Re: [FWDLK] The Real Idiots in the Old Car Arena
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Re: [FWDLK] The Real Idiots in the Old Car Arena



The most important thing is that we enjoy our cars and not worry if someone else doesn't like the fact that you don't have correct date coded air in the tires or that there is mud on the frame, or that the clock has been converted to quartz (which is how this thread started), it's YOUR car, do with it what you want. If someone didn't like your hair cut or shirt would you be concerned and change your appearance?
Adam
 
In a message dated 2/17/2012 5:36:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, AdamL57@xxxxxxx writes:
I agree with Burger, I love having fun with the rude and ignorant. My friend Joe always likes to ask "what kind of car do you have here?", which is usually answered with "I don't have a car here" or I used to have....." , he also likes to say "I guess you know more about my car than I do" sarcastically.
Adam
 
In a message dated 2/17/2012 3:16:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
  
On Feb 17, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Jim Bennett wrote:

Talk about idiots.....
 
Conversation at Local Parts Store between me and whiz kid 18 year-old behind the counter.....
 
Me: "What have you got in the way of a voltage regulator for a 1955 Chrysler New Yorker?"
 
Whiz Kid (after tapping on computer keyboard): "Chryslers were not made in 1955."
 
Me: "Well, what gave you that idea?"
 
Whiz Kid: "Computer says there is no entry for Chrysler for that year."
 
Me: "So what is that car that I drove into the parking lot?"
 
Whiz Kid: "Beats me, but it can't be a 1955 Chrysler."

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  I was having a philosophical conversation the other day regarding the "disconnect" we, the public, are encouraged to have regarding the 
world around us.  In car terms, this might be exemplified by the lack of character and disposable approach to modern cars, the focus being
on how we have been collectively "dumbed down" to not be discerning and accepting of this as "normal".  To the vast majority, a car is a car 
is a car.  To my grandfathers, this thinking would have drawn a raving rant.  Somewhere along the line, we have taken a collective "left turn"
in our culture, and at least to this observer, I do not think it was just by happenstance.  There is profit and power to be had in a numb and 
undiscerning public.

  To observe the kids around me with M-4's slung around their necks, going out on patrol, only to come back in to base and discuss video 
gaming is a bit disconcerting.  I got guys right beside me that "get" the whole discipline of combat and mission, yet have a total disconnect
about what constitutes real, tangible life.

  I would expect no different from a kid behind the parts counter.  I learned 30 years ago that to ask for a DeSoto part drew the same response
from NON-kids.  Ask the same question about a "Chrysler" or "Mopar" part, and they'd have no issue finding it.  So, perhaps that was the 
beginning of the disconnect for our little slice of the world (?).

  But disconnected souls and outright douchebags are two different animals.  I deeply regret not having the means at the time to capture the 
assbags on film telling me that my 57 NY'er coupe and 58 Fireflite ragtop were of no "value", except as parts cars for a good 300 project.  Today
this seems laughable, and is the reason I wish I had it on tape.  Guys today would be as much into these cars as they would be 300's, but the 
same douchebag behavior persists with some who seem to lack any sensibility that others might not share their "only ONE 'right' way" perspective
and really aren't interested in a berating (however well intentioned) about how "stupid" they are or what a waste of time their car of choice might
be.

  The whole issue boils down to being respectful and using that "filter" to pick up on when one has a willing audience or not.  I mean, if some guys
turns around and wants to hear about how incorrect his car is, .... maybe he has been looking for a good mentor ? ...  then by all means, let the 
show begin !  But the guy who just labors on about his "my way or the highway" approach  ....  as they commonly say in the military ..  shut the 
fxck up !

  There is a balance in there somewhere.  I know I am pretty much done with ever showing my car/s again.  Car clubs and functions pretty much 
suck ass, in my book.  I just have my selected friends and contacts in the hobby, and I like to wrench on and drive them.  My biggest pleasure 
outside of this is seeing people smile when they see the car.  Sometimes the stories of an uncle or grandad are worth their weight in gold.  But 
with that lot come the know-it-alls and douchebags, and it sends the whole argument spinning again.

  Oh well.  :-P   I am with Adam.  People are axxholes by nature, and to weed out the ones with some manners can be a bit trying.  I try to have 
fun with the idiots, and find joy in the sweet ones.  The most effective way I have found in keeping the assbags at bay is keeping my distance 
from the organized car shows and clubs.

  Burger

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