Minding my own bussiness

[flyinlow]

Had to get brake parts for my wife's El Camino, so I fired up the Charger and headed for Car Quest. Stopped at McDonald's for breakfast. Living in rural Ohio the most common vehicles in the parking lot where full sized pick ups.  Walking up to the entrance, I held the door for a somewhat intense looking woman.
Waiting in line behind her, she turns and says " that's a really big car you are driving"  (73 SE-440)
I said " back when it was built it was a midsize, but I guess today it would be a fullsize car."
She replied " you won't be able to drive it much longer"  I am thinking she is referring to the fact it was going to rain later that day and a chance of flurries later in the week. Wrong, I had just run into the dreaded man car hater." Do you know they are going to ban gas guzzlers that make that much pollution" she said. I was caught off guard little, I just assumed that all women love Chargers and since she started taking to me about my car she was going to say something nice about it.
I quickly looked for a Smart Car or Preius in the parking lot but did not see any.
Trying to come up with a responce, I said "Well it gets about 14mpg overall, about the same as alot of SUV's , When the weather is good I ride a Motorcycle that gets 40mpg ,so I think my carbon footprint is about average, and keeping existing cars running saves on raw  materials being taken from the earth.  "
"You should get an electric car instead" she snapped .
By now it was my turn to order, and I wanted to end this converation ,so my parting comment was" If they ever make an electric car that will do as well as my 40 year old Charger does I"ll think about it, but today I am going to run my errands and then take the scenic route home."


Wish I had a better comeback

[chargd72]

You should have told her you were an Exec for BP and you weren't too concerned with it.  Then ask if she had any other complaints.

[Dans 68]

I would just ask the next person who "inquires" about your ride that way "Do you enjoy life?"

You own a Charger. 'Nuff said. 

Dan

[MoparManJim]

Let it go man, people like her in life won't get very far.. Maybe someday you can catch her in a older car if her brand new car leaves her down and then you can come back at her then like she did on you.   

At least one thing, think of it like this, if you ever get in a wreck, I bet your vehicle would do more damage to the other newer one. The newer ones are made mostly out of thin metal and plastic now days  . The older cars like mopars are built some what strong and can take a good punch if they have to and they are almost all made of heavy metal. Besides the older cars has one thing where the newer cars doesn't have either, they have "style" 

[FLG]

Next time ask the dunce what he/she plans on doing with all the battery waste from the electric cars once they go south?

Or how about all that plastic they put on cars now adays? Where's that gonna go.

Or simply tell her the only footprint she need worry about minimizing is the one on her ass.

[69rtse4spd]

Smoky burn out gets them all the time.

[FLG]

Smoky burn out gets them all the time.

Mhmm, tell em your returning rubber back to the earth.

[MoparManJim]

Or simply tell her the only footprint she need worry about minimizing is the one on her ass.

Now, that's a good one right there! 

[BrianShaughnessy]

I just assumed that all women love Chargers and since she started taking to me about my car she was going to say something nice about it.

2 kinds of women... Those that got their cherry popped in a Charger    and the rest of 'em.

I never worry about what the rest of 'em say.   

   

[flyinlow]

Smoky burn out gets them all the time.

Mhmm, tell em your returning rubber back to the earth.

Thought about it 

[ChgrSteve67]

Maybe the batteries in her vibrator died?


Next time tell her your Charger runs on a Hydrogen / Ethanol mixture based on Guggenheim's tentative theory of strictly regular binary liquid mixtures.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/96978

Its total crap but it sounds good.

Then ask her what her car operates on.

[TruckDriver]

You should have told her you were an Exec for BP and you weren't too concerned with it.  Then ask if she had any other complaints.

[Silver R/T]

wow, what a bitch. Should've asked her how many tampons does she go through in a month...

[RallyeMike]

I'm impressed with your civility. Some people just don't get it, and it's really not worth your time because they never will.

[Back N Black]

Should have told her, My Charger is a hybrid car, it burns gas and rubber. 

[greenpigs]

Why does it matter what ANYONE says? I agree with the laying of the rubber & a smokey 360 for good measure. Just make sure they don't record it.    

[NGC414]

Should have told her:
"I don't care, I'm just out on bail. It will be along time before I can drive a car or see a woman. You live around here?"
Maybe then she will realize it's ok to have an unexpressed thought.

[loudmouthaussie]

i would have asked the bitch what the fuck she was doing eating in mcdonalds then?

food wastage
food wrapped in paper
grain fed beef contributing to deforestation
largest producer of plastic toys

Im sure theres way more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Drive my 70 and other classics weekends and walk all around local area to buy local produce. ladies like that can go shit in their hats

[bull]

I think that would have been a good time for the simple yet effective MOAB response known as "Go f_c_ yourself, b_t_h."

[SFRT]

Sunday I was driving around randomly and some older prunefaced guy in a new Prius looked over at me at a stoplight and pulled 'disgusted'  a face...so i hit my switch, opened the headers and did a giant assed linelocked burnout for him.


he kept far back after that.

good times, good times

[RD]

I think that would have been a good time for the simple yet effective MOAB response known as "Go f_c_ yourself, b_t_h."

  in real life.. that was awesome!

[Todd Wilson]

I think that would have been a good time for the simple yet effective MOAB response known as "Go f_c_ yourself, b_t_h."

Thats what I was thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     



Todd

[Todd Wilson]

Sunday I was driving around randomly and some older prunefaced guy in a new Prius looked over at me at a stoplight and pulled 'disgusted'  a face...so i hit my switch, opened the headers and did a giant assed linelocked burnout for him.


he kept far back after that.

good times, good times

HAHA! I bet that was great!   Probably the same Ahole that was on the interstate a month or so ago  running 50mph in his Prius. I guess it wouldnt go any faster or he was trying for 90mpg.


Todd

[PocketThunder]

Maybe the batteries in her vibrator died?


Next time tell her your Charger runs on a Hydrogen / Ethanol mixture based on Guggenheim's tentative theory of strictly regular binary liquid mixtures.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/96978

Its total crap but it sounds good.

Then ask her what her car operates on.

I have this sticker for my back window.

[SRT-440]

I've gotten that before with the RR...mainly cuz the exhaust is so loud (ex race car)...my usual response when they tell me my car is killing the atmosphere is "yup destroying the ozone a quarter mile at a time"..
They really hate it when they ask about mpg...it's fun watching their expression when I tell them it prolly gets 5-10 MPG and only runs on 110 octane at $7 a gallon. 

They won't ban muscle cars in my life time so I'm not worried about it.

[flyinlow]

:

They won't ban muscle cars in my life time so I'm not worried about it.

I hope you are right. I would like to think that the science and economics of an issue would make the decisions. However you see so many examples of uneducated people and politicians making decisions using soundbite wisdom. There is a Bill in the Ohio legislature that could severely restrict classic car and hotrods as the result of some idiots killing a bystander while street racing.

[Ghoste]

I wouldn't be too sure about them not getting banned.  There is a very vocal crew of do gooders out to save the world and save you from yourself.  They are organized and active and absolutely dedicated to their new world order.  The other card is that they are very good at feeding the press machine and poor baby seals make for a waaaaaay better story than your cars et.  The public don't generally see the harm in what the green crowd are trying to do.

[terrible one]

Banned? No. "Carbon taxed" by the mile or some bullshit like that is more like it. All in an effort to "encourage" the use of more efficient vehicles  I really don't think that gasoline/ oil is going anywhere quick though . . . we will just be punished financially instead. I hate hearing all this shit about gasoline being phased out in 10 years and blah blah . . . we've only touched on cars. What about agricultural equipment, 18 wheelers, planes, boats, motocross . . . the list goes on and on.

[Troy]

I have never run into someone with enough guts to say something to me personally. I have found that people on the far ends of any divisive issue are rarely willing to actually listen to valid points made by "the other side" so it's pointless to continue to try to have a civil discussion.  However, doing burnouts, revving the engine, or stooping even lower than their level to be rude only enforces their opinions about you and your car being hell bent on destroying the planet.

I really don't care what anyone drives as long as they stay the heck out of my way.

Troy

[Brock Samson]

  I hear and sometimes detect negative vibes from folks,.. Not too often but sometimes folks have their chosen windmills they are gunning for and folks just have a case of the Mondays and wanna spread their 'O so Holier than thou condemnation around, and in a case like that it says far more about them than you... You were right to brush her off she's worth any effort. Enjoy your life.


 

[Khyron]

Smoky burn out gets them all the time.

that was my answer to the last one that gave me crap.... asked them how they liked that "Carbon Footprint" ;-)

but then again, im an a$$hole

[twodko]

These are the same self righteous, arrogant, self-serving, holier than thou gene pool abberations that display their "socially/politically" correct thoughts and feelings by plastering bumper stickers all over the ass end of their Volvo's or Pious'! We've got an infestation of 'em in NorCal and hunting season hasn't opened yet.

Frank, you da man!

[Mike DC]

               
This would be my response to the woman at McD's -

"How many square feet is your house inside?"  

         

[694spdRT]

As a whole our old muscle cars are not driven nearly enough to make any difference. I think more gas evaporates out of my tanks than gets burned sometimes.

[ChgrSteve67]

I think my lawn mower creates more air pollution in 1 hour than my Charger does all day.

[Ghoste]

Imagine how much crap Al Gore's groundskeepers generate. 

[Mr.Woolery]

I would've calmly aked her if she planned to keep her electric car running for 300k+ miles without changing the batteries (the point at which they become ecologically neutral...but impossible to attain).  Then I would have explained to her that her logic was flawed, her premises false, her conclusions invalid, and that her false sense of ecological piety can go screw itself.

If you want to be eco friendly, drive a diesel powered Smart car (unavailable in the US, only the un-eco gas powered ones are), or drive an economy car from the 80's-90's (Geo Metro, Honda CRX HF, etc).  If she was a Prius owner, I would've just punched her for being a gross polluter.

[wayfast1500]

I've had to deal with these people a lot riding motocross and trail riding.  I find the best responce is to just ignore them they only do it for attention and it usually gets them pretty upset.  One guy pulled up in his prius as I was putting my bike back in the truck and started to lecture me on how I was damaging the woods and hurting the environment I asked him where he was when the club I was in spent a weekend cleaning trails, fixing bridges for the walking trails ect.

[Silver R/T]

Should've pointed out a few cars that get just as good of mpg if not better. Nissan sentra, Civic 1.5L, Isuzu diesel, VW diesel, geo metro... and they don't have to be plugged in at the end of the day

[Cooter]

Yep, I get hit with the inevidable question at car shows when they spot the twin 4BBls on "Christine"..."Damn, I bet that thing don't get no MPG with those sitting up there huh?"


I simply ask "What was the mileage on your wife's SUV you guys drove in here again? Oh and BTW, Have you ever been asked to pull over for a picture?"  That usually pisses 'em off and they walk away.. That chick only goes to prove that the "Al Gores" of the public are dumb, paniky, ignorant animals and have to be kept on a leash.. Otherwise, they will get themselves into trouble....I think it's time some of these types got their "Ass tanks" filled with some premium Foot...

[Hemidog]

I think that would have been a good time for the simple yet effective MOAB response known as "Go f_c_ yourself, b_t_h."

[Sublime/Sixpack]

flyinlow,
your response was just fine. No sense in stooping to her level. 

[Black Charger]

flyinlow,

I thought your response to her was spot on. I know that after the fact you wish you had told her where to get off but if you had done that you may have caused others nearby to get mad at you for cussing out a woman. You made your points and if you notice her reponses to you (the whole "you should get an electric car" bit) she couldn't come up with a vaild argument for what you had to say. I'd say she left with her tail between her legs.

[Iron Chef]

Some idiot at a gas station decided he would tell me what a dinosaur my car was.  After finishing filling the tank, I looked up and said:

"Three million sperm and YOU made it through."

Got in my car and left.

[elacruze]

I'm impressed with your civility. Some people just don't get it, and it's really not worth your time because they never will.

I'm not so civil when caught off guard. I'd likely have let the door shut on her arm and told her to mind her own F**ing business.

[bull]

but then again, im an a$$hole

What? You?

[rick.d]

I cant stand people like that! I see those Prius, and other forms of transportation littering the highways and parking lots everywhere. I saw my first Prius with the "Obama 2012' bumper sticker already....i almost drove off the road peeing my pants! Maybey ask her how her ass would fit inside a Prius?

[1969chargerrtse]

Keep in mind, annoying stupid people like that are few thank God.  What she said was rude and un warrented.  Basically an unhappy person that is probably miserable to live with.  I wouldn't have thought of much to say either as I would of been caught off guard.  But in the future I would say something like Yeah you go buy the electric car so there is more fuel out there for me.  What I usually tell people up here in Ct is that I'm doing my best to help with global warming so the winters are more mild up here.  I really do say that.  

[1969chargerrtse]

Some idiot at a gas station decided he would tell me what a dinosaur my car was.  After finishing filling the tank, I looked up and said:

"Three million sperm and YOU made it through."

Got in my car and left.

Oh that's funny.

[1969chargerrtse]

I wouldn't be too sure about them not getting banned.  There is a very vocal crew of do gooders out to save the world and save you from yourself.  They are organized and active and absolutely dedicated to their new world order.  The other card is that they are very good at feeding the press machine and poor baby seals make for a waaaaaay better story than your cars et.  The public don't generally see the harm in what the green crowd are trying to do.

There's an auto group that watches over this stuff and I am a member and can't remember the name?  Help me here.  It's free to join and in most car mags.??

Found this on web.

"The classic and antique car lobby pushed for the program to exclude vehicles made before 1984. Consumer and environmental groups went along because they were too busy fighting for fuel efficiency. "

http://blog.motorists.org/will-old-cars-eventually-be-banned/

[Chad L. Magee]

Being a professional chemist, I can punch holes in most of the "Bad Old Car" enviro-arguments that even they can't Spackle over with BS.  What really gets them going is when I mention that I am working on a way to convert plastic back into usable petroleum fuels via a complicated process that they could never understand. (nor stop as it does follow all EPA laws, it is kinda like a Mr. Fusion power reactor from the Back To The Future movies, but different)  Imagine that their plastic car might one day power one of my vintage muscle cars, that makes me  ......

[Ghoste]

I don't even want to know how it works, just hurry the hell up and perfect it Chad!

[bull]

There's an auto group that watches over this stuff and I am a member and can't remember the name?  Help me here.  It's free to join and in most car mags.??

Sema Action Network? http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?ID=/content/SEMASANcom/HomePage

[1969chargerrtse]

There's an auto group that watches over this stuff and I am a member and can't remember the name?  Help me here.  It's free to join and in most car mags.??

Sema Action Network? http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?ID=/content/SEMASANcom/HomePage

I thought so.  I typed sema on google and got the show stuff info and figured I had it wrong.  Thanks.  Membership is free.

" The SEMA Action Network is a nationwide partnership of car clubs, and individual enthusiasts (like you) who work together to impact legislation that affects car and truck hobbyists of all kinds. By joining the SAN you will receive up-to-date alerts on hobby-related legislation in your state and across the country.  Best of all – it's free.  "

[Chad L. Magee]

I don't even want to know how it works, just hurry the hell up and perfect it Chad!

I am working on it, just need to hit the right catalyst formula for two particular reactions and it might work....