I attended the Vettes only Show and Drag race this weekend in Chattanooga, TN. I must say, it was outstanding. I was only able to stay for about 2 hours, but it will definitely be on my calendar for next year. However... I have one gripe. My best friend, my fiance, and I drove my friends '98 Monte Carlo to the entrance to buy a ticket. The guy at the gate looked in the car, (I guess he saw that we were all college students), and said, "You all here to check out the Corvettes?". Of course we replied that we were. He then said, "Well, just pick out what you want and start saving, and someday you'll have one of your own." :mad WTF!!! The only reason I wasn't participating in the event myself with my '79 was because I have about a week left on my engine swap! I've ranted about this before on the forum, but I'm going to again just so everybody knows. I do not drive my father's car! It's mine d&^* it! I worked to buy it, and don't appreciate being patronized because of my age. There are quite a few members who agree with me, so if you have a smart-A*% comment about my age or my car, keep it to yourself!!! Don't get me wrong, I like the club that put on the show, and I'm sure the person that I'm talking about is probably a good guy. I don't mean to bash him specifically, but it seems I get that everywhere I go, and I'm sick of it. Anyway, great show guys. Any results from the drags? I'd sure like to see them since I didn't get to stay.

 

Don't sweat it. I think I bought my ticket from the same guy ... I am not sure he could spell "Corvette" much less know what they cost or who could afford one.

The drags were pretty cool ... I did not stay to the end, but there was a black Z06 with slicks that was eating everything else up.

 

I was bracket racing so It did not matter who was the fastest....just the most consistent thru three runs....................I wanted to go this year but had some Issues to deal with But I will Be there next year for SURE :D


[Modified by Alwyn678, 9:19 AM 9/17/2001]

 

Oh get over it!
You didn't tell him "well I've got a '79 at home in the middle of an engine swap", you basically told him you were just there to look. Is he supposed to be a mind reader?

 

I will not get over it! I'm sick of everybody asssuming that I'm your average 20-something slacker with no ambition past drinking beer and skipping class! I didn't tell him I had a Vette at home because I don't brag about it. I didn't buy my car for anyone but myself. Just because I'm not an overpayed arrogant businessman in his late-40's with 2 kids, a wife, and a girlfriend doesn't mean I can't own a Vette! That seems to be the stereotype of a Corvette owner! Some folks need to understand that there are people my age who go to school and work very hard to buy things for ourselves without relying on 'Mommy and Daddy'. I didn't expect this guy to be a mind reader, I just didn't want to be spoonfed advice on the steps to buying a Corvette.

 

Agree with 427V8, get over it. You're griping to the wrong people. If you want to change that mans attitude, tell him your story and maybe he'll be more careful what he says next time. Refusing to deal with the man because of your stubborn refusal to "brag" about your car and coming here to gripe about it only makes you sound a little immature. I'm not saying you are, just that this makes you sound it. My advice. Politely tell people like him about your car and how you got it, and maybe they'll change their opinions and watch what they say to others. Saying nothing only perpetuates his ignorance.

 

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"Of course we replied that we were. He then said, "Well, just pick out what you want and start saving, and someday you'll have one of your own."

And This guy is saying what to make you think you can't get a Vette?

I hear the guy trying to be encouraging and assuming that you CAN get a Vette if you want. Where do you get the idea that he thinks your daddy bought you anything?

I think you need to look at YOUR attitude towards others if you want them to respect you...

and BTW, learn the difference between bragging and talking, it's called subtlety.


[Modified by 427V8, 12:35 PM 9/17/2001]

 

Going to add my .02 here. OK, the guy at the races did not choose his words to you very well, but I don't think it was a personal attack. He obviously didn't swear at you or call you names. After looking over your post, can you say the same thing?

I also resent your statement about "over 40 with kids" - what does that have to do with anything? To me, YOU are the one who needs some education. So what - you bought your own car. So what - you are in your early 20's. That doesn't make you special or give you the right to act the way you seem to be doing.

Flame me - I don't care at this moment. I'll tell you like I tell my 18 year old son - Get Over It / Get A Life / Grow up. :cry

 

You're taking it all the wrong way. When I was 18 I bought myself a new 750 Triumph after saving since the age of 13. It cost £1345-00 on the road & I had been doing milkrounds at £0.40 a day, a Supermarket job at £11-71 for 16 hours a week, shopfitting at £10-00 a day & so on as well as school/college. When people said "Oh yeah, did your Daddy buy that for you, Sonny" I took it as a compliment to my dedication in getting together the money.
I got to say though: my ambition was to drink beer, but I just couldn't afford to :lol:
:cheers: Paul

 

e3pres.....I presumed reading this that your comments must have been made prior to the attack on New York and Washington, because surely your petty little issue pales into insignificance with the immense tragedy in those cities. I was shocked to see it was just sent today. If you want to be treated like a mature adult, start acting like one.
Shame on you.

 

Look guys. I'm not trying to be an a%$ about this. I was just angry about someone being disrespectful to me. I thought this was a forum to talk about Corvettes and the Corvette lifestyle. Maybe I was wrong. I don't think I'm being immature. I think being immature would have been instantly correcting this guy, and reacting poorly towards him while I was still mad. That would have served absolutely no purpose. I just wanted to vent a little to a group of people who I thought might understand where I'm coming from. I'm sorry if I've offended anyone. I know the words that I myself choose when angry sometimes present an opinion a bit more severe than that which I actually harbour. Understand, I have no ill feelings towards this man, nor towards any of you. I just wanted to share something that I experienced because of my Corvette ownership.

427V8
I'm not trying to flame anybody here, and I hope it didn't come out like that.

76Stinger
As far as the 'over 40' comment. I wasn't directing that towards anyone. I was showing that I, like most Corvette owners, don't fit the cookie cutter image that most people have of us. A friend of mine, who just happens to be 40 himself, was dating a woman for a while who said she would never date a guy with a Corvette beacuse they fit the profile that I previously stated. We are not all like that! That's all I was saying.

UK Paul
I see where you're coming from. I guess I'm just a little more defensive than you were.

and 68shark
Of course this pales in comparison to what happened last week! What doesn't! I never said that it didn't. As a 21 year old, I, as well as anyone understand the implications of that act. I'm just the right age to be drafted into military service. So do not tell me that I don't appreciate what happened to MY fellow Americans. The two issues couldn't be any less related.

 

Woah man...relax. Maybe you look younger than your age? grow a beard or something lol. I'm 23 and NEVER did I get any of those comments....I'd actually like to get old farts (pun intended) to come over and ask me if my dad bought it for me...only thing I seem to attract are a bunch of kids running around my car. I still haven't figured out the link between kids and vettes...WHERE ARE ALL THE WOMEN!? Oh yeah...rice-city.

 

I guess the only thing I don't understand is how you feel he was being "disrespectful" to you. Even had you explained that you had your vette at home, I'm sure his answer would have been, "Oh yeah - sure."

I don't let people like that bother me. Let them live with their ignorance. They just aren't worth feeding an ulcer.

No hard feelings. :cheers:

STW
Robert
76Stinger


[Modified by 76Stinger, 1:42 PM 9/17/2001]

 

I guess I should have been a little more descriptive when I described the situation. What really offended me was not his comment, but his tone. This has become a much bigger deal than I ever expected. I'm not trying to bash anyone. No hard feelings.

--Adam

 

i actually kind of understand where your coming from ive been there .....and it used to really **** me off .but over the years ive learned to ignore them,like stinger said they arent worth feeding an ulcer!im 32 now and still look like a kid!

 

No hard feelings here either...having lost one close colleague, plus 300 others, this post hit this Canadian the wrong way after last week. I shouldn't be so sensitive or critical. I was 21 once (a while back....) and would have probably reacted as you did. Looking back, I know I shouldn't have and you will too, as time has a way of changing our outlooks. My thoughts are with all Americans and certainly with those that will be called upon to defend the freedoms we take for granted.

 

68shark
No hard feelings. I know everyone is on edge after what happened. I'm sorry about your loss. You are right about this being petty and insignificant, and I did probably overreact.

--Adam

 

I agree GET OVER IT, and grow up a little.....

Your comments are not without bias either (QUOTE "Just because I'm not an overpayed arrogant businessman in his late-40's with 2 kids, a wife, and a girlfriend doesn't mean I can't own a Vette! That seems to be the stereotype of a Corvette owner!" UNQUOTE)

- so examine your own attitude before you ask others to examine you.....

 

Here's a different angle for you...
Let's face most C3s really aren't that expensive compared to a lot of cars on the road. If a person has a decent paying job they should be able to afford one. If someone thinks you can't afford one they are either A) ignorant of Corvettes or B) not very well off themselves. Either way you should feel sorry for them instead of being angry at them.