What is it about my car?

Seriously, this thing attracts vagrants, tweekers and homeless guys like moths to a light.

Its just a Falcon. Grannys sedan. It isn't a muscle car, not a street rod. Just a basic daily driver. It isn't valuable. It isn't particularly desirable.

I get approached at least 5 times a day by all manner of unsavory characters. Not in a "got any spare change?" kind of way, but in a "I really like yer car dude" or " I lern't to drive in a car jes' like this 'un" or " Oh I had a 72 Maverick that look'd idenikal"

I know part of the problem is location. Eugene has a ridiculously huge homeless population.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpjcY4vENCY

But what is it about the car that almost exclusively beckons folks who haven't bathed in a month? The mustang wheels?

I am used to lots of attention with my cars. The Fiat garnered 3 notes a week and several chats a day. You couldn't park at the grocery store without a group coming up to ask questions but the people were for the most part well spoken, clean and interesting.

Avoid hanging around it, install a loud alarm?

It's a basic, cheap, somewhat undesirable car. And more so 20 or so years ago. Just the type of car a "less fortunate" person might be able to afford back then.

Probably similar to something like a late model Oldsmobuick might be in 20 years.

I bet you could solve your problem if you burned down Whoville.

I like it, does that mean when I grow up I will be a vagrant?

EastCoastMojo wrote: I like it, does that mean when I grow up I will be a vagrant?

you mean your car hobby hasn't made you one yet?

I get the opposite problem with my Rover. People see me driving it and automatically assume I paid $70,000 for it and usually hit me up for change. Makes me miss the volvo

I stuck a 'Free Crack' sticker on your bumper. Sorry dude.

I had never experienced that phenomenon until a friend and I went to get pick up a keg and ice for a party. He decided to take his 66 Chevelle since it would be going down for a refresh/restore soon at the time. It took nearly an hour and half to accomplish this task. No less than a dozen guys wanted to talk about it and swap stories then there were a couple guys that were either mopar/ford fan boys or just envied people with nice things that just wanted to be dicks for whatever reason.

Unless the person is at a car show or gathering ill usually just give a quick compliment or a thumbs up and leave it at that.

RossD wrote: I stuck a 'Free Crack' sticker on your bumper. Sorry dude.

Now he has this guy claiming to be mayor of something or other following him around.

A few months ago I was leaving the grocery store. Started the Falcon, put it into reverse, checked my mirrors and right as I was about to pull out I hear the passenger door open. Some dude who looked just like Deidrich Bader in office space sits down and says "Sweet ride man!, This thing got a boss 302 in it?"

I just asked him to get the berkeley out of my car, which he did and waved as he walked away.

Have you seen the movie ,"The Other Guys"?
Similar running gag.

Ditchdigger, you're wrong. Your car is a sweet ride. It's special in that it's not the same old same old. It's not a Mustang or a Camaro or a Corvette or a Chevelle. It doesn't matter that it doesn't blow the doors off of anything. It's an old car in good condition, with a few tasteful mods. It's classy.

I'd pay attention to it if I were homeless too.

I think it's desirable. It would attract me. I have a home and a job and bathe frequently. But, I had the same sort of experiences with the '64 Fairlane I drove for years, but a fair amount of attention from ordinary car nuts, too.

ditchdigger wrote: Its just a Falcon. Grannys sedan. It isn't a muscle car, not a street rod. Just a basic daily driver. It isn't valuable. It isn't particularly desirable.

OMG Dood! You are so wrong. That thing is awesome! (my Dad had a '63 wagon). I'm sure that if you were in a better part of town you wouldn't get the vagrants, just men and women with impeccable taste!

Old and clean is nice.