can't believe this happened!

MC · 12-09-2010, 12:19 AM

yeah i mean alot of cars have stigmas about their owners... porsche and M3's ect... you guys know the stereotypes... but i think for the most part the GTR owner should come off kind of cool ya know maybe a little bit of a techie or something i dunno... but i think i represent it well ya know guy in his 30's into motorsports stuff like that..... at our meets it does vary in age and background a little but everyone ive ever met is cool...but then again they are coming out to meets so that tells you something right there.... you get somone who might not know the heritage as much a person that goes through cars alot and you might run into someone not really representative of the GTR community... it happens

ive had some conversation with GTRs who are more like yeah i need to datalog this or dial this in or they have like a HD camera for everything they do in it.... but thats a far cry from a tool in a pink polo shirt who double parks at target

but i guess the comment about not letting it get away from you or whatever.... you never know how people will take things... i would be like yeah man i try not to or something like that but who knows what some people think

the only thing i will say that makes me uncomfortable is the how much did you pay for it or where do you work or i need to be doing what your doing comments out of the blue..... i dont have a reply for them so i just kind of vaguely smile and just say yea or something...

with the new one its gonna be real bad...unless most people think its my same car but with new wheels

Jeffblue · 12-09-2010, 06:33 AM

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the only thing i will say that makes me uncomfortable is the how much did you pay for it or where do you work or i need to be doing what your doing comments out of the blue..... i dont have a reply for them so i just kind of vaguely smile and just say yea or something...

yea, that question kind of implies that you somehow didn't work for what you have. I feel like no matter what you would actually say, they would just hear 'i had a trust fund from my grandparents' or something along those lines. one of the guys on another forum i frequent (for a local car club) has some amazing cars, i think 10 or so, including a GTR (heavily modified with) and a Gallardo Superleggera. In his profile, under biography he has written: "Worked 22 hours/day for 12 years, now I am cruising through life at warp speeds enjoying my cars!" I think thats really cool, but i think when most people see someone driving around with a really high end car they think, 'oh that must have been given to them in one way or another. makes them feel better about themselves.

sonic370 · 12-09-2010, 07:27 AM

My statement to the guy in the gt-r was never meant as a put down on any level,to me, which he did'nt get i was remarking about how bad xxx i thought his car was.... he took it to a another level.... kinda now know why some guys won't wave back to you when you see them on the road. NOT ALL but
some.

jakoye · 12-09-2010, 05:43 PM

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My statement to the guy in the gt-r was never meant as a put down on any level,to me, which he did'nt get i was remarking about how bad xxx i thought his car was.... he took it to a another level.... kinda now know why some guys won't wave back to you when you see them on the road. NOT ALL but
some.

I don't know what you're getting all bent out of shape about. The guy obviously misunderstood what you meant and reacted negatively. It happens.

If you don't want something like that to happen in the future, then just say something that's more universally understood, such as "Nice car, man!"

HKYStormFront · 12-09-2010, 02:46 PM

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the only thing i will say that makes me uncomfortable is the how much did you pay for it or where do you work or i need to be doing what your doing comments out of the blue..... i dont have a reply for them so i just kind of vaguely smile and just say yea or something...

soooooooooo........what do you do for work?

LOL i'd just say "i'm in the freight handling business" and let them think you deal drugs

Jeffblue · 12-09-2010, 02:50 PM

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soooooooooo........what do you do for work?

LOL i'd just say "i'm in the freight handling business" and let them think you deal drugs

telling them you steal cars would cause an interesting sequence of events.

HKYStormFront · 12-09-2010, 02:55 PM

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telling them you steal cars would cause an interesting sequence of events.

true but MC is in the (legit) freight handling business

ImportConvert · 12-09-2010, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront

soooooooooo........what do you do for work?

LOL i'd just say "i'm in the freight handling business" and let them think you deal drugs

I tell people "lets just say it involves lots of controlled substances".

Accurate and thought provoking

370zdub · 12-13-2010, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by MC

the only thing i will say that makes me uncomfortable is the how much did you pay for it or where do you work or i need to be doing what your doing comments out of the blue..... i dont have a reply for them so i just kind of vaguely smile and just say yea or something...

This annoys me so so so bad, I answer one of two ways a)if im in a decent mood then I give them the price range for Z models 30-45K depending on the package b)I just say I found it in a cereal box, better start eating coco puffs.

I know option b) is a douche answer, but I feel like its a douche answer for a douche question.

Jeffblue · 12-13-2010, 11:17 AM

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This annoys me so so so bad, I answer one of two ways a)if im in a decent mood then I give them the price range for Z models 30-45K depending on the package b)I just say I found it in a cereal box, better start eating coco puffs.

I know option b) is a douche answer, but I feel like its a douche answer for a douche question.

well, sometimes people ask in a polite way and i'll just say how much i paid for it. i mean, its not a secret. If someone says 'hey, if you don't mind how much did that cost you' i'll just tell them. its not like they can't go on the internet and look. yea they won't know what i paid exactly, but them asking what it costs isn't really that violating. however, asking what you do for a living etc is kind of an invasion of privacy and i'd probably just make a joke or something b/c its none of their business.

370zdub · 12-13-2010, 07:56 PM

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well, sometimes people ask in a polite way and i'll just say how much i paid for it. i mean, its not a secret. If someone says 'hey, if you don't mind how much did that cost you' i'll just tell them. its not like they can't go on the internet and look. yea they won't know what i paid exactly, but them asking what it costs isn't really that violating. however, asking what you do for a living etc is kind of an invasion of privacy and i'd probably just make a joke or something b/c its none of their business.

I feel what your saying for sure, I dont get lippy if they ask in the manner you have stated. Although I still dont feel as though it is something that should be asked when, like you stated, they can go on the internet and find out what one costs. I live in a small town and everyone knows what I do for a living so that is no secret, I guess in my scenario its a different situation than for you. You probably live in a big city and when someone asks you how much your car cost its in the way you stated. In the small town where I live its because the person asking is being nosey as hell and its very annoying.

ImportConvert · 12-14-2010, 10:09 AM

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I feel what your saying for sure, I dont get lippy if they ask in the manner you have stated. Although I still dont feel as though it is something that should be asked when, like you stated, they can go on the internet and find out what one costs. I live in a small town and everyone knows what I do for a living so that is no secret, I guess in my scenario its a different situation than for you. You probably live in a big city and when someone asks you how much your car cost its in the way you stated. In the small town where I live its because the person asking is being nosey as hell and its very annoying.

Lots of people have weak google-fu. They just want a quick answer. Society ties value to MSRP. They want to know how impressed they should be, basically. Or, if they know what you do and make the same, they might be gauging whether or not they can make the move to what you are driving. We ask a lot of stuff like that at work when we see someone in something we like. We give our co-workers first shot at our cars when we sell them, etc. No nastiness is tied to the "How much did it set you back" question/answer.

370zdub · 12-14-2010, 04:23 PM

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Lots of people have weak google-fu. They just want a quick answer. Society ties value to MSRP. They want to know how impressed they should be, basically. Or, if they know what you do and make the same, they might be gauging whether or not they can make the move to what you are driving. We ask a lot of stuff like that at work when we see someone in something we like. We give our co-workers first shot at our cars when we sell them, etc. No nastiness is tied to the "How much did it set you back" question/answer.

Well put, I am not a dik to people that are cool with it. If its called for than I am a smart ***. haha

12-09-2010, 12:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
MC Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NC Posts: 3,238 Drives: 2015 GTR NISMO Rep Power: 25	yeah i mean alot of cars have stigmas about their owners... porsche and M3's ect... you guys know the stereotypes... but i think for the most part the GTR owner should come off kind of cool ya know maybe a little bit of a techie or something i dunno... but i think i represent it well ya know guy in his 30's into motorsports stuff like that..... at our meets it does vary in age and background a little but everyone ive ever met is cool...but then again they are coming out to meets so that tells you something right there.... you get somone who might not know the heritage as much a person that goes through cars alot and you might run into someone not really representative of the GTR community... it happens ive had some conversation with GTRs who are more like yeah i need to datalog this or dial this in or they have like a HD camera for everything they do in it.... but thats a far cry from a tool in a pink polo shirt who double parks at target but i guess the comment about not letting it get away from you or whatever.... you never know how people will take things... i would be like yeah man i try not to or something like that but who knows what some people think the only thing i will say that makes me uncomfortable is the how much did you pay for it or where do you work or i need to be doing what your doing comments out of the blue..... i dont have a reply for them so i just kind of vaguely smile and just say yea or something... with the new one its gonna be real bad...unless most people think its my same car but with new wheels __________________ 2015 GT-R N1SMO "THE ONE" Instagram MCGTRN1SMO Youtube MCGTRNISMO Last edited by MC; 12-09-2010 at 12:28 AM.

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12-09-2010, 07:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
sonic370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orange Texas Posts: 1,574 Drives: 09 370Z Sports PGK Rep Power: 20	My statement to the guy in the gt-r was never meant as a put down on any level,to me, which he did'nt get i was remarking about how bad xxx i thought his car was.... he took it to a another level.... kinda now know why some guys won't wave back to you when you see them on the road. NOT ALL but some.