Most Frequently Asked Questions About Your Car

You autocross that?

Have you finished rebuilding the car yet?

vwcorvette said:

You autocross that?

"You're braver than I thought!"

Pete Gossett said:

I’m a bit sad that no one has asked about, commented, or even sneered at my “Clutch in, Dicks out” license plate frame on my Miata. 

One person in the history of ever, or maybe the past one and a half years, ever commented on my license plate.  (The cheat code for invincibility in DOOM) 

He said something to the effect of "Man, I bet nobody understands that nowadays"

Same gas station, a few months later, I was paying at the counter and the cashier saw my Aperture Science shirt and said something gaming-related.  I mentioned that my frickin' car's license plate was a cheat code.  She'd never heard of it.

Knurled. said:

vwcorvette said:

You autocross that?

"You're braver than I thought!"

Haha! Exactly what I was thinking. Even had that on my former autocross car, the Millennium Clyde.

Of my Vette, "you don't race that?"

“Sir, do you have any idea how fast you were going?”

Haha why do you drive that pos?

because it cost less then my paycheck and wot all the time is fun!

My Samurai with hardly any fenders, a spring-over lift, no doors, no tailgate, no targa bar, no roof, 33” Super Swampers that stuck out 5” on each side:

Boyfriend to his girlfriend: “What IS that?”

Girlfriend to her boyfriend: “I don’t know but I want one!”.

Looked similar to this:

It's a tie between "is it running yet?" And "how much did those parts cost?" 

a WHAT? 
 

-about any number of them

Knurled. said:

Pete Gossett said:

I’m a bit sad that no one has asked about, commented, or even sneered at my “Clutch in, Dicks out” license plate frame on my Miata. 

One person in the history of ever, or maybe the past one and a half years, ever commented on my license plate.  (The cheat code for invincibility in DOOM) 

He said something to the effect of "Man, I bet nobody understands that nowadays"

 

Same gas station, a few months later, I was paying at the counter and the cashier saw my Aperture Science shirt and said something gaming-related.  I mentioned that my frickin' car's license plate was a cheat code.  She'd never heard of it.

 

So I can only assume that your other cars plate is IDKFA? 

In reply to dean1484 :

It'd be IDNOCLIP if we had eight letter plates.

("Other"... there are six, and now half of them are running, registered, and drivable!)

I used to get asked if I had a a Bug engine in it all the time. Since it was a Locost 7 with no cover over the rear compartment I always had to wander over and take a look at what they were starring at. It was always an old Corolla LSD rear diff and the toes of their shoes.

With the Europa I get a fair number of “What is its” followed by “I haven’t seen a running one in years”. 

 The Spitfire gets a fair number of “Nice MG” comments.

The Elan gets a lot of “When will of be done?” comments. I wish I could honestly answer this one.

Most frequent question is definitely "What the heck is that?"

^ That's freaking gorgeous. I'm sure >99/100 people on here would ask the same question. According to your profile you have quite the eclectic collection!

Woody said:

“Sir, do you have any idea how fast you were going?”

"Yes."

wspohn said:

Most frequent question is definitely "What the heck is that?"

 

Just WOW!!!!   That is gorgeous!!!  

"When are going to sell that thing and get a bigger bike?"

Every single bro asks if my G35 is a stick. When I tell them it is, I often get a free pass to other people's college parties 

H2- Gas Millage?

924s- is that a RX7?

FC RX7- is that a Porsche?

Sierra Denali- Gas Millage or does it have Quadrastear. 

CLS550- What is that?  The Merc part is obvious but people just have not seen these that much I guess. How fast is it is the other one. 
 

Mustang- Is that a GT?  (It was a supercharged v6.). 

STR- Is that a Taurus SHO? What is that?  
 

951- Is that a Ferrari?  ( This was back in 1986)

928s4  Just got Nice Car from people  (this was back in 1987&1988)  Ladies liked that car back then.  But that was still the 80s and Crocket and Tubs were still kind of cool also.  Lol  

GTI - only people who ever ask about it at all are other GTI owners, who always want to know what mods it has (just wheels/tires and tint, so it "looks" modded). These people are almost always half my age. 

Porsche 924S - "what year is that 944?" or "what year is that RX-7?"

Sequoia - "what's up with all those stickers?" (back window is covered with stickers from stage rallies we tow to with it). Also, for some reason a lot of hispanic guys yell positive comments about it when I drive by them on the road, IDK...

e30 - "so, you drive that to rallies? is that, like, a car show?"

That's a 3 cylinder, right?

I was asked just yesterday, where do you even get 13" tires these days?

Driving my best friend's '74 Leyland Pickup:

"Did you do that to it?" No

"Is that a Mini Cooper?" Also no, but to you're close.