Here is a good one for ya...
 

Really nice day today so I thought I would take the Vette and get it all cleaned up.
When I pull in there is another C5 there getting detailed and I asked the guy if that was his C5 and his reply was "It isn't a C5" and I looked again and it sure was a C5 so I asked well what is it then and his reply was "It's a Corvette" So I told his a C5 was the 5th gen of the car and he told me that he didn't care what is was other than a Corvette, He was very unsociable, After he left my detail guy told me that he don't know much about cars except how to start them...
True story...

Yeah, there's a few of 'em out there.

What a tool. Sad that they are out there and the 0.5% of these people give all Corvette owners a bad name. :crazy2:

Oh boy, I would have had some fun with him.

I wish I had a video of your face and the following double take when he said it wasn't a C5. :lol:

I'll talk to anybody who walks up and wants to talk corvette....ummm..I mean C5. :lol:

Ya, I was like WOW

The sad thing is there are a scary number of people like that out & about these days.

Ignorance is bliss. To each his own. :willy:

Oh well, his loss.

. . . . so that's why they call them a C5. ;)

:D:leaving:Are you quoting yourself lol?

That sounds like a weird conversation. I would think a person would be more inclined to learn something about the car they drive from someone else with the same car. Even if they were having a bad day....at least acknowledge the generation. Beyond value, there are some notable differences between years. I don't understand generalizing the car as being just a Corvette. Sounds like a laughable moment though!

He doesn't even know how to appreciate what he has.

A shame to buy and own one and not even be interested in the least. Clearly only a status symbol for him and likely no one is impressed.

True that!

:thumbs:"They walk among us!"



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You run across jerks every now and then in the Corvette hobby. Too bad that guy was just unsociable.

Immediate thought...he is a car curber and probably just washing the Corvette to flip it! For him it is just another piece of metal to be sold at a profit. Very common in this town. Greetings, Rob

WOW; is right!



So, maybe this wasn't his car and he was bringing the car in for detailing for a neighbour, friend, relative, etc...???

How old was this guy?

Truly bizarre: and now "we may never know the rest of the story".

You just have to laugh! :lol:





:cheers:

Dan

I might have met a relative of his back in 2005. I saw a guy pull into the parking lot of my son's baseball league in a (then) new C6 coupe. I said "Nice C6" and he lifted his nose as said, "this is a Corvette!" So much for making new friends...:toetap:

I remember thinking what a toolbag! :lol:

Knowledge is King
 

We, here, are the knowledgeable few. I mean, anything, EVERYTHING, you want to know about a C5 Corvette is here (and a little extra).

It is really sad to run into one of these "it's just a Corvette" types selling cars at your local Chevrolet dealer. I recently went to our local dealer to drop off newsletters and I didn't see the `13 black ZO6 that had been parked in front. I asked one of the salesmen if they had sold the ZO6... blank stare... what's a ZO6? he asks... my turn to stare in amazement...the Corvette that was parked right here, I said...oh you mean the black one? We moved it out on the lot so we could showcase this Cruze. I had to just walk away shaking my head. :toetap:

That is totally pathetic! And not just a normal used car salesman. A Chevy dealer salesman!

Satisfactory goods and services are becoming harder and harder to find.

Did you explain to him that it's not a "bird"...it's your middle finger?

There are some A holes that drive our amazing cars. He must think he's in a league of his own. Jay

Just the other day I'm driving down the freeway in the slow lane, when a C5 comes hauling ass up behind a slow car in the left lane. I keep glancing over at the dude, but not once did he ever look my way. He just kept tailgating the car in front all the while just staying beside me and getting nowhere!

:iagree:

Guys like that give the rest of us "Corvette Owners" a bad image.

I'm glad that you were the last impression that your detail guy got of a "Corvette Owner"! :thumbs: :D

I guess my license plate would throw him for a loop. LOL

"Unsociable" is giving the guy way too much credit.
He was an a$$hole.
Definitely an unsociable one,but an a$$hole none the less.

What a d*ck. Coming from the "Import Scene" I am all to familiar with jerks in the car world. Upgrading to the Corvette family I can say hands down that the Corvette community, and just fellow Corvette owners in general no matter what generation they drive all are very friendly and I find myself always exchanging waves when passing other Vettes. However, with that being said I'm sure that there are a "few" out there, but I refuse to let a few bad apples ruin the bunch. Screw 'em if they don't want to be friendly.

Too Funny !

A week ago I was at walmart on a Sunday evening. Parked off by myself in an empty row, turned off my lights, and the left one came halfway back up. I pop my hood to wind the light down and silently curse that I have to get back in that assembly after putting in brass gears, and then what do ya know a white C5 rolls up and an older guy stepped out and walked over to me (I'm 23, he turned out to be 66). We talked for 30 solid minutes about our cars--the good, the bad, and the awesome. Told me how he had a '64 back in the day and how now he has models of every year all over his house. So while there are snobs out there, there are always other guys who love these cars and can't get enough of them. I was pretty excited that a guy 3 times my age saw my car and wanted to talk Corvettes with me.

Prior to my C5 I had a C4 and once I owned a vette I would and still do read everything about them. This may sound stupid but are there any other cars described by generations like the C1,C2 C3 etc?

Good one Mr. Bill...amazing.

Reminds me of the guy and his girlfriend that drove up to a local bar while I was outside. It was an '03 black vert.

I complimented his car (being polite, wasn't anything special) and he got kind of snotty and said, "Yeah it's a 50 Anniversary Edition, it says so on the hood". Well yes, it has the anniversary emblem and I explained the connection being the 50th anniversary but then tried to describe the "Edition" with the Anniversary Red and Shale interior/top etc.

Then he thought I was being rude and uninformed.....they just put up their noses and walked in. Oh well....

He probably paid more for it being an "Edition"....let it be. :D

Way too funny, bro. LOL

What a moron that guy is.

Not to steal your thunder, bro; but that reminds me of the time I was at a GM car show at a dealership when, while standing around talking Corvettes with a few guys, one of them said: "Hey did you see the Grand Sport in the showroom?"

When we were in the showroom taking a look, the guy drew our attention to some of the features of the Grand Sport model; so he obviously knew something.

At one point, I said: "Didn't they make a Grand Sport in '96?". The guy said: "I wouldn't know."

Huh?

I meet Corvette snobs all the time.

If you want to have some real fun with the Corvette Clueless crowd talk to most Corvette Salesmen at a Chevy Dealership!:smash:

At least your guy could "start" a Corvette - that is better than some recent thieves can do apparently!:willy:

That is one of my biggest problems - I will talk cars for hours even if I need to be somewhere else. :D :yesnod: :lol:

I had our "55" Chevy out the other day at the local diner for breakfast last weekend and a guy informed me that he had 64 Impala just like it in high school!:willy:

Are you sure it was not a C4 with a C5 body kit? That would explain it. Too embarrassedn to admit it was really a C4!:rofl:

There are Corvette "owners" and Corvette "enthusiasts".

Most of us here are of the enthusiast variety. :thumbs:

Doesnt surprise me. you should also have asked him if he's ever been to Bowling Green, or if he's ever been to Carlisle, or ask him if his engine was an LS1,LS6,or if if was a 5.7 liter. Well, maybe its best you didnt. you probably would have needed bail money. Theres a lot of these so called vette owners who couldnt care less about the history of these cars. :iagree:

YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!!!:willy:

LOL...he probably thinks his base C5 is a Z06 too.

Did any of you guys see "Passtime" Friday night? A guy said his c-5 Roadster was a "Z06" and had around 450 H.P. at the rear wheels.
He then proceded to put down a blistrering 13.30 E.T.!:eek:

:iagree: :crazy:

At least they were getting the C5 cleaned and not having mudflaps installed.

:iagree: That's for sure!

I would have had a field day, then again.... he can't saved/not worth saving :lol:

Its people like him that give corvette owners a bad name....:crazy2:

I suppose you don't like these? :D
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps73eed04b.jpg

It wouldn't bother me as much that he didn't know what a C5 was as the fact that he was a rude ogre to another vette guy... oh well.... they're everywhere...

News alert...Even a$$holes buy Corvettes! :yesnod:

:lol:

:cheers: