People's comments

I have had many thumbs up down the road and every time I fill it up I almost feel disappointed when somebody doesn't say "nice car". People genuinely seem to enjoy older cars in most cases and I have never run into anybody griping about it being a smog belching dinosaur. I built it to excite me but other people liking it does feel good.

At one gas station a guy in a really nice new black 5 series BMW came over to say "nice car". Ironic considering he probably paid close to 5 times as much to have a "nice car" and I am sure he rarely ever hears that.

My car is de-badged with only the little fish on the tail panel. I bit my tongue when I heard a dad tell his son that they were looking at a really nice "Marlin". I said thanks with a smile but figured correcting a dad in front of his 6 or so year old son wasn't the right thing to do. Let him be the hero....

I had a 2011 black R/T Challenger with red hood to fender stripes and many folks asked what year it was and when I told them they were all confused thinking it was 40 years old.

If you were to ask me about a fancy expensive bicycle, video game, computer, smart phone or how to kill crab grass I am an idiot. I think of this when somebody appreciates my car as nice but is way off on what they think they are looking at and I appreciate their compliment.