"The Question" You know, you've been asked....

[steve817]

Great replies Mopar fans, I am as humble as ever and quite comfortable driving up in one of my old Mopars. If your car(s) are built to drive, like mine, I am confident in all traffic. Our last big outing was taking the V code RR through Yellowstone/Jackson, Idaho, Washington and entering it in the Spokane Goodguys show last summer. My kids love to show the cars.
My R/T is an auto. Wow belle66! Your car is very cool!

super-bee_ski
"Gosh steve...
That is "SAD"
I wonder if it has anything to do with demographics?
I live in So Cal...lots of "old cars" on the road."
Demographics always has something to do with it! I will say that there are many hotrods here in WY. Thanks everyone!

 

[Budnicks]

I now say I drive them for the "Smiles Per Gallon" not miles...
They usually just move on...

There're the exceptions,
I usually just ignore the a--holes, Prius, Leaf, Civic or CRX, Geo, Camary, Smart Car, Ultima etc. owners,
{seem the people that own & drive German cars seem to be pretty cool to me, usually}
Those that own the array of Japanese cars, that just don't get it...

they never will

I sometime remark "Different strokes for different folks"

One I do remember well...
I got hammered by some fat bitchy ol'lady in a Save Mart parking lot,
that she was wheeling a cart full of crap, junk food, soda,
loading it up with all the sugary crap & getting into her Honda Civic,
while I was pushing a shopping cart full of groceries & produce for the family,
with a few kids in tow...
I always had a couple with me...
{they & their friends loved riding in my old cars} anyway I think it was one of my 68 Chargers,
this was some 20 years ago, in Concord...
She was going off about me dangerously subjecting my kids to a car
without Air-Bags/safety issues, Blah Blah Blah !! hater BS...

My young 17y/o nephew Keith responded before I could even say anything,
"we have enough air-bags in the world already" referring to her I assumed,
I told him "that wasn't very nice", trying to be the better person, all while I was thinking
he shouldn't be an air-bag like her, but he was a chip off the ol'block
& then she walked off in a huff, climbed into {more like folded the fat into} slammed the door
of her POS Honda, window ratting like crazy, the she squealed off like the pig she was,
in that POS Civic, that ran like crap I may add...

 

[Brandy]

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A while ago in October i was hauling the 67 Coronet back from western NY with my buddy. We stopped at an Exxon station and i prceded to fill 'er up. A 20 something asian looking pimple factory walked all around the trailer and finally arrived next to us. He said," Man dog, what a piece of crap. you droppin that off at the wrecking yard?" My buddy and i looked at each other and burst out laughing. the kid said, " What?" I replied, " That your Toyota over there?" " yah what of it?" In a few years that POS will be a pile of spare parts in a car crusher while this 37 year old muscle car will be restored to run another 37 years. You might as well drop that piece of crap off at the wreckin yard today...dog." He just walked over to his lowered, wild painted, aero skirts hangin off, boomboxed up POS and got in. He did flip us the bird as he squeaked out a chirp from his one front tire on the way out of the lot. Idiot. Ever since then, my buddy shoots fake gang signs and says, " What up Dog?" every time he sees me. He's a short, fat, white, Vermont dairy farmer. very funny.

 

[benno440]

I have never been asked anything like that, I always get "nice car" or "**** yeah" or " do a burnout" or massive smiles from ladies who are stuck in there tracks.

 

[Budnicks]

I may add 99.9999% of the time I get the thumbs up,
especially from the younger kids & people around town or in the neighborhood,
even from local CHP & Police

 

[44070dart]

midlife crisis purchase ??.............. not unless I'll make it to 130 years old... I get many more approval looks and nods from people who get it ..I tell normal people I worked as a mechanic in my youth and enjoy building and maintaining my pleasure car and it takes me back to another time for a little while

 

[theman440]

I usually get waves or a thumbs up, never asked why I was driving an "old" car. If the top is down somebody will shout out nice car. Last Sunday coming back from the local cruise-in I got stuck behind a Smart Car going 10mph below the speed limit. He turned right at the same street I needed to turn, I followed, got in the left lane (after the turn) stood on it and blew by him while barking secong gear. I turned to my 15 year old son and said " I did that just to piss off that greeenie"

 

[Brandy]

I have never been asked anything like that, I always get "nice car" or "**** yeah" or " do a burnout" or massive smiles from ladies who are stuck in there tracks.

I used to get all of that with my '65 Impala SS. Ladies always wanted to stretch out on the wide back seat.

 

[patrick66]

I get the questions all the time in my '86 Ford Country Squire wagon (my daily driver). It has woodgrain, chrome, and a roof rack. The only wagon at work in a lot full of pickups, sedans and SUVs. My last car payment was my wife's '06 Chrysler, and that was nearly seven years ago. I hate payments, computers, air bags, and basically anything on the road newer than 1990.

That's why I drive older cars and trucks.

 

[mopar 3 B]

Have not had any one ask why I drive my old daily driver. 1982 dodge D350 dually flatbed. Have often wondered why someone would spend 40000 or more for a truck that a 4x8 sheet of plywood sticks out the back of. Get a kick out of watching some of them load at the local HD store.

 

[steve817]

About 10 years ago, I was driving my 76 3/4ton pickup and a good friend of mine that I had not seen for some time, stopped me, (he was a cop). We talked it up for awhile and then he asked me if I was working somewhere. I told him that I had finished with a degree and working in the medical field. He then stepped back from my pickup and said "boy, they must be paying really well". (sarcasm at it's finest). We both laughed and said our good byes. We still talk about that today.

 

[petieg383]

I usually just get a blank stare with their mouths wide open. Not many orange Roadrunners on the road. It's like they are actually seeing Santa Claus or truthful politician and cant believe their eyes.

If (yea right, IF) I stop for gas I always get approached with a smile and asked about it.

 

[slepr1]

I've never been asked that. But I'll never forget when my ol lady first saw my 77 Cordoba many years ago. I opened the garage door and she said "wow that's ugly". I f**ked her a bit harder that night.

 

[PolaraLover64]

Simple fact that they are easier to work on, cheaper on insurance, look better, and last longer.

 

[TUFCAT]

That's one gorgeous 1967 Coronet R/T! ...Man, you don't have to say anything...just nod your head and smile. Awesome car.