Don't know if it has been suggested yet, but one word comes to mind, "Sabotage."

You want me to throw wooden shoes at them!?!:)

insult their spouses

Nah, just into thier machinery...:eek:

Re: Anyone else get teased when their car is down?
 

Suggestion? Yeah...tell them, not us. ;)

This is why the garage should be fitted with a refrigerator that is stocked with good beer, and some sort of sound system. When I'm in the garage swilling beer, listening to tunes and doing mechanical procedures, nobody teases me. Nobody is there but me.

Sounds lonely. No hottie passing you her socket set? ;)

"I have more torque on my lug nuts than you have in your engine"

simple scenario......tell them you're making it better, and they need to get their own hobby instead of poking fun of yours......THEN hit them with the beer bottle :D

edit: the kicking in the nuts works well too.....if she's a female relative just flick her in the tit LOL

I diffuse any snide comments by poking fun at myself first. No defense needed.

I downplay the car- "Just a bunch of used parts I've scrounged up and screwed together".

I also throw a car cover on it when it's in the garage just to keep it out of view. After downplaying the car, if they're still interested, I'll pull back the cover, and all I get are compliments.

Let them tease you. If teasing you brings them some small measure of pleasure to their Porscheless lives, why deny them it?
-Chris

Close. Throw your brother the keys before he take a drink. I' d like to be there when you do. Chances are real good he'll make an ass out of himself before he gets out of the driveway. If he turns you down, you will never hear another peep from him. Either way, a little risk, but a lot to be gained.
Probably one percent of the population knows the real story about all the wins. Throw the idiot the keys. He might just come around.

Hah! That wouldn't work with MY brother!!!

True story...the first time he saw my car he wanted to drive it. When I refused to let him, his plea went something like, "Oh, c'mon! I know how to drive!!! I watch NASCAR all the time!!!"

That's when I broke the news to him that Porsches are champions for being able to turn RIGHT, as well as turning LEFT! :D

Randy

that is a good strategy, but it won't make the wife quit saying something about the only money we spend is on that car, and it is orange

Your time, your money
help out or shut up

Re: Re: Re: Anyone else get teased when their car is down?
 

I don't have any numbers on me, but I think family and related family are most likely to steal from you, commit violent crimes against you (including rape) and a host of other nasties.

Friends are the family you choose.:D

Jealousy is an ugly thing.

That's funny, but the second part is true. They tease you because you defend yourself, and they can tell it "gets to you"... smile, ignore them & enjoy what you have with no regrets, and that will probably "get to them" even more :).

Art--are you more financially successful than these family members? I'll tell you the Granddaddy Holt story, which may help you decide what to do:

When Granddaddy Holt was about 75, his liver about 175, and subsisting on Bud beer and popcicles, he started singing to my angelic, stoic, beautiful Nana: "whore, whore-whore-whore. You're nothing but a WHORE, whore-whore-whore." Needless to say, the family was upset by this latest rant and my aunt told my Nana to start humming and singing it back to him all the time. It actually shut him up.

Lots more Granddaddy Holt stories but you'll have to come to Austin to hear them. I'd give the "Whore Song" a 7 out of 10 for him.

Jack

i've taken so much **** over my 911, and my 924

it's hard to avoid flack when you give a friend a ride, and the 924 cuts out in a Traffic Jam on a 4 lane high way, and you have to order said friend out to push-start the bastard car...

like said before, poke fun at it yerself , it takes the ammo away from the hecklers :D

IT'S ALIVE!!!

IT'S ALIVE!!!

I got my car back...I've been out driving all night...