AH, Kids these days

[rp23g7]

Its kinda fun educating todays youth about muscle cars. I was just getting home last night in the Coronet, I got out and went to open the garage door, Coronet is idleing in the driveway.

Door to Door sales kid probably early 20s is making his rounds. I was walking back to the car, he stops a goes "WOW, COOL, Nice car"

I say thanks, "I never seen one of these before, what is it"?

Its a 69 Coronet, "Who makes it" It was made by Dodge.

"Wow, it shakes the ground" Yeah, it has 2 straight 3 inch pipes.

"SO does it have a powerful engine, it sounds like it?" Its a 440, with a 850 Holley.

WOW, so it it the top engine, how much power does it have"? Ah its just a stock 440 with Headers and that Holley, probably only 400 HP.

"Only? HAHA, so is it the most powerful"? No, they made a engine called the 426 Hemi, which was more sought after and could make more power.

"So how fast have you gone"? I always seem to get this question, why does every kid think if you have a powerful car, you gotta go fast all the time?

Ah i never really take it over 75-80 on the freeway. "Wow" Whats the most power you can get out of a 440"? Well, to have it still behave on the street, maybe 750 or so.

"Wow, I have a Acura, with 280hp" Didnt quite know what to say there. Really? Nice.

"Can i see the engine"?, Sure, I pop the hood. "OH CR@%P, Look how big it is"

"What are these worth?" A Super Bee in great shape would probably be $50-60,000.

"Wish i could drive one" I am thinking, thats not going to happen.

"Its probably hard to handle isnt it"? Who do people think this? Not really, just gotta keep your foot out of it.

"Well, i gotta go, really cool car"

Its kinda funny how the import crowd, dont really have much knowledge or really care about the muscle cars, untill they actually have contact with one. Then they are all over it. Hopefully i converted a import driver over from the darkside.

 

[69 Runner]

Yeah.....years ago when I still had my 68 Satellite 9 passenger wagon with the 440+6 in it I was at a Dairy Queen cruise. This young guy and girl wander up and have a look. They were kinda impressed, but Miss Looking down her nose at people says "What does 440+6 mean?"

I say it's four hundred forty cubic inches and has three Holley two barrels on it

Then she says "Is that bigger than a Five OH?" (insert snotty look here)

I say Well, a 5.0 is 302 cubic inches. THIS is a SEVEN point TWO Liters in terms you can understand

she kinda said "wow" under her breath, then was whisked away by her BF :rolling::rolling:

 

[68 RR]

I just read this story to my co workers and we are all rolling on the floor! This is hilarious! I'm glad that my kids will never turn into this 20 year old D-bag. Thanks for sharing.

 

[rp23g7]

Yeah.....years ago when I still had my 68 Satellite 9 passenger wagon with the 440+6 in it I was at a Dairy Queen cruise. This young guy and girl wander up and have a look. They were kinda impressed, but Miss Looking down her nose at people says "What does 440+6 mean?"

I say it's four hundred forty cubic inches and has three Holley two barrels on it

Then she says "Is that bigger than a Five OH?" (insert snotty look here)

I say Well, a 5.0 is 302 cubic inches. THIS is a SEVEN point TWO Liters in terms you can understand

she kinda said "wow" under her breath, then was whisked away by her BF :rolling::rolling:

HAHA, i went through the cubic inch/liter conversation with a Honda driver a few weeks ago.

"nice car, what kind of engine is in it"? Its a 440. "440? you mean a 4.4 liter?" "wow, in that big car? My Honda has a engine almost that big.

Oh its 440 Cubic inches, 7.2 liters. "Dang, 7.2 liters? Thats Huge

 

[69HEMICORONETR/TCONV]

Yeah.....years ago when I still had my 68 Satellite 9 passenger wagon with the 440+6 in it I was at a Dairy Queen cruise. This young guy and girl wander up and have a look. They were kinda impressed, but Miss Looking down her nose at people says "What does 440+6 mean?"

I say it's four hundred forty cubic inches and has three Holley two barrels on it

Then she says "Is that bigger than a Five OH?" (insert snotty look here)

I say Well, a 5.0 is 302 cubic inches. THIS is a SEVEN point TWO Liters in terms you can understand

she kinda said "wow" under her breath, then was whisked away by her BF :rolling::rolling:

:rolling:

 

[scotts74birds]

Ya gotta play their game.
Him: "Mine has a 1.8 liter in it!"
Me: "So what you are saying is, that it is SMALLER than the bottle of Pepsi I have in my fridge?

 

[63RedFury]

Dang kids....What wrong with them nowdays.

 

[David]

I'm 19 and sadly I deal with everytime I hangout with kids that are my age and have cars. They all have imports. I'm the only one that has a mopar and hear cr@%p about it all the time.

 

[furyous1964]

I love muscle cars but I also love turbo 4's. I have always been a muscle car guy growing up but I raced a lot of 4cyl turbo cars in my day as well. It's funny though I always disliked the honda crowd. They thought they were so bad with their vtec and their b16 blocks with a b18 head or an h22 swap or whatever that stuff means. It's still funny to me to hear people talk in litres instead of c.i. and I am only 31. My 04 srt-4 was no slouch. I had 378hp and 410ft/lbs trq at the wheels and ran a best of 11.89@123 in LACR right before i sold it. That was a fun car to race big block guys in and I would say "it's just a 2.4" so i guess i am guilty of the import stigma. Damn it!!! I'll shut up now. Atleast it was still a MOPAR. LOL

 

[Al K]

69 Runner;love the story.:rolling: Was the young lady a blond by any chance? You could have really confused her by stating"Yes,it's bigger than a FIVE-O,but not as big as a FIVE-O-O"(as in 500 c.i.). I would have paid to have seen the look on her face through this episode;da b-f probably figured out that the sooner he got her out of there,the less embarrassment for him.:no:

 

[khryslerkid]

You have to laugh! Each generation, each era, whatever you want to call it, goes thru the same. I remember my "Elders" making comments on the cars that we were driving. "You'll kill yourself in that thing!" "Why does it have to be so loud?" "Those tires won" last you a week if you keep doing that!" Knowing that these guys use to drive fender-less flatheads with straight exhaust, drag racing on dirt roads, outrunning cops, what gives them the right to say anything! The nurve!
Guess we have to blame it all on the advancement of technology. Man and machine. Wanting to go to the Moon. A better mouse trap. "Damn Kids!"

 

[71 bird]

yeah i don't know what the hells wrong with most kids today... I'm 19 and i had to stop and explain the function of what a carburetor does while giving a speech/ debate ( on why classic cars are a better car then todays)to some of my college classmates in school lol

 

[69HEMICORONETR/TCONV]

You have to laugh! Each generation, each era, whatever you want to call it, goes thru the same. I remember my "Elders" making comments on the cars that we were driving. "You'll kill yourself in that thing!" "Why does it have to be so loud?" "Those tires won" last you a week if you keep doing that!" Knowing that these guys use to drive fender-less flatheads with straight exhaust, drag racing on dirt roads, outrunning cops, what gives them the right to say anything! The nurve!
Guess we have to blame it all on the advancement of technology. Man and machine. Wanting to go to the Moon. A better mouse trap. "Damn Kids!"

:yes:

 

[69 Runner]

rp23, you're right. Kids these days are clueless. I had a handle on the "older" stuff when I was growing up, cause my dad collected Packards and Studebakers. But (as most of you already suspect) I'm the exception to the rule:grin:

 

[63RedFury]

Whats a Packard or a Studebaker? LOL

 

[69 Runner]

:angry3::angry3::angry3:

 

[65-440]

this is funny ! last year i was backing my car off the trailer after some 1/4 mile fun , my neighbors daughter came up to me with her mom(maybe 6 years old) and said "man, that cares makes my heart shake " ! thought was was cool as hell, and cute !

 

[1fast72]

I deal with this all the time. They always ask me how fast have you gone? It's like the dumbest question you could ask. Unfortunately there are some seniors who say I "show off". If thats the case, then driving my car means I show off. It's total bs. And one day I came to my car and had "FAG" (I'm saying that not to offend anybody but to explain) on my car door. It got me so heated that I was on a head hunt for a month. Never found the guy. It sucks to live in a world of jealousy today instead of a world of appreciation back then.

 

[69HEMICORONETR/TCONV]

AH, Kids these days, when the shoes fit wear them,:rolling:

 

[old tired rebel]

I deal with this all the time. They always ask me how fast have you gone? It's like the dumbest question you could ask. Unfortunately there are some seniors who say I "show off". If thats the case, then driving my car means I show off. It's total bs. And one day I came to my car and had "FAG" (I'm saying that not to offend anybody but to explain) on my car door. It got me so heated that I was on a head hunt for a month. Never found the guy. It sucks to live in a world of jealousy today instead of a world of appreciation back then.

So if How fast you gone is Stupid question, then how long did it take you to get nerve enough to get out of first gear with Daddy's car?