Over the top?
 

So my wife (and just about everyone else that sees my garage), thinks I am over the top with the orange cones and barriers protecting my girl. I told them I was going to post some pics on the forum and see what the members consensus is. I am sure from reading this forum for some time that there will be good deal of agreement and a good deal of "it's only a car", although my belief is the former will prevail! Hopefully I will have some ammo to use next time my wife things I'm crazy and "love my car more than her" lol. Thanks for the input.

OK, the car is very well protected, but I'd have to agree with your better half that this is going way overboard. :D

No you're not crazy....... you're F***ing crazy:D

Its in the garage...what are you protecting it from?

way over. I'll have to take a picture of my garage. i've a couple inches clearance on either side of the vette pulling in, once its mostly in i turn the wheel to angle it so i can skirt past the panel saw that is being stored, so i can open the door enough to get out.

Thanks! LMAO, so far I'm not doing too well!

I agree with your wife. That is way over the top.

You have lost it pal, that is way over the top, plus it looks like crap.

What/who are you protecting it from? What happens when you drive it and other cars get close? Are you afraid someone is going to go out there and do something to it while it is parked in your garage? Its a Chevrolet.

I just noticed, that you are protecting it from everything but airborne contaminants. :ack:

My feelings exactly!

Elaine

There seems to be an "unprotected area" in the back. A couple of road guards with flags will close that right up.

well you are 0 for 11, give it up Wife 1 Hubby 0

Your first name would not be Beldar, by chance? As a fellow OCD car care guy, this is hilarious!

:iagree: now man up and go remove that stuff :toetap:

I see that as a bunch of potential projectiles aimed at your car! If somebody where to be leaning over to take a closer look, they may fall and send all those cones, barrier wall and pole in the direction of your car.

If it's in the garage I think a simple sign on the windshield that says look but don't touch is probably adequate.

I'm gonna go with overboard.

It really depends who is parking next to you. My wife uses the braile method for parking. My car goes on the rack and is raised 3 feet every time it goes into the garage, which is where it lives.

:lolg:

:spit:

:crazy:

Nothing wrong with being protective but that is taking it a little too far. The cones even look new....don't tell me you went out and bought all those just for this occasion.

It all depends on the traffic in your garage. Are kids going in n out? Is there another driver that might park too close and hit it opening a car door? And finally your financial position. If it was a strech to buy the vet and maybe your only new one ever, no you are not over the top. If none of the above conditions apply your are OCDC.

Front page of the News tomorrow.....
Corvette Owner Arrested!For stealing road work cones... The Corvette Globe reports, Corvette owner, NaplesDoc427 decided to steal the road work cones in order to protect his Corvette in his personal garage. His wife commented that "He is crazy, and he is more in love with his car than with me"
NaplesDoc427 says his wifes driving and parking ablilities is the cause of his mental breakdown.
The DOT say they will not press charges if the cones are returned unharmed to the job site:D

you mean like this?

http://cdn5.business-opportunities.b...e_corvette.jpg

:lol:

just buy a good quality (padded) car cover

why not just lock the garage??

It may be a little over the top but my wife might like it better than me saying, "Be careful getting out" every time we return home in her car.:D

Just do this.

http://www.singlefingerspeedshop.com...e_wrap_car.jpg

That's a joke, right?

Doc you need to see a doc :willy: :lolg:

Hope so. :yesnod:

All those cones when all you need is 1 bad ass Rottweiler!!! LOL

:D That would of been cheaper and safer than the pylons for sure :rolleyes:

Not quite enough protection What you really need to get is a

HAZMAT COVER

I can't believe you are letting all those germs, spores, pollen particles
and God forbid(Allah) sperm,snot, fecal particles come in contact with your precious beauty...........Ed

I'm with the too much group. All that protection and yet the hood is left open? Makes it easy for those critters to nest in the engine bay since you obviously don't drive it with all the unprotected areas outside the garage!!!

I was assuming the hood is left open for the battery tender cable. My corvette's hood is left like that for weeks when hooked up the battery tender.

I agree with your wife also!!! Do you take the cones with you when you drive it?

Too over the top. May as well not even drive it.
Waste of garage space too.

I hope this is a joke. But just in case the OP is serious, what would those cones even protect your car from?

I say get a satin stretched indoor only cover, put it over the car and be done with it. Its cheap, its protective and it's sexy. Pretty much the opposite of the solution you are using now.

http://www.southerncarparts.com/form...er-p-2903.html

As much as I try to protect my car from any damage, I don't think I would go as far as you did. Have to side with your wife on this one.

I gotta go with you on this one. However, why cones? They aren't protecting the car from anything! YOu need to drive it onto a 9' 4 post lift, cover it, and raise it up!
Now that's protection!:thumbs:

:crazy2:

You do definitely have enough cones. I wouldn't worry about it. I've been told for many years that I'm over the top with how clean I keep my cars. Oh well..

40-1...I think we have a winner. Sell the cones, or as Mcandrew said, take them back to the local highway dept, and take your wife out to eat...but not in the Vette...you may have to park near someone. :D

Now if your wife comes home drunk and staggering quite frequently I could see a couple of cones, but if thats not the case then you need to come home staggering once in a while. Wow I don't feel anal anymore.

I bet your the kinda guy that has a chastity belt on your wife aren't you? JK Yes, that's way over the top.

:conehead

Definetly over the top!

Love the conehead. We will enjoy mass quantities :-) :thumbs:

Dave Mcandrew told me this was your dads car before they invented cones.
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/...CarCapsule.jpg

One can never be too cautious in ones garage, especially while working around the car at your workbench during winter storage. I only have a 1 -1/2 car garage and it's close. I even put towels and bedspread Over my cover!! Lol


http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h3...-48-44_113.jpg

I had a dentist customer with a Ferrari. His wife told me she'd catch him in his underwear at 3 a.m. sitting in it listening to the radio.

:lol:

Wow, I set myself for this beating I guess :) ! I should have mentioned that this began when my 12 year old son decided to "park" his bike and skateboard right next to my car, so being the OCD person that I am, I took it to the extreme and bought (no, funny though it was, I did not steal them from the highway dept.) all these cones and put up the barrier. The one in the front of the car is because the recycling barrel is in front of the car and everyone likes to throw (and miss) bottles in to it so in case of a stray projectile I'm covered. And no, this is not my first new car (I've had more than I can count), and no, it wasn't a stretch to buy it. Maybe it's an only child thing, I don't like people messin with my stuff lol. In any case, I'm glad I didn't tell my wife about this post yet cause it looks like I am losing big time. Thanks for all the comments in any case, I got a good laugh at my own expense!

:thumbs:show the wife, at least let her get an I told you so out of it:lol:

Looks fine to me:hide:

I would say it' over the top

The only thing you can do to keep it any safer and i def suggest you do this ASAP is to park it in my shop. Ill take care of her for you lol.

I'm coming to the aid of a Corvette brother....:lol:

Looks fine to me and if I had a 427 vert, I would go overboard to protect it too. :thumbs:

that there should land you on the 'total douchebag" meter.. Right towards the top. you can't be sirius...

Not enough protection. I would install an electric fence.

Well then it's a good thing you didn't win the Powerball and buy him a ZR1:lol:

Not a bad idea, any electric fence vendors on the forum?

if that is what it takes to protect your vette
and piece of mind then dont worry about
what anyone else thinks :cheers:

hi there my buddy chavvvvvvv dont pay the 40 to 1 count any mind. u know ur beauty will stay a beauty like that and as far as its only a car stuff lolo if it was only a car it would b a bmw or a m.b or even worst the p car but its a vette a piece of american beauty.

:thumbs: ur the best brutta so now its 40 to 2 who cares who wins

rjc 53

No you wouldn't. :lol:

Thanks brutta I'm counting your vote as a 50 so now I'm ahead....

and your Corvette brother thanks you! :thumbs:

That's a little overboard when you could easily just strike some fear into the mind of anyone with access to her:lol:

Let's try that again as I screwed up the last quote.

And your Corvette brother thanks you! :thumbs:

:iagree: I found one of the greatest things about getting old (51), is that at this point I really don't give a s**t one way or the other what people think! If I did I probably wouldn't have posted this, that's for sure :)

:iagree:

Go to a "Feed Store" or a "Tractor Supply" store and get an electrified wire to surround the car and lay it across the top of the cones.

Whoever accidentially touches that wire and tries to cross that barrier will only do it once. :eek: ZAP! :D


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It was all in fun Doc, we all wait for threads like this to have a few laughs. If I had that car I would be a wreck every time some one walked through my garage also. You took it very well. :cheers:

Nah, you're fine. :thumbs:

Doc, are you a "real doc" or a chiropractor? did you take the big or the small bus to grade school? no, you are not crazy. you are what is referred to as "special", lol.

Seriously, its a damn near 100k vehicle. if there is that much traffic in your garage, I might be onboard with it if they were arranged in a manner more consistent with straight lines and 90 degree angles.

:iagree::iagree:

:iagree:

Over the top?
 

Nope. You can never have too many cones.

WTF??? Yeah...that seems a little over the edge...:crazy:

You are clearly a card carrying nut..now where are the pics of the wife?????:toetap:

over the top?....................slightly. don't blame you though.

almost forget - this was my prototype for keeping the C6 safe :D
for some reason the patent office doesnt let you submit rube goldberg machines:confused2:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/phot...inator9000.jpg

Do you have kids? Having that many cones around could cause more damage then what would happen otherwise.

Bizaro...appropriate name. Not too sure what a "douchebag meter" is but I think sirius is a radio...
Just sayin.

I say address the core problem, not band aid it with cones. If any kid (person) is ok throwing bottles in a recycling bin a few feet from your $85k + car you've got bigger issues that will get worse over time. I don't don't have kids but someone's azz is getting whooped if bikes, skateboards, surf boards, bottles, etc get knocked into a car due to blatant carelessness. OK, I'm done now. Wow, I just got worked up:ack:

I really should move this to OT :rofl:

Love it! Very funny! I assume you also have an air purifier with a hepa filter?

he has an all in one air handling system with desssicant dehumidiifcation, and steam humidifier for those time when it drops below 38 grains in the garage, lol.

Yes, Over the Top is correct.

Nice garage...is that your underwear drying in the right corner?

Deep down you know your wife has your number correct. I wonder if you can get a straight jacket with stripes...:crazy:

I'm worried that some kid might accidently bump that skateboard and roll it into the protective zone of death thus upsetting the harmonic balance of the universe and we will all be blasted into the eternal cosmos never to drive our fantastic play toys ever again. Good lord man ease up.

THIS... Unless you have a preschool class of kids walking through your garage every day to view it, then this is way overkill for any adult.

WTF. Seriously. :crazy2:

I definitely have to agree with you. You need all the protection you can get. But, I am wondering- why aren't there any cones BEHIND the car? You need a lot more back there.--:thumbs:

LOL. Over the top dude.