People who don't know what they're talking about...

[NJ346]

...does it piss you off?

I was just talking to the dad of one of my friends who has a 99 FRC vette. He was talking about how the new vettes engines are so far ahead of the engines in our cars(mine is also a 99 LS1). He then wanted to know if my car was a 305 or 350, and I told him 346. He looked at me in awe as if I was stupid. The biggest thing that bothered me was when he told me what kind of oil he was running in it 20W50:shock:

That's my story and when I meet people like this I do get a little annoyed because of their ignorance. I'm sure a lot of ppl feel this way...

[r0nin89]

A guy at work tried to tell me that if I put a stand alone HEI dizzy on my 305 instead of the computer one it would spark too hot. Thats funny I always thought the spark plugs controlled the heat rating....

[madness410]

ehh...well i dont know everything about cars but i do know some things. idk when i see someone who doesnt know about something i try to educate them on what i know, and always appreciate it when people teach me things

[redbanditZ28]

I know what you mean. God forbid anyone can take your word for anything nowadays. Apparently everyone knows everything. Even one of my best friends rarely takes my word on things.

[ChevyHank]

There is a book called chevy ls1/ls6 v-8's written buy a gm engineer. It will give you all the info to show dad how wrong he is. It is 20$ at barnes & noble plus you will learn alot more about the gen3 motor. Look on his oil cap it should say 5w30 only.

[NJ346]

There is a book called chevy ls1/ls6 v-8's written buy a gm engineer. It will give you all the info to show dad how wrong he is. It is 20$ at barnes & noble plus you will learn alot more about the gen3 motor. Look on his oil cap it should say 5w30 only.

This isn't my dad we're talking about, it's my friends dad. My dad was a mechanic for 15 years, I'd sure hope he knows the difference between an Ls1 and a 350.

[sweetbmxrider]

man, i would have :nutkick: that guy

[LTb1ow]

I get that all the time with people, Oh you have an LT1 that means your slow compared to my sweet high tech LS1. Just keep on going and let them keep on being dumb.

[jims69camaro]

i'm to the point, also, to just let them keep on keepin' on - whether that be right or wrong, and whether they are correct or incorrect in their assumptions and/or "knowledge". you can bring a horse to water...

[Frosty]

I get that all the time with people, Oh you have an LT1 that means your slow compared to my sweet high tech LS1. Just keep on going and let them keep on being dumb.

[arrogant ls1 guy] How are they being dumb?[/arrogant ls1 guy]

:D:D:D:D

[badzracing]

I get that all the time with people, Oh you have an LT1 that means your slow compared to my sweet high tech LS1. Just keep on going and let them keep on being dumb.

I hate when people tell me the truth too......hahah j/k, not really, LS1's are waaaaaay better.

[NJ Torque]

Well... lucky you've never been to a carshow with a GN... the real stupid ones come out then.

[Iroc-z86]

yeah we have one of those jerks at work who thinks he knows everything about everything...examples....according to him chrysler already bought out gm...his brothers 'supposed'(never has shown proof of this mystery car) mustang cobra runs low 9's with a supercharger pulley, intake and exhaust without any motor work....and this takes the cake...he thinks his stock v8 dakota will destroy my friends 06 ram 2500 cummins with the edge programmer in the quarter mile and overall payload....

just a little to let you guys know what idiots i work with.

[Knipps]

I don't know about you guys but my car got the corvette motor :grin:

[LTb1ow]

I hate when people tell me the truth too......hahah j/k, not really, LT1's are waaaaaay better.


:nod:

[sweetbmxrider]

I don't know about you guys but my car got the corvette motor :grin:

:rofl: oh that gets me EVERY TIME!!!!

:nod:

8-) LT1 at heart

[69BirdX]

i get asked my alot of people if my car is an lt1. Then i tell them no its an ls1 and i get looks like im stupid. Then thats when i tell them its a vette motor.
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[Stroked355Z28]

When I was in high school, I was hanging out at this local spot w/ a bunch of people. I was only a Sophomore and this kid who was a senior at the time tells me he knows more than me about cars. So, this pisses me off because can't just have good conversation. So, he says this in front of everybody and I tell him I want to go first w/ asking the questions. He agrees. First question and second question were enough to send him home and not show his face at school again. I asked a 2 basic questions: the first, I asked him where the calipers located in the car?? He says that they are located in the engine. Ha ha. So going w/ that, the second question I asked him was, Where are the pistons are located?? So his answer was, ha ha, I laugh everytime I think about this, he said the pistons are located in the rear end of the car. Ha ha ha. Everyone laughed at him, he got shut out by me, a sophomore at the time. Hope everyone enjoyed that one.

[BigAls87Z28]

I hate the Vette motor thing.
The 350 was launched with the Camaro and Camaro alone in 1967.

[DevilDougWS6]

i went to XXinsert auto parts store hereXX and i told the kid what i needed very clearly for a trans am.

he replies looking confused at the computer "uhhhh grand...am?"

i reply "no, TRANS AM, firebird?"

he replies "oh, ok, nice car" :hammer:


http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/devildoug216/2005_Pontiac_Grand_Am.jpg

[sweetbmxrider]

:rofl:

[WildBillyT]

I hate the Vette motor thing.
The 350 was launched with the Camaro and Camaro alone in 1967.

AMEN!:nod:

There's a story about a GM Exec wanting to go from 327 cid to 350 cid in all bore, only to be met with resistance from the engineering department about "where he wants the cylinders to overlap" LOL.

[badzracing]

:nod:

I feel dirty now.....I need a shower

[Frank drives a Firebird]

i went to XXinsert auto parts store hereXX and i told the kid what i needed very clearly for a trans am.

he replies looking confused at the computer "uhhhh grand...am?"

i reply "no, TRANS AM, firebird?"



Oh I've gotten that MANY times. Hasn't anybody heard of anything besides Scions and the Crossfire these days? :-x

[Masonite]

Oh I've gotten that MANY times. Hasn't anybody heard of anything besides Scions and the Crossfire these days? :-x

oh yeah i had a crossfire...

http://www.farscapegames.co.uk/ishop/images/1003/crossfire.jpg

:rofl:

[wrong generation]

i went to XXinsert auto parts store hereXX and i told the kid what i needed very clearly for a trans am.

he replies looking confused at the computer "uhhhh grand...am?"

i reply "no, TRANS AM, firebird?"

he replies "oh, ok, nice car" :hammer:

thats better then when i had my trans am. i went to an auto part store for a brake line. and had 3 people there try and tell me that my car was a brittish car and that they didnt sell brake lines for brittish cars there. so after 10 or so minutes of trying to convince them that the pontiac firebird trans am was an american car i gave up and said fine how about a brake line for a chevy camaro. in which they then tried to tell me that it wouldnt work on my car at which point i told them to just show me the brake line and i tool them out to my car screwed it into place. and was like wtf happened to it not working looks like it works to me. so went back inside to pay for it and had them look up the part # and sure enough the same part # was listed for the pontiac firebird trans am. at that point they all shut up and i have yet to return to that store.

but then again there arnt any auto part stores worth going to what ever happened to the days where you went to one and they knew what you needed even if you didnt. now days if they cant find it on their computer they asume it doesnt exist doesnt matter if you have the old broken one in your hand or not. lol

[CHRIS67]

I had some freeze dried 70's throwback come up to me when I was filling the 67 Camaro at a gas station and said, "whoa, I had a mustang exactly like that". :shock: Looking back I should have asked him if his Mustang had Chevy badging too. :twak:

[z28rob18]

i got a friend that talks to me everyday about my car and everything im doin and he doesnt know too much and it gets irritating. but wat bothers me the most is he compares my car to his go kart.

[BonzoHansen]

People who don't know what they're talking about... ...does it piss you off?Yes, but I keep coming back to this site anyway. :lol:

[Featherburner]

Yes, but that's why I keep coming back to this site. :lol:

:lol:

[98tadriver]

tell your friends dad thats a pretty bold statement and if he has the testicular fortitude, to line it up some outdated LS1 f-bodies this fall ;)

[NJ346]

tell your friends dad thats a pretty bold statement and if he has the testicular fortitude, to line it up some outdated LS1 f-bodies this fall ;)

He won't race the car at the track because a corvette is a "cruiser" car and not a grad car.:shock:

Anyway-who was the one that brought this thread back from the dead.:loser:

[NJ Torque]

Anyway-who was the one that brought this thread back from the dead.:loser:


That would be Frank Drives a Firebird...

[jims69camaro]

I know what you mean. God forbid anyone can take your word for anything nowadays. Apparently everyone knows everything. Even one of my best friends rarely takes my word on things.

QFT. what is it these days? it's like they know everything and you know nothing...

anyway, if it's someone i care about i try to educate them. that might be in finding my source in a book, magazine or online. sometimes multiple sources are needed to satisfy some people.

while i was selling cars, a shirt-tailed relative called me out of the blue and asked me what her car was worth. since the #1 used car buyer was sitting right next to me, i put her on hold and asked him what he thought. he gave me a number. when i picked the phone back up and told her the number, she said "are you sure you know what you are doing?" apparently, she went to trade her car in and the guy low-balled her trade-in just to see what he could get her to fall for. i told her to stop the proceedings immediately and head on over to my place of employment. she hung up and finished the deal there, accepting his low-ball and thinking i was out of my mind, even after i told her i talked with the buyer personally and he would write a check for the amount he told me, all she had to do was show up. she didn't even need to buy a car there, since the used car buyer is not an employee of the dealership.

she ended up being out almost $8,000, between the raping on her trade-in and the car she bought. i said nothing more to her about it, since she was happily drifting on the ether of a new car... after all, it's only money. :rolleyes:

[jims69camaro]

Oh I've gotten that MANY times. Hasn't anybody heard of anything besides Scions and the Crossfire these days? :-x

:ban: for bringing this back.

and it helps if you think like the clerk at XXinsert auto parts store nameXX. you know, like you're 15 and your major worries are how many pimples you have and who you're going to take to the formal and if she will actually go with you, not the customer standing in front of you who probably has 20 times your experience with cars. no, just ignore that and ask him, with the utmost control over your voice so it doesn't crack and creak in the middle of a sentence again, what year, make and model car this is for... in that order, please, so i don't get confused. and, if you are thinking like that, then you know your car is in the computer as a 1989 pontiac firebird, trans am with the 305 motor (it's a manual transmission and they didn't come from the factory with the 350 and a manual). but don't tell him any of that, as it might be too much for his pea-brain to think about...