Don’t act like you don’t know exactly what the hell I’m talking about when I say that. The Porsche owners that have all the likeability of an electrical fire. The obnoxious and loud Honda guys in LMFAO-style sunglasses. The two types of Subaru owners: new-age hippy and STi/WRX punk. The Mopar faithful and their absolutely unbelievable ability to argue until they are blue in the face, regardless of right or wrong. Diesel guys with attitudes for miles. You see them at car shows, drag races, parking lot meets and you do anything and everything to get away from them. You read forums and sure enough, they chime in and railroad a thread straight into a brick wall.
So, for today’s question, we ask you, the BangShift faithful: What car group is the worst? Don’t like the EVO guys at the track picking on Nutting and his Monte Carlo? Restoration guys who cringe every time Chad’s wagon appears? Maybe it’s the kid down the street with the Jetta that has enough bass kicking out of the trunk that the nearest Richter scale has a wave pattern of a Pitbull song? It’s therapy time…we’re all friends here. Take a deep breath and let it out, then let us know below!
And yes, I know exactly what I’m doing. I’m a professional.
Hmmm, tough choice. The joke about BMW owners and porcupines comes to mind. But honestly, I have a hard time with Mitsubishi guys. They’re the first ones to trash every other brand and how slow they are, even when their precious Evo or DSM has been on the jackstands for 4 years because it has suffered every mechanical malady known to man. They give us Subaru guys a lot of crap about how much better Mitsubishis are, despite Subaru being in far better financial condition and outselling Mitsubishi by a long shot. And don’t ever mention the words Crank Walk around a Mitsubishi guy unless you want a 40 minute diatribe about how that’s a myth.
I don’t know. There might be a guy with a C7 blog that might have them all beat.
Chevy guys.
Too buys trying to impress their cousins into marriage to bother to be decent people.
Being a Pontiac guy, I have to say I’ve seen some pretty unbalanced Poncho fans, but for unhinged, I’d have to say the classic Corvette C3 guys are the touchiest group I’ve ever dealt with.
BMW owners without a doubt. They think they have the absolute ducks guts, even if its a rusty 318 they payed a grand for that couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding.
Oh, and a special award to certain folks that think everything domestic is crap because in a wet dream they once owned seventeen Ferrari’s ( but choose to drive a Kombi these days….) – we all know one but his name escapes me…..
Forum junkie BMW owners are the worst. Get off your computers and get in the garage!
LS guys…. yep, those guys.
GuitarSlinger, he thinks he knows everything, has a pompous attitude, and pisses off many of us Bangshifters off because of his attitude toward any American cars.
Agreed
…. my guess is you don’t even have the slightest clue what you’re agreeing with .
Yeah well …. those of us that do know … will always incur the wrath and envy of those of you that do not 😉
Too bad you haven’t taken the time to see how many American cars I do like though . Over generalizing being the first indicator of an overall lack of intelligence and discernment
As to the question at hand though my little bundle of Zero’s & One’s wingnuts … moving on from your rather immature , inane and futile attempts at insults
[ I mean seriously … is that the best you can do ? Pitiful ! ]
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Prius owners ! By a long shot . A close 2nd being all the genuine @$&hat BMW owners out there [ y’all know who you are ] followed closely in 3rd place by most newer High and Mighty Volvo owners
Oh … and err .. 75Duster . You might want to look up the definition of the word ‘ Pompous ‘ before using it in a comment/criticism/insult … seeing as how the misuse of the word makes you look like a bit of a major league uneducated and illiterate fool
pompous
/ˈpɒmpəs/
adjective
adjective: pompous
1.
affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.
“a pompous ass who pretends he knows everything”
synonyms: self-important, imperious, overbearing, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, sententious, grandiose, affected, stiff, pretentious, puffed up, arrogant, vain, haughty, proud, conceited, egotistic, supercilious, condescending, patronizing
Spot on, I reckon. Nailed it, 75Duster.
Hey GuiotarSlinger, if you want to see what a pompous asshole looks like, go look in a mirror!
I am an all around car guy but do tend to favor Ford slightly. I have to say a good portion of GM guys can be pretty close minded and think anything non-GM is a joke. I don’t know why folks can’t appreciate a bad ass car despite what brand it is.
And I also tire of people who trash on “late models” at car shows. You know what? No one is forcing you to look at the late model cars. Don’t like it? Keep your mouth shut and realize that the reason that car is at the show is because someone out there enjoys and has a passion for it, just like you have for your ’69 Camaro or whatever. Not everyone can afford a to pay $5k for a rusted out muscle car project!
Let’s see, I own a BMW, a Mopar, and a Chevy. Which should make me very unbalanced in several mutually exclusive ways. But I don’t think I’m capable of topping the guys who intentionally rust parts of their cars’ sheet metal. Luckily that whole ironic-poverty thing hasn’t caught on much in Atlanta, probably because it’s way too easily mistaken for the irony free sort of poverty.
Finally ! A bonafide and genuine GearHead vs the usual BangShift xenophobes !
Two thumbs up …and damn the detractors ….
xe·no·phobe noun \ˈze-nə-ˌfōb, ˈzē-\
EasyBib
Definition of XENOPHOBE
: one unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin
GS, I think you might need to be the one investing in a dictionary….
We all know the type ……
There the ones that get there noses out of joint , when you do something that they don’t agree with …… eg . mix up the drive-train , install a scoop in the hood , OOOhhhh – nnnoooo a chopped roof …. you’ve ” butchered it …why would you do that ?
The people that will set conditions on a sale , ” well , I’ll sell it to you on
the condition that you’ll restore it to original ”
Getting the picture yet ?????
That’s right !!!!!
” THE PURIST , THE SNOBBISH , THE ARROGANT ”
I enjoy seeing a car or truck that has been restored to original , and I’m
happy that there are people out there that do that . If you have a comment
about a car at a show or a cruise – in you don’t care for …. keep yer blow – hole shut , talk about it later …. the owner might be standing right beside you .
Then there’s the ” bench racing that borders on insults ” ….
Don’t ask ” WHY ” …. the answer to that is obvious pretty much …..
Better to ask ” how ”
‘ nuff said ……
If kills me that very few people can even see the views of any other group, “that’s what they think is cool” I don’t see why people cannot accept that. Also I hate when a car company fucks up and then is treated like scum forever. Every car company has had its mess ups and then we make association forever with those groups. Fuck that you do you and I’ll do me.
P.S. Chrome is dying and isn’t as trendy but their is a bad generation gap with folks thinking chrome everything and the younger generation thinking murdered out is the way to go
DeLorean haters.
Fanboys/haters of any car brand, brand’s country of origin, or style. They think that no matter what, whatever they like is better than all else, positive facts are exaggerated and negative facts are ignored or explained away in the most ridiculous manner.
All brands, styles, cultures/scenes have their good cars and their bad cars. You should be able to appreciate the good cars from any car scene.
FORD RULES! . . . Government Motors is “LESS” . . . . Just sayin’ 🙂
(Is that what you’re raggin’ on, Burner, on this “happy, open-minded site?” )
THE worse group I ever ran into was the home club for the Wally Parks Museum twilight cruise….. Now talk about a crew of anally impacted people —- I know that none of the cars I drive will ever be equal one of their $250,000+ street toys, but I do know I drive the piss out of mine at the track and to car shows….
I think there is a requirement the club members have minimum 8″ nose, just so they come well equipped for looking down it at all other cars and people on the planet
I should added ” and shoving it up each others azz” but that wouldn’t of been nice
I dont know what is worse, fan boys or the haters. Both can be real PITA’s. But for this particular topic I am going to go with the hard core Mopar crowd…the douchbaggery is strong in that group.
GM owners, foreign yuppiemoblie owners, foreign sport car owners, and Mopar owners.
I forgot the jacked up four wheel drive guys. They’re the most unbalanced of the bunch.
The constant negative “anti-guys” on a happy open minded site like “Bang Shift”!!! I got my favs, and my likes too, and there’s definitely stuff I’d never own. The reality is I could really care less what anyone else owns or drives ’cause it ain’t mine! As for a group to name I would say the stuffed, shirt group of old cranks with their Corvettes (all stock) that hang @ the Valley Mall in Hagerstown, Md on Saturday night…..they’re as closed minded as 440-6peck and the G-Slinger
Anyone ever hung with Ferrari guys? Just sayin……
OH Ferrari guys……
A group of owners here in San Antonio started a Breakfast run for them selfs , fine, guys getting together on a Saturday is cool.
Of course get 10-20 Ferraris in one place the same weekend of each month and other people will show up. First it was Euro hotrods,then the EVO,sTi types then late model muscle and late to the show what we know as muscle and pony cars. Well the Ferrari guys didn’t like all the unwashed LOOKING at there cars while they were at the champain brunch. so they would all double or qaudruple park then put the car covers on. 20 cars eating 80 spaces. They also got the restraunt owner to rope off the lot for them. The next thing you know one of the well(er) heeled Ferrari guys got himself a Lambo then the wars began,a Masserati ,Jag , BMW M’s of all flavors.
Well next thing you know these guys started calling each other out over prans…. Starting at about 10am they start facing off on the frontage road,sure lots of money but with the traction control off less skill. Anyway they where ask to leave and it was over.
A local Mustang guy started a cars and coffee at another location and the above group started showing up,4 spots and car covers ?
The payback? The only time I like the coal rollers, they split the parking spots . Large BLACK soot spots on the car covers.
My vote Ferrari Guys.
Those awful Cobra people…..they stole our wimen
Coming from a strictly muscle car crowd, I’d have to say Mopar people. They’re typically just odd. There must be some secret ritual to becoming one of the “mopar or no car” faithful, because they’re argumentative, to the point of stomping around chanting “Hemi, hemi, hemi…” even though they’re rocking a 318. Yes, its an amazing engine. But your car is still built like a tin can with a severely plastic interior.
Second to that is hardcore Ford guy. They’re angry, I believe b/c Fords lack the interchangeability of GM cars, and ultimately pissed off over the increased price of comparable parts i.e. a simple rebuild kit for a 302 versus a 350.
I know firsthand the Ford $$$ anger, as for some strange reason I was smitten with and subsequently bought a 64 Galaxie XL with a 289. Seat covers cost WHAT?! Its cool and different, but I’ll gladly take my “cookie cutter” Chevelle and its much cheaper parts catalog, thanks.
good question, I try not to laugh at the haters, enjoy people who enjoy their cars, and love watching people get upset when other people do not understand their passion for their automotive like, what a waste of time. I am glad we do not like the same things, how boring would that be.
C3 Corvette owners (63 to 67). Just listen to a conversation “over their shoulder” so to speak. And whatever you do . . . DO NOT participate in the conversation unless you are the owner of an NCRS C3 Corvette!
Have you ever met a GTR owner? Oh my word….
I have a C4 Vette, everyone hates us. I really like most groups of cars. I prefer Chevy, but have despised purists from every brand. You can’t deny the slant 6 and the 426 Hemi, are 2 of the most amazing engines ever built, along of course with the small block Chevy. The 69 Mustang is among the nicest looking cars ever built, and fun to drive too. So, what car group is the most annoying to me? Import cars with giant wings, and 8 inch diameter mufflers. My stock pick up has most of them covered. But hey… they have loud Stereos
As shown by some of the responses here, pretty much anyone who has any allegiance to any marque can be an uptight jackass, and asking such a question is pretty much a futile endeavor.
I’ve had issues with most every type over the years, regardless of which of the many differing makes I was driving at the time.
When I had my ’70 Stingray, Mustang guys were assholes.
When I had my Chevelle, Mopar guys were assholes.
When I had my Challenger, Chevy guys were assholes.
When I had my 460 powered F-250, diesel guys were assholes.
When I had my Yamaha V Max, Harley guys were assholes.
If you’re in the hobby long enough, you’ll eventually come across every type of asshole there is, but one of the worst that I’ve seen the past few years are the grey beards at old timer hot rod shows who degrade a ’32 Ford because it has a Chevy engine in it, or because it has disc brakes on the front, or anything else they don’t believe belongs on it because it’s not the way THEY built them “back in the day”.
These guys bemoan what they see as the demise of the hobby, but they refuse to even talk to some of the younger kids who show up at shows because they think kids just don’t get it or don’t appreciate the old school cars. If they were more open minded to these kids and shared some of that knowledge and passion with them, maybe those kids would be more inclined to learn more about hot rods and maybe keep the hobby going.
I think some of these guys relish the thought of the hobby dying with them, as if that makes them some sort of heroic martyrs of hot rodding, the last of the Mohicans, so to speak.