Most hated question about your car?

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19DUSTER73

19DUSTER73

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Maybe I am the only one but I'm sure we all have a question about our cars that maybe gets under our skin a bit. I have a few. One leads to the other.

Does it have a big block?
No.
Oh it has a small block?
Is it a 340?
No.

I have nothing against bb's and 340's they are on the same team as my 360 lol. It's the dissatisfied looks and sighs I get from people that ask these questions. When possible I start it for them and watch them take a step back and get that straight tight lipped face lol. Kind of a rant I guess spent all day dealing with a bunch of blow hards and a few wanted to talk cars.
 
19DUSTER73 said:
Maybe I am the only one but I'm sure we all have a question about our cars that maybe gets under our skin a bit. I have a few. One leads to the other.

Does it have a big block?
No.
Oh it has a small block?
Is it a 340?
No.

I have nothing against bb's and 340's they are on the same team as my 360 lol. It's the dissatisfied looks and sighs I get from people that ask these questions. When possible I start it for them and watch them take a step back and get that straight tight lipped face lol. Kind of a rant I guess spent all day dealing with a bunch of blow hards and a few wanted to talk cars.
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The one that gets under my skin the most is, What is it? What year is your ChevyII? I generally respond with, Do you see a bowtie or a cow hood? You couldn't pay me to own a Shivy

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I get the Nova ones too. Not as much as the engine ones though. My Duster is all strip just hasn't been there for quite sometime. It's not on the street so it does not get much attention.
 
When I had my '70 Challenger. People Walk up look at it. Does it have a Hemi? No it say's 383 right on the hood.

Or Nice Camaro!!!!
 
I have a friend who recently had his 34 plymouth coupe at a show and the one person asked "are you the original owner of the car".....LOL...he is about 56 years old and does not look really any older.......but he is not 82 and that would be if he bought it when he was born......If he was 20 when he bought it, he would now be 102 years old....People just don't think before they ask such stupid questions
 
The mistaken identity thing doesn't bother me.
My 67 Coronet 500s have been called Road Runners, Impalas, and Galaxies (they see the "500" and assume its a Galaxie). My 66 Sport Fury has been called a Thunderbird. My 68 Barracudas have been called Mustang, Corvette, GTO (I guess its the split grille), and the fastbacks are most commonly called Maverick. The one I didn't like though was the guy that came up and told me how nice my fastback was, and how he had a Pinto just like it.
 
Is that a 340? ( the previous owner made it a 340 clone with the scoops and call outs. ) the under hood is clean but I don't even want to open the hood.
 
I figured out how to stop some of the" Is it a 340" Put a 340 pie tin on it. Even thou it's a 360, hell they'll never know.

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"When are you going to finish it?"

Hell, they are never done if you drive them.
When it is registered under a new owner's name, I'll be finished with it!
 
gdrill said:
"When are you going to finish it?"

Hell, they are never done if you drive them.
When it is registered under a new owner's name, I'll be finished with it!
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Ugh! Yes exactly.

Mine is "when are you going to paint it?"

Endless on my Challenger, which had the clear coat start peeling off it shortly after I bought it ( :mad: flippers!!!) , followed shortly by some of the topcoat, giving it a pretty interesting "sunburned" look. And of course my Duster to Demon conversion, resulting in a redneck two tone. I just say I'm going to drive them 'til all the paint falls off, then it will be all one color. But seriously, to do a full paint job I'd have to stop driving them for a bit, and that sucks, so, I keep driving them. Ugly and functional is fine by me.
 
" is that your dad or your husband's car " no, my dad made me buy my own junk and I am not married.

"do you want to sell your car" no, do you see a for sale sign on it ....I don't think so.

One time a guy even asked from another car at a red light "hey lady, do you want to sell your car" How about no, because it is my only transportation.

"is that a HEMI" no, its a slant six "never heard of that before"

People see it in the parking lot and ask me "did you drive that here" ....No, it's Christine's cousin and it came on it's own to run you over

Of course I dont say the sarcastic come backs but i sure think them.
 
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whens it gonna run? youre still working on that car?!?!?! and im just sitting here like, well **** ill take donations if youre that impatient, until then its gonna be awhile im a custodian, not a stock broker
 
I ignore idiots,& don't take it personally... If it's really a dumb question, I will start a conversation,about their car experiences...(hands on wrenching... And listen and ask provacitive questions...& simply listen without a comment,& and wait...)
 
i found my parents first new car, 68 gts 340 4spd convertible buried in the woods, 36 years after they sold it and lost track of it. its a pretty rare car, and hard to mistake, esp since the vin matched an old registration my mom had saved,,, the island dragway class winner stickers are still visible, and there is only known to be one 68 gts convertible 4 spd 340 in qq1 blue with a black top, esp in the rural woods 6 miles from my parents house,,but its amazing how many people have stopped by to see the progress, and ask, " are you REALLY SURE its the same car?". man that chaps my ***!!!
 
The only one that gets me is when I'm told "that's the coolest S10 pick-up I've seen. I didn't know Shelby dI'd Chevys" it still has D O D G E on the tailgate like all 1st gen Dakotas.

I know it's a truck, but still a Mopar, so I figured it qualifies for this thread.... lol
 
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