Whats the #1 question that pisses you off when the car was built ?

Ohhhh.
there's one in particular that makes me see red.
My Oldsmobile (which clearly says "Oldsmobile" front and rear)

"That thing got a Hemi in it?"

NO, it's got a F###ing 455 in it. A 455 I would crawl over a pile of running Hemi motors to get broken parts out of.
Thanks, Dodge, for making every rube in America think a rumbly motor is a Hemi.

 

Ha!
Pat (he works at Crushproof with us) says "we're testing new technology in this motor. we got a monkey with a hammer that moves the valves. he's got a pretty good beat, but he peters out around 3 thousand."

 

Had all the same questions asked to me and sometimes I understand that they just don't know enough to ask the right question. I have developed answers instead. What kind of engine is that? (LT1). I tell them it's steam. It has WILLYS painted on the vally covers...they ask what kind of car is that? I tell them it's a Dodge Rambler. What did it used to be? A go cart! And the best one...I'll give you $5000 for it right now. I tell them I make more money selling the pictures of their mother and all those farm animals. One good insult desirves another.

 

you gonna put fenders on that...

 

A guy pointing at the unfilled trim holes in the side of my Fairlane: "What are these supposed to be, bulletholes?"

Me: "uuuuuhhhhhh"

 

...and on a serious note.
What I really hate is when someone asks a question like, "Do you race it?"

and I go to answer and they cut me off to ask another text book dumb question.

Uhhhh....

I don't mind being nice. I try to be nice. But some of these folks are just asking questions like a 3 year old. They ask questions just to hear their own voices. They sure as hell don't care about any answers......

Thats why you can answer with a flat out lie and they just go right on blah blah blahing all over the place.

 

I showed a friends girlfriend a picture of an open wheeled fenderless traditional dry lakes 32 roadster and said that was the kind of hot rods I was into, and she said, "That kinda looks like a tractor" I said, "No way. This is cool." and she said, "Well, I guess you're just into old shit."

....uh...

 

the truck was at the swapmeet last weekend, obviously the tow truck, since it was hooked up to the trailer, everyone asked if it was for sale. who would ask that? the bed is full of stuff, and is clearly how we got there, i said "yeah, we'll just drag the trailer home by hand." there was even a NOT FOR SALE sign on it! next time i'm gonna put a price tag on it, it will say 50,000 FIRM! haha

 

Haven't gotten it yet, but I'm betting someone will see my Galaxie and ask, "Hey, what year is your Impala?"

 

Do you drive it that low? Sure follow me and find out if you catch a road dot in your grill you get a fee stuffed animal
or
Do you need help getting that thing off the ground? Nope god will help me....

 

# 1-What color are you going to paint it? #2-How much you got in it? -Answer-Not much unless I count my time at 50cents an hour,then probably $100,000.

 

Hey guys new to the board but I felt I had to share this stupid question. A couple years ago my brother and I went to carisle to sell a 67 caddy coupe. It wasn't selling so as a joke we wrote on the windshield "This car had it's oil changed at the same place as Elvis's car." Best two qoutes from that were, one guy saying to his buddy "that don't make no difference." Two, "Can you document that?" I still get a laugh about that.

 

When I take my 34 Plymouth places, people will ask "is it a Ford?" and did I build it? My answer is always that it is a 34 Plymouth and hell no I didn't build it, Walter Chrysler built it, I only tweaked to make it better.

 

LOL- my license plate says LS56 and they always say 'nice 57 you got there'... D-uh OH!

And for the guy who said why get pissed? OK so not pissed in the true sense but how many times in one day can you look someone straight in the eye - who claims to be a 'car guy' and answer a question they would know if they actually did know something about cars?

The same guy who gets in his SUV , drives home to his 5BR home and meets his stay at home wife with their 2.5 kids and a dog and wonders why TEHIR lives are so dull.

Get something cool , do what you can to it (or have someone do it for ya) and enjoy the open road.....

 

I saw a guy walk in front of a Riviera with his son and tell his son, "look at all the custom bodywork this guy did to hide the headlights"

the guy with the Riviera said : "yep it took hours"

 

i like the guy who tells me "nice roadster" when im in a 3 window coupe! i think they think anything with no fenders is a roadster.....

 

I like answering questions if people know something about cars.
I dont have a rod yet, but do have a 69 camaro and it got old listening to stories about everyones cousins/dads/brothers/uncles had one just like it. they probably all did in 1978 when they cost $500.
whats in it a 350? sure.
is it all original, sure.

 

What color you gona paint it? IT'S DONE!!!! No really, what color you gona paint it?
That chaps me!!!

 

One thing I've noticed. guys can ask stupid questions and be real dicks, but not the ladies. Especially older ones. They may ask "what year", "what kind" , then they always have something nice to say, and a very appreciative attitude, that faraway look in their eyes.
Must have been a lot of back seat action in the early 40's.

 

A middle age african american gentleman ,qoute ,nice car is it a dunebuggy? Yes it a &$%?%@#*... Well thats not exactly my anwser...

 

Not a question: but the one that really pisses me off is when a guy older than me in bib overalls walks up and says "Gee I gave away one just like it last week."

 

Funny thread, didn't realize how many of these are universal. The gripe about somebody in a 40K SUV saying "it must be nice" is sadly accurate.

But on the other side, as a former 10 year old kid running around cruise night trying to learn, or just as a hungover adult caught slightly out of speed with the moment..........it's very disconcerting how many I've asked Ya mean to say something else, something compelling and intelligent. But instead, there it is, pure stupidity, and there's no taking it back once you get "that look". It's too late, you've been branded a moron, just accept it and move on.

In grade school, I made the mistake mentioned earlier in the thread about calling a flathead a hemi. The old timer took 10 minutes to explain what made a flathead special, more or less held flathead 101 right there in the parking lot. Really neat experience, still remember the story about how his father was notorious for getting mad at no-starts and driving the spark plugs in with a hammer. lol We as gearheads decide how those moments will turn out.

 

"What would you call that"
"Is it a kit"
"So, that's a rat rod!"
"How many cylinders does this thing have"

 

What color are you going to paint it ?
BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

That is the 1st actual utterance out of their mouths from litterally EVERYONE that has ever spoken a word of both of my Hot Rods! I actually plan to paint both of mine, so I tell them the color I picked out. They mean well, it is usually fun too. But, it can be a real annoyance if I am in a hurry, and I come out of a store and have two or three strangers leaning over into the bed or into the engine bay checking it out.....and they want to talk. I do enjoy it when the older people want to talk about the they had in their day. It makes me smile to see them smile as they remember who-knows-what.

 

1) What year is that? Which is usually followed up by another guy claiming it is a certain year that it is not.

2) Are you going to put mufflers on it?

 

OK, until I finish the truck on the left the only old car I have to drive is a Fiat .

Two most irritating questions always asked in pairs are "What year is your MG?" followed by "Who makes Fiat?"

That and everyone on the planet thinks they thought up "Fix it again Tony" and that it's still funny after 30 years.

 

Hahahaha!

 

Did you build that??? - Yeah

How the hell do you fit in there?? - Style over comfort baby!!

ROB

 

In Germany due to the high gasoline prices people ask me often, how much gas my Chevy needs. So I'm nice and answer "Depends on how often You drive it...." A fat ass needs a fat assed trouser. You cannot get 350 hp out of one liter gas.......

 

"Fix it again Tony" Now that's funny!