Do other people respect your car ?

[dom]

does anyone respect my lowly e30? not in sf. drivers suck ass, and they can't park.

[Rennsport]

there are some people that dont realize what they are doing, for example one of my friends who's not into cars at all smacks his door into anyother car almost every time he parks. it makes me livid and i bitch him out for it. he just says "it doesnt do anything"

grrr he did it to my e28 one time, and i almost killed him. the paint on that car is flawless... bronzit... but flawless

[E30Driv3R]

ya, yesterday i came back to my parking spot which was pretty far away from other cars, i meen atleast 20 sport away from the closest car.

I walk back to my car, and i see a whole bunch of spit on the hood and windshield... fuckin pissed me off to no extent. I meen they had to deliberatly walk 20-30ft. just to spit on it... I am sure all of yo know how i felt.

but i alway get shit all the time from my freinds about having an e30 and not having a e46 but they just dont get it... i love my e30, it isnt an m3 or anything, but i love it just as much as i would an M. I will be getting an e46 m3 next year, but i will still love teh e30.

[ldsbeaker]

No one respects anything any more.
Cars are just transportation to most people.
I work with this guy who is into the 22" - chromed out look. Cool guy, I'm not a huge fan of his car, but what I do appreciate is the way he appreciates HIS car. Consequently, we understand each other pretty well, and I think I'm one of the few people who he would MAYBE consider driving his car, if it came down to it.
Not everyone is like that, like what was said before.
I may not have an '06 BMW, but dammit, my '86 is mine, free and clear, and I love the shit out of that car. Don't even THINK about disrespecting it right in my face, like other people have experienced.
(of course it helps that I'm 6'4" and 220ish. While they are laughing at how such a huge individual could possible drive such a small car, I'm beating the shit out of their car.) :D

[Il Duce]

i stopped off at the grocery store to pick up a few things, and on my way out to my car, i see this guy, kinda one of those 92 lb girlie tail-between-legs waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles types with a flower in one hand getting into the e60 next to me. I see him pop the door open, look at my car and just open his door right into my car. I saw the look on his face...it was the Its just an Old POS, absolutley no respect whatsoever...kinda pissed me off so i tailgated him out of the parking lot and down the street.....just to see on his plate frame "BMW of Beverly Hills"...of course. Fuckin' douchebags...seriously gtfo of my city and stop denting my doors..makes me wish I had pulled his ass out and beat his dinky ass to shit.

so... you risked your life, his and the life of your car because he accidentally dinged your door? oh, and you just didn't like him because he was skinny and drove an e60...


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E30s are great because only the people who appreciate them come up to talk to you... I must say though that an M badge in the back and a wing (i'm talking about an e30 m3) will get you more attention than desired.

[nando]

I've never really had any problems.. my car only had one door ding on it, and that was there when I bought it. but really most of the parking spots around here are sized for all the gargantuan SUVs and trucks, my little E30 can slide right in with several feet on each side.

[ColdAccord]

my touring gets a lot of attention, even from non-car people. in fact it gets kind of annoying to be honest.

but noone gives a shit about my coupes

although they still think its "BMW" enough to hate it. when I first bought my black coupe (that jam now owns) the 2nd day I had it i parked it on Allen, a street in buffalo in a pretty bustling nightlife area. someone fucking keyed it the first day i had it.

it was light enough to come out, but still. fockers.

thats why I will hopefully leave my touring as a sunday driver (although i already have another sunday driver) from now on

[CleanAzzE30z]

I dont think anyone thats not into old school bimmers really respects my car(s). People tend to wonder why you dont have the newer models because thats all they value. And therefore assume that you cant afford it. If they knew how much Ive dumped into the ///M3 alone..... plus the styling is soooo far away from whats being put out now. Boxy tends to denote old. Fuck em. Im in love and thats all that matters.

Mariano

[KangamangusDriver]

So you saw him actually open his door right into yours, denting it, and you didn't confront him? you just tailgated him?

man, i would've yelled the shit out of him, then threatened to dent his car right back.

I would of punched him in the face

[Garageaholic]

So you saw him actually open his door right into yours, denting it, and you didn't confront him? you just tailgated him?

man, i would've yelled the shit out of him, then threatened to dent his car right back.

[blueapplesoda]

i stopped off at the grocery store to pick up a few things, and on my way out to my car, i see this guy, kinda one of those 92 lb girlie tail-between-legs waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles types with a flower in one hand getting into the e60 next to me. I see him pop the door open, look at my car and just open his door right into my car. I saw the look on his face...it was the Its just an Old POS, absolutley no respect whatsoever...kinda pissed me off so i tailgated him out of the parking lot and down the street.....just to see on his plate frame "BMW of Beverly Hills"...of course. Fuckin' douchebags...seriously gtfo of my city and stop denting my doors..makes me wish I had pulled his ass out and beat his dinky ass to shit.

[Kruzen]

Pfffft.

Man if I ever dented that i'd buff it out with a semen base.

[Nick]

Pfffft.

[Jscotty]

Its been my experience that when people are not taught better, some things don't even occur to them. It seems like every car that I have ever had, someone dinged the side of the car or came pretty close to it. One time I was sitting in my car at the library and this man and woman park in the space beside me. When the guy gets out on the passenger side, his door hits the side of my car. He didn't say "oops" or "excuse me" but hitting the side of the adjacent car was like NORMAL to him as if he didn't see anything wrong with it.

So I don't think that its an issue with the car itself as it is people not knowing (or caring) about destroying someone else's property.

[kylebes1]

People know my car belongs to the local mafia so they show respect