Reactions from people seeing your car?

[GTR-Dad]

My light turns green, we drive off and my wife says 'They're worshiping your car!' in amazement.

Innocence is a beautifull thing, is'nt it.

She loves the car too! :wink:

[hermit-dragon]

like most, I get the "honk and thumbs up" and stuff like how much did it cost? and isn't that illegal... but one of my favorites was some old dude in a BMW asking me if my car was from england and I just casually pointed at the front wheel (brake calliper' and he goes" Nissan? I didn't know they were from england..."!!! LOL
or the car full of cute girls SCREAMING across 4 lanes of traffic "I love your car!!"

my ONLY cop story.. so far:
I'm driving home from work through Callidonia (sp?) at like 11:30 at night, 2 yes TWO Opp cruisers pull me over whith lights a'flashin...

I'm like "WTF?! i was doing 50 in a 50 zone... in fifth gear so it was quiet... why are they bustin my ass?!"

first cop gets out, does a sort of confused step then realises what side I'm on... comes around to my door, and asks " what are you doing over here?" I reply" going home from work officer, i live in hamilton and I work in Haggersville" he laughs and says" no, I mean on this side of the car?" me:"DRIVING home from work", him:"haha, is this legal?" me:" driving? yes sir... I have my liscence... " Him:" I saw a car go by with no driver but it had a passenger so I had to check it out"

So I hand him the usual paperwork and we chat for a bit as the second cop comes up.. they notice ther 5 inch screen I had on my dash at the time... cop1:" what's that for?" me" I have it hooked up to that little camera on the left A-pillar so i don't have a blind spot from driving on the right side... don't worry, I don't have a PS2 or anything like that hidden in the glove box.. that would be against the law"

the cops were pretty cool and we talkd for about 30 minutes. they were amazed at the car... but that's to be expected... LOL!

[klys]

Oh yeah I got a guy kneeling and bowing down the other day while waiting in line at the car wash :P

was it ever funny I get more attention this year than last year :S weird but cool none the less.

[MyGTR]

Get the usual "is that legal", "how much", "what is it", "you're on the wrong side", bla, bla, bla.

Strange cop story...

Dad lives in Kelowna. Take him out for spin. Doing about 15km/h (seriously), cop jumps out from behind parked car (in school they said that was bad and dangerous). I stop and wonder out loud, "Jeeezuz, what is the friggen speed limit here!?"

Cop goes to the passenger side, asks my Dad why he doesn't have a license plate on the front of HIS car. Dad says "Alberta car, no front plate required."

Cop walks to back of car to confirm it is an Alberta car. I cringe as I anticipate an exhaust ticket. Cop walks back and says to my Dad, "You're right (like it was a guess). Drive safe." Cop has no clue where steering wheel is.


Now for the girlfriend...

I love her. She says she doesn't really like sports cars. WTF!? She likes cars that are more "square - ish". Double WTF!? I protest and whine something about Volvos and she chimes in with, "I get sort of embarassed to be in the car." Tripple WTF!?

I was about to seriously rethink the whole "move in with me" thing but then I just realized she is really shy and doesn't like the attention (or at least that is the lie I tell myself).

[BrendanJongkind]

im sorry dump her man ha ha. just buggin. me? i can only have one love in my life. and its my car. once again im joking lol. ok cop story

i was driving through a roadblock they did on both sides of the street. they went to the wrong side as usual and was like WTF?!?!? so he came over and said "this is ******* awesome" and brough all 4 cops over from the other side to see my car haha. it was awesome

[sidewazegtsr]

Well what happened the other day while I was coming home from work even surprised me.

So I'm north bound on the DVP around 8:30am and this 2005-2006 Subaru WRX wagon pulls up beside, older gentalmen (prob in his mid 50's) motions for me roll my window down, so I do. In an english accent he asks "That's an R32 is'nt it?" I replyed yes and he says "It's wonderfull to Skyline's here in Canada on the road, very sweet car I have" I said thank you very much and that was that. Now what suprised me is that he knew exactly what car I was driving and that he loved seeing Skyline's on the road. Cool guy I must say.

[rj]

the car full of cute girls SCREAMING across 4 lanes of traffic "I love your car!!"

Amen to that. All the girls I've actually taken for rides have either been terrified of being the passenger on the left, or have been all over the car, and possibly driver.

My favorite story was coming home from school, guy in a 2005 M3 kept pullin up beside me and checkin out my car, while I was doing the same to his. We finally get to a light he rolls down his window:
Him "What kind of car is that?"
Me "Nissan Skyline"
Him "Where'd you get it?"
Me "Japan"
Him "Thats the coolest car I've seen in a while"
Me "Your not doing too bad eithrer"
Him "No, this car is nice, but I've gotta get one of those"

I laugh, he peels out.

[Subaueru]

I picked up my Skyline about 3 weeks ago. Had to drive three hours from Georgetown to Kingston Ontario to get it. I met the seller at Tim Hortons just off the highway so I didn't have to find is place (University Resident). We did all the neccassary 'mumbo jumbo' and he left....Instantly it began!

I hadn't even backed out of the parking spot when an elderly couple parked beside me put there window down and proceeded with the ol' "Hey!, your steering wheel is the wrong...." So ofcourse I was ready with the typical LH side, RH side response.

I then follow my buddy out of the Timmy Hoes lot and directly across the street to a Petro Can to fill up. A next dude notices me get out the right side and asks the famous "Is that a British Car?",...... I'm thinkin' WTF!!! I haven't even owned this thing 5 min and can't believe all the attention. My buddy at this point behind me in his VW is busting a gut laughing.

Then of course the 3 hour drive home..... Honking, thumbs up, old people laughing, etc, etc..... Also we stopped at a Harveys 'bout 1/2 hour from home just outside of Toronto. We walk inside just in time to almost be trampeled by three of the 'cooks' running out from the back, overwhelmed with excietment making comments to one an other like "YO, it's a Skyline!", "Thats JDM man!", "RHD!" .....I didn't even know how they saw it!!

So after a heavy meal, and 3x camera phone photo shoot, My buddy and were on our way, and got home with only a slight more bit of attention (ie, thumbs and such)

Since then, I've had a few people pull up to me in parking lots and ask the typical questions, as well as the normal on road B.S (kids trying to take pics while driving on HWYS!!, etc, etc.)

I knew it would get some attention...but never did i think...

And so far I have not been pulled over *knocking on wood* :P

[sidewazegtsr]

^^^^

, get used to it man it's gona happen A LOT! :wink:

This thread should be a "Sticky" I think so we can all continue to post up interesting reactions and/or stories that can be shared with the rest of the board. It's funny reading some of them.

[entelijint]

This thread should be a "Sticky" I think so we can all continue to post up interesting reactions and/or stories that can be shared with the rest of the board. It's funny reading some of them.

I second this motion! my car comes out on wednesday and i'm just waiting for all the funny stupidity to start

[BrendanJongkind]

haha i remember this one time my ex was in the car and she was like. "whats wrong with your car? its making a hissing sound?" then i was like "hahah wtf. its just the turbo" man that was funny. but ya get used to all the wonderful attention.

[lucky_cefiro]

haha, i just remembered the day i moved down to toronto, i had the Ex in the car with me. I'm in the fastlane, doing about 140, just cruisin, torque converter locked up.

This mustang gt starts riding my bumper(05 stang) no tints on the cef...he see's this blonde what he thinks driving the car and decides to be a big man and rip to the inside lane and try to pass....i see him, wind my window down, as he is just at my door, i wave, stomp on it and shoot off. Should have seen the look on the guys face, priceless! He was sooo mad!

it's such a nice day out and i miss driving so much. Stupid me and nto working the entire school year...i could be driving the car right now.

Took the current gf for a ride in a buddies s14, she was just giglling about the turbo sounds. I'll be back to scaring old ladies and children everywhere soon again

[skyline20]

what happened to all the stories! jeeeze people.

[JNS Performance]

what happened to all the stories! jeeeze people.

I thought that was me haha. No im goiung to confuse are posts

[SIR_runner]

I don't drive a Skyline, but I thought I give my 2 cents. I have a Civic DX (Sorry Honda haters out there) with a Wings West Widebody and no emblems. (Put money on the side for a Skyline and get rid of that toy though)

Here's a fun story. I used to live in Quebec and I moved to Fort McMurray, Ab. I drove all the way up there. At one point, I felt sleepy so I pulled over in a Husky parking lot (somewhere in Manitoba) and I slept in my car. When I woke up, there were like 12 people around the car. I just woke up slowly without opening my eyes right away and I listen to them talking. Can't remember everything but the funniest quote was: ¨Wow, this guy has disc brakes at the rear!! That car must have at least 300hp!!! garantee!!! And he's clever too...he's runnin' with a stock exhaust so he don't get bothered by the cops!¨ (Almost laugh 'till I wet myself:1. My exhaust was stock in order to pass the OOP inspection in AB. 2. How can you tell the hp of a car by looking at the brakes......My engine is nearly STOCK!)

From what I've seen so far, it's the same with every rare or unique car: Staring, shouting about the legality of your car and mods, etc... The good part is that sometimes you get to know some cool people that way.

P.S.: To Honda haters: I own a Civic, I drive agressively (I admit), but I never did any kind of street racing. I'm just an import enthusiast who likes pretty much all cars from Japan and I enjoy modifying hem. Just wanted to clarify before a fight starts on this board.

Cheers!