Does the general public react when they see you out driving?

People always riding in my blind spots. Like parasitic suckers on a shark. They want a taste but don't want to be seen.

 

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I see a car coming up from the side and I wait for him to pass so I can change lanes and they stop going fast and don't pass me.

brian

 

Lots of thumbs up... lots of tailgaters... lots of guys in civics n shit wanting to race..

No windows, no paint, no interior, and it always gets more looks at car shows than the nicely painted street rods.

 

I hate it when they pull up next to me on the freeway and lean on the horn. To me a honking horn means danger danger, not look at me as I seek you to tell me I'm cool because I recognise your car is cool so therefore we're all cool. My wife and I have worked out an arrangement, she waves and smiles, and I try to keep them out of my lane as they drift over as they are looking at my car, not the road. Other than that yeah, some people care about old cars, a lot of others don't. Fine with me, if everyone wanted an old car I wouldn't be able to afford one.

 

Sure they do, its expected.

 

Absolutely. Mostly thumbs up and horn honks. One woman pulled up next to me in a minivan and asked "who makes that?". I replied "Mazda".

 

yes i hear you on the neon, I'll tell you what i'm driving but i'll get flamed for it, I have a little 86 accord hatchback,not a civic by any means,i hate civics, these were a much classier car back then. there seem to be very few of these little hatchbacks around anymore, there are a lot of sedans, good for mechanical parts, bad for trying to find sheet metal. not a part interchanges except the front fenders. a lot of people remember them from when they were teenagers in the eighties. mine was an 86 so it had the much cleaner interior, manual windows, normal seatbelts etc. 11 years of work in it already. did every single thing myseld except for i have friends who are excellent welders, sewed my own interior,my own exaust engine work,electrical,body work, etc. and people notice. the main thing is people think it's newer then it is. I get a lot of 92? 93? then they are shocked when i tell them it's from 86. I built it to enjoy driving it,and i don't care if it gets a few dings or scratches. It does seem to draw a lot of attention. I have a sign in my back window that says NO it's not a dam civic.

 

Had a flat black roadster and a finished coupe. Didn't seem to matter much. Lots of thumbs up with both. Had more fun with the unfinished one..

 

The Good: Thumbs ups, waves, nods, little kids screaming pointing jumping up and down and going "ooooooooh did you see that car!!!"" Lots of questions, "I had a. . ." comments, and even smiles from people as I was impeding traffic on the I-35 coming home from Invasion (tire trouble, couldn't go over 50, slowed everyone waaaay down, but people didn't seem to mind. . .)

The Bad: Getting tailgated, cut off, almost run off the road, and some hippie pulling up next to me and telling me that I was single handledly responsible for global warming. . .

The Ugly: The assumption that my car belongs to a man who's sitting in my passenger's seat. . .because of course a "girl" couldn't possibly own/drive/wrench on my car. The statement over and over, "Isn't it nice that your dad/boyfriend lets you drive his car." Ugh.

The Crazy: Homeless men love my car. It is bizarre. Doesn't matter where I go, what I'm doing, they seriously have a thing for my car. On my maiden nighttime voyage around town in her, while stopped at a stoplight, a homeless guy started screaming, "HOLY FUCK! THAT'S AN EDSEL!" and proceeded to stop all passers-by on the street, making them look at my car, arms flailing, jumping up and down, screaming loudly, "YOU'LL NEVER SEE ONE OF THOSE AGAIN! YOU SONS OF BITCHES, LOOK, ITS AN EDSEL, LOOK AT HER YOU BASTARDS!!!" I'm not sure if I should be flattered or scared.

 

If your car doesn't get some attention, it needs some attention.

 

you should see the face's of people when im passing them on the freeway with a cherry picker and motor in the back of this

 

Bikers wave, Truckers honk, Kids holler, Chicks pull up at stop lights and ask questions.... like "hey ya wanna go get a beer?" Life is good!

 

Hey Dude! I just bought an old battle ship gray and brown 57 Chevy wagon. I get ton's of comments, waves, thumbs up's, and good conversation from strangers. It's really cool to have people come up and tell me that they had "one just like it" when they were a kid back in the 50's and 60's. I have had people tell me not to fix it up, and keep it un-restored. I.E. a museum worker at the Gilmore Car museum in Hickory Corners MI. But, ya know I am going to make her pretty again.

 

F**K I love doing that TOO!

 

Generally, pretty good response. Especially from older generations and little kids. I too had a filthy hippie tell me I was "Killing mother earth" and "killing innocent people by supporting terrorists". He rode away on his two stroke japanese(chinese?) scooter. Takes all kinds.

 

We get tons of thumbs ups, waves and horn honks. When I go for gas I plan on at least 1/2 hour. Always have people pull in that dont need gas but wanna talk about the car. Had a guy in a new high doller Mercedies give me a dual thumbs up. Kinda cool.

 

My daily driver got wrecked a two months ago, so I've been driving my 57 chevy everyday, in inner city Philly. It's got a very serious smallblock and cam in it, so driving is somewhat of an adventure. Believe it or not the constant questions and horn blowing are starting to get on my nerves, every other driver that pass's me wants to yell some question...and doesn't understand when I can't hear him over the motor, or wants me to roll down my passenger window so he can ask me ...question 1. Is that all origional? question 2. You selling that? question 3. What year is that? question 4. What's that worth? They don't realize I don't have electric windows, and I can't lean over and roll the passenger side window down while on the expressway..so I can't answer...so I just ignore them, which got me the finger last week. I had a guy tailgating me a while ago , beeping the horn, sticking his head out the window yelling some question... when I didn't respond I guess he got pissed so he followed for a block , still beaping his horn but making "jerkoff " motions with his hand out the window. Also while getting gas last week some nerdy looking middle age guy walks up to me and says " I'm not even going to start telling you on how this car is ruining the planet" . I say "good", and finish gassing up the car. I'm actually looking forward to driving my beat up Lumina again when it gets back from the bodyshop

 

there was one time i was driving my daily driver. 2004 mach1. i was getting off the highway, turning left so i was lookin right gettin ready to pull out, when a guy lookin at my car rearended a car that was sittin in the right lane waitn for the light. at a cruise night a few years back some girl came up to me n said nice chevelle... i replied it's a nova.

 

Comments on my blue 59 Plymouth 2 door hardtop. "That car looks like a shark!" (8 year old boy across the street.) My uncle had one "JUST LIKE IT", except his was a red 58 four door. And, most often, "that's one of them Christine cars!"

 

Get a lot of positive response to my '54 Ford mild custom. Mostly kids and older guys. I also have had the negative as well. I was loading groceries one afternoon and I had some hybrid driving bitch pass by and mumble to me "those kind of cars are killing the planet"...I responded, "well your fat ass is killing those jeans". She stomped away and my kids laughed their asses off.

 

My favorite: "There's something you dont see everyday!"

my response: "uummmmmmmm I do!"

 

Something I get a lot...

Drive [my boss'] Ferrari or Viper and I'm constantly asked "How much did it cost"?

Drive my '57 4 door Chevy or 70 Buick GS [both "patina queens"] and it's "How much do you want for it"?

 

Having two of the same cars just in different colors something I get asked is "Didn't I see just yesterday in a red one just like that?? " Yep we like to paint the ol girl quite often. Here's Your Sign!!!!! >>>>.

 

Been driving old iron for years and still waiting for a display of "dairy facilities" Thought it was a biker thing. Anybody else have a similar experience.

 

I used to direct traffic at an amusement park on the weekends, we used to get those all the time for letting them out early into the traffic flow.

 

this thread is giving me inspiration to work on my cars!

 

old people cover there ears young kids run after the car girls give that rock on sign a cop pulled me over and asked WHAT OR YOU DOING i replied im going to chuckaburger .On main street i thought this large group was cheering me so i kept reving up my blown olds only to find out these guys in skirts irish i think were playing that death song man they were upset but a beer drinker aproached a donated a dollar to the cause

 

That's cool.... I had a woman in a new BMW beep and give me the thumbs up while driving my ratty looking 54 Ford Victoria. That was cool.

 

You Rule !

 

Could have not said it better myself *high-5*