Bozo Sightings

[jwight]

Suggested by mike-in-sa, so here it is. Post any run ins you may have with the usual Bozos out there.

Two from my recent road trip: one mystery person who left a wad of gum on the service flap at a rest stop, and the guy in Jackson, TN who, as he passed, yelled “I get 13 miles per gallon!” like he was proud of it.

[markitect]

I had someone fold my windshield wipers up once. Thats about it.

[JPaul]

And the nice guy who baptized a cabrio with a fresh latte!

[pjneedster]

This didn't happen to me - but a new Smart owner I ran into at the SC-Indy drive-in said that in their smaller town she has come back to her car on several occasions to find that the curious have taken off the front bonnet & left it hanging by the strap.

[mike-in-sa]

Last week while I was gassing up my smart, a bubba in a jacked-up 4x4 was yelling at me from across the parking lot. He was trying to inform me that this was Texas and we didn't need any of these %&**&$# cars here. I pretended that I couldn't hear him by putting me hand to my ear and just smiled, nodding my head, gave him a big thumbs up, and waved at him. My plan to lure him in closer didn't work and he sped off.

[bull8042]

I own a "Bubba-mobile" (driven twice since smart arrived), a '99 3/4 ton Ram, nearly 10" over factory with 38" tires, winch, lights, the whole nine yards. I still can't understand the mentality some of you are experiencing.
It is really unfortunate that there are individuals out there that give the rest of us hillbillies a bad name. I mean, just because I have a spot light and gun rack in my smart, c'mon! (Not REALLY!)

[Sylvan]

I was pulling out of the grocery store, with my window down, and this guy in a van was pulling in. I was stopped at the light, and he stopped as he passed by me, with his window down, and yelled, "Hey, where's the rest of that car?" *eyesroll* I just laughed loud and took off, as the light had changed.

[NY Smartie]

yep. for every 10 public interactions, for me, they run about 80% positive, and about 20% stupid (jealous) commentary.

meh.

[Smart pizzaguy]

I had someone tell me that a group had just "carried" my car from a parking spot at a bar. I checked on it and the back had been slid about 12-16 inches. No damage done but frustrating that some people need a reminder on respecting others personal property.

[Carl242]

I was driving home from a club with my wife in San Francisco, where we live. A lilac, beefed up Chrysler 300M with 4 butch looking dudes pulled up next to me and started sitting on the horn, and motioning for me to roll down the windows. They then proceeded, while we were driving, to ask the usual quesitons "how fast is it, how much does it cost, etc . . " Then, they then called me something that isn't very effective at beeing an insult in San Francisco, and sped off.