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Piobaire · Dec 16, 2013

That really sucks. I hate jealous and petty pricks that would do something like that.

GreenFrog · Dec 16, 2013

Sorry to hear, CG.

mbaum · Dec 16, 2013

Also, sorry to hear that your car got keyed.

A few years back, I bought a beautiful 1956 Porsche 356. I had it for a week and put it in a car show and a rear fender got keyed there, resulting in a 12 inch deep scratch. These things make me wonder what is going on in people's heads.

Mike

suited · Dec 16, 2013

I saw a Viper Hennessey Venom 1,000 Twin Turbo on a flatbed trailer today. Wish I could have heard it driving.

http://www.hennesseyperformance.com/venom1000.html
• 0-60 mph: 3.2 sec. (1st Place Overall)
• 0-150 mph: 10.0 sec. (1st Place Overall)
• 1/4 mile: 10.5 sec. @ 153 mph (1st Place Overall)

Find Finn · Dec 16, 2013

mbaum said:
Also, sorry to hear that your car got keyed.

A few years back, I bought a beautiful 1956 Porsche 356. I had it for a week and put it in a car show and a rear fender got keyed there, resulting in a 12 inch deep scratch. These things make me wonder what is going on in people's heads.

Mike

At a car show, wtf.

Cleav · Dec 16, 2013

Find Finn said:
At a car show, wtf.

You're right, morons abound green in one eye blue in the other.

Some right minded people must see this **** happening, what do they do?

What would we do?

Find Finn · Dec 16, 2013

Beat the **** out of him.

epb · Dec 16, 2013

Find Finn said:
At a car show, wtf.

At a car show, I'd think it's more stupidity than malice. I've shown cars before, and people really have little respect for people's property. I saw an altercation start at a British classics show when someone politely asked a teenage girl to not sit on his E-type's hood and her father started yelling about the car's owner being rude to his daighter.

HRoi · Dec 16, 2013

this is one of those cases where you think the world needs a bit more physical violence

mbaum · Dec 16, 2013

Well, scratching a classic car at a show in a straight line with a key is probably both, stupid and malicious. Thank God nothing that money, an excellent insurance policy and outstanding body guy cannot fix.

But people sometimes display a weird relationship to other people's possessions, especially at car shows: Funny story from a few years back at Pebble. When they parked the concours cars in Carmel after the Tour d'Elegance, I saw this old lady, likely in her mid/ late 80's walking through the rows of the most beautiful classic cars on the planet. Every car she walked by and approved off, she "patted" the car enthusiastically on the front fenders.

Except, she was wearing this moster of a ring and we all heard the clang, clang, clang ...

LRichards · Dec 17, 2013

mbaum said:
resulting in a 12 inch deep scratch.

12inch deep, wow that's a deep scratch

must have been a thick panel

and yes I know that not what was meant, but it was too good a comment to miss

eviltimeban · Dec 17, 2013

I HAVE driven a lot of these cars, but not all of them - and not currently:

http://coolcarsmydadhasowned.tumblr.com/

This is a blog I'm trying to maintain (trying!) of all the cars my dad used to own. I have inherited my love of cars from my father (even though I currently drive a Citroen).

MarkI · Dec 17, 2013

This thing is insane

mbaum · Dec 17, 2013

12inch deep, wow that's a deep scratch

must have been a thick panel (Sorry, quoting function did not work ...)

Ha, yes and you are right. On an old Porsche 356, it is called bondo ... 12" thick is the norm

Find Finn · Dec 18, 2013

must have been a long key

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