How do you handle insults ?

[cleanspeed1]

Originally Posted by basjoos

So what does driving a car (Aerocivic) with no visible tires mean?

You are an alien from another planet that has been sent to declare to us image conscious humans that we are not as cool as we think we are!

Having seen some of the prewar (WWII) specials that were built like some Delahayes, the Phantom Corsair and others that had enclosed wheels, it really says that if you can't see the wheels, you are the top of the heap.

[cfg83]

Cd -

Originally Posted by Cd

Oh cool !
I haven't been over to that forum in ages !

Here's his car :

Old Reliable

You can see the gauges in the gallery pictures. Not sure which thread describes how they're used.

CarloSW2

[gone-ot]

...as my Dad used to say, "...consider the source..." -- it's down there with "opinions" (double entendre' intended).

[Ford Man]

I often get laughs and strange looks from other motorist too when they see me driving my old '88 Ford Escort Pony which is now in pretty rough condition after being driven on dusty/muddy construction sites for the first 12 years and over 300K miles of it's life. It has 518,700 miles and is butt ugly, but it's paid for still runs good and gets 40-45 MPG. My son tells me he's going to bury me in the Escort so I'll look natural. I just let people laugh and ignore them. No matter how it looks I plan to see just how many miles I can eventually put on it before a major component such as the engine or transmission give way. If they don't like the way it looks they can look the other way. I have 5 other cars that look better, but for most of my everyday driving it's the '88 Pony I usually drive, because it gets the best gas mileage of anything I own. My grill block is a piece of plexiglass over the outside of the grill which also helps the car warm up much faster in the winter. Seeing how long/many miles I can make a car last is about as important to me as fuel efficiency and this is the first car I've ever had to make 500K miles so I'm not going to stop driving it simply because someone else doesn't like the looks of it, unless of course they dislike it so much they want to buy me a new car that will get the gas mileage this one does.

[Frank Lee]

I handle insults by being secure in the knowledge that the vast majority of people are willfully ignorant idiots, so why would I place value or importance on the (likely) uneducated opinion of an idiot?