I always get the ones that think I don't know what I got but dude I know what I got.
I always get the ones that think I don't know what I got but dude I know what I got.
The iris neon:
lots of I miss my neons, or neons are lame from older guys, lots of women complement the color.
Black and silver 2gs fly under the radar.
the Sundance gets lots of what is that comments.
El Camino attracts:
El Camino does not attract, and practically repels:
My '69 Delta 88 Convertible attracts drug dealers for some reason:
While my '75 Duster (middle car) attracts old people:
And my '99 Metro attracts weirdos like you guys:
codrus said:Knurled. said:The RX-7 gets all sorts of people telling me about the RX-7 they used to have. And people asking me if it's ported. And people asking me if it's still rotary powered. As it sits there brapping along at a 1500rpm idle, like Godzilla's chainsaw if Godzilla was a nuclear mutant lumberjack.
My FD gets a mixture of reactions. People telling me about the one they used to own, people asking if it's got an LS, some just admiring it as a survivor.
Kind of surprisingly, very few people want to race -- except when my friends drive it. One evening we were coming back from dinner after swapping the clutch, my friend was driving, and in the space of 3 traffic light he had six different cars try to race him.
This is interesting, because thus far pretty much all of the attention my FC has drawn is because people recognize it's swapped. Which is kind of cool, because most people that know the difference between a rotary and a V8 by sound seem to be able to hold a reasonable conversation about cars.
The FRS gets the occasional "nice car" from people, but that's usually the extent of the conversation and it generally seems to go largely unnoticed, which is fine by me for a daily. However, about a month or so ago I was behind a school bus coming home from work with two 8-ish year old boys sitting across the aisle from each other in the back row. One of the boys turns around and sees my car, then immediately grabs his friend and both start staring at it wide eyed for a few minutes, before seeing me watching them and giving me a thumbs up. I threw one back at them and gave the throttle a few blips. Not gonna lie, that made my day.
Edit: The RX7 has drawn exclusively male attention, of ages ranging from approximately 20-60, including one dude who looked almost exactly like Bill Goldberg. Women seem to be put off by it, including SWMBO. The FRS on the other hand seems to be about 50/50 mixed between the sexes and generally biased the the sub-40 year old crowd.
Black Fiesta SE hatch. what can i say ?
1970 Karmann Ghia makes just about anyone come up and talk. I can remember only one instance since 2008 that I have fueled it up and didn’t have someone A. Ask what year it was, B. Tell me they used to own one, C. Have no idea what it is and try to guess or D. Tell a story about VW shenanigans. I have avoided driving it on days that I was feeling anti-social.
Wife’s 93 Caprice is similar. Everyone can relate to it and loves the big boat. Best was two guys who jumped into the 3rd row seats to tell us the story about how much they used to smoke pot in the back of one. They didn’t want to get out of the car.
1966 Mustang gets 25% of the attention of either of those cars (not complaining)
Protege 5- No one cares and that's nice.
RX8- Where to start... Have had many tales of former rotarys from mostly older folks (which is usually really neat) plenty of people asking if its the original engine (it is) and why in the hell did you not swap it yet, a large amount of people thinking its fast and when I tell them its slower then a V6 accord odd looks are dispensed.
Need to get the Subaru on the road and im sure ill get a whole different demographic towards that lol.
I drive around most of the time in the spring summer with the vinyl and stickers on it, because they are a pain to take on and off.
This is definitely the most noticeable car I've ever driven. Surprise. I'm sure the various stickers and numbers only make it more noticeable. I am actually thankful for it being noticeable on the highway though as even though my NA Miata was red it was practically invisible to everyone and I had numerous cars, trucks and 18 wheelers change lanes into me in that thing.
The Vette at gas stations gets noticed mostly by old white guys who give me a "cool car" or some such. Usually not much talk. The other age group that notices it are little kids who think it's amazing. My wife had it at the curb to take it to work one day when we were putting our daughter on the bus and the kids in the school bus were crowding the windows to take a look at it while exclaiming, "WOOOOW!"
On the road people attempt to either rev their motors excessively near me or they will pull hard next to me and brake in an attempt to get me to race them. I was on the GWB upper level going to Jersey one morning for an autox event and I went by a guy in a white Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 and he tried to get me to race him. Just blipping the throttle a lot while we are going up and over. When I didn't race he finally gave up and at the end of the bridge he goes WOT past me onto a different connector. This WOT throttle pass thing happens a lot. I'm not sure what people are trying to do exactly in that regard. Show me how loud their exhaust can get?
This happens even with cars that have no business thinking they can race the the thing.
I won't say I haven't done some silly things with it on the open road, specifically wide open road, but I do draw the line at some point.
Everyone
JoeTR6 wrote:The most interesting car I've driven was a BMW M Coupe. That car was polarizing. Some people loved it, some hated it, but there wasn't much in between. It definitely got noticed. One guy thought I had heavily modified a Honda Civic hatchback. One guy was yelling at me in a Lowes parking lot for not buying an American car. I didn't bother to yell back that it was built in South Carolina and probably had more US parts content than his Mustang. My stepmom said it was the ugliest car she had ever seen. To my face. I didn't really like her anyway.
Was it a Z3 or Z4? The former has idiosyncratic shooting brake styling, while the latter has styling that people love or hate. I've always thought it was attractive, but....
This one always throws them, gets lots of attention and has them supposing it to be anything from an Italian super car to a VW kit.
My '91 Firebird gets some looks and questions as to why I haven't ripped out the A/C and 305. ( I like cold air on a hot day and the 305 runs fine, thank you)
The 2000 Firebird gets looks, and mocked when I tell people it's a V6.
When I had a C4 Vette it was hated by women. The under 30 crowd related it to their weird uncle and over 30 said to grow up and buy a BMW....
My Sonic is invisible, except the guy at my work who likes it because its stick.
My RX7 gets:
"Do you need parts/a parts car?"
"Is it V8 swapped?"
"I have/used to have one. It was a fun car."
"When are you gonna paint that thing?"
and "Is it fast?" No... :(
My project attracts almost no one, Im good with that because Im building it for me, not for anyones approval.
Of the two I currently own and drive:
1976 Porsche 911 gets comments from everyone. Tons of people say "nice car" or "what year is it"? But this also happens sitting in traffic or next to people at stoplights. Some still want to chat after the light turns green. Thumbs up from kids and parents, and even guys on sportbikes going the opposite way. It constantly gets told "its beautiful", "lovely car", and "I bet she's fast" etc. All of that cracks me up because a few years ago mid-year air cooled 911s couldn't be given away. I bought it when no one else wanted it. And it is slow compared to most everything on the road today.
2008 Mustang GT convertible, with the top down and my kids in the back seats gets tons of waves. Everyone smiles when the kids are in the car. Other than that it is invisible. Top up and top down with me alone in it, gets nothing.
Former memorable noticed ones:
1997 and 2002, Jeep TJs, constantly told "you need to lift it" by most dudes. Keep in mind one was lifted 4" and on 33s, but the other was stock on 31s.
1983 CJ7 and 1980 CJ5 - both were super clean, soft tops, and got tons of offers for purchase and stories from when the commenter had one.
Former invisible vehicles:
2007 Jeep JK Unlimited, even with a manual and being lifted, very little notice. (this would have been in 09-10)
1990 Ford F150 4wd, one old guy noticed that it had no wheel well rust.
2000 Subaru Outback 6cyl, green and gold. Not even the lesbians noticed this one.
2002 Jeep Liberty
2008 Mazda 3 wagon
2002 Ford F150 Supercrew 4wd
In reply to maschinenbau :
My wife loves ElCos, and I have been casually scouring all of CL, FB Marketplace and several forums for them, while waiting for the stars to align, or heretofor unknown millionaire uncle to bequeath me an incredibly large sum of cash.
*While also "innocently" dropping hints and asking questions about her feelings on the last generation stacked headlight Ranchero, knowing full well she will never love them like I do.
wspohn said:JoeTR6 wrote:The most interesting car I've driven was a BMW M Coupe. That car was polarizing. Some people loved it, some hated it, but there wasn't much in between. It definitely got noticed. One guy thought I had heavily modified a Honda Civic hatchback. One guy was yelling at me in a Lowes parking lot for not buying an American car. I didn't bother to yell back that it was built in South Carolina and probably had more US parts content than his Mustang. My stepmom said it was the ugliest car she had ever seen. To my face. I didn't really like her anyway.
Was it a Z3 or Z4? The former has idiosyncratic shooting brake styling, while the latter has styling that people love or hate. I've always thought it was attractive, but....
1999 Z3 M Coupe, AKA the Clown Shoe.
I usually get guys in their late teens and 20's asking if I want to sell it. I found a note on the windshield a few weeks ago from someone who left their number, for me to let them know when I'm ready to sell. Occasionally I'll get a guy in his 50's or 60's who either has a newer NC model, or guys who used to have one long ago. As far as I've noticed, it doesn't really seem to get any attention from women.
Before I sold my Locost, it got attention from pretty much everyone.
Viper. Dudes asking questions as far as the eye can see. Occasionally women but that is at the track and they can drive and typically want to see if they fit or if the power pedals work well for someone shorter.
I could get laid in the Cadillac daily with women in there 40's and 50's. Its annoying and weird. I come back to business cards on the windows and occasionally sitting in the car. It is not fun.
Everyone loves the Thunderbird. Lot of people think it is a early corvette but everybody freaks out when I drive it. Which is weird its not a terribly rare car. I just think people think it is rare to see an older car being driven in anger on the street.
I don't think any car I've owned has really drawn attention from anyone except the Police.
he Falcon attracts homeless people, Chevy and Dodge aficionados who want to tell me why their vehicle choices are so much better than mine and drunk guys who want to tell me about all the muscle cars they used to have and how they all did 140mph after they got their 4:11 gears installed. Frankly the people it attracts are the reason I want rid of it.
Let me know if you are serious. Seriously.
Man I can't wait to see what the RX-3 wagon gets when it's finished. Probably nothing but it'll be loud and brappy at least.
The 2011 MS3 is, for the most part, completely anonymous to passerby's. I'll sometimes have clients ask about it as they try to figure out what's up with it when I drive it out to see them. Occasionally I'll get some rear seat passengers smiling and pointing at it's face since it's the happy faced version.
Depends on the car. When I had the Superbeetle convertible, someone tried to buy it every time I took it out of the garage, notes on it whenever I parked it and came back.
The Mazdaspeed Miata gets the odd positive comment, only had a few people offer to buy it.
When I had the 1998 Integra, people always wanted to race, very attractive to the youngsters
My Cooper S gets a lot of attention from middle age women, all of whom tell me of their eagerness to buy one. They wave a lot also. I hardly have a week that goes by where someone doesn't stop me.
My new to me BMW 128 on the other hand seems to encourage rage from other drivers.
As I've stated here before, my old Fiat 600 was the king of attention from the cars I've owned. A drive anywhere resulted in conversations with someone.
I've owned a large number of invisible cars too, including all of my Miatas and the BRZ. The 370Z had a lot of teenage boys stop to talk about it. I don't remember the X1/9s getting much attention, but the Alfa Romeos did. Whether it was one of the Spiders or GTVs, they all were conversation starters, although most had no idea what they were.
I've been driving a hopped-up Fairmont for so long, I don't know what it's like to not be noticed. I have to nod to acknowledge so many waves and thumbs-ups that you'd think I have Parkinson's. I got a thumbs-up from a guy in a Ferrari Spyder one day, and another day had a guy in an AMG acting like a teenager on the freeway, trying to get me to race him. One night, my buddy with a brand-new Scat Pac Challenger was pissed off because a bunch of Honda fanbois walked right by his car to look at mine. Little girls? Yep. Old guys? Check. Old lady in a beat up Forrester at a stop light? "What do you have in that thing? It sounds awesome!" I read this, and I know it sounds conceited, but it's all stuff that happens.
So, what do I do? I get a '71 Ford station wagon, because that's *so* much more subtle. It's just as bad, and I haven't even gotten a decent exhaust on it yet.
I'm waiting to see the red mist of people's heads exploding when I put the Fairmont on the trailer (with the numbers/stickers on it), and tow it with the wagon. <*poof*>
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