Too much attention?

[TheJDMan]

Now that I have been driving Dust Off on the street one thing I have noticed is that the it gets a LOT of attention from other drivers. For example, If I go past a car setting at an intersection they will turn in behind me and speed to catch up and then just drive beside me or behind me looking at the car. This past weekend I pulled up behind a new Camaro at a traffic light and drive looked in his rear view and pulled over so I could go past once the light turned green then he pulled in behind and followed me for several miles so he and is buddies could look. I had a guy driving a semi-truck rush to catch me out on the highway and when he caught up he just drove in the other lane about a car length behind looking at the car. Usually they also give a thumbs up but some yell "Nice Car". I find myself experiencing some embarrasment at all this attention since I'm basically a private person. I have even found myself thinking about not going for a drive because of the attention. To my knowlege Dust Off is the first true Pro-Touring car in my area and it seems people can't stare enough. Do you all have the same experience with people staring at your car while you are out driving?

[BirdsThaWord]

I know what you mean. I had the same feelings when I used to drive around in the Vette that I used have. I didn't want to think that people would look at me and think "*****", "show off", etc. But, after a while I came to the realization that I had built it for me and for my own pleasure and that if people didn't like it, fealt jeleous, etc. then it was there problem, not mine.

I do the same sometimes though (speed up to catch a better view of a muscle car, hot rod, etc.) it annoys the wifey sometimes, but I'm definitely a car guy and don't get to see them enough! Great job on building such a nice car!

[Rod]

Too much attention? Happens alot, I drive my car daily and I will say that just as often, there is a car hanging just off the quarter panel of my 68 with some 40 something staring at my car, always gotta watch the lane changes and someone always says something at the gas stations

[fordsbyjay]

The worst part I hate is when people honk at you. I don't know if it happens where you live but I can't drive my hot rod without everyone honking. Drives me insane. I constantly think I am about to get t-boned or something.

[Vegas69]

I've got to the point where I just ignore pretty much everybody. ha ha

[chuckd71]

Ignore everyone but the 24-32 year old females.

[JEFFTATE]

When I drive the '69 Camaro , a lot of people look at it , and tell me that it's cool (that I drive it) .
Sometimes I have to stop what I'm doing (at gas stations and such) to have a 2 minute conversation with somebody about the car .( I'd rather get going down the road , but I don't want to be rude or unfriendly) .
So , I act friendly , and tell them about the pro-touring movement and invite them to come to some events and get a ride-along with one of us ..
It's funny , when I drive the Z06 , I don't get nearly as much attention . (And the Z06 is a much faster and better driving car ..)
People seem to like the old musclecars.

[dontlifttoshift]

The honking drives me crazy. Wait til they are staring at your car and start coming into your lane.....that's always awesome.

At least they'll never call yours a dune buggy.

[Tony_SS]

I don't know what any of you guys are talking about. lol

[evostilo]

I totaly agree im okay with people looking and the thums up, but some people wanna have long conversations at gas stations or even worst at a red light, i found that keeping ur windows up or the music loud or wear sunglasses or a light tint on your windows are all good ways for some extra privacy, and eventualy i got over it and ignore everone LOL,

[pokey64]

At least they'll never call yours a dune buggy.

Ok, now that's funny!

My wife get's a kick out people staring when she drives her Camaro. Something about a chick driving a loud, big block, manual gear box muscle car that get's people's attention...

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

refer to the "dumb things people say about your ride thread" and that will pretty much sum up how I feel..

if they just throw up the thumbs up or says nice car... cool.. im good with that..

but at the end of the day I built this for me and not any other spectator...






the love does feel good though.. better than any Lambo ive ever been in.

[shmoov69]

Believe it or not, my wagon gets about double the "attention" that the Camaro gets! LOL.
Could be that my chic drives it a TON also, heck she'll pick it over the Escalade 8 out of 10 times! LOL

[SparkyRnD]

weird. I thought they were speeding up to check me out, not the car ;-)

[Kenova]

I get the same thing when I'm driving my '77 Vega, and I haven't done anything to it other than drive it.
I get a large variety of responses. Thumbs up, ear to ear grins, and looks of bewilderment from the young kids (as in "WTF is that?")LOL.

Ken

[camarosaurusrex]

It must be the wheels that they stare at. If you like i could switch you so people dont stare as much :fingersx: To be honest its a damn nice car enjoy the love

[ace_xp2]

Ignore everyone but the 24-32 year old females.

This, the only sad part is I find they aren't usually the ones looking.

[sam 74]

i like the people that come up and ask "how much you want?" i get that one alot, usually the 24 to 32 y/o don't seem to get the old car thing, i usually see them in the Hondas and what not.

[fordsbyjay]

I get the same thing when I'm driving my '77 Vega, and I haven't done anything to it other than drive it.
I get a large variety of responses. Thumbs up, ear to ear grins, and looks of bewilderment from the young kids (as in "WTF is that?")LOL.

Ken

Hahahaha. I have a sbf Pinto and I can drive it around Lafayette and not a sole with notice it. I pull up next to people and they just roll their windows up. It's kind of funny because I used to get a lot of attention in it when I lived in Edmonton.

[trapin]

I usually have this problem when I'm not even in my car. I could be walking around in the Mall and suddenly notice that there is a group of people following me taking pictures with their cell phones. I often have people name their children after me too...people I don't even know. It's really awkward. Not a day goes by when I'm not asked to be someone's Godfather, marriage proposals, or some guy offering up his amazingly hot daughter so my superior genes can be passed down to his grandchildren. It's really getting tiresome...I don't know what to do.

Just yesterday I got a letter in the mail; some town in South Dakota is naming a Grade School after me.

.......I've never even been to South Dakota.

[TheJDMan]

I usually have this problem when I'm not even in my car. I could be walking around in the Mall and suddenly notice that there is a group of people following me taking pictures with their cell phones. I often have people name their children after me too...people I don't even know. It's really awkward. Not a day goes by when I'm not asked to be someone's Godfather, marriage proposals, or some guy offering up his amazingly hot daughter so my superior genes can be passed down to his grandchildren. It's really getting tiresome...I don't know what to do.

Just yesterday I got a letter in the mail; some town in South Dakota is naming a Grade School after me.

.......I've never even been to South Dakota.

Ahh! The most interesting man in the world, save me a Dos Equis!

[zombiekiller]

in the winter time, i have the same problem.

Once it is warm enough for a t-shirt, they may speed up or slow down to look, but when they see me in the driver's seat, with my arm hanging out the window, they seem to keep their distance.

My recommendation to deter the gawking? Get lots of tattoos, lift weights and work on your scowl. :)

I'm usually a really nice person and happy to chat with others, especially about cars, BUT i got really tired of people asking me if i wanted to trade them for their POS 99 ford ranger at stoplights and gas stations.

I guess people tend to back off when they see a 6'2" , heavily tattooed guy with a crew cut and muscles driving my car. Now on the other hand, my wife has taken to just flipping them the bird and screaming " it's my husband's car".

[ehummelman]

weird. I thought they were speeding up to check me out, not the car ;-)

Very possible Sparky!

It's a conundrum for sure with these cars. It is great that people like them and are almost always polite with their comments, but the honking and whatnot is annoying. That, and I usually have my 5 yr old daughter in the car with me and the "Nice F**ing car, and F**ck yeah, etc. is not cool. She always says "Daddy, what did that guy say?" Nothing sweetheart, he just said "Nice car".

[rockytopper]

I can't say any thing cause I'm guilty of doing it too. Driving home awhile back on the freeway in my 65 I'm in the left go fast lane in bumper to bumper traffic. Here I am minding my on business following everyone else in front of me when here comes along a nice 69 camaro zipping past in the lane next to me which was flowing along at a faster pace. The traffic in front of me sped up and the middle lane is slowing so I deside I'm going to catch up beside in my 65 and give the guy in the camaro a thumbs up. Just as I almost catch up with him my lane turns on the brake lights again so I push down hard on my 4 wheel disk and shut down to a quick stop just a few feet from the car in front of me. I then hear tires squeal and look up and see a old beater dodge truck who had apparently sped up when I did only problem his brakes weren't near as good. He is bearing down on me fast. As I grip the wheel awaiting for impact I happen to notice the cars in front of me had taken off again. So I punch it to the floor and launched just in the nick of time. The trucks right front tire totally locked up and makes a hard left 90 deg turn into the conrete wall so hard the entire truck bounced off and all 4 wheels cleared the ground before it come back down to rest. He could not have cleared my rear bumper by more than a few inches at the moment of impact. I looked up into the sky and said thank you... and he knew I meant it.

[Jim Nilsen]

It is hit or miss on the attention my car gets, some days you get a lot of people who just see the yellow car and can't stop looking and smiling. It's funny how yellow makes people smile or puke,lol, some people have asked me "Why Yellow?" the fact that the Cormaro looks just like a plain jane Camaro with nice wheels to most people makes it somewhat invisible. But when someone sees all the mods they pin me down to the hundred questions that most of us are subjected to when we fill up at the gas pump. The good thing is that you actually do meet some really good people and have comversations that you would never have dreamed about.

Learn to go with it and have fun because you never get another chance to live life like living life with a cool car!

The best part of the attention is that it I only get it from everyday people instead of the police. I have driven over 14,000 miles and have never been pulled over. The only officer that ever noticed my car was at a gas station and he saw it from at least 75' away and told me it was a reallly nice car. He couldn't see the roll cage and all the modifications or he might have had a different opinion of it all,lol.

[scomp890]

Learn to go with it and have fun because you never get another chance to live life like living life with a cool car!

I like that.