Stupid comments about your car

[mikesbbody]

I usually get nice Charger. And some idiot at the bar told me he bought a Challenger brand new in 67.

jackie, you should have asked the guy if he has a time machine  he would have needed one to buy a challenger back in 67

[Magnumcharger]

True story:
I had a 1969 Roadrunner in my backyard.
This redneck kid drops by driving a 1969 Charger SE, total rustbucket.
Asks me if I'd like to trade for the Roadrunner.
I gave him "the look" as if he were crazy and said:
"NO! But if you have a nice R/T Charger, I'd consider it...."

A month later he's back. Driving ANOTHER 1969 Charger, asks me again.
"NO! But if you have a nice R/T Charger, I'd consider it...."

Later that summer, he's back AGAIN! This time with a 1968 Charger R/T.
So we made a deal. I got all three Chargers.
As I was swapping a cheap set of wheels onto the Roadrunner, preparing it to go for good he asks:

How much work is it to change the body on the Roadrunner over to a Charger?.....

[pettyfan43]

How about this one..

You know the Dusters that had "340 Wedge"on the hood had  a different engine than the regular ones.

[71ChallengeHer]

I usually get nice Charger. And some idiot at the bar told me he bought a Challenger brand new in 67.

jackie, you should have asked the guy if he has a time machine  he would have needed one to buy a challenger back in 67

I told him that he should have kept it cause it would be worth a fortune. Since it would be the only one ever made.

[TK73]

WINNER: 

Guy says "that car is pretty lame! You do know the General Lee was a Dodge Charger, don't you?"

[MoParMetal]

a customer asked me what cars i owned today.
i told him an 06 tacoma, 71 charger, 71 duster.
he said "wow those are nice. wanna trade for my honda?"

when asked what i would do with my car i tell them a daytona clone.
they say "you know what i would do? general lee."

i tell them im going to paint it yellow.
they say "no way man! ORANGE! like the dukes of hazzard car. and put the horn. it would be cool."

its been called a nova.

its been called a cougar.

they always ask if it has a 350 or a 454.

I've repeatedly told people its a 71 and they always say 69.

I'm sure someone will tell me something even more idiotic the next time its out.

[Dans 68]

Took the '68 down to Home Depot to pick up some items today. An older, white haired gentleman first asked If I was the original owner (I was 10 when it was built...got to get to the gym more  ). I smiled and said no, I was the third. He then asked if any sheriffs ever chased my car. I paused a few seconds to try to understand what the hell he was asking me. "Oh, you mean as in the Dukes of Hazzard?" I ventured. "Yep", he replied. "No," I said, "that was a '69 Charger, and this is a '68 which I prefer." "Oh, me too" he replied.

Still, I get lots more    than inane questions. 

Dan

[chargerrt]

I've had all of the typical one's already posted..."Nice Challenger", "What year is that GTO", etc.

My favorite bad one was when a guy asked me if I wanted to sell my car as I was getting in it to leave a cruise in.  He was there in his 427 Cobra kit car.  When he asked I kinda just laughed at him and asked him how much money he had.  He said he was serious and told me to give him a price.  I replied, "45,000 should do it."  He showed up with a trailer and his pickup truck a week later with 45...hundred dollars.  I told him he was out of his mind and he should be on his way.  He left my house completely bewildered.

My favorite comment of all time happened last summer.  As I was pulling into a gas station a man was walking to his car and I heard him say, "Holy R/T Batman!"  My brother and I still laugh at that to this day.

[Dave22443]

Looking at this shot, I guess I can see why someone might confuse my Charger with a Camaro

[BigBlackDodge]

I've oftern wondered if the GL guys get asked if they're going to paint their car B5 Blue?



BBD

[74-StreetMachine]

The two questions I get asked most are, Is that a Cuda? and Where did you get those stickers?  I tell them I got em at J C Whitneys but they only come it one size. Luckily they fit my car. 

[70 Charger RT]

Man, you can really see the similarities between the cars when they're parked next to each other.

New Charger owner that was parked next to me 

Yeah, they both have 4 wheels

[bill440rt]

I remember years ago I was attending a show with a dear friend of mine (now deceased). I had my '70 R/T parked next to his Superbird. These two frail, little old ladies were walking by, looking at the cars. One 'lil ol' lady turned to my friend and said, "'Scuse me sonny, but what is that, a PONTIAC??" (Nevermind the GIGANTIC billboards on the 1/4 that spell out "PLYMOUTH")

Then, the other little old lady points to my '70, turns to her friend and says, "Ooooh Esther, I like this one. It looks just like an Easter Egg!"   

[RECHRGD]

Well, my car has been on the road for almost 10 years now, so I've heard most all of the stuff listed here.  Most people don't mean any harm and are just trying to make conversation (with a few exceptions).  It's the reactions that people have on the road when they see the car, that I find most amusing.  One that comes to mind now, is when a guy was coming toward me on a two lane road when I was trailering the car home.  When he fiigured out what was on the trailer, he stuck half his body out of his pick-up with a big thumbs up.  He still had a big smile on his face as he drove into the ditch.   Bob

[Brock Samson]

Now your just makin that up...

great picture though...

[Dave22443]

Actually, I believe him.  The first day I took mine out I almost caused 3 accidents due to rubber-necking 

[Kevin69RTvert]

You all think you have it so bad. Try being the Red-Headed step child of the Dodge family.

I get the "is that a Charger?".....no....."a Challenger?".....NO!!!...It's a Coronet.........."Oh, never mind"


-Kevin

[TUFCAT]

This happens to me all the time! - - people look at the "Coronet 440" emblems and ask:  Does it still have a 440 in it?    I sometimes say it should read "440+6" but those extra numbers fell off

[six-tee-nine]

Over here in Belgium most of the the time it goes this way :

Dodge Charger?........... No not familiar with but I like the mustang the most   

[Joshua]

"I had one JUST like that BUT..........."

[bordin34]

My friend always say "Yours has a HEMI in it right" I respond and repeat myself each time that it has a 400ci Wedge and then go on about the combustion chambers and how an engine works until they get bored.

[TUFCAT]

"I had one JUST like that BUT..........."

Oh yeah,,, that's another BIG one!! Guys who say "I had one just like it....but mine was a different year,  a 4-door, with a slant six, and a different color!!  - - but it was just like that!   

[ChgrSteve67]

I had another one that cracked me up but it wasn't directed at my Charger.

Was at a MOPAR show "MOPARs in the PARK" and this guy walks up to me and asked me where all of the Mustangs were.
I told him they are in the parking lot outside of the park.

[MoParJW]

here in Holland, people occasionally shout "look a chevy!" when I drive by

When I was in france, people had no idea what kind of car it was, one french guy called it a mercedes 

A colleague heard the engine running, he told me it was a nice sound, but he prefered the sound of a dodge charger

One time, a little kid saw me getting out of the car in the parking lot, and he asked his father "dad, isn't that a car for old people?"

There was a woman who told me the engine sounded just like a diesel   

Someone asked me if I ever drove with the top down (I have a vinyl roof), another guy thought I didnt drive my car in the rain because I have cracks in my roof (the vinyl is cracked), I've seen someone touch the roof of my car to see if it was solid or soft-top

And the first thing EVERYBODY says is "I'll bet that car is really thirsty" the next I hear a lot is "It probably breaks down a lot, right?"

And as I said in another thread, my boss used to think it was a ford for months, until he saw a chrysler decal on the windowsticker


I guess Holland is the place to be if you want to hear stupid comments about your mopar, and I only have this car for about a year 

[Death1970Proof]

here in Holland, people occasionally shout "look a chevy!" when I drive by

When I was in france, people had no idea what kind of car it was, one french guy called it a mercedes 

A colleague heard the engine running, he told me it was a nice sound, but he prefered the sound of a dodge charger

One time, a little kid saw me getting out of the car in the parking lot, and he asked his father "dad, isn't that a car for old people?"

There was a woman who told me the engine sounded just like a diesel   

Someone asked me if I ever drove with the top down (I have a vinyl roof), another guy thought I didnt drive my car in the rain because I have cracks in my roof (the vinyl is cracked), I've seen someone touch the roof of my car to see if it was solid or soft-top

And the first thing EVERYBODY says is "I'll bet that car is really thirsty" the next I hear a lot is "It probably breaks down a lot, right?"

And as I said in another thread, my boss used to think it was a ford for months, until he saw a chrysler decal on the windowsticker


I guess Holland is the place to be if you want to hear stupid comments about your mopar, and I only have this car for about a year 








The vinyl top thing almost killed me!!