What is the funniest comment you've ever heard anyone say about your car?
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 164
From: Poconos, PA
One of the more ridiculous conversations I had was with a guy at a cruise-in who thought he knew more than I did about my own car...
Guy: That V8 isn't factory, you put that in there.
Me: Yes it is factory.
Guy: No it's not, the Monte Carlos all had V6's.
Me: No, the V8 was standard in the SS for 2006 and 2007. The car came from the factory like that with the V8.
Guy: No it didn't, they had V6's.
Me: Yes, that IS factory.
...at that point I wasn't going to argue with the guy anymore. He was so animate that the V8 was not factory. I can't remember word for word exactly what was said, but that was basically what transpired.
Actually young kids seem to know what a Monte Carlo is more than most adults do. Even with the front end of the 2006-07 Monte being very similar to the 06-13 Impala, kids are still quick to point it out as a Monte Carlo. Since they talk louder, I will usually hear the "look at that Monte Carlo" line from kids all the time at shows, etc.
A lot of what I get isn't even said out loud but read from people's reactions.
One I get pretty much all the time is a lot of people will stand at the front of the car and stare at the engine for what seems like an eternity, glance at the front end with a confused look on their face, maybe go back and forth between the engine and car, then do a slow walk around back to see what kind of car it is. Even when I'm sitting right there, it's like they're on their own mission to figure out (a) if the V8 is suppose to be there, and (b) what kind of car it is.
Another one I get is guys, usually older men, literally burying their faces into the engine compartment like they're trying to figure out what the deal is with the V8 in the car. From what I've seen over the past few years, most people assume these 2006-07 SS's still had a V6 and are surprised and stunned to find a V8 under the hood.
I get a kick out of it.
Guy: That V8 isn't factory, you put that in there.
Me: Yes it is factory.
Guy: No it's not, the Monte Carlos all had V6's.
Me: No, the V8 was standard in the SS for 2006 and 2007. The car came from the factory like that with the V8.
Guy: No it didn't, they had V6's.
Me: Yes, that IS factory.
...at that point I wasn't going to argue with the guy anymore. He was so animate that the V8 was not factory. I can't remember word for word exactly what was said, but that was basically what transpired.
Actually young kids seem to know what a Monte Carlo is more than most adults do. Even with the front end of the 2006-07 Monte being very similar to the 06-13 Impala, kids are still quick to point it out as a Monte Carlo. Since they talk louder, I will usually hear the "look at that Monte Carlo" line from kids all the time at shows, etc.
A lot of what I get isn't even said out loud but read from people's reactions.
One I get pretty much all the time is a lot of people will stand at the front of the car and stare at the engine for what seems like an eternity, glance at the front end with a confused look on their face, maybe go back and forth between the engine and car, then do a slow walk around back to see what kind of car it is. Even when I'm sitting right there, it's like they're on their own mission to figure out (a) if the V8 is suppose to be there, and (b) what kind of car it is.
Another one I get is guys, usually older men, literally burying their faces into the engine compartment like they're trying to figure out what the deal is with the V8 in the car. From what I've seen over the past few years, most people assume these 2006-07 SS's still had a V6 and are surprised and stunned to find a V8 under the hood.
I get a kick out of it.
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 164
From: Poconos, PA
I'm a big NY Giants fan and when I went to the Redskins/Giants game last year at the new "Giants Stadium" with two friends of mine, it was the second occasion where I drove my own car after the mods and stuff(first was englishtown nj). After getting off of Route 3 to head into the stadium, people were just getting out of my way for some strange reason kinda like Moses parting the Red Sea. One of my friends had a parking pass so we were able to get into the gate quickly and after we get through my friend tells me to head over to a particular lot where we would be meeting up with some more folks. Well this lot was all the way over to the right after we got in. I put my blinker on and again people just sort of got out of my way so my boy says, "I think people think we're players on the team". All because of my Big Blue Monte Carlo.
Them: nice car,
Me: thanks
Them: rwd right?
Me: *hangin head low* unfortunately not
Them: Really! I thought they would have med it rwd
Me: thanks
Them: rwd right?
Me: *hangin head low* unfortunately not
Them: Really! I thought they would have med it rwd
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You'd be surprised at how many people don't know that, even some car folks.
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Minnesota
turbocharged cobalt: you think you're unique cuz you're the only monte that comes out to the races?
me: ignore
cobalt: that ss emblem stands for supper slow right?
me: reminds him his cobalt is also an ss
cobalt: lines up with a stock grand am and losses.
lmao
me: ignore
cobalt: that ss emblem stands for supper slow right?
me: reminds him his cobalt is also an ss
cobalt: lines up with a stock grand am and losses.
lmao
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I find it especially amusing with guys and their SRT-4's. You will never hear the word "Neon" out of their mouths, EVER; it's always referred to as an SRT-4 and they act like they own a Viper. Dude... it's a Neon.
Also 2 guys at GM nationals saw the supercharged logo on the Monte next to mine and went "this one could smoke that V8 no problem I bet"