10 Ways We React When People Criticise Our Cars At A Meet
When someone criticises your car, it can feel like you've been stabbed in the heart with a blunt chisel, then slapped across the face with a Haynes manual. I know, I've been there many, many times before. Here's what it's like...
1. You put on a brave face, but inside, you're dying...
2. Why is everyone hating on stretched tyres? Mine aren't even that bad!
3. As people look closer, they point out paint imperfections
4. You feel like going into hiding...
5. But then you remember that the haters don't even drive...
6. And hey, it's a project car, what do you expect?
7. Then some smart ass comments on your kerbed wheels
8. You remind them that you're human and sometimes make mistakes!
9. Suddenly, someone says that you've "ruined a classic"
10. Then you remember: as long as my car makes me happy, that's all the hell that matters!
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How I react:
Just went to one about an hour ago, was greeted with “WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU LOOKING AT?”
Handled it well, got my mate to do a couple burnouts in his 3 series then called the police about a disturbance, fight fire with fire, cya…
Sooooooo, basically you are what is wrong with the car scene…..
I don’t normally tell people this but when I go to my grandma’s house, I often like to dig a hole in the garden floor and lay in it and pretend I’m a carrot.
Once a riced 530d E39 stoped next to me at a red light…
“How much horse power do you have?”
“245”
“Only 245!? That’s so little power… I have a 3.0 biturbo 300hp”
“Haha OK!” and rolled up the window…
A few days later a friend of mine with a 5yrs older Saab and 230hp told me the guy provoked him to a drag race, of course the guy was full of bullshit and never was a threat to any of our Saabs. So are the vast majority of haters, so I don’t care :)
PS. What really hurts is when people say you’re car is “impractical” or “too low”… It’s not even true! It’s not my fault that french builders don’t meet legal requirements when they install speedbumps or build parking lots :(
#9 Every. Dam. Time. “why did you cut a hole in the bonnet you’ve wrecked a classic car” assholes can’t even tell what the make or model is yet they are compelled to tell me I’ve destroyed it ….
‘65 Galaxie 500?
My general reaction to most negativity……