Things non-car guys say

[TheSavoy]

"Your trunk is open!!!"


I have decklid standoffs on my beetle.

This.

I experienced this all time with one of my bugs that had standoffs as well.

I also got a lot of questions regarding where my gas tank was since it wasn't in the back

[kirilll]

"why'd you do that"
is the most common one,prolly

[mikey G]

"Your trunk is open!!!"


I have decklid standoffs on my beetle.

lol this one I get if you know nothing about cars. Im sure it gets old though

[RubbderDucky]

"Why don't you just sell all of your cars and buy one new one to drive every day? You can get something practical like my Camry and not have to worry about it."


How about not.

I get this at least once every day. Its like everyone expects you to drive a boring and bland car like them.

[oprahhwinfreyy]

"Your trunk is open!!!"


I have decklid standoffs on my beetle.

[MommysLittleMonster]

"Why don't you just sell all of your cars and buy one new one to drive every day? You can get something practical like my Camry and not have to worry about it."


How about not.

[way2fastx3]

Haha heres a new one...

"How do you change the oil and fluids?"

/facepalm

[MuggingMeatballs]

"Did you lower your seat? It's like sitting in the ground"

[MommysLittleMonster]

Me: wtf do you want me to do then?
Her: raise it back up so that we can drive it places
Me: no.

Let's hope she gets used to it like my wife did. Took her a few weeks to warm up to it.




Non-car guy thing of the week: "Why would you get up at 7am for a car show?"

[Khalil]

"Does it always stay like that?"

[fifty3bags]

So i had my family reunion this weekend and i managed to get the truck running in the street for a few mins and then parked it now that its in one piece. So i showed pictures and video of the truck and it airing up and down.

This is a small bit of the never ending convo that went on for an hour...

GrandMom: Hows the truck coming along.
Me: Its Done! (Shows Video/Pictures)... At this point everyone is watching and then it starts.

Me: Its basically done, i just need to do all the wiring, power, yadah yadah blah blah.
Uncle: Why do you kids do this stuff? - Its a lifestyle its hard to explain.
Dad: Go ahead and explain, explain why cutting a truck in half is a great thing to do.
Cousin: You cut that thing in half? How did you do that? Did you take it to a crusher or something to have it done?
Me: No i got off my non-lazy, non-prego ass and took a hacksaw to it.
Grandmom: Why did you put hydraulics on it like a Mexican?
Me: THERE BAGS NOT HYDRAULICS! Jesus... get it grammatically correct gramah you know better.
Aunt & Uncle: How do you drive it? Is there a crank or something you have to wind up?
Me: (At this point im LOLing so hard) Umm no its controlled by a electric switch panel that is hand held like a phone that talks to the vavles/compressors/tank to allow air to go into the air bags to fill them so it lifts up.
Grandmom: How do you get safty air bags from a steering wheel to fit in there?
Me: They arnt like that, they resemble air bags that you will see on tracker trailer on the roads.
Uncle: So its like a mini-rig then right?
Me: No its a minitruck.

There were more dumb questions but these were ones that caught my attention cause it was so funny.

I've been hearing that for the past few months from my fiancé when I talk about building a bag setup. She complains that we never take my car anywhere, but she cringes every time the tires rub (which is hardly ever, only going sideways into inclined entrances or big bumps) and says she hates riding in my car because it's so rough.

So I said I want to get a bag setup so that I can raise it up and lower it whenever I want and you don't have to complain we never take my car anywhere. Now she says that it's Mexican and embarrassing to show up somewhere and then air out.

Me: wtf do you want me to do then?
Her: raise it back up so that we can drive it places
Me: no.

[way2fastx3]

So i had my family reunion this weekend and i managed to get the truck running in the street for a few mins and then parked it now that its in one piece. So i showed pictures and video of the truck and it airing up and down.

This is a small bit of the never ending convo that went on for an hour...

GrandMom: Hows the truck coming along.
Me: Its Done! (Shows Video/Pictures)... At this point everyone is watching and then it starts.

Me: Its basically done, i just need to do all the wiring, power, yadah yadah blah blah.
Uncle: Why do you kids do this stuff? - Its a lifestyle its hard to explain.
Dad: Go ahead and explain, explain why cutting a truck in half is a great thing to do.
Cousin: You cut that thing in half? How did you do that? Did you take it to a crusher or something to have it done?
Me: No i got off my non-lazy, non-prego ass and took a hacksaw to it.
Grandmom: Why did you put hydraulics on it like a Mexican?
Me: THERE BAGS NOT HYDRAULICS! Jesus... get it grammatically correct gramah you know better.
Aunt & Uncle: How do you drive it? Is there a crank or something you have to wind up?
Me: (At this point im LOLing so hard) Umm no its controlled by a electric switch panel that is hand held like a phone that talks to the vavles/compressors/tank to allow air to go into the air bags to fill them so it lifts up.
Grandmom: How do you get safty air bags from a steering wheel to fit in there?
Me: They arnt like that, they resemble air bags that you will see on tracker trailer on the roads.
Uncle: So its like a mini-rig then right?
Me: No its a minitruck.

There were more dumb questions but these were ones that caught my attention cause it was so funny.

[therealvilla]

Last weekend I was tasked with driving my wife and her 3 girlfriends downtown to a bar for one of the girls birthday. They're not car-gals. One of them drunkenly proclaimed her car was kind of a manual because it had "the little flappy things on the sides of the wheel" she didn't even know which made the gears go up and down. At least she was able to aknowledge her car wasn't a true manual - which is better than some. The girls are all petite, and one is average height. I had to gingerly explain why my car wasn't set up to carry passengers in the backseat. So with every good bump a had a little rub in the rear and the average size one would say something along the lines of "Sorry I weigh so much back here"... It was funny but a little awkward at the same time trying to explain that the car is low and the wheels are wide and tolerances are tight while never acknowledging their miniscule weight whatsoever...

Low car problems...

[TheSavoy]

"I think your suspension is broken"

[theseeker411]

I've had multiple people at meets lately ask me if ODB is static...