WALKED AWAY AND LEFT HIM BY MY CAR! Finally he got back on his bike rode away. ou:


Is it only me or do you other guys notice the same thing? o No:

 

p :blast: :sleep: I hate it as well. And I'm guilty of just walking away, but i do it by telling them I need to get some food for my son. Doesn't take long for them to move on to the next poor sap.

I will welcome the person who thinks they know more about my car than me, and in some circumstances I do learn something, but overall I feed off their stupidity especially if they challenge me. I get it most when I have my 66 Charger.

I'm still waiting to be initiated into the "nice Chevelle" club with the Buick. I long for it.

 

All people (humans) are created different. The bicycle guy was just plain weird and I would have been very nervous having him around my car. All in all, I've had nothing but good experiences with people at the car shows I have attended and good auto related stories and BS sessions too. With that being said, I still hate having my car setting out in the open with so many people around it. It only takes one sicko to spoil an good time event. :shock: Jim

 

You gotta love it when they walk up and say "Nice Cutlass" or "What year Chevelle is this" :blast: .........The hood and trunk clearly reads - BUICK - You get the same thing when showing a T Type Regal, most people know a GN, but a Turbo Regal is a unknown.
I guess you have to expect it when at most shows or cruise in's you will be the only Buick there.

Best one I heard lately at a local show from a friend with a 65 Mustang:

Girl walks up, leans in the drivers side window, comes out and tells the friend that the 60's Mustang she used to have smelled just like this one on the inside. :shock: WTF does a 65 Mustang really smell like on the inside???? :spank:

Most people spectating at shows are just trying to relate to us car nuts, most don't know the lingo or the cars.

 

blah blah blah... i used to have a FWD bike just like that guys! blah blah blah... had to drive it in reverse, the tranny was put in ass-backwards. blah blah blah... painted the tires... blah blah blah... put in a windshield... blah... from a '66 huffy...

 

You should have told him you thought SUVs were useless; that would have REALLY got him going! :af:

















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On a serious note, I get that alot with my GTO.

It is a original, unrestored, unmolested 4700 mile car. The last Pontiac show I was at there was a guy crawling all over it for about 2 hours "verifying" that he thought it was truely original. He even was pressing on the driver's seat to see if it felt like it had 4700 miles on it....:spank:

I was just about ready to tell his buddies "get this guy AWAY FROM ME!" when he finally wandered off.

I don't do the Woodward Cruise just because of this reason.

K

 

Nice Lincoln! :rant: Referring to my '66 Riv.

I've been down that Rivieras are FWD road before.

You will often hear something like this at shows too.
"My Dad's brother's wife from his 1st marriage had a brother whos son's neighbor had one just like it!" :idea2: :blast:

I grew up going to car shows when my Dad was showing cars and have heard it all.
That's why I rarely ever go to car shows today.

 

Just last night an elderly lady tapped me on my butt with her cane while I had my head under the hood to tell me I had a nice NOVA.. Oh and you have a nice toosh also young man :shock: :moonu:

I tried to get her number but she would not give :grin:

 

Don't even get me started........they're actually letting those things into the cruises and car shows around here.:af:

 

Just last night a guy walks up & says "I got one exactly like this & it has 270 hp". Me: What year? Guy: 89 Malibu!! WTF? I restrained myself and did NOT punch him in the head. :spank:

 

I knew of a girl that had a 65 Mustang that smelled like tuna insideou:

 

I've noticed that most people don't even stop at my car, they're too busy looking for the next Chevelle / Camaro / 55-57 Chevy to even consider looking at something else. The typical person that stops to look at my car is somebody who knows what they are looking at, and can appreciate it. I've learned a lot from those people, although not nearly as much as I've learned here.:laugh:

Keith

 

I have a 70 Electra and people will sometimes say "nice cadillac". I 'll let them know its a buick though.

 

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....Girl......Tuna.....Smells.........Inside..... wait, I'll get kicked off the board for sure.. ou: :beers2:

 

That's really bad when you live in Flint!

 

I get that, too, with both the Chevelle and the GTO. Plain black "sleepers" get no respect at a show.

We actually had a guy ask us to move the GTO (so he could get a picture of his Grand Am) WHILE WE WERE DOING A MAGAZINE PHOTO SHOOT!! We were like "...ah, let us get this FREE LANCE WRITER done with his work and then we'll move our car..."

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:laugh: This is from the car show at the NSCA event in Atco last weekend.

 

They're letting those in at a few shows here as well. But they put them in back.