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I bought a nice truck in a bold color. Since then every few days total strangers come up to me and we start talking about trucks. Completely blows my mind, bu
by treeman79 5y ago
I bought a nice truck in a bold color. Since then every few days total strangers come up to me and we start talking about trucks.
Completely blows my mind, but they have all been super nice people.
- tomcam 5y agoWell now I have to know what color
- thomasjudge 5y agoHas to be red
- treeman79 5y agoLightning Blue
- tomcam 5y agoThe new Bronco? OK that’s pretty sweet. I grew up in low rider country so that doesn’t strike me as bold, but it is a great color.
- emerged 5y agoMy neighbor approached me so often, and/or yelled from across the street, about my 90s gas guzzler that one day I was so frustrated I waved him off shook my head and went inside. I just couldn’t deal with it again and it’s one of the rudest things I’ve probably ever done. I feel bad but it was an entirely unconscious reaction. I know almost nothing about cars and I really don’t care about them at all. He moved shortly after (hopefully unrelated lol), so nothing more ever came of that.
- arrow7000 5y agoI'm confused. What aspect of your car did he want to talk about?
- emerged 5y agoHe mostly wanted to talk about his own muscle car. But my car was the entry point as an assumed mutual interest. He would come over and just start talking and I mostly had no idea what he was talking about and even said as much.
- koziserek 5y agoWell, petrol or diesel?
- climb_stealth 5y agoHah, I can relate to that. It is like being part of some secret club. Do you get the thumbs up from other drivers? Are you giving out thumbs up? I bought a somewhat rarer car a year ago and it has been a similar experience. It feels very wholesome sometimes. Like as a nerdy guy sharing a thumbs up and a smile with someone who by all appearances is full-on gangster and very much far opposite on everything. But there's a common interest in cars and suddenly it doesn't matter as much. There is a lesson in there somewhere about judging people by their appearance.
- buescher 5y agoEvery time I’ve rented a muscle car, I’ve had guys - it’s always guys - come up to me to talk about it. I guess you buy certain performance cars, you are joining a sort of fraternity. Something to consider in the whole when you’re shopping for one, I suppose.