Anyone at the Rolling Meadows cruise night? or Steel v Plastic

"The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123" (mattp123) 09/07/2013 at 00:16 • Filed to: None

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EDIT: See that Cobra next to me? He backed into my car on his way out. Details below.

Come find me near this car. In the back corner.

So I leave the car for a few minutes to walk around. There's a DJ playing 50's music I mostly drown out. But I pay attention enough to hear the DJ page the owner of a beige Cutlass with plate 75 797 (one number off, but how many damn Cutlasses fit that description), could you come to the booth. I figure the DJ is packing up his trailer and needs me to move the car since the lot was jammed and I was in an end spot by the egress.

Well I walk over to the booth and a guy I recognize as the owner of one of the cars a few spots over from me says somebody hit my car. Great. I immediately feel hollow. Not because I was hungry as hell (and still am), but because like any normal human being, I automatically assume the worse. Great, I'm gunna need a new fender, door, bumper, repaint... the car will be gone all winter... there goes my nice unrestored car, now I'm gunna have shims galore to make stuff line up... the chrome on one bumper will be perfect while the other will show some age...

Luckily I dodged a bullet. The guy next to me in the Cobra decided to make an unnecessarily difficult 3 point turn to get out of the lot the back way rather than just take it easy through the crowd. In the process his tail light/fender hit right on the corner of my bumper.

Now before we go ape on the guy for not being able to back up in a car with zero blind spots, he handled it well. Admitted fault, gave me his number, stuck around. In his defense, the sloping back end of his dark blue Cobra probably does disappear in the dark of night. Also, he didn't get the short end of the stick, he got no end of any stick at all. All the damage was to his car, a Shelby CSX Cobra 427SC. For those of you who don't know, it is basically a brand new Cobra built by Shelby to nearly perfect 1965 specs. His tail light is shot, and there's a stress crack in his fiberglass/paint.

Moral of the story? Check your blind spots, even if you have none.

Blondude > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 09/06/2013 at 20:19

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Squints to read placard on Cobra, realizes it's just white lines and gives up.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Blondude 09/06/2013 at 20:28

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Basically a reproduction built to nearly 1965 specs by Carol himself. The guy has the pics to prove it.

Blondude > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 09/06/2013 at 20:30

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I was going to say, either that's an original or a really accurate reproduction. DO WANT either way.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Blondude 09/06/2013 at 20:35

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Well it technically is a real one... just not a 1965. It was built by Carol Shelby (and his elves) as opposed to some aftermarket kit built by anybody in their garage.

daender > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 09/07/2013 at 00:20

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Bumpers that actually work, ftw!

pdthedeuce > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 09/07/2013 at 00:22

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I thought all the continuation cars were aluminum like the originals . learn something new every day , I guess .

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > pdthedeuce 09/07/2013 at 00:28

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It was a very nicely done fiberglass. Had to look very hard to find signs that it wasn't aluminum. There was none of that rough woven looking underside you see sometimes in kit cars.

There actually was an al-yoo-min-yum one there as well. It was nicer in my opinion. Darker blue, no stripes, flat black exhaust, and, of course, aluminum.

Buick Mackane > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 09/07/2013 at 01:40

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Did you really mean the Cobra driver got the "short end of the stick"? I thought getting "the short end of the stick" means the person lost, not won.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Buick Mackane 09/07/2013 at 01:46

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Well if the point of the game is to get "more stick" and thus winning, he got no stick at all.

Buick Mackane > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 09/08/2013 at 15:27

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So the Cobra got a broken tail light and you had no damage to your Oldsmobile? I think the Cobra driver got the short end of the stick, yes?

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Buick Mackane 09/08/2013 at 16:05

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Ok... Let's suppose this was baseball.

If the short end of the stick went to the team who did poorly and the long end went to the team who did better, a short end would go to the team that scored less runs and the long end would go to the team who got more runs. Yes? Now if the score was 6 to 5, the sticks would be close in length. Now suppose the losing team, did not score any runs at all, they woulg get a very short stick. Now on top of that, they did not get any hits at all, no walks, and never even made contact. They did absolutely posed no threat to the other team and did no damage at all. No stick.

Buick Mackane > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 09/08/2013 at 17:31

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Forget about baseball, the Cobra was damaged and the Olds was damage free.

" All the damage was to his car, a Shelby CSX Cobra 427SC"

Olds wins, longer part of the stick, Cobra loses, short end of stick.

I don't think you will ever get it, I give up on you. Next, we all would love to hear you use the term "deep pockets", it will really entertain us, we all can use a laugh now and then.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Buick Mackane 09/08/2013 at 21:07

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Oh piss off. There was no damage to my car so no stick to be shared. If my modification of an analogy/phrase really bothers you that much then I pitty you dearly. Go back to your day job writing questions for the GRE.

Buick Mackane > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 09/08/2013 at 21:17

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Well now that you are getting nasty about it, I suggest you go back to school, or at least ask for your money back.l And yes, you are wrong about your "short end of the stick" analogy, I suggest you stop using it in the future if you do not understand it.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Buick Mackane 09/08/2013 at 22:58

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Look. I do understand the phrase. It's simple. If long stick is better and short stick is worse, I have all of the stick and he got none because I got no damage and he got all of it. If I had gotten a scratch or a ding then yea, I would have left the phrase alone, but I adapted the expression to make a point. Why do you need to be all nit picky about it?