People w/mouths & no ears at shows

[oldschoolcruiser]

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 in Wilson last weekend.....rode in on a bicycle...... 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".



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 everything went down the pooper. Then he said "ARE YOU SURE"?

("No.......I just drive my car all around in reverse all the time b/c I forgot how to use the shifter")

This guy just kept on yapping.....yap, yap, yap, for over an hour.......the conversation was 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"

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!"

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"

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"

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.


Is it only me or do you other guys notice the same thing?

[swi66]

Hey................you should own a Corvair!
Think you get bizzare comments..............I could go on and on....

Didn't Ralph Nader outlaw them?

reply: "could you please explain to me what office Ralph Nader held where he could pass a law"?

I used to have one, just like your convertible there, but mine had 4-doors and the Spyder motor, the one with the 2 carburetors.

Reply: The Spyder package was never offered in a 4-door, and the Spyder was the turbocharged model, had one carb.

And other comments like:
aren't you afraid to drive that?
My aunt died in one of them!
I had one but couldn't keep oil in it!
Isn't it hard to work on.
I had one, but no one would work on it so I junked it!

There are very few people that have any knowledge about Corvairs, some will even argue that Chevy would never make a car like that and I must be lying..............

I share your pain.............................

[OneTreedCat]

Really nice Nailhead - trying to pawn some horses butt off on someone else. LOL

[benny]

I always get a guy at the local watering hole...."who owns that car out there" that's my cue to finish and leave because most know nothing and ALL had BIG BLOCK cars back "when" I didn't know they made so many 426 hemi's...427 chevy's and Fords......what happened to them all.

[redrider]

You think that is bad??? You should be a bartender. There is one guy who comes in and counts out his pocket change to buy a draft....never tips. The dickhead lives in his girlfriends place and doesn't even own a vehicle, but claims to have over 1 million $$$ in real estate! I get so sick of the blah, blah, blah bullsnot myself. The people that really DO have stuff don't need to talk about it.

[65cuda]

oldschoolcruiser said:

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 in Wilson last weekend.....rode in on a bicycle...... 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".



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 everything went down the pooper. Then he said "ARE YOU SURE"?

("No.......I just drive my car all around in reverse all the time b/c I forgot how to use the shifter")

This guy just kept on yapping.....yap, yap, yap, for over an hour.......the conversation was 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"

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!"

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"

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"

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.


Is it only me or do you other guys notice the same thing?

Yes its all true I was their, I seen this guy asking at least 3 times if the Riv was front wheel drive, lol

I get the same thing, you should see all the experts that tell me what I need to know about my Barracuda, its like I don`t know my car. I always get "I bet that back window is hard to find and expensive" I tell them no, I found this one in Bath NY for only $50, I always see them on ebay for around $100 a new one is only $600. Maybe we should just tell then what they want to hear.

[oldschoolcruiser]

Yeah.........it was FWD and I modified it to RWD. I painted it with spray cans too.

[oldschoolcruiser]

I read this on another forun, and just had to share it:




Several years ago I was driving Gregs old '68 Dodge Polara with a mild 383 w/ a nice lumpy idle. I stop at a red light and an older couple drives up next to me. Here's the coversation

OLD LADY "Excuse me Sir"
ME " Yes"
OLD LADY " My husband wanted me to tell you that he does'nt think your car is running right, and could use a good tune up."
ME "Well, It has a hi performance engine with a large camshaft in it and its supposed to sound like this"

The old lady turns and talkes to here husband. Then turns back to me. "My husband is a retired mechanic and he knows that it is not running right, and that your too young and don't know what your talking about"

About this time the light turns green and I leave them at 3/4 throttle and let them breath exhaust fumes.

;D