He's going to lean on your car-car show nightmares

[mystarcollectorcar.com]

Any of you guys who have had a car in a show-big or small can relate to this from personal experience.There are people at car shows who shouldn't go near anything more expensive than a rusty 1985 minivan.
http://www.mystarcollectorcar.com/2-features/editorials/550-qhes-going-to-lean-on-your-carq-nightmares-from-the-frontlines-of-car-shows.html

[Silver R/T]

you are taking a risk of people leaning, drooling, even sitting inside of your car if it's at a car show and you're not carefully watching.

[Black Charger]

It gets even worse if you decide to drive your car on the street with any regularity. You will find out in a hurry that most people have absolutely no respect for the property of others.

[jaak]

It gets even worse if you decide to drive your car on the street with any regularity. You will find out in a hurry that most people have absolutely no respect for the property of others.

Tell me about it.....the night I finished installing the new interior in my '73 Charger, I stopped at a gas station around the corner from where I live. Theres always a bunch of guys hanging around there, well my Brother was there and I stopped by to show him the new interior. Well all the guys there was checking it out too, smoking cigarettes, poking there heads through the windows, opening doors, etc. with cigs hanging out there mouths. I was scared someone was gonna burn something, not to mention stinking up that 'new car' smell.

Pissed me off, I abruptly said "I gotta go", then jumped in the car and left.

Jason

[Cooter]

I use my tried and true line at cars shows when I get the famous response after I've jumped on somebody for touching my sh*t...
They usually say things like "Well, if you didn't want your car "Enjoyed" you should have never brought it out the garage"

And my reply..."How would you feel if I reached out and felt up your wife? I mean, afterall, if you didn't want anybody "Enjoying" her, you shoulda never brought her out the house!"

[jaak]

I use my tried and true line at cars shows when I get the famous response after I've jumped on somebody for touching my sh*t...
They usually say things like "Well, if you didn't want your car "Enjoyed" you should have never brought it out the garage"

And my reply..."How would you feel if I reached out and felt up your wife? I mean, afterall, if you didn't want anybody "Enjoying" her, you shoulda never brought her out the house!"

Great point!

Jason

[Black Charger]

Here's something that happened to me recently:
I went to the local Pizza Hut to pick up a pizza and I came out to find a young woman with her ass up against the passenger side rear of my car trying to get her kid out of her car. Keep in mind that she had plenty of room to park about a foot or two farther away, but did she pull back out and do this? No, she thought it was a good idea to try and pull/squeeze her kid from her car while leaning up against mine. When I came out I was just speechless. I glared at her and she didn't say a word, she just kept right on pulling her kid out. I watched her closely to make sure she didn't whack my car with her door. Then, when she finally walked away, I went over to look at my passenger side. Thankfully, no damage, but that incident right there totally brought home that fact that some people don't give a rat's ass about other people's property. I ofter wonder what would have happened had I not arrived back at my car when I did.

[Mike DC]

With General Lees this problem is completely off the chart.  

A few nicely-finished GL replicas have actually been repainted or sold off after the owner discovered how bad the problem really is. 

   

        

[Cooter]

There are people at car shows who shouldn't go near anything more expensive than a rusty 1985 minivan.

With General Lee replicas this problem is completely off the chart.  

A few nicely-finished GL replicas have actually been repainted or sold off after the owner discovered how bad the problem really is.
     

Don't I know it...

[Mike DC]

(Oops, sorry.  I changed the post while you were responding to it, Cooter!)

[Aero426]

Do you guys realize the original poster is essentially a spammer?    Once again, he's posted the exact same topic linking to his site on umpteen message boards...

[Cooter]

But the message is still the same....The average public are idiots when it comes to car shows and others property...

[Black Charger]

But the message is still the same....The average public are idiots when it comes to car shows and others property...

Truer words have never been spoken!

[Troy]

Some guy backed into my R/T yesterday in a parking lot. He started to drive off because he didn't even realize he hit anything. Luckily, it caused all the damage to his car and just left silver paint on the corner of my bumper. Stupid people!

Troy

[bull]

I use my tried and true line at cars shows when I get the famous response after I've jumped on somebody for touching my sh*t...
They usually say things like "Well, if you didn't want your car "Enjoyed" you should have never brought it out the garage"

And my reply..."How would you feel if I reached out and felt up your wife? I mean, afterall, if you didn't want anybody "Enjoying" her, you shoulda never brought her out the house!"

Did you post a comment on that mystarcollectorcar site because there's a verbatum copy there of what you wrote above?

[1969chargerrtse]

Last year at a show a women was leaning near my car with a pocket book off her shoulder with metal things hanging off.  I politely said please be careful, etc... About 10 mins later while I was sitting in my chair with my buddies next to me, she and her boyfriend came over and he started telling me how I shouldn't dis respect her and yell at her.  He started acting like the big hero boyfriend with stupid comments, I was surprised as none of that happened.  My buddies backed me up, as he went on about he had a better car etc.  They truly were 2 weird stupid people.  I was  

[Cooter]

I use my tried and true line at cars shows when I get the famous response after I've jumped on somebody for touching my sh*t...
They usually say things like "Well, if you didn't want your car "Enjoyed" you should have never brought it out the garage"

And my reply..."How would you feel if I reached out and felt up your wife? I mean, afterall, if you didn't want anybody "Enjoying" her, you shoulda never brought her out the house!"

Did you post a comment on that mystarcollectorcar site because there's a verbatum copy there of what you wrote above?

Nope, but MY response is the same on other car sites I'm a member of and one guy said he was gonna use that response, so it coulda been him.,.

[Cooter]

she and her boyfriend came over and he started telling me how I shouldn't dis respect her and yell at her.  He started acting like the big hero boyfriend with stupid comments,

See, that's about the time when Dude woulda gotten the 'old "We gonna have a problem here?" response from me..Thisi s the kinda sh*t I can't stand...She goes back to her "Man" with  her feeling's hurt, so she wants the guys azz kicked or something...WTF?..

[sixty8charger]

Society.. People lack "humility" now adays..I am a young guy (25), maybe it was the way I was brought up.. But I give respect, and I expect respect. What are people trying to prove all the time? That's what I don't understand. The comment, "my car is better" who gives a sh*t! I am not competing with you!? Does it matter?  But yet people (certain stereotypes mainly) only have one view in life, and it makes me sick.. And people wonder why I never want kids.. I am venting.. My appologies.. No belts chains or purses should be allowed at car shows

[sixty8charger]

And why do people only rely on fighting eachother for stupid sh*t? You disrespected my girl, I am going to set you straight.. Really?  This is how you show your "strength" is that it? Ok tough guy..  And this attitude is realivant in children today.. Can't fight, know no respect.. Lack humility.. Figure they will solve problems by bringing guns to school.. And maybe people will respect them now? ..what? Are you serious!!??

Venting again..

Discipline your kids. I hate when kids (under the lack or parental guidance) walk up tou your car and place their sticky nasty dirty hands all over the fresh paint job, that you spent 150 something hours of body and paint prep work on.. But yet, not one bit of respect. 

[RECHRGD]

I've had some, but not many problems with adults.  It's mostly the unsupervised kids that can really cause problems.  The promoters of the shows along with the participants should just not allow large dogs, bicycles, skateboards and kids with tackle boxes stuck on their bodies to be allowed in the show area.  Bob

[41husk]

I like to drive my cars, so I have taken them to the store, theater, school and other meetings.  I am not a fan of some one taking two or even three parking spots, so I always try to park away from other cars to avoid some of the above horror stories.  What really gets me is when I park out in the south forty, and there is not a car anywere near me, only to come out and find someone has parked right next to me.  Yes there are spots all around, they couldn't park one or two over so they couldn't accidentally do damage.  No, they have to be right next door

[moparstuart]

I like to drive my cars, so I have taken them to the store, theater, school and other meetings.  I am not a fan of some one taking two or even three parking spots, so I always try to park away from other cars to avoid some of the above horror stories.  What really gets me is when I park out in the south forty, and there is not a car anywere near me, only to come out and find someone has parked right next to me.  Yes there are spots all around, they couldn't park one or two over so they couldn't accidentally do damage.  No, they have to be right next door

I do the same exact thing .

[69bronzeT5]

I like to drive my cars, so I have taken them to the store, theater, school and other meetings.  I am not a fan of some one taking two or even three parking spots, so I always try to park away from other cars to avoid some of the above horror stories.  What really gets me is when I park out in the south forty, and there is not a car anywere near me, only to come out and find someone has parked right next to me.  Yes there are spots all around, they couldn't park one or two over so they couldn't accidentally do damage.  No, they have to be right next door

My dad and my mom went to the fair back in the '80s and my dad had just gotten his '69 GTO painted. He paid for two parking spots so he could take up two spots. Afterwards they came out to find someone kicked in the doors of the car.

[sixty8charger]

...Wow... That is bs!