Good for you saying NO. 
Am I in the wrong?
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Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Canton Georgia
There is a small town festival coming up in my wife's home town June 9th & June 10th and one of the organizers asked if they could use my Vette in the parade on Saturday.
I thought it would be kind of fun so I said sure, and asked what time I needed to be lined up on Saturday. The guys turns around and says we'll need the car for our driver about 10:00 AM.
"Driver?, what driver?" I said. He says the high school senior selected as grand Marshall will drive the car himself. I said "Huh...... what, I'm not letting a kid, not mention a kid I don't know drive my car", he can drive in the car with me".
This guy then says that won't work because he'll have cases of ice-cream bars he'll be handing out to the kids on the parade root.
This time I say "excuse me, you're going to have what in my car with this teenage kid I've never met driving my car?" Hoping when he repeated it he would hear how crazy that sounded, but he just repeated it and said could they use it?
I end up saying no, he was pretty ticked, my wife thought I should have since its a town where everyone knows everyone but I just couldn't get past the part about the teenage boy I don't know with a car with 436HP and ice-cream in my car.
Waaaay too many things to go wrong
As the subject states, am I in the wrong?
I thought it would be kind of fun so I said sure, and asked what time I needed to be lined up on Saturday. The guys turns around and says we'll need the car for our driver about 10:00 AM.
"Driver?, what driver?" I said. He says the high school senior selected as grand Marshall will drive the car himself. I said "Huh...... what, I'm not letting a kid, not mention a kid I don't know drive my car", he can drive in the car with me".
This guy then says that won't work because he'll have cases of ice-cream bars he'll be handing out to the kids on the parade root.
This time I say "excuse me, you're going to have what in my car with this teenage kid I've never met driving my car?" Hoping when he repeated it he would hear how crazy that sounded, but he just repeated it and said could they use it?
I end up saying no, he was pretty ticked, my wife thought I should have since its a town where everyone knows everyone but I just couldn't get past the part about the teenage boy I don't know with a car with 436HP and ice-cream in my car.
Waaaay too many things to go wrong
As the subject states, am I in the wrong?
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Drifting
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In my heart I know I'm right, it's just the guilt trip from my wife and pissing this guy off that bugs me a bit.
Just needed to double check with folks that understand and are passionate about their cars if we were on the same wave length or was I missing something.
Sounds like we are in sync. Thanks again
Just needed to double check with folks that understand and are passionate about their cars if we were on the same wave length or was I missing something.
Sounds like we are in sync. Thanks again
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In my heart I know I'm right, it's just the guilt trip from my wife and pissing this guy off that bugs me a bit.
Just needed to double check with folks that understand and are passionate about their cars if we were on the same wave length or was I missing something.
Sounds like we are in sync. Thanks again
Just needed to double check with folks that understand and are passionate about their cars if we were on the same wave length or was I missing something.
Sounds like we are in sync. Thanks again
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Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Canton Georgia
In my heart I know I'm right, it's just the guilt trip from my wife and pissing this guy off that bugs me a bit.
Just needed to double check with folks that understand and are passionate about their cars if we were on the same wave length or was I missing something.
Sounds like we are in sync. Thanks again
Just needed to double check with folks that understand and are passionate about their cars if we were on the same wave length or was I missing something.
Sounds like we are in sync. Thanks again
Drifting
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Agree with you 110%. You did the right thing IMHO no question. If the guy doesn't understand your position too bad he just doesn't understand what Corvette is all about to most of us. Don't give it another thought.
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In my heart I know I'm right, it's just the guilt trip from my wife and pissing this guy off that bugs me a bit.
Just needed to double check with folks that understand and are passionate about their cars if we were on the same wave length or was I missing something.
Sounds like we are in sync. Thanks again
Just needed to double check with folks that understand and are passionate about their cars if we were on the same wave length or was I missing something.
Sounds like we are in sync. Thanks again
This guy crazy, I wouldn't let him get past teenage driver let alone ice cream, get this guy a Mr. Softee truck!!!
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Should have said yes and showed up in a rusty minivan at 10am. "Here she is..."
Smart move on your behalf, pressure from wife and non car guy means nothing in this case. Brush if off.
Smart move on your behalf, pressure from wife and non car guy means nothing in this case. Brush if off.
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You're right. The organizer just doesn't get it. I'm not a big fan of Corvettes in parades even if I was driving it. Certainly not with a kid you don't know passing out ice cream 
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!!! such a dumb question it's hard to properly say NO with the emphases it deserves..
