Frizlefrak

FACT

dfalliaux

I had a lady ask me "is that the car they used in the show Knight Rider?"

Hideki

I once had a guy come up to me when I was pumping gas, he said he had a C4 and he bought the same exhaust system as me. I didn't really pay him any mind, but my HKS exhaust system was handbuilt "Hideki Special Tune" in my garage

Johnfur

From one 1990 Vette owner to another:

How many miles on your 1990 Vette?
Response: 92,000

I only have 7,500 on mine.
Reponse: Thats' just like having a georgeous wife and not getting any lovin.

Johnfur

From one 1990 Vette owner to another:

How many miles on your Vette?
Response: 92,000.

I only have 7,500 miles on mine.
Response: Thats just like having a georgeous wife and not getting any lovin.

Johnfur

From one 1990 Vette owner to another:

How many miles on your Vette?
Response: 92,000.

I only have 7,500 miles on mine.
Response: Thats just like having a georgeous wife and not getting any lovin.

Otis S.

From a dumb@$$ kid at work: "Man, I would never buy one of those they blow turbos like crazy."
Me: "I don't worry about it too much, if the turbo blows I will just put a vented one on it."
Dumb@$$: "You will have to replace both of them if one blows."
Me: "Wait, it is supposed to be twin turbo? I only have one."
Dumbass: "Hahaha, you got screwed." and walked off.

I also get the, "why would you buy an automatic vette?"
I usually answer with, "what do you drive?"
I never get an answer.

Paul Workman

Now that you mention it....

Most of the dumb comments I've heard are from "older" C5+ ppl at cruise nights that see "Tuned Port Injection" on the trim belt of my ZR-1 and have something derogatory to say and express about the L98 in my car. Hmmmm..... I guess they missed the 16 runners and the "4CAM 32 VALVES" inlet on the plenum

What surprises me is the number of young car nuts that DO know about the LT5; they out number those older Corvette "aficionados" comments by far. You'll see one walking by and just casually looking around and suddenly jerk to a stop with eyes wide open - realizing what it is.

One derogatory remark in particular toward the C4s in general was at a cruise night (imagine that!). It was from a guy to his GF hanging on his arm - to the effect of what a POS the C4s were and how his 99 Vette would "wipe their asses all day long" - oblivious to what he was actually looking at. I just looked at him like he had just called me in a poker game while I was holding a royal flush.

I was just barely shaking my head "no", but he was oblivious. However, the GF caught my look and read it perfectly, and glanced at her BF and then back at me. I smiled at her and nodded "yes" and winked at her. She smiled back and then looked at her BF. She didn't say a word, but looked at BF - still oblivious to the "conversation" between his GF and me, and then she slipped her arm out from under his as they proceeded to walked on by. Not a word spoken, but I chuckled then and every time I think about that little exchange.

P.

pantera1683

, FTW!

txoutlaw55

When I was about 19 I had a 91 vert. I picked up a girl I was seeing from her folks house for a date. Her father said, "I remember back in the day when Corvettes were built right."
I asked, "How do you mean?"
He said, "Well, when I was a kid all the Vettes were made out of metal."
I responded, "Wow! I've never seen a metal one!"

bb62

In what way does someone noting they have a low mileage car fit into the scope of this thread - i.e. stupid or amusing comments by others.

People have lots of reasons for wanting low mileage cars.

I've run into that quite a bit as well. I'm always surprised by the youngster who completely will fawn over my 95 ZR-1 and be prepared to have an intelligent discussion about the car.


However, many a mid-70s owner (76 and later) has been shocked to pull their carpet up only to find their floor boards rusted out.

Frizlefrak

There was a kid (I say kid....mid 20's....looked like a kid to me ) behind the counter at Oreilly's the other day helping me. We got to talking Corvettes.....and he knew exactly what an LT5 was, and the specs of each year. I was pleasantly surprised, since he was about 10 years old when the last one rolled off the line.

Otis S.

Had another awesome one today. Actually the same kid who was talking about the turbo's.

Him: You shouldn't take your top out because one of my buddy's had a newer Corvette and he wrecked it with the top out and the insure wouldn't pay for it because they said the damage wouldn't have been as bad if the top had been in.

I couldn't even come up w/ a witty reply. I was so dumbfounded I just walked away.

Goldcylon

A lady at a gas station in Van Horn Texas.... Upon driving my ZR-1 from Houston to Phoenix caught in a snowstorm which closed I-10 overnight and stranded us there for 36 hours"

" I was meaning to ask you. How does it drive in the snow "

texasedirpvette'91

"nice ferarri"

Frizlefrak

You got stuck in Van Horn for 36 hours? I'm sorry. Really, really sorry.

r15

onedef92

A lot of ****'s ask me about gas mileage either at the pump or at traffic lights. Most are surprised to hear I average around 20 mpg in my LT1.

A guy who was driving a 2004 Buick Park Avenue Ultra (and said he paid $8,500) told me a couple of weeks ago he wished he could afford a C4. I told him for what he paid for his Buick he could, but he didn't believe me.

Ian94

I was passing through Auburn Nebraska (where I grew up, population 3600) at about 2am one morning during the week in my purple 94, stopped at the all night gas station there, got gas, saw two local cops there, came out and they were checking the car over....one finally asked if it was fast.....I think that was the first vet he'd probably ever seen in person....I just smiled and said yes, very fast....come on, what are you thinking....

-Ian

PLRX

I get that one a lot. No a dumb comment but, people with $40,000 trucks say it.