I Lost All Hope of My Sister Becoming a Car Nut

"Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS" (corey-cc97)
08/06/2013 at 00:03 • Filed to: Loss of Hope, Corvette

We went to dinner, and as soon as we got out of our car, she pointed at the car next to us and said "wow, that's a cool Dodge Charger". The car was a C5 Corvette Z06. *sigh*

DISCUSSION (20)

pdthedeuce > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 00:04

I will pray for her.

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 00:09

Was she just saying it to feign interest? If not it may just be a teachable moment. "Actually that's a Chevy, Dodge makes the Charger." If she's pointing a car out at all, it means there is still hope.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter
08/06/2013 at 00:12

She was being completely serious when she said it. I did point out to her that it was a Corvette, to which she responded "oh what's the big deal, all cars are the same".

PatBateman > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 00:12

I have most (2/3) of my daughters identifying different makes on the road. I'm moving on to the models training now.

PatBateman > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 00:15

Wut...?!

You need to strap her into a chair and play the last five seasons of Top Gear, Wheeler Dealers, and Fast & Loud.

SonorousSpeedJoe > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 00:18

I kinda understand it, as people I've talked to see a Corvette or a muscle car and will label it a Mustang/Challenger/Camaro/Charger - it's ubiquitous in my neck of the woods.

Hell, I remember one time in high school when a fellow junior in one of my classes was talking about how he was putting a down payment on a 2011 Camaro V6 and financing the rest with his dad's help. One of the girls he was talking to mentioned that her parents might get her one after she'd asked, and she described the Camaro as being "Front-wheel-drive or rear-wheel-drive, I don't know." She never did get one.

If your sister wasn't that indifferent to cars, then you could've used the opportunity as dsigned001 pointed out, but I can see why you'd lose hope in this case.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > PatBateman
08/06/2013 at 00:25

She's watched Top Gear before and hated every minute. She says it's boring and stupid, and then leaves the room to go watch something on Disney Channel. And she's yelling at me about boring and stupid shows...

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 00:28

Uhh..how old is she? It sounds like you might have a couple years yet to convince her.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter
08/06/2013 at 00:35

She's 12 years old, and I've been trying to get her to understand the glorious world of automobiles for six of those years. The most success I've had is her buying a Lamborghini hat at a car show she didn't want to go to.

80CobraKid > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 00:42

I'm lucky then. My sister will send me photos of what she sees, then I let her know. Usually she remembers and learns. I pray for you.

RMudkips > PatBateman
08/06/2013 at 00:46

According to my parents, my first word was "Honda" or "BMW". May the car nut spread through the genes, dude.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > 80CobraKid
08/06/2013 at 00:49

It's not just her. My whole family is like that.

80CobraKid > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 00:52

Oh, damn. Sorry. My dad was a car guy since he was a kid, my mom can recognize something special, but I usually have to take the details she gives and translate that into the correct car.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > 80CobraKid
08/06/2013 at 01:07

Yeah, I wish there was someone in my family as big into cars as I am. Sometimes I wonder how I even got into cars, because it wasn't the whole rebel against your family thing that some of my friends think it is.

Z_Stig > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 01:15

Give her time. 12 years old is still pretty young.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 01:29

That's pretty young! You will get through to her eventually. It'll only be a matter of time! :D

My sister's 24 and I'm 19 and I can't, for the life of me get her to remember the muscle cars correctly. She'll openly recognize a Mustang, and once in a while say look at that Mustang, when it's actually a Camaro, and then I correct her, and she scoffs and says oh, they all look the same.

And then she tells me all about how she saw this one car the other day and knew it was an expensive exotic but then can't describe it to me and every time she does that I never know what car she got to see.

Changesonmyminda2323 > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 01:32

Give her some time. I couldn't get my sister to be interested in cars until she started driving. Now she comes with me to the Scottsdale auctions and even picks out her future classics.

hessen > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 01:37

Well at least she did better that what I experienced. I was driving in Honolulu in a C6 corvette convertible (hawaii is the state with the rarest corvette population) when I stopped at the red light and overheard a girl said to her (i assume) boyfriend with pride, "that's a cool ferrari." Thinking there's a ferrari nearby i quickly browse the intersection before overhearing him replied, "that's a corvette." *facepalm*

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
08/06/2013 at 05:28

You're both wrong, that's clearly a V6 Mustang.

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
08/06/2013 at 10:31

Your response sent chills down my spine.