What are the most cringeworthy comments you've heard at car events?

"MLGCarGuy" (thejdmguy)
02/11/2016 at 18:00 • Filed to: None

Title says it all. Some of the comments I’ve heard include…

“Yes, there were TWO P1s here today!”- a middle-aged man upon seeing a 650S

“Bro, look at this huge-a** turbo on this Supra.” - a teenager with a vape pen to his friends, while pointing to an air intake in the engine bay

“Meh. Nothing special. He just took it to the shop to make them do all the work.” - an old guy seeing a widebody M4

DISCUSSION (64)

Cherry_man1 > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:05

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I agree with that statement. M4 isn’t that special.

scoob > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:06

By far and away the best one I have ever heard. I will remember this for the rest of my life.

“This is the SLS! It has 6.3 cylinders.”

It doesn’t have 6.3 cylinders... and it’s not even 6.3 lol.

$kaycog > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:07

While looking at a 1956 Ford at a car show. A girl near me said.......”My dad has one just like it only it’s a Chevy.”

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:08

I was standing around a C6 Z06 a few years ago, drooling probably, when this group of bros came over and one said, I kid you fucking not, “My Civic could beat this American hunk of shit.” It's been three years and I still destinctly remember the mental pain I felt upon hearing that.

EL_ULY > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:08

Lady: oh look baby, here’s the one I want. That’s the one my boss manager has. The red one (pointing at an Audi A5 2.0T)

Man: oh ok, what’s special about this one? Why do you want this one?

Lady: because it’s red

Matt Nichelson > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:08

“It’s really a 302, it just says two 289 because the valve covers were free!” - Me explaining the motor in my mom’s ‘66 Mustang and my stepdad’s cheapness to a couple of guys at a car show.

Matt Nichelson > $kaycog
02/11/2016 at 18:10

Because that’s totally how that works.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:10

I had some guy try and convince me the LEDs on his wheels made his car faster...I took a video of it, Ill check for it in abbit

For Sweden > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:13

“I’m not a big fan of RWD brown manual diesel wagons.”

TheJWT > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:17

“It’s a 458, but it’s not an Italia”- That wasn’t at a show, it was a conversation between the “car people” back in high school.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:18

The skyline is illegal in America because its faster than the cops

deprecated account > For Sweden
02/11/2016 at 18:19

- no one ever

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:24

“Did you see the I8 commercial at the super bowl?”

That was from just a day ago.

Future next gen S2000 owner > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:27

Kinja'd!!!

HammerheadFistpunch > For Sweden
02/11/2016 at 18:28

You know, the last thing the car world needs is another light focused roaster or coupe...

Nauraushaun > TheJWT
02/11/2016 at 18:31

To be fair, Ferrari’s naming conventions are fucking retarded. Italia this, Challenge Stradale that, Lusso this, Modena that, Speciale this, Scuderia that, Berlinetta this. Every model has sub-titles applied at complete random for no apparent reason.

scoob > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
02/11/2016 at 18:33

The cops don’t chase you if you’re too fast.

scoob > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
02/11/2016 at 18:33

Don’t think we’ll forget about this.

We’re waiting.

Boxer_4 > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:35

Kinja'd!!!

At NYIAS one year, while I was looking under the hood of a Matrix:

Random Guy: I bet I can sell you this car! Um, let’s see, it has a 16 Volt engine (pointing to the 16V on the engine cover)...

Me: walks away ...

gin-san - shitpost specialist > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:38

“Bro, look at this huge-a** turbo on this Supra.” - a teenager with a vape pen to his friends, while pointing to an air intake in the engine bay

Maybe eventually we’ll see someone who has tattooed a huge air intake to his bicep and makes a sweet social media post about his sweet new turbo tattoo.

MultiplaOrgasms > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:39

“Chrysler and GM share engines” -guy at school whose parents run a Ford dealer.

JGrabowMSt > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:40

I was at the NYIAS last year, which was pretty awesome. I get in line at Jaaaaaaaaag to look and sit in the F Type coupe when I got a little bored so I started to poke around the car a bit and I popped the trunk, because why not? Much to my disbelief, this person behind me, who clearly was not very into cars, takes a look and says, in a most serious voice, “That’s where they put the gas tank?”

Yes, kind sir, Jaaaaaaaaag, being a worldwide auto manufacturer put the filler cap in the trunk, and a fake one outside the car to fool people.

Moron. He saw the washer fluid filler cap, which yes, is infact located in the trunk.

Ricorich was there. He heard it too. Not enough palms to put against faces.

MultiplaOrgasms > Nauraushaun
02/11/2016 at 18:41

Some of them make sense, others are random places in italy.

Danger Ranger XLT > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 18:41

“Ni**ers shouldn’t be allowed to have cars.”

There are reasons I’ve abandoned my mother’s side of the family.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > scoob
02/11/2016 at 18:47

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that’s the car, looking for the video of me and the guy talking

scoob > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
02/11/2016 at 18:49

Says video unavailable

DanZman > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
02/11/2016 at 18:50

I've met some pretty fast civics LOL. But anyone that has a civic that is fast enough to play with the big boys also knows to respect the big boys.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > scoob
02/11/2016 at 18:54

Kinja does not like facebook....

scoob > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
02/11/2016 at 18:56

Maybe permissions?

Kinja'd!!!

Vítor > TheJWT
02/11/2016 at 19:00

Well, he is right if it was a Spider or a Speciale

DanZman > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 19:00

One time at the car wash, a kid told his mom that My car was a Lamborghini. I didn't bother to correct him.

TheJWT > Vítor
02/11/2016 at 19:01

I mean technically yeah...

But they knew nothing about cars

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > scoob
02/11/2016 at 19:02

pjhusa > Cherry_man1
02/11/2016 at 19:29

No. Stahp.

Dy-no-mite Jay > $kaycog
02/11/2016 at 19:30

Ford, Chevy, they both have 4 wheels and engines. Same thing.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 19:34

“Toyota bought the 5.7L engine from GM. That’s why the new GM engines aren’t 5.7L, they aren’t allowed to make them any more.” - guy at the quick lube

“Mm hm. That’s interesting.” - me backing away slowly

$kaycog > Dy-no-mite Jay
02/11/2016 at 19:37

Isn’t that amazing?

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 19:40

Ive heard from some dude-bro at cars and coffee that my S600 is a 6 cylinder*, and that “my mustang (a V6 SN-95) will smoke it in a race”

*note, the car says V12 in a few places, and most notably definitely doesn’t sound like a 6 cylinder.

Kinja'd!!!

Not my picture ^

Dy-no-mite Jay > $kaycog
02/11/2016 at 19:41

But seriously, they are both companies based in Michigan in almost the same cities. That makes them like twins right?

$kaycog > Dy-no-mite Jay
02/11/2016 at 19:50

Also, they both had those gorgeous bright colors. Twins, for sure.

pjhusa > Boxer_4
02/11/2016 at 19:59

This is the definitive winner.

pjhusa > Future next gen S2000 owner
02/11/2016 at 20:00

Same. I just keep clicking “refresh”.

Burn-Spaz1966-Burn > $kaycog
02/11/2016 at 20:28

Burn-Spaz1966-Burn > $kaycog
02/11/2016 at 20:29

McChiken116 - Patrick H. > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 20:38

V4 is pretty bad. But I think the lowered CC covered in a cloud of vape was probably the most cringworthy

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 20:40

Overheard at show, one teenager to another, while looking at a Lambo Murci SV: “dude look at that Gallardo. It cost, like, $50,000.”

Nauraushaun > MultiplaOrgasms
02/11/2016 at 20:43

But even the ones that do make sense get varied ridiculously. The 458 Speciale, 430 Scud, 360 Challenge Stradale and 355 Challenge are all effectively the same car. They’re all the faster, lighter version of the lower V8 sports model. Why do they all have unique titles? Why can’t they all be Scuds?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 20:49

For me personally, when someone pulled up next to me and ask me if my 944 was the one with the 4.4L V8....I didn’t know if I should tell him it was a 4 cylinder or not, but I did, and it confused the guy.

My favorite was listening to a father and son dressed top to bottom in Fezza gear with an F430 disregard me to talk to another Fezza bro in what may have been a 360 the first time I ever went to Cars and Coffee. That conversation was a Fezza sausage fest. -_-

Dsscats > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 20:51

From a friend of mine with an R32 GTR:

Guy comes up to the car, vaping, of course. Drops to the ground. Looks underneith the car. Comes up to his group of fellow vape-bros: “No, it’s an S13.” Walks away.

And at a different car event with the hood up: “Is that a twin turbo V6?”

Dsscats > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 20:59

WAIT, I just remembered another one!!! Not at a car show, but hanging at a friend’s shop with my 300ZX parked outside. Some dude walks in, points to the car, and asks, “Hey, is that one of the 2JZ models?”

Master Cylinder > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 21:26

Was at NAIAS this year, wandered into the Dodge exhibit. Spent a little time watching people examine the Rams. Heard one morbidly obese man repeat to himself over and over that the Ram Dually Diesel Bro-Wagon was “super perty” and how he “loved being in her.” Kind of awkward and creepy, actually.

yamahog > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 21:33

“Well the Hellcat’s pretty nice, too bad the Challenger’s not available in RWD any more.” -middle aged gentleman who refused to hear any different

“Smart of you to get her into cars now” -greyhair talking to my then-boyfriend as if I wasn’t even there and as if I needed a man to make me interested in cars...

“Oh, he likes that dress on you, better not wander off on your own” -SRT buddy of mine warning me about another dude’s less than honorable intentions :/

too many gross things from old dudes to recall. And I get this one constantly...

“Wow, a 1LE. You got an auto thought, right?” ....they only come in manual, wiseass.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 22:26

Anything that sounds like insecurity is usually cringe-inducing.

“Those Lambos are cheap. You can get one for $20k.”

“My buddy’s Mustang is faster than that Ferrari.”

“Porsches are for old people.”

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > MLGCarGuy
02/11/2016 at 22:32

This is a good one: we saw a more rare konigsegg than this one right now

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > EL_ULY
02/11/2016 at 22:46

+1 for usage of “boss manager”

EL_ULY > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
02/11/2016 at 23:58

Lol

MultiplaOrgasms > Nauraushaun
02/12/2016 at 01:46

I’m fairly certain at some point those will form a complete sentence, as in “Scuderia Ferrari builds Speciale cars for the XXX Challenge and also Stradale versions of them”

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Cherry_man1
02/12/2016 at 14:08

Compared to a Challenge Stradale, true.

Compared to bro’s Mustang with an exhaust, false.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > MLGCarGuy
02/12/2016 at 14:10

Actually, the overarching question is:

Why do so many dudes pretend to know about cars when they clearly cannot back up their statements?

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
02/12/2016 at 14:11

No, your 944 has 944 cubic inches. My buddy said so.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
02/12/2016 at 15:19

I’ve got a 15.4L 4 banger under my hood! :p

Cherry_man1 > pjhusa
02/12/2016 at 19:59

It really isn't that good.

Cherry_man1 > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
02/12/2016 at 20:00

Compared to GT350R or say M6 it's meh

Clemsie McKenzie > MLGCarGuy
02/13/2016 at 14:31

This one always has my vote:

“It was FWD but I converted it to Twin Turbo”