[BonzoHansen]

So you had a soda with him at a meet and greet and therefore know him well? Did look into his eyes, get a sense of his soul, and see he is trustworthy?

Great, he was nice to you, kudos to him. Facts, not opinions: He sued the SAAC, a group of enthusiasts who do nothing but glorify him, and even tried to copyright the name SAAC w/o even telling them. He also got busted by the feds on vin# fraud, not the unique performance deal, actually what became the continuation cars or whatever the f*&k they called it. And his charity offers little to no payouts. I won’t even get into the dirty business and bankruptcies and such. I personally give him a pass on the charity since he likely has little to do with it, and unique perf deal was not his doing at all. However, I know a number of people – people whose opinion I trust - who have had personal dealings with him, not just a hello at a meet & greet, and there have been very few kind words to say about him. Actually, comments about CS are very similar to comments about Boyd Codington. An occasional nice word with lots of not so nice words.

At Carlisle 2 years ago I could have had Joel Rosen sign my car, but it's not a motion car and I don't care. Al may cry, but I passed on dinner at Settlemire's house this year. Know why? BFD. I don't care. I certainly don’t hold any of them in some revered state. Hell, when I went to London I spent a few minutes talking to Randy Johnson (the pitcher) because I bumped into him on the way to the concert. Did I harass him or ask for an autograph? No, I just bs-ed with him like I would with any guy, about the city, the show, etc. He was nice to me. But I know he has been a top shelf a-hole to some folks.

“Maybe I have an intresti n the wrong kind of car, for people to appreciate my knowledge, and likes and dislikes, but for now, its all I can afford.” - this roughly translates into “you all suck and I will show you I am better than you when I have more money”. You will learn that what a person makes has nothing to do with the quality of their character (in fact experience may teach you it’s the other way around). To make such a statement is just wrong. And your constant condescending attitude is way out of place. You just come off as a spoiled little know-it-all - not saying you are, but you sure come off that way.

You really need to chill. You always take stuff way to seriously and way to personally, like someone stepped on your puppy.