i hate it when my dad watched these shows... - United Bimmer Community

craig · 12-01-2005, 07:32 PM

so my dad just watched a mustange history show. i hate it whne he watched anything about clasic american muscle. becuase he starts saying crap like "that could out run any of that new crap they make now." then i say something along the lines of "do you realy think that that mustang can out run a new M5?" then he ends the conversation with "quarter of a mile at a time, thats all taht matters." and "im old shool, and i always will be." so, does anyone elses parents do that?

**jybute** · 12-01-2005, 07:40 PM

actually my parents were killed in a quarter mile drag race...................... nahhhh just shittin ya, my old man loves bimmers more than i do. and he could probably answer just about any trivia question about, bmw, mercedes, jag.... all the euros. so i guess in the nostalgic sense he is like that.

**c1apton** · 12-01-2005, 07:47 PM

Just laugh it off, he's just set in his ways. He views the american muscle cars the way you view the M5s. Your kids will be doing the same comparison. He's just frozen in a memory - don't burst his bubble, besides you know better

witeshark · 12-01-2005, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by c1apton

Just laugh it off, he's just set in his ways. He views the american muscle cars the way you view the M5s. Your kids will be doing the same comparison. He's just frozen in a memory - don't burst his bubble, besides you know better

Yeah I think I'd go with this too

**Numark318i** · 12-01-2005, 08:29 PM

My dads like that about Porshce...although i guess porshce is pretty dam good.(my biased view due to my dad?<<)

**Longhairedhippy** · 12-01-2005, 08:32 PM

My dad constantly blahs on and on about how his Quattro utterly schools the "prehistoric" RWD of my Bimmer. When he does that, I point out that the added weight slows him down, the driveline resistance hurts his mas mileage, the fact that his car is a convertible reduces chassis rigidity, and that his beloved TT is built on a Golf chassi and runs most of teh power to the front wheels. At that point, i usually issue a profound "owned!" and leave the room.

**Numark318i** · 12-01-2005, 08:37 PM

^^lol

**94bmw325i** · 12-01-2005, 09:27 PM

He probably bought your car so dont say anything too bad. My dad likes European cars and a few American, and Japanese ones.

**catalyst** · 12-01-2005, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhairedhippy

My dad constantly blahs on and on about how his Quattro utterly schools the "prehistoric" RWD of my Bimmer. When he does that, I point out that the added weight slows him down, the driveline resistance hurts his mas mileage, the fact that his car is a convertible reduces chassis rigidity, and that his beloved TT is built on a Golf chassi and runs most of teh power to the front wheels. At that point, i usually issue a profound "owned!" and leave the room.

AUDIOWNED

**Numark318i** · 12-01-2005, 11:06 PM

lol^^

witeshark · 12-01-2005, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhairedhippy

My dad constantly blahs on and on about how his Quattro utterly schools the "prehistoric" RWD of my Bimmer. When he does that, I point out that the added weight slows him down, the driveline resistance hurts his mas mileage, the fact that his car is a convertible reduces chassis rigidity, and that his beloved TT is built on a Golf chassi and runs most of teh power to the front wheels. At that point, i usually issue a profound "owned!" and leave the room.

^Nicely done!

**RogueRonin** · 12-02-2005, 11:52 AM

Yeah, shpuz, your dad is just set in his ways. When he was your age, those cars were built for straight line performance. Nowadays, it's about overall performance, at least for me. The car is fast in a straight line, but how does it handle twisties? It takes twisties like it's on rails, but how well does it accelerate off the apex? Some may hate me for this, but that's why I don't watch much NASCAR. All out, go left. All out, go left. All out, go left. I prefer F1, the GT Series, and WRC.

**LandoAWD** · 12-02-2005, 12:02 PM

People like certain types of things that others may or may not like. Such is life.

craig · 12-02-2005, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LandoAWD

People like certain types of things that others may or may not like. Such is life.

i have no problem with him liking the clasic muscle cars, i like them too, but its him thinking that those are the gods of all cars, and nothing can beat them.... thats what bugs me.

DEATH2000 · 12-02-2005, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by shpuz

i have no problem with him liking the clasic muscle cars, i like them too, but its him thinking that those are the gods of all cars, and nothing can beat them.... thats what bugs me.

Well when u see a video of a 69 Dodge Charger with a huge supercharger poping a wheelie and runnign like 11 seconds in the 1/4 ull see were hes coming from.