Re: Gathering a crowd -Was: Deloreans to help Charities

["Robert Rooney" <dmcvegas@xxxx>]

People admiring the car changes as quickly as the weather. Some days 
I can't go anywhere without gathering a crowd, others I go totally 
unoticed. The first night we picked our car up in Los Angeles, we got 
a few onlookers, but everyone looked out of the corner of their eyes. 
And as soon as they realized you noticed them, they quickly turned 
away. But once we got back to Vegas, people were more open in 
staring. As someone who grew up in L.A., it seems to me that people 
in California are not as relaxed as they used to be. However while I 
love my D, and it hasn't given me any major problems, driving it 
around town hasn't exactly been a stroll through the park... I don't 
know about other owners, but I run into alot of road rage while 
driving. I've driven by Ferraris, and NSX's with no problem, but 
whenever I run into either some middle aged guy in a Corvette, Viper, 
or Camaro, or some young idiot in a Honda, Acura, or some other type 
of "Rice Rocket", it never fails, they always want to cut me off! 
Wheather I'm on the interstate, or going down the street they will 
wait untill the last minute to swirve over in front of me, and I end 
up slamming my brakes. All because none of them could stand to let a 
DeLorean get ahead of them. I've been in an accident before, and I've 
seen how people get hurt. So it's not worth risking the lives of 
other bystanders on the road just so I can race some one, or 
to "teach them a lesson." But these other drivers just don't let up! 
Has anyone else here had any problems like this, or am I the only one?

-Robert
vin 6585

> It's funny, I've never had that happen. I get the occasional looker 
but all
> I can figure is that here in California everyone is so used to 
seeing 'rare'
> cars that they hardly give them a second look. Even at the car show 
this
> last weekend where we had 4 cars on display. We didn't get any more 
of a
> crowd than the Jags or MG's. 
> 
> I wish people would stare at me more, at least when I'm driving. 
People
> don't bother to look over.. and down from their monster-truck SUV's 
and they
> are always pulling into my lane right on top of me.
> 
> I feel a Rodney Dangerfield joke coming on.. 8^)
> 
> Ken
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