[DMCForum] time to park the D lol

[Louie G <louie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay... so I've finally gotten a taste of Rich Acuti's crazy people. Normally I've only ever been approached by incredibly friendly neat folks, but these past few days have been an exception.

It all started yesterday while I was out in front of my apartment cleaning up the D. A balding rotund older gentleman comes up and starts talking to me about the car. He was pretty nice, knew a good deal about the cars and was genuinely excited to see mine. Well after a while he starts telling me I'll have to go out with him sometime since I'm new to the neighborhood and starts dropping the names of the well known Charlotte gay bars. As flattered as I was I just had to turn him down LOL! He didn't seem to want to acknowledge the references to my "wife" either. He just kept inisisting. I can take anything but a pushy person.

And recently I went to a car show at Lowe's Motor Speedway. I wasn't showing my DeLorean, but went to the show in it. As I was getting out of my car and closing the door I hear a loud voice behind me say "EXCUSE ME, let my SON sit in your car." By the time I turned around I noticed a kid about the age of 14 slip into my driver's seat. I was absolutely flabbergasted. I was consumed with rage but was so angry I just didn't say anything at all lol. Then his son precedes to talk about how much better Panteras are than DeLoreans, and why I should sell mine and get one. All while sitting in my seat playing with switches without permission to be there in the first place. My redheaded temper just about erupted, but the nice guy I am I just held it in. It totally ruined my day.

So today I'm driving up to Concord, North Carolina to go to a cruise in with a DeLorean friend. I pull up to a stop sign and a bunch of guys are in a souped up Civic revving the hell out of their engine. I turn to look at what's going on and I notice I've got a video camera focused on me. The guys precede to motion for me to open my door, which I do because I know it's what everyone wants to see. They have me do this several times to make sure they get it on film. I know many people would get a laugh out of this, but after the week I've had it frazzled my nerves. I'm also a fairly low-key quiet guy... so these type of things just creep me out a little too lol.

And to take the cake I get more craziness when I get to the cruise in. A group of kids come up totally excited to see the car. They asked to sit in it, and without hesitation I say yes because they were so excited and were polite enough to ask. They immediately start playing with the gear shifter and pedals and I'm just grinding my teeth away lol. When they finally are finished opening and closing my doors and playing musical chairs, I notice that one of the kids had finished drinking his soft drink in my car, wadded up the paper cup, and stuffed it between the seat and console. Oh man... that was the last straw. I ended up having to go home early because it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Now I'm not really mad about any of these things, but it just amazes me sometimes how thoughtless and self centered people can be. I think I'm going to have to park the D a few days before I'll be ready to go back into the snake pit... haha! Like I keep saying, I talk to people every day, everywhere I go and most are incredibly cool. It's just the few who are nuts who make you cautious of everyone. Sorry for the rant... I already feel better now that I've vented some! -Louie

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