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Started by jeryst, May 14, 2010, 10:54:29 PM

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68coronetGLwannabe

A/C works but needs charged to blow cold. So wouldn't that mean it DOESN'T work.
I pointed to two old drunks sitting across the bar from us and told my friend
"That's us in 10 years".
He said "That's a mirror, dip-shit!

jaak

You know, I always thought a 69 Charger was probably one of the most recongnizable car.... But I cant count the number of times, its called a Roadrunner, or SuperBee.....Its a damn Charger! Oh yeah my 73 Rallye has been referred to as a "Satellite" a few times too  :flame:.



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Musicman

Quote from: jaak on May 20, 2010, 06:14:42 PM
You know, I always thought a 69 Charger was probably one of the most recognizable cars.... But I cant count the number of times, its called a Roadrunner, or SuperBee.....Its a damn Charger! Oh yeah my 73 Rallye has been referred to as a "Satellite" a few times too  :flame:.

Jason

In this same light...
As a 1st Gen Charger owner, one of my personal favorites is the 2nd Gen Charger owner parked next to me at the car show, who wants to know what kind of car I'm driving :brickwall:   ... and then looks completely F!@K'N dumbfounded when you tell him... and even more so when he finds out that it's older than his :lol:

:cheers:

Cooter

Mine would have to be the self proclaimed expert on Musclecars that walks around the Car show/cruise night running the numbers on every freakin' car there to see if those R/T badges are correct in their placement...Then, in one swoop, exclaims to anybody and everybody that will listen about how he can't believe the guy with that Daytona built it out of a Real R/T Charger, and how he should be scrificed at the alter for his sacrilege...(Yes, we have one here that has done this VERY thing, and every time it gets more and more irritating)..Like that Hemi Cuda "tribute" is less of a car because it doesn't hold the actual pedigree from the factory..
" I have spent thousands of dollars and countless hours researching what works and what doesn't and I'm willing to share"

Lennard

I hate it when people have a a car for sale and put a picture up that shows just a 1/4 of the car.
Sometimes they have in the ad that the car will be worth (example) $25000 when restored... they forget you first have to put at least the same amount in it to get it done.
Also on Craigslist... if you want to sell something... add your phone number. That back and forth emailing is unnecessary.

Khyron

Quote from: Lennard on May 22, 2010, 10:44:40 AM
Also on Craigslist... if you want to sell something... at your phone number. That back and forth emailing is unnecessary.

I'll only disagree with this point, since making the mistake of putting my number on cragslist once I have been getting a number of scam phone calls. NEVER put your number in the ad, wait till the first email, then email your number to the interested party. Not to sidetrack, but I was getting a lot of unlisted numbers calling me only to find out that my prize of 2 million was on it's way and I had to pay $5,000 for it to be delivered....  ::)

After explaining that I wasn't an idiot, the calls kept coming, I had that service put on my phone that doesn't allow unlisted so I got the number when they called back a 5th time, I tracked the number to a cell phone in Jamaica... I then did a little work, got the latitude and longitude of where the cell number came from and got their address .... Slipe rd, Kingston Jamaica.... overlooking the great National Hero's Park....  ::)

Next time they called back, I gave them their address, location, and explained how I always wanted to go to Jamaica for vacation, shooting them would just be a bonus...

I haven't gotten a call back  :icon_smile_big:

to sum it up, NEVER list your number.


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Lennard

 ::) I always put my phone number in my ad and have (so far) never had any bogus calls but maybe I'm just lucky.
I also have an answering machine and when i don't recognise a number i let the machine take care of it so maybe the scam artists just don't like leaving a message.

Khyron

Then u are one of the lucky once.... But i 100% am with you on the crappy pictures of expensive cars... i'll never understand that.


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jeryst

All the A$$HOLE SPAMMERS that are ruining Craigs List.
Every time I posted an ad, I got dozens of spam emails.
I dont even bother using it any more to sell stuff.

Its a real shape those idiots are ruining things for the rest of us.

I think just one televised public execution (something long, slow, and extremely painful) of a SPAMMER would cut down on a lot of it - lol

bobs66440

Quote from: 71ChallengeHer on May 20, 2010, 05:54:07 PM
Mine is : " Does your husband know you have his car out ? "   :nutkick:  It's my car , I paid for it .   ::)

That's just rude.  :rotz:

69CoronetRT

Quote from: Ghoste on May 20, 2010, 03:27:45 PM
A couple more of mine, whenever someone describes a limited slip as a "posi" but it isn't a Chev differential. 

Lots of good ones.

"Radio Delete" - radios were always an option. If you want to 'delete' something that the car never had, why not go upscale and call it an 'AM/FM delete' or '8-track delete'? Who cares if it came without a radio? It just means the original buyer was A) Deaf,  B) Cheap or poor or C) knew they were going to add a Kraco 8-track. In any case, it's nothing to brag about.

"Magnum 500's" - not on a Mopar.

"I had one just like it" - No. No you didn't. Yours was a 1975 /6 Dart four door. This is a 1970 340 Duster.

"A friend had..." - Everyone had a friend that owned a Charger/Dart/Duster/Nova/Chevelle/Mustang/Road Runner/GTO/you name it. They built millions of them. Of course a friend had one. Only people with no friends didn't know some one that owned one.
Seeking information on '69 St. Louis plant VINs, SPDs and VONs. Buld sheets and tag pictures appreciated. Over 3,000 on file thanks to people like you.

SFRT

know it alls that drive a crappy 93 toyota and have never had and will never have a decent vintage car.
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I had one just like it, except mine was a HEMI!!

I had one just like it, that's a '72, right?
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Lennard

Quote from: SFRT on May 22, 2010, 02:40:06 PM
know it alls that drive a crappy 93 toyota and have never had and will never have a decent vintage car.

They are musclecar experts! :yesnod:

Ghoste

We're a prickly bunch aren't we?   :icon_smile_big:  Here's another of mine, "the older I get, the faster I was" syndrome.  Now admittedly we all have it to some degree including myself but I really hate going to cars shows and that guy that 69CoronetRT was talking about?  The one whose friend "had one just like it", have you noticed that the friends car was always much faster than yours?  We've never raced but this mythical car is quicker, wtf?
Further to that, how come every fan letter to "Hemmings Muscle Machines" from some reader who is recalling a car they had back in the day, NEVER lost a race?  Never.  None of them.  Where the hell are all of these people they were racign if none of these guys ever lost a single race.
As I said I have a lot of OIG,FIW myself but I can recall plenty of times that I saw someones else's taillights.
:soapbox:

jeryst

Quote from: Ghoste on May 23, 2010, 08:58:34 AM

Further to that, how come every fan letter to "Hemmings Muscle Machines" from some reader who is recalling a car they had back in the day, NEVER lost a race?  Never.  None of them.  Where the hell are all of these people they were racign if none of these guys ever lost a single race.


Simple. They are the ones that are too embarrassed to write in - lol.

jaak

Another one as far as ads and car names goes, Ive seen this alot.... "Dodge Cornet". Hello its C-O-R-O-N-E-T.

Jason

SFRT

my real pet peeve is anything brake line and fluid related. bending lines, flaring lines, bleeding lines, trying to keep the brake fluid off of shit.
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SBBob

My pet peeve is at every show I go to someone comes up and says my uncle... had a car just like that except it didn't have that funny nose or wing thing.  And everyone else thinks it should be for sale.  I have had it 27 years and it AINT going anywhere soon.  Yo, SBBob
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devilgear

Ok here is one I am seeing ALOT lately...Im into hot rods and such so I look for those as well, but now I see the term "Rat Rod" on anything that looks like shit and on all kinds of years...Pffft...I think like 1965 or so should be the cut off for a Rat Rod...Not your 1979 For Granada...Just because you spray bombed it black does not make it a rat rod....

A383Wing

Quote from: devilgear on May 26, 2010, 10:58:00 PM
Not your 1979 For Granada...Just because you spray bombed it black does not make it a rat rod....

Maybe they all have "rats" in them??  :shruggy:

aussiemuscle

Quote from: jeryst on May 15, 2010, 10:51:37 PM
Do you SEE a "For Sale" sign on it?
you know, councils here are starting to crack down on "for sale" signs on cars, even giving out $100 fines for doing it!!

jeryst

Quote from: aussiemuscle on May 27, 2010, 02:10:42 AM
Quote from: jeryst on May 15, 2010, 10:51:37 PM
Do you SEE a "For Sale" sign on it?
you know, councils here are starting to crack down on "for sale" signs on cars, even giving out $100 fines for doing it!!

How can they stop you from selling your car? What are you supposed to do?

chargerboy69

Quote from: BlueSS454 on May 18, 2010, 10:35:11 PM
People that put FOR SELL instead of FOR SALE....take an english class moron.




I see this all the time, and I just have to laugh.

I love the people who will put an ad on Craigslist, which states they "Need to sell the car to make room for . . . . " or "Must sell now as I lost my storage and have no place to put the car".  And further in their ad they will say " I want  $5000.00 for my . . . or trade for Mustang, Celica, Camaro, ect."  If they do not have room for their current POS, how will they have room for a new POS?  Well which is it? They need to get their story straight before they post their ad.
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