Why do people do this?
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Toronto Ontario
Nancy & i were on vacation last week up north in a small fishing village.
i backed the batmobile into a spot on the far side of the harbor & as we walked around the docks i watched as a big suv backed into the rock wall beside my Corvette...the fat teenaged daughter thru her door open to run back & look at what her mother had just hit, having absolutely no regard for what was parked beside her...my Batmobile
we immediately walked back but she had missed the Batmobile
it does **** ya off when people have no respect for what is parked near them -they just don;t give it any thought at all
Pete
i backed the batmobile into a spot on the far side of the harbor & as we walked around the docks i watched as a big suv backed into the rock wall beside my Corvette...the fat teenaged daughter thru her door open to run back & look at what her mother had just hit, having absolutely no regard for what was parked beside her...my Batmobile
we immediately walked back but she had missed the Batmobile
it does **** ya off when people have no respect for what is parked near them -they just don;t give it any thought at all
Pete
Le Mans Master
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From: Oxford MA-----You just lost the game!!!!
I most wholeheartedly concur!! My Corvette is not "just" a car. I have an emotional attachment to it. I used to drive a hand me down '83 Ford Escort years ago. It was just a car. My Corvette isn't.
On the other hand, emotional attachment or not, driving any car in the real world carries a risk. And if you wanna be happy, you just better learn to live with it.
Scott
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2001
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From: PA
people that do not own a car like the ones we do think that all cars are just cars so they have no respect for them. it is not hard to understand to day cars a throw a way things not ones you would keep for ever.
Intermediate
Joined: Jun 2011
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I remember MANY years ago, a friend and I went to a bar in his new car. We parked way the hell out with no one around us. When we came back out, there was a car parked so close to his he couldn't even get in the drivers side. No other cars anywhere near, just his car and the idiot that parked next to him. Did I mention the nice ding they put in his door as well?
Since we had had a couple of beers, we were not impressed with this idiots parking job. I'm sure he became aware of our feelings when he found his car later.
Since we had had a couple of beers, we were not impressed with this idiots parking job. I'm sure he became aware of our feelings when he found his car later.
Instructor
Joined: May 2011
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From: Broken Arrow Oklahoma
I remember MANY years ago, a friend and I went to a bar in his new car. We parked way the hell out with no one around us. When we came back out, there was a car parked so close to his he couldn't even get in the drivers side. No other cars anywhere near, just his car and the idiot that parked next to him. Did I mention the nice ding they put in his door as well?
Since we had had a couple of beers, we were not impressed with this idiots parking job. I'm sure he became aware of our feelings when he found his car later.
Since we had had a couple of beers, we were not impressed with this idiots parking job. I'm sure he became aware of our feelings when he found his car later.
before climbing in the passenger side and not caring if anyone was watching I pulled out my knife crawled up between our cars from the ground and cut both passenger sidewalls of his tires. good damn thing he was at Walmart I though cause he is going to need 2 new tires.
I felt guilty for a few mins after I did it, but that passed as I had to crawl over the center console of my 77 trans am to get in the drivers seat.
Le Mans Master
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From: Oxford MA-----You just lost the game!!!!
I will admit when I was around 20 I came out of Walmart and some A-Hole parked about 6 inches from my drivers door with his pick up. no way in hell I could get an leg in between my car and his truck.
before climbing in the passenger side and not caring if anyone was watching I pulled out my knife crawled up between our cars from the ground and cut both passenger sidewalls of his tires. good damn thing he was at Walmart I though cause he is going to need 2 new tires.
I felt guilty for a few mins after I did it, but that passed as I had to crawl over the center console of my 77 trans am to get in the drivers seat.
before climbing in the passenger side and not caring if anyone was watching I pulled out my knife crawled up between our cars from the ground and cut both passenger sidewalls of his tires. good damn thing he was at Walmart I though cause he is going to need 2 new tires.
I felt guilty for a few mins after I did it, but that passed as I had to crawl over the center console of my 77 trans am to get in the drivers seat.
Ya know, I can't help but think that, at this very moment, someone on a 4-wheeler forum is posting a story about the time some jerk slashed his tires at Walmart......... FOR NO REASON!
Scott
Team Owner
Joined: May 2001
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From: Western NY
Or you come outside to find a shopping cart against your car! Why because some fat lazy bastard thought he/she was better than everyone else and didn't need to put it in the proper place.
Those of you that say it's just a car,really? It's called respect of other peoples property, something my parents tought me at a young age.
Those of you that say it's just a car,really? It's called respect of other peoples property, something my parents tought me at a young age.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: DFW Metroplex Texas
My Vette is not " just a car". My Mustang GT is. When I bought my Vette 6 years ago it was an emotional purchase due to the circumstances. I rarely leave my baby unattended anymore due to the aholes that seem to thrive here in Dallas.
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Team Owner
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From: Western NY
I've been thinking about this a little more, and the "just a car" comment got under my skin.
It isn't just a car!!! That "car" represents the time and work that I had to put in, to earn the money, that it took to pay for the car. How many hours did you have to work, to get the money to pay for your car, be it a Corvette or not?
It isn't just a car!!! That "car" represents the time and work that I had to put in, to earn the money, that it took to pay for the car. How many hours did you have to work, to get the money to pay for your car, be it a Corvette or not?
Instructor
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Merritt Island Florida
I have a good customer who drove his new Audi R8 last time he was in just to show me (he new I liked hotrods), he handed me the keys and said take if for a spin, don't worry it's just a car.
To folks like him, maybe so. He doesn't work on it, and if something happens he will go get another one.
Me, I have to save and shop and do as much myself as possible to have something I like - to me it's a h*ll of a lot more than just a car!
Carl
To folks like him, maybe so. He doesn't work on it, and if something happens he will go get another one.
Me, I have to save and shop and do as much myself as possible to have something I like - to me it's a h*ll of a lot more than just a car!
Carl
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From: LONG ISLAND
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Best reply yet.........couldnt have said it better myself....... !!!
Thanks for saving me the time !!
Le Mans Master
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From: Ocala FL
Believe it or not, some people who drive cars other than Corvettes worry about theirs and know that you worry about yours.
Think rationally; his car is black. What do door dings look like on black paint?
T H I S B I G , O F C O U R S E !
If they put up a buffer for you, they are doing you a favor. Now he only has one side to worry about and you have none, except from the shopping cart blown in the wind across the lot.
Would you rather he parks BEHIND you so that some rusted 1987 Buick pulls in with a car full of kids who slam doors open?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: columbia city in
for those that write a check ,and dont work on them. its just a car .work hard enough and save long enough put enough time in to something and you can get real funny real fast when someone wants to mess with it .