people talk crap about your car?

I just got my car its extremely tiny... but will smoke most cars on the road lol(just what I wanted)
but people keep making comments that are making me want to bash heads..


well this kid at college walked by as I was carefully pulling out to leave and hes comments to his friends look at this badass with his backwards hat(so it wont blow off on the highway dumbfuck).

and I started to park the car and get out to say something since he was a lil feller about 5,4 and I am 6,3 lol


but then I realized that he would just cut the top on my car :-( it fails having a convertible sometimes.

it really doesnt bother me much about little comments but it really does get annoying

I'm speechless...

I find it happens a lot. Either I'm getting lip about my Saturn or I get lip when I borrow the Miata I get lip about that. I get used to and just take it in stride. I know what the cars are capable of and I'm comfortable with what I drive.

I make fun of my Saturn sometimes but it's all in fun when I do it. Calling it tupperware and what not.

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Originally Posted by the_don

I just got my car its extremely tiny... but will smoke most cars on the road lol(just what I wanted)

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What have you done to it, power-wise?

http://a292.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...76214d2e1b.jpg

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Originally Posted by miataspeedracer

I'm speechless...

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I'm afraid to say anything either. He's taller than me.:scared:

I preface my statements with this, since you're new:
http://forums.dfwmiata.com/showthread.php?t=1493

1. Use some proper grammar for the love of all that is Holy.

2. A miata is an easy target for ridicule, but so is every other car on the road.

3. Leave your top down and/or don't lock it. It won't get cut (you can disable the center console trunk release for a secure trunk). Will stop thieves, not vandals.

4. Talking about wanting to beat people up for talking shit is LoLz. I'm sure most of the people here have been in a similar situation, but since most don't know you it's hard to put your statement into context.

5. Welcome to MME.

Chris

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Originally Posted by cam76034

I'm afraid to say anything either. He's taller than me.:scared:

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LOL! :clap:

Don,

Sounds like you need to carry around one of these little fellows...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8avOiTUcD4Y

and a cd to play in your car

http://www.teachmetapes.com/images/ed-english-cover.jpg

Welcome to the wonderful world of Miata ownership:clap:

ironically I was typing this from my English 1301 class.

for the record i didn't make a new user name, nor am i 6'3"... except in the pants

First guy that talked shit about my car was a friend of mine, and he got the keys. He tore off through the neighborhood for a good half hour by himself...

Came back with the biggest shit-eating grin on his face I'd ever seen, and that was when the car was still bone-ass-stock... good times.

the_don, get used to it or get another car. Miata's are targets for this kind of stupidity. Life's too short to (1) worry about what other people say, and (2) to get yer knickers in a twist about it.

Yeah, you should hear what those a$$holes in Porsches have to put up with. ;)

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Originally Posted by Kestrel

the_don, get used to it or get another car. Miata's are targets for this kind of stupidity. Life's too short to (1) worry about what other people say, and (2) to get yer knickers in a twist about it.

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I have owned a Miata for almost 20 years and have heard it all. It does not stop with Miata's as I've been asked how I like my VW. I'm sure most of these comment come from fellows who squat to pee!

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Originally Posted by bnordin

I'm sure most of these comment come from fellows who squat to pee!

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Hey I resent that.... :punchout:

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Originally Posted by MiataMike

Hey I resemble that.... :punchout:

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There, fixed it for you.;)

I only ever got great comments about the Miata and how it looked. Guess I was lucky.

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Originally Posted by the_don

ironically I was typing this from my English 1301 class.

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I guess the first 1,300 classes didn't help much...

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Originally Posted by miataspeedracer

I guess the first 1,300 classes didn't help much...

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Now that is pure comedy:clap:

All I've ever heard was a guy in a truck say "Zoom Zoom, yeah right". The other was a buddy of mine that always called it cockroach at night with the lights up.

He bought one about 5 years ago though.

I've had my car almost 10 years.

It's all said out of jealousy! Once you realize that, it's all good. :drive:

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Originally Posted by jrj512

Yeah, you should hear what those a$$holes in Porsches have to put up with. ;)

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There's more truth in that statement than you know. I proudly owned my Miata for 9 years, had a great time driving it, and had to put up with a few stupid people's comments just like everyone else on this board (lots of complements too!). Then I purchased the Porsche Cayman. Now it's [typically] little boyz in their ratted out toyz all trying to convince me to race them just so they can brag to their friends that they "beat a Porsche".

Fortunately, just like the Miata, most people are complementary about my car. For the rest? F&%k 'um. :rolleyes:

If someone says any thing about my Miata, I just hit them with my purse. ::Clown:: ::StirTheP ::EvilBana

While standing around with a bunch of S2000 drivers a few years ago, the harassment began. Finally, someone played the girlie car card, and someone else said "Careful or he'll hit you with his purse."

My reply was, "Yep and it is full of money. How much did you pay for that Miata wannabe anyway?"

Everybody laughed and it was fun.

My normal reply to people is a smile and "I like it. Most fun car I've ever had and I race it. What do you do with your car/truck?"

Then I celibrate because it doesn't cost me $200 for an oil change or $2000 for a set of tires or half my income to insure it ;)

Ask our resident S2K owner/moderator about Manly-men sometime.

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Ask our resident S2K owner/moderator about Manly-men sometime.

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Coffee break was over a half hour ago... get back on your head... :evil:

I get it too, at my office from a kid technician with a Mustang GT. I had enough last week and borrowed some big Carebear and rainbow magnets from my daughters room and put them on my miata. I told him he could try and chase me on a farm road not to far from the office after work and if he didn't catch me he had to put my magnets on his Mustang for the rest of the month and tell the rest of the office he couldn't keep up with the Carebear express. He came close on the intial straight but disappeared behind in the curves. Heard a bunch of mumbles about a bad cylinder and such. I will try and take some pictures of his car this month and put them up. It really looks cute.

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I get it too, at my office from a kid technician with a Mustang GT. I had enough last week and borrowed some big Carebear and rainbow magnets from my daughters room and put them on my miata. I told him he could try and chase me on a farm road not to far from the office after work and if he didn't catch me he had to put my magnets on his Mustang for the rest of the month and tell the rest of the office he couldn't keep up with the Carebear express. He came close on the intial straight but disappeared behind in the curves. Heard a bunch of mumbles about a bad cylinder and such. I will try and take some pictures of his car this month and put them up. It really looks cute.

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:clap: Well played, well played. I do want to see the pics.

+1 :clap:

+2:clap:

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...I will try and take some pictures of his car this month and put them up. It really looks cute.

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I don't believe a word of this... but I can't wait to see the pictures! :clap:

You could not have been street racing beacuse a Mustang cannot go fast enought to be concered racing. Around corners atleast.

I really didnt buy my car to race, just cruise around with the top down. I would like to do some mods for to make it a track car but right now the car is amazing. I mean the price the power and the looks all for 6200. I took it to work and everyone wants a ride in it with the top down now.

my ricing, street racing days are over

Great. Now you tell me. I bought mine to pick up chicks. :rolleyes:

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Great. Now you tell me. I bought mine to pick up chicks. :rolleyes:

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Is it working?:confused:

Last year when gas was $4 a gallon I could be found at the gas station next to my Miata making fun of SUV owners who weren't getting change back from their $100 bill.

Gas prices are going up again. :D

ya I kinda miss my civic 35 mpg city lol

Yeah... I've gotten comments from pickup truck drivers. It's always when their friends are with them.

My favorite was this:

Truck guy: Nice "girly" car... <snicker>
Me: Thanks! Is your truck a "manly vehicle"
Truck guy: Yup!
Me: So... How many men have you picked up with it?

His buddies laughed at him and the light turned green so I simply drove off.

It'll happen with any car. I was in Paris, TX, back in the early 90s. At that time I drove a PoS Toyota Tercel and was at the stop light by the loop on Lamar when a car full of punk teens pulled up. It was some kind of Maserati convertible.

The punk made some nasty comment about my car and I just turned to him and said "Nice car! Does your mommy pay for the insurance too?" His friends got a nice laugh at his expense and he didn't say another word. ::Banana::

You're call will smoke most cars on the road? lol

when people talk shit, if I care that day, I just put it in 3rd and roll a little smoke off the tires. lol