What is your collector car Pet Peeve?

[QGolden]

I agree with the Toms. I often hear "whadja' hafta' give for that? Here in northern New England, I know etiquette varies around the country, but we don't seem to get hung up on prices up hea'.

[dumb person]

Originally Posted by QGolden

I often hear "whadja' hafta' give for that?

& when i hear the answer i figure i will buy a model A instead, knowing it is the finest car i could ever dream to afford.

(Did i mention how i dislike car club types asking me to donate my car to their club so they can give the tyres to someone who "deserves" them & use it as a fund raiser? $1 a hit style.)

[Skibb]

Pet Peeve no 1: Squirrelly Parts Houses..... I wont mention names.....

Pet Peeve no 2: Squirrelly repair shops ..... but there some real good ones .

Pet Peeve no 3: Guys who will come up and tell me how the "rodded" an A.

Pet Peeve no 4: Did you drive that here?

Pet Peeve no 5: Some son of a gun will leave my drivers door swinging open after looking at the car when it's parked and I'm eating lunch.

Pet Peeve no 6. Same as above except its the Motometer which is screwed down hard. But they try to take it bend it.

I'll stop......

[Terry,NJ]

I'm with Tom W. and the others who don't mind if asked. Asking the cost is one of the "Buying signs" that indicate interest. The person is interested and is curious about the costs. Whether or not they follow through pretty much depends on a lot of subsequent factors. But at that moment, he likes what he sees and he's wondering. I never saw the presumed "rudeness" of asking the cost of something. What do you want, for me to remain in the dark and stupid?
Terry

[nhusa]

When I have the T and get the how fast will it go question I point to the sign on the rear.
I don't have a plan for the A yet !

[Steve Plucker]

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Those who refer to the "zero" ("0") as an "Oh" (the letter O) when citing a number...I do it...we all do it!

Such as A390..."A-Three-Nine-Oh".

Pluck

[Allanw]

Originally Posted by Steve Plucker

Those who refer to the "zero" ("0") as an "Oh" (the letter O) when citing a number...I do it...we all do it!

Such as A390..."A-Three-Nine-Oh".

Pluck

You meant to say "A-Three-Ninety" right?

[Steve Plucker]

Originally Posted by Allanw

You meant to say "A-Three-Ninety" right?

OK...Five-Oh-Nine (509)

Pluck

[Gumpy]

Someone sticking almost there whole body in your car and leaning on it when the tops down, disrespectful!

[Steve Plucker]

Originally Posted by Gumpy

Someone sticking almost there whole body in your car and leaning on it when the tops down, disrespectful!

Or with the top up and a cigirette in his hand!

NOT GOOD!

Pluck

[Purdy Swoft]

V8 points in a model A distributor.

[The Hot Rod Grille]

Referring to a "5-window" Model A Coupe in "For Sale" ads.

[Cool Hand Lurker]

"What did you pay for it?"
"Well this one I had to put a lot of money into fixing it up but you can buy one that is driveable for about $........"

[al's28/33]

"WOW that car must be worth 80 thousand or 100 thousand dollars.".............long pause.....................nope she's worth 250 thousand!

[SeaSlugs]

Originally Posted by Timothy Kelly

My pet peeve: "Original Miles"

One often hears people mention that their car has only xxxx original miles. I suspect that they mean "actual" miles. If not.....can someone explain to me the difference between "original" miles and "unoriginal" miles or "aftermarket" miles?

well the way i always interpreted this was lets say for a 1974 car it has 27,000 original miles. To me that says the cars engine and body and interior havent been apart or restored and thats how it was found. Meaning as the car left the factory its done XXXX ammount of miles. Yes its technically not correct but i feel the term original is partially said in slang. much like a used car dealer saying $2700 is twenty seven hundred dollars. sounds better haha.

Its incredibly easy to roll back a speedometer and alot of people did once they rebuilt or replaced the engine with new this it may show 27K but its 27K on the rebuilt engine while the body has 120K miles...So when one says original miles id take that as it only has 27K miles and thats all its ever had on all components of the car.