Zotez
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I'm just a 17 year old from Dover, still at school full of people who either like tuners, or don't like modifying their car at all. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- welcome to the real world. you gotta remember if you're into retro stuff you really are in a tiny minority of the population. apart from a couple of local rodders I know no,one into cars. suits me just fine. blokes at work are always interested what I'm doing.but none are into cars . just ignore you're mates advise and enjoy you're car for what it is,and do what you want with it. after all its youres,you drive it so no one Else's opinions should matter Get this at School, being 14 and having lots of chavs in my class, who think a vauxhall corsa on gold painted wheeltrims is cool. Yep! I'm 14 and get it all the time from my mates about the Cortinas. All they can come up with is that all old cars are old bangers and that I'm not a real boy if I don't like super cars, wear a New York tracksuit and play football! Mainly people don't like the wood on the Estate but do I care? Well yes at times because I like to be respected for who I am but I will never change my retro taste Those cortinas are yours, and your 14? Thats awesome! You think you have it bad with the comments, think of the ones I get about my lada! EDIT: I usually get: "Look at that rusty old car" reply: "wheres your car then?" "Bet that cars well slow" reply: "ill give you a race on your bike then" "What the f**k's a lada?" reply: "Like the car you own, except this one exists" "My dad/uncle/whatever's got a [insert modern curse word car here] bet its faster than yours!" reply: "you can go fast, i can go anywhere, fancy a race to the top of a mountain?" Whats annoying is i get it from the neighbours, and we need to keep our car count down as last time they rang the council and had my brothers two vw beetles scrapped, something about my brother having no proof of ownership as they were both off the road, and on council owned land (we don't live in a council house, but they were parked on the pavement), cruel bastards. One of those beetles was a 1956!
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2008 11:57:30 GMT by Zotez
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10mpg
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I don't get it why do any of you care???
you pay your money you takes your choice, if you choice happens to be an slow ugly unreliable rusty old bag of nails thats fine by me but don't expect people not to take the pee....
if it's a smart good looking worthy piece of automotive history, then they simply don't 'get it' and nuts to them....
My sisters boyfriend was heavily into bodykitted hatchbacks and had a ridiculous Saxo, he used to rib me rotten about my Mustang, Rover P5b and my Range Rover, but then I used to never miss an opportunity to rip it out of his Saxo, what goes around comes around..
I also get a lot of grief from eco-weinies about owning 3 cars with 14 litres of V8 between them, thats more irritating, but just smile proffer the single fingered salute, and just stroll on....
Basically if you're to much of a girl to put up with a little ribbing then being 'different' is probably not for you and your best of going to buy a golf/focus or summat
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2008 12:07:23 GMT by 10mpg
The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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I can put up with the ribbing,thats half the fun of it,and believe me I can give it back twice as good as I can get it. Just annoys me when people are so small minded. I can walk down the street and see soem god forsaken bodykitted up saxo,and think thats terrible.However,thats just me being smasll minded about what he likes,which makes me small minded. I also appreciate how much work goes into this stuff,whether its to my taste or not. A mate of mine has a 106 Quicksilver,its his first car and he's put a huge amount of time into it. I personally don't like the mods,however its been done to an exceptionally high standard and I respect that
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I think it actually gets worse as you get older. Definitely gets worse as you get older. How true! My friends all buy magazines like Bella, Best, Real Life ( ?) or Take a break. Me I buy things like Practical Classics, CCW and Custard Tart. ( I don't read the techical stuff mind you, don't do oily bits ) None of them really understand, one of my male friends is starting to now he's seen the Fairlane & Street Addict. But none of the girlie friends do, most of them think that a hot rod is something you buy at an Ann Summers party and modifing a car involves hanging the latest air freshener from the rear view mirror. Sniper's family seem to understand more than mine do, but then the males in the Sniper family do have enging oil running through their viens. After all his father did start up the Ipswich Transport Museum back in the mid 1960's.
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2008 13:15:57 GMT by giggles
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I'd rather gouge my eyes out with a spoon. "why a spoon cousin?" ;D TBH, most of my friends & colleagues quite like my dubious tatse in vehicles, so I guess I'm relatively lucky. My uncle drove the Amazon the other year, and his comment when getting out was that he now understands exactly why I like it
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2008 14:02:14 GMT by Paul H
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My neighbour who has an Audi A4 Convertible asked me what luxury items my van had. I replied 'seats and a steering wheel'. Most people probably see cars as status symbols and think the bigger and more expensive it is, the more respect they command on the road. He then asked why I've got it, so I offered to take him out for a spin in it. He declined.
Driving my van, I get let out of side roads, people pointing and waving and taking pictures on their phones. In my modern, none of that would ever happen.
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I get stick from plenty of people for owning a lada, but the random comments from people who rember them fondly more than make up for it. Also just to see the faces on some people when they spot it, some of them are priceless! If someone blatently laughs at it by way of taking the pee it can get a little offencive I guess, but you can almost garruntee that just round the corner someone will just stare open mouthed at it. Classic motoring isnt for everyone, but then most of them don't know what they are missing out on. My sister and her bloke have both got modern renaults and hes made his views clear on the lada a number of times, but now his car is in a garage and £1000 later hes run out of money to repair it so its stuck there for now, and hers has got an ignition problem that cant be traced. They are now running about in a £50 ebay shitter. Say no more! Mine still works tho, and if it does go wrong ill fix it myself for a pittance!(that is of course if its not lashing down outside, like today!) Modern stuff can be quieter, easier to drive.......... boring? But id rather take the odd bit of flack for owning a classic and enjoy the rewards. If they do get really offensive I gust flick it sideways. Always works!
And as for luxury items, a flashing handbrake light is the best my car can do, it doesnt even have carpets or a heater since the old heater decided to spring a leak!
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2008 15:21:41 GMT by bmcnut
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dclane
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I get it all the time from the wife, my parents and work colleagues. Yes, I've got a decent job. I don't HAVE to conform just because it's making the university staff car park look tacky . I've been told: "well my car's got electric seats and aircon AND it does 0-60 in under 10 seconds. It only cost £10k". My response: "mine's got heated electric leather seats, climate control AND it does 0-60 in under 8. Oh, and cost £600, with cheaper repair bills and lower insurance". ;D The neighbours have also complained (they've now gone) that their house wouldn't sell. Well, they've left and it's still not sold. But that's 'cos it's a wreck inside and out. These days I just can't be bothered - yes I'll stick an old car on the drive. It's my drive. Also, since it's the biggest driveway on the street I can put more cars on there than everyone else
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2008 16:11:24 GMT by dclane
Current vehicle collection: 2006 Saab 9-3 Aero convertible - in mid-life crisis yellow No new retro as yet ... all attempts to sneak one onto the drive have failed.
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dugong
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One Of Us Will Live To Rue The Day We Met Each Other (Wire : 2008)
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all my mates understand me. they're all registered user's on here ;D "Gobble, gobble, one of us" ;D
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i get stick from family and friends but the great british public seem to love old motors, my neighbours may have a different view to this when i do an engine change out in the street!!! cheers chris.
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I get stick from family and friends but the great british public seem to love old motors, . Its true, they do! Must all boil down to a little tiny bit of jelousy from those that 'say' they don't like it. Take philj for example, he's trying to get his sister a polo for her first car. She thinks the ladas briliant. I think he hates us both ;D. Also, the best way to realy wind people up is; Find the 'flashest' car in the carpark, park next to it in your retro snot-box, and see which car it is that people notice ;D ;D
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Marc
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I'm long past caring what anyone thinks about me or any vehicle I might be driving. My bro in law annoyed me a couple of months back though by remarking "I'm sorry mate, but that Jag is knackered". His reasoning behind this? The rear headrests have a couple of small rips in them! I got annoyed at the time as we were sitting down to a family meal and I didn't think there was any need for it. I don't think he ment it as it sounded, but it did get my back up! First off, despite what he thinks, he knows nothing about cars. Hes only ever driven new cars and is currently in a 2007 BMW 330Ci. Nice car, but for £32 grand, I'd expect it to be! I have nothing against modern cars, but I find them to be soulless and lacking in character. I also completely fail to understand why people so willing sign up to finance agreements. Your car is worth 10k new. You pay for it over 4 years and end up paying back 14k. And the car is now only actually worth 6grand. Where is the logic? My Jag was £900, is 16 years old and has covered 5500 very comfortable miles in four months. The major service its going to get soon will cost around £100. It needs a new wiper motor, which is around £20 from eBay. And then it'll hopefully soldier on until MOT time in November, at which point I'll re MOT it or sell it on if it fails to a large degree.
I drive it because I like it. I drive it because to me it makes financial sense.
And a tiny part of me drives it because it upsets people like my brother in law... ;D
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Not really, I think I get more stick for having a Clio and diesel one at that. I did get this curse word taken out of me when I had the 205 CJ cabriolet.
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205 GTi Mi16
205 XS - Now in filmidget's signature
Clio dci 80
I've found in life if someone is an idiot, they generally stay and idiot.
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Not really, I think I get more stick for having a Clio and diesel one at that. I did get this pee taken out of me when I had the 205 CJ cabriolet. That reminds me. I recently had a talbot samba convertable in for a clutch and some MoT work, I had the dubious pleasure of driving it to the test at half past three in the afternoon. Point and stare, yup, thats usual, but point and laugh? from people who are a/too young to drive and b/ waiting for a bleeding bus, thats embarrasing.
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in
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I love the total lack of understanding from most people. There is not one single interesting car in the car park at work, most of them are new and on finance. I even object to having to shell out £120 plus insurance/tax fuel for my wife's Zafira every month, but it's very useful for taking the kids to school......
My old Volvo 240 estate got lots of stick from everyone, until something needed fetching from Ikea or similar ;D
It's satisfying though, when you can meet someone else with an old car and have a random chat. I as at my parents earlier today, guiding my daughter on a new bicycle around the road they live on. We stopped at the drive where a young chap was fettling a nice looking Triumph Vitesse, we had a nice chat. Imagine doing that with 'Mr Mondeo' with alloys & sat nav included......
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Peugeot 307sw - Suzuki SV650S - MX5.
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chrisw
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The closest I've ever come to getting 'stick' for owning an older car was when I sold my first Nova (1992 - J reg) and bought my first CRX (1988 - E reg). My friends at the time had been brought up thinking that newer = better. When they realised how much more car the CRX was compaired to the Nova, they caught on. I think the reason why I've never had a problem is because I've only ever really known people that are interested in cars, both at work and socially. My parents were keen on cars to. Mums favorite is the E-Type, Dad did most of the work on his cars himself (and then bought the Landy for me ). So, no, I've never really had and stick for owning an older car.
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I grew up with it...... My Dad was always tinkering with older motors. Back in the 70's when the fuel crisis hit (and petrol went up to...wait for it....50p a gallon) everyone was panicking and offloading perfect Crestas/Zodiacs. I was there in 1975 when my Dad outbid the scrappy by a fiver and took home an immaculate 9-yr old Mk3 Zephyr for £15. He's no different now, and we have a common bond over rust and oily bits that transcends any father/son relationship, we're like mates. And like many of us here, most of my mates are registered R-R members, even if they don't post as much curse word as I do. Loads of the lads at work are into either cars/bikes as well, again it gives us something to talk about. Any my neighbour owns a really tidy G-plate BMW 318i that I've got first dibs on if ever he sells. I'm a petrolhead, I'm 43, and I'm never stopping, I don't care what anyone else thinks.
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Ray
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1964 Anglia 105e - MK4 Polo Sinbad
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I'm just a 17 year old from Dover, still at school full of people who either like tuners, or don't like modifying their car at all. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- welcome to the real world. you gotta remember if you're into retro stuff you really are in a tiny minority of the population. apart from a couple of local rodders I know no,one into cars. suits me just fine. blokes at work are always interested what I'm doing.but none are into cars . just ignore you're mates advise and enjoy you're car for what it is,and do what you want with it. after all its youres,you drive it so no one Else's opinions should matter Get this at School, being 14 and having lots of chavs in my class, who think a vauxhall corsa on gold painted wheeltrims is cool. Yep! I'm 14 and get it all the time from my mates about the Cortinas. All they can come up with is that all old cars are old bangers and that I'm not a real boy if I don't like super cars, wear a New York tracksuit and play football! Mainly people don't like the wood on the Estate but do I care? Well yes at times because I like to be respected for who I am but I will never change my retro taste Those cortinas are yours, and your 14? Thats awesome! You think you have it bad with the comments, think of the ones I get about my lada! EDIT: I usually get: "Look at that rusty old car" reply: "wheres your car then?" "Bet that cars well slow" reply: "ill give you a race on your bike then" "What the f**k's a lada?" reply: "Like the car you own, except this one exists" "My dad/uncle/whatever's got a [insert modern curse word car here] bet its faster than yours!" reply: "you can go fast, I can go anywhere, fancy a race to the top of a mountain?" Whats annoying is I get it from the neighbours, and we need to keep our car count down as last time they rang the council and had my brothers two vw beetles scrapped, something about my brother having no proof of ownership as they were both off the road, and on council owned land (we don't live in a council house, but they were parked on the pavement), cruel bastards. One of those beetles was a 1956! Well they're my dad's but I own the site with them in and that's what my mates see Wish they were mine though! ;D
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misteralz
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I may drive a Volkswagen, but I'm scene tax exempt!
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Mar 10, 2008 10:01:45 GMT
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I guess I'm incredibly lucky. I live out in the sticks with two other houses near me. My neighbour on one side has a barn full of old VWs and keeps saving old Landies or anything interesting that's too good to scrap. My neighbour on the other side has owned a few Alfas and now has a KTM. When I met my wife, my GTI was still on the road and she loved it. Still does, and keeps going on at me to finish it. Only stick I've really had was from an old boss, who would berate me for it in front of everyone. Responding in front of everyone that it was a helluva lot more stylish, quicker, faster and more reliable than his shitey green Carina, and had a valid MoT to boot, shut him up. He later apologised to me, but in private. curse word... Be yourself, like what you like and make no apologies for it. Folk will respect you more for it, y'know. Oh, and here's a pic of the back of my Golf. You can use it as ammo if you like? ;D
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Stu_B
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Investing in rust!
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Mar 10, 2008 11:24:20 GMT
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If I get any comments about my cars they're usually good ones. My parents & my Girlie moan about how much I spend on them... although to be fair neither of my cars have turned a wheel for ages & I keep buying stuff.
I'm past caring about negative comments... it's your car do what you want!
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