Things non-car guys say

[therealvilla]

Explaining to your friends about how you can't go to there apartment because you can't make it up the drive, that's always fun to explain.
Wha, where did you park then lol
Then comes the girl, because see the way my car is setup we ain't goin out to eat there, see that driveway, we're going back home.
And my car isn't even slammed, if I had a slammed car I'd carry 2x8s if I was static
Some people don't understand the stressful life of a lowered car because they tear the piss outta there cars like my friends do, no respect I suppose

Me and the wife are looking to buy a house and we're going over must haves and I mention 'no steep driveways' my car isn't slammed either. And the wife says to me 'we can't ask for that'. And a small debate ensues about how we 'sure as fuck can'(my words) and she is trying to say we A.) can't ask the realtor to check out the driveways - which we can it's not that uncommon and B.) we can just 'fix' a steep driveway. I asked her if she had any idea what would go into trying to 'fix' a steep driveway or even a driveway with a rough entry. To fix a steep driveway we would be talking tearing out the existing concrete, regrading the hill if at all possible. I go into basic geometry and explain a gradual slope would take more distance which probably isn't an option that being why it is steep in the first place. And then I mention all the red tape associated with messing with the curb/entry point, since 3' of land from the street is owned by the city and they would have to fix that we wouldn't be able to do it ourselves.... So the grade is probably unfix able in a steep driveway, and the city would probably never fix a rough entry point because your car is "too low".

She has no idea sometimes....

[peter_werks]

Explaining to your friends about how you can't go to there apartment because you can't make it up the drive, that's always fun to explain.
Wha, where did you park then lol
Then comes the girl, because see the way my car is setup we ain't goin out to eat there, see that driveway, we're going back home.
And my car isn't even slammed, if I had a slammed car I'd carry 2x8s if I was static
Some people don't understand the stressful life of a lowered car because they tear the piss outta there cars like my friends do, no respect I suppose

[BigRuss]

Seeing as my new boss is a tool and thinks hes gods gift to the world he constantly asks me if ____ CAn beat my srt4 caliber and most of the time its bullshit like 135I or 328I or even a base ass jetta...

Say Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[rice4life]

Girl I've been talking to just bought a Hyundai Genesis, went to the dealership with her, and the salesman tried to talk up the slapshift.
"Yeah, the Genesis is a great car. Has an automatic and a manual! Pretty neat huh?"
Girl "...It's not a real manual though."
Salesperson "Yes it is you can switch between manual and automatic! See? (shows us)"
Girl "It's not really a manual because it doesn't have a clutch pedal (Points to my e21) THATS a real manual because it has a clutch pedal. (looks at me) right Kevin?"
Keep in mind I've never mentioned slap shift transmissions before. She knew all on her own.
I think I'm in love.

She uses your gas and you aren't even sleeping with her?

Friendzoneproblems

I kid, I kid. She better have gotten a gen though.



"I wan my car 2 b flushed"
You see this shit on the elantra forums, then they go out, get -1" lowering springs, put them on blown shocks and call it slammed. If they aren't satisfied, then they go get some really low offset wheels for the car, "stretch" some 50 series tires over them, and slap on a mad amount of stickers.

Then they complain about being low, and how low cars bounce naturally.

[ro@dster_kevin]

"Yeah my car is a stick AND an automatic! Two modes!"


Ugh.

Girl I've been talking to just bought a Hyundai Genesis, went to the dealership with her, and the salesman tried to talk up the slapshift.
"Yeah, the Genesis is a great car. Has an automatic and a manual! Pretty neat huh?"
Girl "...It's not a real manual though."
Salesperson "Yes it is you can switch between manual and automatic! See? (shows us)"
Girl "It's not really a manual because it doesn't have a clutch pedal (Points to my e21) THATS a real manual because it has a clutch pedal. (looks at me) right Kevin?"
Keep in mind I've never mentioned slap shift transmissions before. She knew all on her own.
I think I'm in love.

[ro@dster_kevin]

You Kev! What are you driving now that the miata is gone?

One of my coworkers just told me rwd is better than awd for all kinds weather and that v8s are always fastest. He then swore up and down that his 2007 impala ss was rwd because when he does burnouts smoke comes from the rear.

Matt! Whats up? I've got the e21 now, with a whole new slew of questions:

1. What year is that?
2. Is it a BMW?
3. Why do the wheels slant in like that?
4. (When I'm aired out) You can't drive it like that can you? "No" "Well how do you drive it?" (get in car and air up) Person's eyes will bulge out of their heads "ZOMG HOW DOES IT DO THAT??????!1/?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!"
5. Is it fast? (It's an M10)
6. Do you slide it? (It's bagged and it's an M10)

[MommysLittleMonster]

"Why would you drive 6-7 hours to watch cars going sideways when you can watch it on your computer?"

Oh I dunno because maybe I'm not a lameass shut-in.

[Dremetos]

Ever since I've had my 9's on.

It looks broken. - It is.
That's retarded. - What do you drive? Alright, that's what I thought.
How do you drive it? - Carefully.
Why do you have it so low? - It's cool.
The wheels are crooked. - I know.
Why are the wheels crooked? - So it moves.

[Nick475]

"hey did you get new rims? i see you are goin for that gangsta look"


i'm very glad the person who said that is only an intern. i try to be nice but man its hard to be social with someone who knows squat about cars. idk what else to talk about

[SheaMoose]

I strongly dislike corvettes.

Some Americans can still build cars.

[therealvilla]

Yeah it's not like Ford took 1st 2nd and 3rd or anything.
That could never happen, silly american cars.
Piles of rubbish they are.

I thought the GT 40 would come up... I'm pretty sure The Soviet Union was still in existence and American performance cars didn't suck. That was a long time ago and the world has changed. Don't get me wrong I love American cars but they're pretty disappointing especially the "performance" models. The only American performance car from a major manufacturer worth it's weight is the Corvette.

Long and short. That was 1966. And 'Murica hasn't made any contenders in many moons. If Corvette would make a rear or mid engine car that could be different IMO.

[rice4life]

I need to stop being such a dick.


We've all done it when we were younger, so here goes.


Before I really wanted to mod my car, I would go to car meets and see what the scene was like.

In front of this huge ass car meet, I thought it would be cool to burn some rubber on my way out. I said "this is going to look sooo fucking cool", so I revved to piss out of the elantra, let the revs come down and put it in L. Needless to say I felt like a huge fucking ricer when nothing interesting happened. This was when my elantra was booooooooooone fucking stock a long ass time ago, so it sounded weak as fuck. The next day people were talking about the asshat in the bone stock e46 who was revving his car at the stop light. So glad they didn't know it was me or that it was an elantra.

Note to self, don't say anything is going to be cool when at a car meet, because most likely I will fuck up and look like a dumbass.

I was a non car guy that day.

[JRodigan]

Saab's aren't real cars.

I went out and touched mine. It definitely seems real....

[SheaMoose]

You should ask him how many domestics are on the podium of Le Mans...

Yeah it's not like Ford took 1st 2nd and 3rd or anything.
That could never happen, silly american cars.
Piles of rubbish they are.

[Ieatpeople]

You should ask him how many domestics are on the podium of Le Mans...