Ever notice some fellow Cobra owners snubbin' ya? - Page 3

patrickt · #1 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by csx4910

I... walk away and be thankful you aren't married to him!

Now I have to admit, that is indeed a novel way to view the situation.

RAO-3 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 05:48 AM

Interesting thread...I don't have my cobra yet but have been going to the shows and have found most to be very nice and helpful. Some will ask "Which car is yours?" I then explain that mine is in production. Really when it comes down to it, most of the cars you see are really expressions of what each person thinks the cobra is/was to them. Different budgets different vendors and different ideas. Some build to track and others to show. I look at each and every one as you never know what you may see.

-Ray

mrmustang · #3 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jhv48

I'm being snubbed right now by my fellow FFR owners as soon as they found out I had ordered a new SPF.

I went through the same thing when I sold my first FFR and bought a Contemporary 427SC...It was like I killed their dog/cat/wife/husband......

Bill S.

joe g · #4 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 06:44 PM

We have one guy up here in Ct that drives a beat up ERA that he thinks is real--i explained to him one day when he was telling me -- that my BDR was not real -- that ERA was a copy also- we stay clear of each other now. OH by the waythe ERA is red.
joeg

patrickt · #5 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by joe g

OH by the waythe ERA is red.

By any chance did he recently catch a hot-foot in Tampa?

One less Cobra in Tampa Bay area

ZOERA-SC7XX · #6 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 07:35 PM

Strange, but I've had nothing but good attitudes from other Cobra owners. I've also had waves from Vettes, Mustangs, Novas, and many other hot cars cruising by, including Mopars. I have, however, been snubbed at some cruise nights by the 'regulars'. It may be just because I'm not 'one of the boys'. I've actually had some guy (a regular) tell me my safety wire was on backwards. When I told him they were left hand threads and were properly wired (and that I was an aircraft mechanic), he had no retort, just shrugged and walked away. Some people have nothing nice to say to anyone, but they are the ones with the hangups. I find most people are generous with their compliments.

Dangerous Doug · #7 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 08:42 PM

I dunno, I've met check-cutters and I've met knuckle-cutters, and that doesn't seem to be a differentiating factor in the axxhole category. They must be axxholes for completely different reasons.

The only Cobra guy I met that I thought might have a right to snub me (and he didn't), was the owner of a 289FIA I met at the Wine Country Classic as "Sears Point". Not only did he not snub me, but he patiently answered all my questions, popped the hood of his original 289FIA, and let me take pictures. Nice guy.

When someone makes a snide remark to me, my question is invariably, "Are you an axxhole, or an idiot? I really can't tell from here."

DD

TButtrick · #8 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 07:10 AM

I've never encountered an entire group of a particular mark that are a$$holes with the possible exception of vette owners. Otherwise, it's an individual who is usually the exception rather than the rule.

WarrenG · #9 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 07:32 AM

Most of the snubs have been from guys who don't own anything. "Oh, it's a kit!" One from a guy selling mostly rusty parts at the SAAC at VIR a couple of years ago and at the same meet from the Hagerty rep who said "We don't insure cobra kit cars!"

Blittleton · #10 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 08:17 AM

My cousin said to me one time, he is a custom motorcylce builder. And it stays with me today. " You never point out anything you don't like or see that it is not the way you would do it. Always pick out something you do like about it or say nothing at all."

Bill

powerslide · #11 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 08:22 AM

Have to agree with kobrabytes and DougD...human nature doesn't seem to have changed much since the dawn of civilization...Hmm. Its all relative. Enjoy "it" for what it is, life is too short!

IndyCobra · #12 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 08:31 AM

I'm sorry for being a newbie. I just got out of sport aviation and I sold my Z06 and I'm looking for the right kit to buy. I had to laugh as I read this entire thread because it's exactly the same thing in the aviation community. Seems like what ever hobby you have, there are those that have to compensate for a lack of ??????? by saying something stupid and mean. My last airplane was on the cover of a magazine/newspaper and you'd be amazed at some of the stupid stuff that I've heard about it while I was standing there.

Once I build/buy my cobra, I promise to be a "good neighbor".

Clois Harlan · #13 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 08:34 AM

You guys are all wrong. I don't think there are any Cobra owners that would snub another Cobra Owner. I think they realize they won't be answering any of the easy questions they have to answer when someone (other than a Cobra owner) see's their Cobra. Sometimes it is hard to carry on a conversation with other experts in a given field. A fear of not being able to answer your question with the right answere might make them appear less knowledgable.

Life and let Life when it comes to Cobra's...

BDR298 · #14 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 08:35 AM

I had a 64 vette and took all kinds of grief for having a Hurst shifter in it. But I drove it not trailered it to shows. Sold it because the local vette guys were not much fun to be around. Got a BDR and have seen other Cobra owners snub SPF guys but seem to tolerate the BDR. I have had a couple of FFR guys tell me they would fix the door seem gaps. Most of the other Cobra guys are great a B & B owner and Shell Valley owner called to go to dinner after one of the shows . The hot rod guys are all pretty friendly. On my way to the Route 66 Festival a vette owner kept trying to get me to race, we were in downtown Springfield at the time. After I parked he walked over and asked me if I was afraid to race him, he really had an attitude. I told him I had owned a vette an didn't need to race his I knew the Cobra was faster. Most of the Mustang guys are great and ask me to park with them. There was only one exception and he didn't seem to get along with anyone, but he did get a 1st place.
BTW, the Route 66 Festival in the fall in Springfield Il is great, they block off downtown around the Lincoln sites and old capitol they only allow cars entered into the areatered cars and it is free to spectators. They have food and bands and last year 1100 cars of
all kinds.

razerwire · #15 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 08:41 AM

I found out that the corvette club meets every thursday at Sonic drive in so I took my zo6 the next week and was welcomed and made to feel like a long lost friend. Talk turned to did I have any more cars so I told them about csx car. when I said it had a Kroyer motor they said they would like to see, so next thursday my son and I took csx to thier meet, when we pulled in most turned to see what was making all the noise but then turned back around and would not look. The guys that wanted to see Kroyer motor would not even get out of there car so we left. Plan to ask two of my friends who have zr1 corvettes to go back with me , with me in middle to go around 2 or 3 times and then just leave.

lineslinger · #16 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by razerwire

Plan to ask two of my friends who have zr1 corvettes to go back with me , with me in middle to go around 2 or 3 times and then just leave.

Whats the point? To "get" them back? If they're being d!*#'s just let them go and enjoy your sled.

snakebitekit · #17 (**permalink**) 06-13-2009, 12:24 AM

Wow! when this post first started i thought it would go no where. I can not understand the petty bikkering. building hot rods, replicas should be fun. In looking for awards in a show is different, there should some competitive,albiet, friendly, joking.
I was able finacially to be able to purchase a 56 f100 hot rod truck. No one ever snubbed be because i was able to buy it. but this is the west, phoenix.
I may not care for a particlar brand but I always respect the form, the appreciation and the friendship.
We all love the car, appreciate the differences. GAUD I sound like a democrate.

sdfletch · #18 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 02:19 PM

Great to see you low post members here. Ya know, they call us "lurkers". I think that is a "snub". No harm done, of course. How many of us are there? Who knows.

Dangerous Doug · #19 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sdfletch

Great to see you low post members here. Ya know, they call us "lurkers". I think that is a "snub". No harm done, of course. How many of us are there? Who knows.

Lurkers? I think a lurker is someone with a post count of "1" who voices an opinion against the tide and contrary to all evidence in the "consumer watch" section, never to be heard from again. Usually purports to know the "inside scoop" of why the person reported in consumer watch is "innocent".

Not a snub. More like calling a spade a spade.

Post count > 2? No worries.

DD

ZOERA-SC7XX · #20 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 03:41 PM

An a$$hole is an a$$hole whatever he drives, probably was an a$$hole before he ever drove anything and will no doubt remain an a$$hole after he no longer drives. These people are from all walks of life, are both poor and wealthy and everything in between. All hobbies and professions have a$$holes among them, not just the car hobby. The problem goes much deeper than material things and is usually based on a lack of self worth and an inability to acknowledge anything good.