It's almost every day that someone pulls up next to me in traffic, and compliments my cars.  Or I'll be somewhere and another car enthusiast will say something nice.  I really like and appreciate that.  I like to know that somebody thinks well of what my C6Crew and I have put together.  Every once in awhile somebody says something REALLY profound !  As I remember them, or new ones happen, I'll put the most memorable quotes here...

From one of my models sitting in the driver's seat of G1- " I wanna lick your car !" 

From a lady who used to race in Super Gas category who was sitting in G3... She closed her eyes, tilted her head back and hit the throttle when it was idling... She opened her eyes slowly, looked forward, then looked at me and said  - " I did. "   You know what that was about. 

From a guy in a truck on Bryan Dairy Road listening to G2 - " I don't mean to be forward, but I was listening to your exhaust... It gave me wood. "   

From a guy in a car on Ulmerton Road looking at G3- " Man, I love your license tag.  Your car is just sick.  It's the baddest Vette I've ever seen. " 

From another Corvette owner admiring the paint job on G3 - " Dude, you don't even see cars like yours on the street.  You have to buy magazines to see something like that. " 

From a mechanic who saw G1 right after I got the first set of flames put on... I was explaining how it was a genuine S.L.P. and all the options.  He looked the car over and literally took 3 steps back and bowed to it. - " That is one bad @$$ piece ! " 

From a girl at a party who was sitting in G3 - " Oh my God, this is so nice... please don't make me get out. " 

From a little boy at a car show looking at G3- " Is that a Hot Wheels car ? "  

From a Street Legal Performance sales rep who put the v.i.n. in his system when I was ordering the headers for G1 - " Man that is the total package.  You've got all the right stuff on that car.  Nice piece. " 

From my girlfriend, after I got the flames put on G3 - " Too bad you're stuck with me now, imagine all the @$$ you could get with that car. " 

From a co-worker who saw G3 as the wallpaper on my computer - "Is that your dream car ?"  Response: No, I own that. 

From Da Truth speaking to one of the T.K. pit crew - You beat GhostRider ?!  He's fast !  "Yes I did... and yes he is."  

From a hot chick ( who I was watching ) walking her dog on St. Pete Beach, and didn't realized I owned the car - "That car is freakin' gorgeous !"  Yes it is.  "Is it yours ?"  Yes it is. 

From one of my new neighbors in reference to G4 - "NICE CAR !"  That one was simple, but important because G4 is not modded.  It got a serious head turn ( from a chick hot like Christine Ricci ) just because it is what it is.  THAT made me feel great ! 

 My new "buddy" I met at Ka-Tiki bar on Sunset Beach in refernce to G4 - She said "That car is bad ass !  No... I mean really bad ass; that is The Batmobile !"  ( All kinds of riding is gonna result from that).   

 From one of the judges at a prestigious Corvette only car show... "I would have given you extra points if you had brought Cortney.  No, I'm serious, I really wanted to meet her."

From a cool guy with his wife, driving a VERY NICE, numbers matching Plymouth Barracuda AAR... I told him his car was a beautiful piece.  It was automotive history.  He methodically looked at G4 front to back and responded "So is yours; look at you.  That car is beautiful."  Getting props from a guy driving an American icon like that was motivating because it validated that C6s are modern classics.  

No words... Just a simple thumbs up, and a look of acknowledgement from a fellow C6 owner.  It just said that I personalized my car, and did it right.  That was cool.

I know the Vette is about high performance game, but with this chick it was ALL car, it did matter who was driving... "That car is nice ! Oh my God... That is REALLy nice !  Any time you want a passenger, you just call me."  She checks me out in my new Chevy Racing hat with black flames.  I thanked her.  Then she comes over and gives me her phone number and wants to go on our first date right then and there.  I had somewhere to go, but I stored the number.  Usually having the Vette is a determining factor,  not the whole reason.

Leaving the world famous Shepherd's on Clearwater beach in G4 on labor day weekend... A group of yound Hispanic males were wqlking South on the sidewalk on the strip, and the oldest one turned and saw me heading out of the parking lot with the top down.  He carefully scrutinized the flames on the side as the appear to be blowing out of the side cove... They all started watching the car.  He looked me in the eyes and said "Bro...that is sick."  I REALLY appreciated that because there were a lot of nice cars in that environment.

I was at Caddy's on Treasure Island with a chick I've wanted to get with for a couple of years. I roll up in G4.  I see her talking to a couple about my car, and they tell her it's mine.  She said "My dad worked for G.M. for years.  He would LOVE that car !  How did you come up with that !?"  Well...The top was already down. I let her sit in it, start it, crank up some Van Halen out of the Bose... We'll be going out in it. 

THE CAMARO GETS PROPS TOO...

Some kids were watching me as I was re-fueling. I could hear one of the talking about how mine was an SS and explaining to his friends how they were bad assed cars.  He rode his bike all the way around the car, and noticed the GHOST-13 tag, and went back to his friends.  He said "Hey pops, I like you car. That is VERY nice!". He gave me a thumbs up too. I remember admiring muscle cars when I was a kid, so that was one I'll remember.

The cashier at a drive through... Man, your car is nice. I like Camaros better than Mustangs or Challengers anyway, but I like the way you tied all the colors in; that's tight.

Okay... 6 women that I used to go with have asked to drive the Camaro.  Seriously... One of them even has a dislike for the Corvette and perceives the Vette to be snobby and elitist.  There are definitely women who fall into Vette and Camaro camps.  The cars are just very different. I will leave it at that. 

From one of my co-workers who hadn't seen my in the car yet... "I knew that was yours. You're the only guy I know who drives cars like that. That Camaro is bad ass." 

This is for Brian aka "HotShot", Nick aka "Devil505", Richie aka "Richie Rich", and Scott aka "Transporter 2". We all came up together racing anywhere and everywhere, and lived through all that madness. I guess we were lucky and good.  You've gotta be both to raise all the hell we did and live through it all.