How do you handle disrespect for you & your car?
 

How do you handle disrespect for you and your car? I live in a small town on a major interstate highway with two exits. I drive one of my ’40 Fords almost daily. I enjoy talking to people that know about the cars or love them for some reason. Today while putting gas into my ’40 station wagon a man came up to the car and started looking at it. First thing he said to me, "how much". I told him the car does not have any for sale signs on it. “Yes but everything is for sale for the right price”. Then he says, “I don’t have to ask my wife and I can have the cash to you in about two hours. I tell you what I’m going to do. I will give you $10,000 for this car”. I didn’t respond. Then he says, “I’m not going to let you leave until you price me this car”. I got in the car and left with him talking to me the entire time. Situations like this are happening so often it is starting to affect where and how I use my cars. People like this don’t have any interest in the car. Their only interest is the money they want to make by taking advantage of the owner.

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half million cash works for me....lol......Mike

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Tell them you want $100,000.... no less. Cash. Be very serious when you say it, works for me.

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I've tried something like this and once you start talking to them about a price they think now it is just a matter of agreeing on a price. They want to go on and on and on.

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Take it at least as a compliment. You have something they want. Can't say that ever happens when I'm gassing up my Toyota Tercel!!

Lonnie

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I would tell someone like that to talk to my son at my funeral.

About 5 years ago a del 40 wagon sold at auction for $308,000. No way would I sell my 40 wagon for 100k, like you my 40 wagon isn't for sale period. That idiot probably had no idea what the car's value is, just wanted to brag about having some money to spend.
Ha, I just noticed he offered you 10k not 100k. Too funny, definitely clueless.

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I've only one vehicle I won't sell-OT-but Dad bought it new-but if the kids were hungry and I needed to make the mortgage...it'd be gone, okay...lol...but back to your situation, the old standby "you can't afford it" works pretty well...hey, I've heard of uys taking taxi rides home after that:)

But, I don't think I'd look at it as disrespect...but more as an admiration of your car.

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Well , I know it is tough to deal with ignorant or abrasive people but don't let them win and ruin your love for driving your Old Ford . I will usually tell them I had to pay $2500. for it and for that kind of money it's to much fun to sell .Then I will start razzing them about not wanting this old clunker, it has no power windows, no MP3 plug in , barely goes 60mph . Then I head out of the conversation with a smile and I go enjoy my car . Don't let them win :D Enjoy driving and forget the goofballs !!!!

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Hey guys, take it as a compliment when someone wants to buy your car. Just smile and say thanks, it isn't for sale.

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yeah, some people won't take "no"....or "a million dollars cash" for an answer, sorry to say.....gotta argue, etc.....think you handled it well.....Mike

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When some one says something like that to me I usually say ,You'll want some change back, & I don't have any change to give you.
If I'm in a bad mood(most times, hey I'm old)I just tell them to start stacking it up right there ,make a spot, & I'll tell ya when to quit.

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I had a guy follow me about 20 miles when I had my 41 truck out, offered me $10,000 for it. I walked around the truck a couple of times and said to him where is the for sale sign? and do you think I just lost my mind left him standing there mumbling. I quoted a guy $ 1,000,000.00 on my 40 wagon when he persisted. Most of These guys drive around it a turd not worth taking home.

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I had someone bugging me about my car a couple of years ago. I told him I would sell anything for the right price. Then I told him the price I would take for it and not a penny less. He left and never came back. If you tell them a serious but extreme price it makes them realize your car is out of their league.

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I had a guy ask me how much I paid for my pickup? I asked him what is his wife's bra size...LOL

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Last month, while out and about... And if the cars not rolling which it usually is, i was asked if my 36 was for sale a couple times. I said, of course. Then a blank stare. No money was interchanged but one guy left me his card! I just assumed its car season here now and turkeyrun was coming up. But, If you want to pay me a crazy amount for it, you may own it.

Same cant be said for my trucks.

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i do not handle it, that is why i might sell it. i get the opposite reaction, someone told me "Hey you have to get this thing towed out of here"
"Why not drive it out of here?" *starts it*
They look shocked that it runs & offer me $500 for the engine. How about no.

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I have Clem's problem,;) every time I drive our '51 F-1... It attracts women... :) For a while, I thought it was me but...:eek: it's the truck :( They usually say they wish they had one... I always tell them "be careful what you wish for"...:D

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Punch him in the fukin face and lay him flat on his ass.

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Had this happen to me as well.......

F-Bomb multiple times and then a long stare until the Puke Leaves.:confused:

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When you drive an attention-getting car, you're going to draw attention. Duh.
No reason to get hostile over it.

If you want to be invisible, drive a CamryAccordKiaHyandaiNissan.

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I like the first part of 1932 V-8's answer and I will plan on using it. Giving them some very low number and saying at that price it is too much fun to drive to sell is a clever answer.

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I had someone offer me 2 Corvette project cars. I said, "A Corvette, they're junk plastic cars". He replied, "I know".

I remember the old commercial from years ago, where an old timer is bringing his black Model A into a muffler shop, his memorable quote from the ad was, "I'ld never sell Annabelle".
God that's YEARS ago!!!

I can remember the unimportant things in life, like my ex-wife's birthday!:D:D

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I always thank them for their interest and leave after giving them a few minutes. No need for me to be a jerk just because they are.

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the same thing happend to my dad. my dad told him a price that was high and 15 min later the guy showed up with a brown paper bag full of cash
car sold
house paid off
on to the next project
tk

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CC33-

I remember the commercial, too! As I recall, it was part of a Midas advertisement of a Life-Time warranty for their mufflers (circa 1960.) What I find baffling is I can remember that but can't remember where I put my reading glasses five minutes ago.....:confused:

Tom

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Probably the thing I find most annoying about owning an antique vehicle
is the unsolicited offer to buy my car.
I usually respond with an outrageously high price. This cools them down a bit.
When I collected Cadillacs this happened often.

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I like that one too!

Living in a downtown metro area you get all sorts of different reactions. Some very nice and some down right rude.

Once a waitress working at a restaurant, ran outside the restaurant and yelled "I love your car!" I thought that was nice.

I will say I have stopped driving it to the hardware store. Everytime I came out, I would find someone pawing on it. One guy was halfway in the window going for the pedals I assumed, as he told me he needed pedals like I have. :(. Talking to one admirer, I had mentioned something that I need to fix, he said he had noticed that. Well the only way you would know that is if you had been in the car. That is only the guys that I had caught, hard to say how many people have sat in the car when I wasn't looking. :rolleyes:

Always polite, but have a few instances were dishing it back would have been justified.

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Found the commercial. But his memorable line isn't mentioned in this version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFOWd...eature=related

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A while back,as I was gassing up the coupe,a guy approached me and asked how much I'd take for the car(I had no intention of selling it).I said,"Make me an offer.But if it's not enough,it's not for sale". We stood there staring at each other for a few seconds.Then we both smiled at each other and went our separate ways.

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I had a woman approach me and ask where I got my car and whether they had any more like it.

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A "no thankyou, not interested in selling"..works for me.
If the supposed buyer persists, then he is being rude/disrespectful.

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I like the ones even better that ask how much you paid for it. I tell them I found it the free ads. They look at you kinda puzzled.

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Your lucky he only asked how much. In my neighborhood you might run into someone that wouldn't even bother to ask how much. They pull a gun and take it from you.

I'm more wary of strangers now after losing a step son over an old Chevy Cavalier. The kid that shot him to steal his car was just plain nuts. I hope ya'll live in safer neighborhoods.

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First of all as a fellow woodie owner, for this guy to offer you ten grand for your 1940 woodie, tells me he doesn't have a clue what these cars are worth. There isn't a car show we go to that someone offers to buy our car. I just humor people when they ask me to sell my car and engage them in conversation. My wife however gives them a crazy figure and they just mumble something to themselves and walk away! Enjoy your woodie!

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Bingo.

Not sure how this was a situation of disrespect to you or your car. There's absolutely no reason to get worked up about it.

The guy could've simply liked your car, yet had no idea what the value is of a 1940 Ford XYZ. Not every one is worth $308k. Heck, I've seen cars that I think look neat and would be fun to own, but have no idea what the value would be on them, and I'm a car guy.

A simple "Sorry, it's not for sale" or giving some unrealistic number, and then leaving gets the point across.

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I have that problem with my 32 3 window and when I tell them what I would take for the old car they usually leave with a question still on there face. Count your blessings. Thanks All

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I am getting an inferority complex. Nobody has ever asked to buy my heaps. Everybody just ignores them!

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The popular conception is that anything is for sale at the right price. That may be true at an auction or such, but there are things that I would NEVER sale. Nevertheless, I enjoy the attention my cars bring.

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A few times when I've been asked "Is it for sale" I've replied "But what will I drive?" That usually kills the conversation.

I don't think people mean to be rude, some are not as graceful or competant with verbal expression as we would like. Chin up and keep smiling.

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I had an interesting one the other day. A guy asks me what year my truck is (standard question) so I say 49 and then his wife says , how much you want for it. So I said politely, its not for sale and continued talking to the husband.She proceeds to ask 3 more times "how much do I want to sell it for?" So I say " ITS NOT FOR SALE" to which she responds "what would you sell it for?". I finally say " this is my baby and I can't sell it" .Her response "people sell their babies all the time". So I say "Not around here they don't" and drive off. I am flattered when someone offers to buy my car but they can be obnoxious sometimes.