Well that was odd - What would you do?

[FastbackJon]

We had a modest local Charger meet today and I saw something I've never seen in nearly 20 years of car shows.

A guy I didn't know walked up to several cars one after the other and put his hands on them. All over them. He was reaching in the engine bay and touching whatever he could get his hands on. He touched the sides of the cars, reached into the open windows and touched the dash, the steering wheel, the seats, then back out to the quarter panels. All the while two pre-teen boys went along with him, up close to the cars with their hands on the cars (more resting than touching).

The catch is the guy appeared to be blind. What would you do?

[70 sublime]

If he was blind he would have been trying to figure out small block or big block
Good for him to be out and about and seeing with his hands
Think if I saw this and was my car I would have let him sit in it

[J.Bond]

Like.... Where was his white cane!!!!!

Had a good, but late friend that was a diabetic, near his end, his eye's would fill with blood and diminish his eye sight. Pretty much blind, he did not ever want to be seen with his white cane. I get it, however the general public, if not aware, sometimes get a little testy. Now, maybe he was not sight impaired, and just a little to, touchy ,feely. First show of this year, I painted the rear trunk deck, whole car is waxed, except the freshly painted deck. After dinner, we were standing by the car, noticed a couple that was a little odd, just arriving, walked between my car and the next, first thing buddy does, is place both hands on the cars window chrome, seeing this, I know mines next, one hand only.... like really!!!!, gets better, at this moment I glance down to see someone has run their fingers all the way across my freshly painted deck lid......like ,what do you do...

Cannot complain, told by one of my friends, his buddy went to get a pop at a  show, returned to find a whole east Indian family ,in his car taking pic's of themselves, oh , and could not understand why buddy was upset.

[RECHRGD]

A disability doesn't give you a pass on common courtesy.  Would you be fine with him coming up and putting his hands all over your face to 'see' what you look like?  He should have asked first.  But, yes not an every day occurrence, not sure what I would have done......

[Lennard]

Blind or not, I would have kindly asked him to keep his hands off my car.
If I would be deaf, I wouldn't go to a music concert.
I wonder if he visits any museums and touch all the items in the exhibition.

[70 sublime]

Like I said "if he was blind "

And my car is not pretty so it would look good to a blind guy  

I have known a couple older guys that have gradually lost their sight and tried to keep living life the best they could
Was a hard thing to watch them do
They have both past away now

[DAY CLONA]

Good thing it wasn't at a Hooters....

[Dano 1]

IMO being blind or impaired doesn't automatically give you permission to touch other people's property. Why not just ask? If it was my car and he asked I wouldn't have a problem if he explained the situation. If the owner of a car I'm interested in is around I usually ask to even take pictures, let alone touch the car.

[440]

I probably wouldn't be too happy about it at first but if it brings a bit of joy to his life then why not.

[Dino]

If he would have asked, he would've been given the whole tour and I'd take him for a spin in the car. If you start touching my car without asking however, you'l politely be asked to leave. Common courtesy does not go away when you lose your sight. Same rules apply.

[jefferson]

Why does that blue 68 have one stripe? Did they come out with one stripe aswell as two? Could.you custom order it back in the day?

[Lennard]

Why does that blue 68 have one stripe? Did they come out with one stripe aswell as two? Could.you custom order it back in the day?

Looks like a  69 stripe.

[JR]

Why does that blue 68 have one stripe? Did they come out with one stripe aswell as two? Could.you custom order it back in the day?

That appears to be a universal stripe kit probably sold from an auto parts store is my guess. There's no angle in the center of the trunk, it's just a straight roll of cut viny most likely.

[4cruzin]

Proper procedure would of been ask for permission and then proceed if given the OK . . . After I saw what was happening though, I probably would of talked to one of his companions and given some friendly advice quietly about the proper procedure . . . 

[morepower]

no one is touching my car except me and my father. I will ask kindly for them to not touch and if they proceed I will become angry.

[67440chrg]

Its a hard decision I guess if he asked I would be ok with it.

[F8-4life]

If a person thinks a cane makes them look disabled, well running into and touching everything makes you look disabled and crazy.

I would not want anyone touching my car, what good can come of it?

Especially touching inside the engine bay.

You want a car go out and buy one like anybody else.

Even if it was an honest act, still very rude/entitled and puts the owner on the defense and in an awkward situation.

So yea this guy is not winning any points with me.

[darbgnik]

I know car shows are common in this hobby, but, this is just one of the many reasons I haven't, and will not take any of my cars to a car show.

Common courtesy just isn't all that common, neither is common sense....

[Daytona R/T SE]

I would have told him to get his fucking dick beaters off of my car.

[Kern Dog]

Thank you for writing "Would have" instead of "would of" like many others seem to do.
Also...DICK beaters.....GREAT ! 

[Daytona R/T SE]

Thank you for writing "Would have" instead of "would of" like many others seem to do.
Also...DICK beaters.....GREAT !  

 

[FastbackJon]

I probably wouldn't be too happy about it at first but if it brings a bit of joy to his life then why not.

That's where I was at, but then again my Chargers (I had two there) weren't as nice as some of the others there he was going over.

[HeavyFuel]

My car is typically very clean at a show, so the risk of something "happening" to the paint or any other finish from someone touching it is very low.  So, gentle touching of my car is not a big deal.....I touch it all the time.  I only enter about 1 show a year, maybe less.....didn't hit any this year.

My car is nice, but not a show car.  I drive it, and it's starting to pick up a few blemishes here and there, so if someone wants to lightly touch something, not a big deal to me.  I average about 2K miles a driving season.  (6 months long where I live)

But that's where it ends.  If someone actually performs a function on anything, there's gonna be a conversation.  And leaning on it?  Nope on that sh*t.  I don't lean on it.....no one else is gonna either.

[HeavyFuel]

Reminds me of a thing my brother and I did a few years ago.

His wife was a particular fund raising event organizer, and the location had a re-constructed vintage gas station.  We all thought it would be neat to have few decent old cars around the pumps and whatnot.  I took my car, my brother his Prowler; there were maybe 12 cars total.  

The gas station had a dirt road adjacent, and as time when on, the "tractor ride" traffic ground the dirt up to a wheat-flour like consistency.  After a couple hours you could only faintly tell the colors of our cars, they were so covered with road dirt/powder.    

Needless to say, many of the little kids attending the event found the temptation of scribbling in the dust too much for their little brains to handle.  And if that wasn't bad enough, many of the Neanderthal parental units couldn't figure it out either.      

That was kinda rough on us car owners.....good thing we had smuggled in adult beverages to help pass the day, and were pretty buzzed.    

[John_Kunkel]

What would I do? I'd admonish the guy for pawing the cars and, if I found out he was blind, I'd politely admonish him further.

But then, everybody knows I'm not noted for my politeness.

[hemi-hampton]

My car had original paint with door dings & scratches & ripped interior ect, ect so I wouldn't mind. LEON.

[FastbackJon]

I asked around and one of the other Charger owners talked to the guy. Said he (the blind guy) owned one and was working on it or used to own one. I would have gone out and asked but I was enjoying a hamburger.