Well, I don't know about anyone else, but it's always been my
practice to NOT touch anyone else's car (truck,
motorcycle...whatever) without them asking me (as in asking for some
help with lifting or pushing) or without me asking their permission first.
I've seen enough incidents at car shows and hot rod cruises (and in
the pits at race tracks) where "unapproved touching" has been met
with exactly the kind of response you've described.
I've also seen a whole lotta people with absolutely no respect for
another person's property who seem to feel that it's their God-given
right to smear their grubby mitts all over my car...or even worse,
let their untamed, candy/ice cream slimed children do it. I don't
appreciate that at all...and I spose if it was the 13th or 20th (or
whatever) time someone started messing with my car in the span of a
couple of hours, I'd probably react pretty strongly.
That's just me...others may have different opinions. Btw, for me,
the "hands off unless invited" holds true whether it's on the salt,
at Pebble Beach or at the local Arctic Circle cruise nite. Again,
this is just my opinion...YMMV.
Ray the (frozen-solid) rat
At 07:11 PM 01/17/2007, Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net wrote:
>So this guy unloads a car near where my buddy's encampment was in
>Sunnyville '05 I think. It's bodiless but mostly done, a modified
>sports, tons of framework everywhere, nice, painted. So I wander
>over and start staring at the thing. There's alot to see. There's an
>open end of tubing sticking out the side of the thing, it's wierd,
>but it's not just open, there's something in there a ways. I wonder,
>hmmm, I can't imagine he'd mind as I stick my finger in the
>tube..."JESUS CHRIST DON"T TOUCH THE CAR, WHAT THE HELL IS THE
>MATTER WITH YOU, YOU NEVER TOUCH SOMEONE'S CAR JESUS CHRIST".....as
>I'm walking away he's still fuming.
>I really would never touch a car except I was trying to figure out
>what I was looking at. I think he was way over the top, this is
>Bonneville, the corrosion capital of the earth, not Pebble Beach,
>but then again.....
>My vote was a simple poke is kosher. I am wrong to still be
>embarrassed by this? BJ
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