desue

Is that the Stingray? I don't bother explaining this to them, I just say no....
And we got the "who makes that" at the parts store the other day. Oh.My.

Wrecked82

Same question but I just say "yes" because they are thinking of the overall design rather than year distinctions.

my 76 ray

I like it. That makes my '74 hand built just like a Rolls Royce.

texaswilkins

I tried to sell my 82 once. The guy is walking around my old chevy not real excited about it when he sticks a magnet against the door and watches it fall off. He asks is there much Bondo on this car. When I said no he just looked at me and stuck it on the fender. He offered 8 grand for my old chevy because he thinks it has a lot of body work done to it. Kinda went downhill from there.

Bill

lg4vette

Most common question: How fast does it go?
2nd stupidest (85mph speedo): It'll only go 85?
Stupidest (by 16 year old): Can I drive it?

kcb37

Guess I haven't had stupid questions asked about mine.
Do have a coworker who goes to school. Commented that they had a 74 (same as my 74) at school they were working on.
One day he goes on to talk about how the battery is under the hood, and whatever else. Remember telling him it should be behind the drivers seat, pretty sure all of them were (C3's)
About 2 weeks later come to find out the 74 at school is a 64. (pretty smart guy, after seeing mine not being able to tell a 64 from a 74)

zuendler

"Is that a Diesel?"

Tooonz

Why did you buy THIS corvette?

Oh wait that wasn't dumb, that was pretty smart actually

1977L48

"man good looking car, the body is straight no dent's or rust or nothing"
"hey man, is that a Camaro?"
with the stingray question ive just came to understand that its easer to say "yes"
looking at the engine "why the hell you put a ford engine in it" "uh, sir, that's a 350" "nah it aint! its blue"
"what year is it? 67?"
"my dad had one just like this, it was an 85 tho"
my favorite "are you gonna get it painted?"
I keep my T-top holders on my luggage rack "whats that antenna thing on your luggage rack?" "that's for holding the T-tops" "oh I thought it was for your spare tire" WTF? you just said antenna!!!

68/70Vette

Refueling the 68 at a gas station with the engine idling. I have the factory sidepipe exhaust with Hedman headers. A teen aged boy asked my.."How can you hear the stereo?" When I was a teen aged boy I would have been impressed with the exhaust sound and never thought to have asked about the exhaust noise."

radioguy

These people exist to all old car guys. And I have to admit that I was one of them once too. My dad told me he bought a 67 Firebird with the small block 400 in it when they first came out. I repeated that story for years... until I bought a 68 Firebird and learned that all Pontiac engines... from the 326 to the 455 all shared the exact same external dimensions. Not small or large blocks. Closer to large... but all the same. I felt like an idiot.

We, or at least I, eat, breathe and live Corvettes. The learning curve on the C3 is large. I have been soaking up info... learning new stuff. Other people only know about them casually. What seems to be a no brainer to us, is not to them. It's what they have "heard" over the years.

Plus, I think they are trying to create some sort of bond with the Corvette guy. I mean, they do carry a certain mystique. They aren't your average muscle car. It's a Corvette.

I'm not defending these folks. Some of them are complete nuts. But I try and listen to them and correct when I think they will actually listen. Some won't. And those are the ones who are usually the most entertaining. At least to me.

I enjoy the car and all the attention it brings. I haven't had it out yet that someone hasn't said something about it. Thats part of owning this amazing ride. Enjoy it. Laugh later. Tell stories.

Doug

Ontario73

Well put Doug. I agree that most folks are just trying to bond with you by sharing some Corvette story they may have; such as EVERYONE once owned a '63 split coupe that they wrecked in high school!

The scary thing is that I have met several people with a chrome C3 stored in a barn somewhere!

pace1978

Hmm, could have been confused with the Corvair truck.

Capkunu

That's a razor-accurate observation of how some folks operate.

HOOAH

Does it have a 4 barrel and a three quarter cam in it?

jnb5101

Not a question, but a statement. "You're lucky it has a fiberglass body-it won't rust"!

Stingray Wes

These are all funny guys....good reading here!

My favorite comment that has been made to me..... "wow, that body is perfect with not a spec of rust anywhere".

alconk

The first time I drove my 82 to work one of the office gals walked by and said "I thought the Chevette was a much smaller car" I said it is, this is a Corvette. She went on to tell me she had never heard of one.

1977L48

had one I forgot about
"my dad had a 77 also, but it was an L82 so it had the bubble back glass"

ManuelCarrillo3

We know there are plenty of people out there who are unsure about whether Corvettes have two seats, but can you imagine there are human inhabitants of Earth who will inquire about a Corvette's seating capacity while looking inside its interior? Do they expect the rear seats to materialize as magically as pixie dust emerging from a unicorn's ***? You don't believe people like that exist? Well, they do.

A few weeks ago, we asked Corvette Forum members to hit us with the dumbest Corvette questions they've ever had to field from those less informed. Among the myriad responses, I have picked the 21 stupidest questions, and I've thrown a few stupid statements into the mix as well. Be warned, the more you know about America's sports car, the more offensively asinine these questions and statements will seem.

Read more on the Corvette Forum blog.