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Old 08-22-2013, 03:48 PM   #29
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Had a guy at a gas station in east bay tell me that "you have a nice car....my trans am would have dusted it though!"
While he filled up his Saturn Vue..
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Old 08-22-2013, 03:55 PM   #30
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I would first like to address that I did a quick search before posting and I didn't see any back-handed compliment threads. I figured I would start one. Every week at local car shows I run into somebody or hear someone making a back-handed compliment.

One time I am wiping the bugs off the front of my car when a fella walks up to me and says "hey buddy how come you didn't get an old Camaro" I say "because I wanted this Camaro" to which he replies "everybody has one of these Camaro. I must have seen 5 Camaro's that look exactly like yours on the way here today".

Another time I see a kid across a show field point to my car and sprint a good 50 yards across the field with his friends. He comes right up to the front of the car, looks at his friends with disappointment on his face and says "sorry guys...... it's only an SS, my bad."

Had a Corvette elitest come over and ask me about my car. he goes "hey have you ever drove your car back and forth to work". I respond "yeah I drive it whenever I can" he lowers his head into one of this hands wipes his face and says "thats just a god damn shame son.... a god damn shame"

all in all I get this garbage all the time and I was wondering what kind of back-handed compliments any of you guys have heard about your car.
You've met your fair share of assholes apparently
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Old 08-22-2013, 03:56 PM   #31
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Had a guy at a gas station in east bay tell me that "you have a nice car....my trans am would have dusted it though!"
While he filled up his Saturn Vue..
Did you laugh in his face?
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Old 08-22-2013, 04:06 PM   #32
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Did you laugh in his face?
lol I would've!
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Old 08-22-2013, 04:14 PM   #33
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I had a guy say it was nice but his 2000 something eclipse could take me. I said well you better have something under the hood and he kind of grinned. So for like the next two weeks i kept asking him to come to the track and have some fun and he was talking all kinds of crap but never came out. So finally one night he said you wanna see under the hood? We both went outside and he did his big reveal... I said "You got nothing?" and he was just grinning having fooled me for the past two weeks. Not mean just funny lol
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Old 08-22-2013, 04:19 PM   #34
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Old 08-22-2013, 04:21 PM   #35
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I've got a buddy from college that has a 2011 Mustang GT. He constantly tells me GM forgot to paint the hood on my 1LE, usually coupled with the standard bankruptcy comments It was stupid the first time he said it, utterly annoying the next 362. My usual comeback is either: Ford forgot to give you a rear suspension, or Ford forgot to give your car brakes.
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Old 08-22-2013, 04:28 PM   #36
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You see I like the playful, funny, gm this, chevy that jokes. But the ignorant crap iritates me
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Old 08-22-2013, 04:42 PM   #37
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I say it's enough for you to want to break some knee's every now and then! haha! I got the "your car is nice" I said "thanks" he says "but it would be nicer if it was a red challenger" hahahaha!
yeah i mean its just annoying, people should just respect each others cars and not go out of there way to say something negative
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Old 08-22-2013, 04:47 PM   #38
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part of me just wants to start dissing on you! hahaha no but thats good for you man. I think the general area i live in is just full of a bunch of haters!
My back window lol
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Old 08-22-2013, 04:54 PM   #39
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I have a 6 and never ever get this crap. Then again i usually beat them to it and say i wish i would have bought the ss instead. ( well, its true).
I just find it hard to believe that one peron can come across all that negitivity!
Maybe its time to move!
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Old 08-22-2013, 05:02 PM   #40
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wouldn't expect anything else , most people who live in pa. are sqeeler fans. let the hatin begin GO BROWNS
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Old 08-22-2013, 05:26 PM   #41
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Did you laugh in his face?
I just ignored him honestly. I hate going to gas stations cause people always feel the need to talk about your car or some car they had "before you were even born!" And I'm like ...
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Old 08-22-2013, 05:33 PM   #42
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i honestly never understood why people go out there way and say ''oh it's a v6'' just unreal. when I see a v6 i just say cool and move on. I can't imagine going out my way and trash talking someones ride in front of them.
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