Clash at Coffee and Cars

[phattyhales]

Originally Posted by OnyxRider

Phatty,

We need to be responsible parents and protect our children. It only takes a split second for something to happen, whether an accident or something done on purpose. At that age his child should not have been out of reach for such things to take place. 601HP is expressing his feelings mildly here and could have easily escalated the parents attitude if he matched his disposition at the event.

I totally agree with you and I'm not arguing that the parent is in the right. I was just saying for the sake of not creating a scene and not being contentious.

Originally Posted by 601HP

I'm good with all the responses. I put up the thread for this reason!

Here's a situation that happened at the same Coffee and Cars location. A month ago I saw my first Kirkham, brightly polished, hand rubbed stripes, stainless frame. A very nice car. The owner walked up and introduced himself.

During our conversation, he mentioned that when he first brought his car to this location last year, someone (he didn't say child or adult) leaned against his car in the rear quarter area. His out of pocket expense for repair $1,100.00.

David

Kirkhams are a bit fragile in places. Aluminum is soft and dents easy. You can only really "lean" on the car in certain places without risk of denting the body. Repairing the dent on one can get price because sometimes the metal is replaced altogether or the repolishing job among other things.

[rodneym]

David,

That's my biggest gripe about C&C. The lack of parenting (and dog responsibility).

Years ago a little kid stood on my sidepipes trying to look in. I told him nicely to please get down. His dad was turned around on his cell speaking loudly about something really important I repeated myself so the dad could hear and he looks at me like I'm the a-hole.

Kids will be kids BUT any kid who treats ANYTHING other than a jungle gym as something to climb on...has a lack of parenting, period.
I wasn't mad at the kid. He was doing his job.
The father wasn't doing his.

[Jaydee]

I've mentioned this one before, but if you have an aluminium body, connect a electric fence wire to it. That'll sort them out.
JD

[blykins]

My biggest concern would be rolling in and a kid running up while the pipes are still hot.

[G-Pete]

Originally Posted by blykins

My biggest concern would be rolling in and a kid running up while the pipes are still hot.

That was my thought too.

As for touching my car, so why not? I have two adult kids and a set of grand kids. I got my share hehe of prints where they not belong. One more set on my car - they will be wiped off like the other 129.633 prints....

As for the hot pipes, I watch like a hawk when kids are around, even they are not mine.

Starting an argument over this in the parking lot is not a good idea out of several reasons. But foremost, you are there to have fun...

[Jaydee]

There's that video at the Kirkham factory, with a car lover commenting etc, sitting in a Cobra, with his metal watch band leaning on the door. I've seen one guy leaning over a new Ferrari to look into the rear engine, with a belt buckle. So what is the answer, wrap the whole car, and just rewrap it when it looks rough?
JD

[cobrakiwi]

Originally Posted by Jaydee

I've mentioned this one before, but if you have an aluminium body, connect a electric fence wire to it. That'll sort them out.
JD

This brings back a great memory, years ago back in NZ my uncle traveled to may farms for his work, he got sick of the farm dogs peeing on his wheels so he had a small shock box wired to the car. Pull up open trunk push ground rod in ground, turn box on. Sure did the trick. Lol

[Austin_Snake]

A couple of month ago at the C&C in Austin Tx, I parked my Carbon Car by the Barista cart. The guy had some kids with him. They immediately came over to check out the car after I pulled up. While ordering coffee we heard a yelp! One of them had touched the side pipes. He looked at the kid and said "Guess you won't do that again, will you" and went on the making my drink. We had a good laugh of how you used to learn and the stupid things we did as kids.
Later,
Richard

[Dwight]

first let me say that I did not read all the responses and my Cobra has 39,000 miles on it with lots of rock chips.

I have six kids, now 28 to 42 years old and six grand kids, so my response is different than some.

When we ( several of my Cobra buddies) attend a cruise or car show and see a kid (any age) overly interested in a Cobra we ask them if they would like to sit in one. On many occasion I have give some a ride in my Cobra. I hope this will increase their love of cars.

At a local evening cruise a few years back a group of out of towners were looking at my Cobra and the youngest boy was telling the others "that is a Cobra". He may have been 8 - 10 and most of the others were 12 -16. And the two mothers and one dad.
I ask the young man a couple of questions about Cobras and he answered correctly. Then I ask if he wanted to sit in it. Big yes. Out came the cameras and several pictures were taken. Then I ask if he would like a ride. Of course he said yes and I got his mothers permission. We were in a large parking lot with no one parked in one end. I took off slow and then spun the tires a little in second, then to the end of the lot and behind the buildings. Then I told him we could not spin the tires and act a fool on the hiway, gave him the safe driving speech before turning onto the hiway. We drove a couple of miles down the road turned around and returned to the cruise. While driving I asked about his school and what he liked, age, cars, etc.
When we got back one of the older kids ask if they could go for a ride. I got permission from the parent and away we when. Then the next kid, and the next till all eight (boys and girls) got a ride. Each with a little tires spin in the safe end of the parking lot with in site of their parents. All received the safety speech before enter the hiway.

Before they left the parents thanked me numerous times. The kids were well dressed and the parents appeared to be well educated.

The next week, a couple of local teenagers who saw what happen the week before ask for a ride.

I have read many stores about members of this site first Cobra experience, some got a chance to ride in a real Cobra. Something they never forgot.

I hope I have given a few that kind of life long memory. On a closing note I have give several of the dads a ride also. I get the same response as the youngest.

Dwight

[jhv48]

Wow, you guys sure have it good in Alabama.

In California, if we took a kid for a ride and he so much as bumped his knee, his parents would sue.

Sit-ins are even a stretch. Rides, normally out of the question.