Trophies in the back seat??

[440+6]

Never entered any of my cars in a show, just go to some cruise nights with my buddies and have fun. Mostly I just like driving them.
If I wanted a trophy I'd buy one on eBay.

 

[Budnicks]

It's not my thing at all...

I won't judge either...

Do what ever blows your skirt up, makes you happy,
it's not my car...

I'm not a big show guy, I only attend a few & that's rarely anymore...
I really never liked being judged, I could care less what others think
"of my car", but I did enter a few of my racecars when 1st built,
a couple of times, mainly for my sponsors exposure, they get off on it...
Actually won a couple nice trophies, I gave them to kids in wheelchairs,
or my sponsors if they wanted them, made their days & that made me happy...

As to all the trophies being displayed at ever little show etc.
I kind of think it's like, saying to the judges or other people,
"Look at all my trophies, I've won before at all the other show
all those people/judges, that gave them to me, shouldn't you too"

Nothing wrong with showing off a win, but it gets a bit old too...

Now if it was the Riddler Award or Great 8,
maybe hoity toidy stuff a Pebble Beach or Amilia Island de' Elegance,
than yes I'd probably display it/them...
BUT IMO;
all them cheap *** plastic {Bowling }trophies should stay at home...

 

[Darter6]

horraayyyy for the clapped out four door !!! Do I get a trophy ??

 

[mmissile]

If that's the best you can do with what means you have.......by all means. I'll send ya an award.

Cool car....I'd drive it, daily.

 

[Auggie56]

This is the best back seat trophy one could ever display....

But that's only third base........

 

[Auggie56]

I have a stuffed two foot high duck, seat belted in my rear seat. No illusions of winning a trophy.

 

[Ranger16]

I have noticed cars with back seats filled with old trophies...is it an ego thing?

That would be my guess.

 

[djais1801]

I'm not ashamed to admit I enjoy the acknowledgments... But at the end of the day... These are the trophies in my back seat that matter

 

[Sonny Black]

Sonny likes them(CAR SHOWS)trophies ...BUT does NOT drive around with them...lol

have more in my man cave....it is just something to do and good conversation with car
buddies

 

[kiwigtx]

I have seen people get so irate at not getting a trophy and not placing well.....Sometimes they get into a word fight with the promoters. Absolutely, childish.....

Yep, I wonder what happened to that guy?

My 'bling' was taking up so much room in the garage, I had to store it in boxes in a dark corner.

 

[roadrunnerh]

Carting your trophies around is just tacky.

 

[mmissile]

People need to worry more about what they do, themselves. Such a thin-skinned/petty world we live in.

 

[furyus]

I have a stuffed two foot high duck, seat belted in my rear seat. No illusions of winning a trophy.

At the risk of making people mad, and sorta the same subject , what's with people driving around with stuffed animals? I see them, and i just don't see the point.

 

[djais1801]

At the risk of making people mad, and sorta the same subject , what's with people driving around with stuffed animals? I see them, and i just don't see the point.

hey now...i do have a Wild E Coyote (small) in my back seat...for my kids to play with...yeah that's it! lol.

 

[mmissile]

At the risk of making people mad, and sorta the same subject , what's with people driving around with stuffed animals? I see them, and i just don't see the point.

Maybe they're enjoying the hobby more?

 

[Speedbird]

I think trophies take a back seat to everyday driving of the car.

 

[68gtxman]

I put Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote stickers on my rear roll- down windows because I love seeing kids finding them and being surprised. When I attended car shows years ago, I had a pair of blue jeans that I stuffed with newspapers and sewed sneakers on its leg bottoms. At the show, I would lay it on the ground under the front end to watch people's reactions. I got everything from crying ("a man was run over" kid comment) to trying to see if the man was OK, and laughing when discovering "the man" was fake. I was just trying to be entertaining. I got rid of the pants after a cop pulled me over after seeing the "legs" sticking up in the backseat as I drove down the road. Had his gun at the ready.

 

[Dennis H]

I write "Don't Judge" on the windshield placard. Can't win anyway, and don't care. I want to enjoy the cars and social aspect, not lay on the ground shining the tires.

 

[WileE]

At the risk of making people mad, and sorta the same subject , what's with people driving around with stuffed animals? I see them, and i just don't see the point.

Good conversation.

 

[WileE]

As a side note on this subject, what's with those little "dolls" people have propped up with their faces hiding on the bumpers ??????