What is the LATEST recognition your Cobra has had recently?

[wtm442]

I was driving down on the beach road this evening and pulled up to a stoplight, directly behind a Ferrari F430. Gorgeous paint - Ferrari red of course. While sitting at the red light, a young boy about 12 walked past the Ferrari and said in a normal voice "Nice looking car". He did not stop walking, but kept looking at the Ferrari until he got even with my car. Then his head turned and saw my Cobra, and he stopped just like a deer in your headlights and said "WOW" at a level about 30 db higher than his comment to the Ferrari owner. Seeing as the Ferrari cost about 4 to 5 times my SPF, I felt really good.

[xlr8or]

I had a Prius prick at a light tell me my car was an environmental disaster. I told him I get 8 miles to the gallon and left him in a cloud of tire smoke.

Saw him another day going under the freeway overpass so I passed him at about 6000 RPM and waved.

[Rosco]

Originally Posted by xlr8or

I had a Prius prick at a light tell me my car was an environmental disaster. I told him I get 8 miles to the gallon and left him in a cloud of tire smoke.

Saw him another day going under the freeway overpass so I passed him at about 6000 RPM and waved.

LMAO; I love it

[Dan40]

Not a Cobra story. I was driving my hemi Magnum. Stopped at a lite in the thru lane, a beat up pickup stops in the left turn lane. A hayseed wearing a ratty straw cowboy hat sticks his head out the window, smiles, showing 3 individual brown teeth and says, 'That thing got a hemi?'

Exactly like the TV commercial.

Dan

[TXBLU]

Originally Posted by xlr8or

I had a Prius prick at a light tell me my car was an environmental disaster. I told him I get 8 miles to the gallon and left him in a cloud of tire smoke.

Saw him another day going under the freeway overpass so I passed him at about 6000 RPM and waved.

Just tell those fools that when, not if, their batteries need to be replaced, the old ones are more damaging to the environment than your exhaust. Plus, they were probably made in China by a factory with no concerns for pollution. Then you can ask him how long he will have to own his car until the mileage offsets the purchase/maintenance price, especially if the batteries die prematurely.

Then you can mention that he and all his "hyper-miler" buddies create more pollution by causing other drivers have to slow down to get around them. Not to mention the safety hazzard caused by them (usually) driving 10-15 MPH slower than the normal flow of traffic.

But then again, You can't reason with a tree hugger. They use a tiny bit of information to rationalize their decisions and behavior. Those poeple are a major cause of road rage around here. I just blast by them at full throttle in my 4600 pound, 420HP, 6.1 liter HEMI, 4WD, Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. See, they cause more pollution that way, too!!!

A better alternative is a good motorcycle. My massive Rune gets over 30MPG, and is more fun (and stylish) than ANY economy car.

Hybribs? An overall false economy.

Eric

[wtm442]

Eric
Hybrid driver sneering comments ... I like what someone here on CC posted. I've used the same line two times myself.

"Hey, I've also got a hybrid like you. It burns gas and rubber, but looks a lot better than your car ... and its a lot more fun."

[Michael C Henry]

I had the newest cleaning lady leave a note saying that she just loved the Cobra and had allways loved them. She actually knew what it was.

[Sharroll Celby]

Two young lads (10 years old or so) rode their bicycles past me and said "You have a COOL car!" "Yeah!"

The funny thing is that I was wearing my black Cobra hat, and one of my "Cobra Owners Club of America" shirts at the time................


And I was walking my dogs at the time, about half a mile from my house!

Smart kids, eh? !!! lol !!!

[tchrome]

i took the car to a drive in restuarant a few weeks ago and 2 little older ladies walked up to me and said"this is a work of art" my chest expanded 3 sizes.....

[onefastmustang]

I decided to give my seven year old a treat today and pick him up from school in the cobra. While sitting out front a woman and her daughter walked by. The daughter goes, "Mommy look at that car" The mother goes "Yes honey. Thats the car that mommy wont let daddy have"

[Tinker51]

Originally Posted by onefastmustang

I decided to give my seven year old a treat today and pick him up from school in the cobra. While sitting out front a woman and her daughter walked by. The daughter goes, "Mommy look at that car" The mother goes "Yes honey. Thats the car that mommy wont let daddy have"

*****.

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Well isn't that interesting. My initial post was a simple word used to describe female dogs. The initial response was the post was not long enough. Thinking that my initial post was perfect and needed no further modification I decided to try adding the smiley face. That worked. Unfortunately the computer is smarter than I am (no big stretch there) and inserted asterisks instead of the letters. Darn clever those computers.

[onefastmustang]

Well this could be judged as good recognition or bad..

I decided to go out for a drive this morning with my son. Were tooling down the road and having fun. We stop at the light, the cobra dies. I try to start it and it says NO. I pop the hood and turn it over. The fuel pressure is 0. Ut-Oh.. 5 vehicles pull up from all directions and the various occupants offer to push said cobra out of the road into a nearby parking lot. :>) I bet I would have been ignored if I was in my mustang. hehehe

[ZOERA-SC7XX]

Don't know if this is what is meant as 'recognition', but my Cobra made the photo gallery (3rd down in the lineup) in the Lime Rock Park website.

[Sharroll Celby]

I was getting gas in the Cobra today, and a 40-ish man was already pumping gas into his car. I rumbled up to the pump, shut the engine off, got out of the Cobra, and began pumping gas. The man said to me "Nice car. Now for the question of the day...(and I THOUGHT he was gonna ask me if it was "Real")...what kind of car is that?" I told him it was a replica of a car Shelby built and Ford sold back in the mid 60's. He then thanked me and wished me a great day.

I guess some people just dont know.

[onefastmustang]

I took my wife out for a long drive the other day to my companies offices. The sale reps from Oracle were there and walking to the front door. Our CTO stopped them to introduce me and the Oracle rep goes. "What year corvette is that?" Yeah.. they really don't know.

[CoupedUp]

Got a "Best in Show" from the John Force Holiday Car Show back in December. Pic is me getting the trophy from Genevieve Chappell (ESPN's "Queen of Cars").



Doug

[OCCOBRA]

I took a drive this weekend and a young guy next to me was busily snaping pictures on his cell phone. He indicated to me to rev it up and being a good sport I did so. Next light a local police officer pulled up next to me and said "Hey Shelby...Cool it" he looked familiar and that bugged me all day. That evening I realized where I knew him from....a local Corvette Show! Not sure if he was giving me a courtesy warning one enthusiast to another, or a jealous Corvette owner?

[SoTxButler]

Two weeks ago, my car won "Best in Class" and "Best Engine Compartment in Show". Two very nice trophies and $350 in CASH. Yep, I'm no longer a Car Show Virgin....this was my first show!

[whichonetodrive]

I am sitting at a light and a hot mom in a suburban pulls up and says she loves my car, at the same time a old man next to me in a new corvette says yes nice car, but what is it. when the light turned green I shook my head and showed him the backside of my car and never saw him again.

[Ibr8k4vetts]

Originally Posted by whichonetodrive

I am sitting at a light and a hot mom in a suburban pulls up and says she loves my car, at the same time a old man next to me in a new corvette says yes nice car, but what is it. when the light turned green I shook my head and showed him the backside of my car and never saw him again.

But did you follow the hot mom in a suburban?