Who gets laughed at?

[Charlie1717]

Just yesterday I was sitting in my accounting class and my teacher asks the class who here paid cash for their car... I was the only person in the class to raise their hand. A class of 50 (given I go to a private university) and I was the only one. So she asks how much did you pay. I said $600. The whole class looks at me like what!? there are cars that cheap. So then she asks why I bought it. I said " I average 43 Mpg, it runs and gets me home" nuff said. Everyone in my class now wants a $600 festiva. Best lookin car in the lot! Still get the snickers though when I walk out to it

Dang kids with their parents cars

[4dtuff]

Yea, get laughed at some, a gal i work with calls it a roller skate with a motor, it may be, but when you drive 100 miles round trip to work every day and getting 43 mpg they dont laugh so much. Also my wife hates it, so i dont have to worry bout her driving it :toothy7:

[michael11]

Mine is white, and a guy at work calls it a Tic Tac.. This coming from a guy that drives a mid 90's Taurus..whatever lol

[DriverOne]

I used to get laughed at. Then the B6 found a home under the hood of Rusty. They still laugh at the rust, but not for long. Got a ticket on I90 for doing 110mph in a 65 zone. I just show them the ticket. LOL

I'm sure the cop had to double check his radar!

[sam.1956]

Last summer, 4 teenagers in a Honda started laughing so hard when my little red Festy (complete w/racing stripes) approached them, that they nearly ran their car off the road!

Personally I'm not bothered when folks laugh at my car. I figure, at least I brightened their [obviously miserable] day for 15 seconds! HA!

[GenevaDirt]

HELLO TONYCASH??? It also takes a real woman to drive it also! i get laughed at all the time.....but oh well! Just today a guy came up to me and said "i've got bigger tires on my tractor!" lol i thought it was funny!

I pulled into a gas station one day and this kid come out of the store sucking on a pop, he was about 10. He walks to his parents car and leans against it and proceeds to stare at my car....slurping his pop. I look over at him and he smiles....I smile back and he decides to open his mouth...." Hey mister", "Whats up" I say, " That car ....he pauses.... what size tires are those? 10 inch" and he starts to chuckle...I kinda laughed and walked around the car....

I got up close to him and before he knew what was going on I reached out and grabbed him from the back of the head and pulled him down to the tire like when you rub a dogs nose in a mess it has made. I shove his face up against the side wall and say....."WHAT DO YOU SEE SON!?!?!?!" He mumbles something and I pull his face away and say..." RIGHT YOU LITTLE PUNK!!!!" , " They are 12 inch tires.... who's laughing now punk???" I pulled him up by his hair and threw him back up against his dads car.....walked back around....topped off the tank and drove away laughing my butt off....:p














then I woke up and got ready for work.........

[David88]

A guy at work asked me "Whats that thing do 0-60 in 5 miles?"

[TominMO]

Last summer, 4 teenagers in a Honda started laughing so hard when my little red Festy (complete w/racing stripes) approached them, that they nearly ran their car off the road!

Personally I'm not bothered when folks laugh at my car. I figure, at least I brightened their [obviously miserable] day for 15 seconds! HA!

It's even more fun (for you) if your car can accelerate to some significant fraction of the speed of sound as you leave them in the dust.

[Pu241]

People laugh at your car?
Never noticed anyone laughing at mine!
But then again why would I care, most who would laugh, bought cars from manufacturers that filed for bankruptcy.
If they can't run a business, what makes the buyers think they can build a car?

[neanderpaul]

A guy at work asked me "Whats that thing do 0-60 in 5 miles?"

Ask him what he drives. Chances are you are within 2 seconds of his time.

[perucho]

I laugh at my car. But you have to have a sense of humor aside from practicality when you drive a 17 year old econobox.
However, if your car is in good shape and looks fairly stock, people tend to appreciate it for what it is. For example, if I see a stock Civic I don't think anything about it. It's just a decent car that get's good mileage. If I see a pimped out Civic with stickers, mismatched wheels, massive wings, gauges all over, fart can, etc. as a street car, I can't help it but laugh my butt off. Same thing goes for any car. There's a good way and a bad way to personalize your car. I guess that is a personal choice.
Driving a Festiva is a social experiment. You get to see how people really are. Sadly, most people judge you by what you drive. Have to have a sense of humor.

[festiva joe]

My dad......

Was pokin fun at my little festy today, and I basically shut him up with 10 words:

"Got twenty bucks so I can fill my car up?''


....He never said a word, and my brother's g/f just chuckled

.......Ford crown vic drivin' old FART!!!

.....Kinda set him in his place


lol


Joe

[DriverOne]

I laugh at my car. But you have to have a sense of humor aside from practicality when you drive a 17 year old econobox.
However, if your car is in good shape and looks fairly stock, people tend to appreciate it for what it is. For example, if I see a stock Civic I don't think anything about it. It's just a decent car that get's good mileage. If I see a pimped out Civic with stickers, mismatched wheels, massive wings, gauges all over, fart can, etc. as a street car, I can't help it but laugh my butt off. Same thing goes for any car. There's a good way and a bad way to personalize your car. I guess that is a personal choice.
Driving a Festiva is a social experiment. You get to see how people really are. Sadly, most people judge you by what you drive. Have to have a sense of humor.

I concur. Some of those Hondas really do sound like airplanes. Seriously, I get laughed at a lot lately. Mostly from "manly men" in diesel pickups jacked up in the air so far I could change lanes under them. I had a guy in a BMW actually show me his car was much, much faster than mine. All these people have no idea that I drive a semi truck!:king:

[number1_kid]

the funny thing about getting laughed at.... it the local rich kids with new trucks and sport cars go to a local gas station to meet and talk......

I pulled there once a kid with a new Ram..... put $110 of gas in his ram...

looks at me and says when are you gonna go and buy a real car.....I said when parents decide to pay for it... then he says I would not even drive that for free...... he finishes saying that and click.... $21 of gas and its full

he shutted up there lol

[Lil-Red]

i just ask them what their payment is, laugh and walk away!