After 4 somodd years of owning this car - I was finally asked...

[x2xtreme360]

... What year Eclipse I drove. At the gas station.

The kid had to be late teens early 20's. Said that he DROVE a 99 Eclipse. How can owners of the car not distinguish the 3000GT from the Eclipse?

I humbly replied, "it's a 3000GT Twin Turbo VR4." and his eyes bugged out. Asked if it was stock, I said not completely. Estimated 350CHP, his eyes bugged out again. He said that's sweet, I said thanks, and he got back in his buddy's car.

My story for the day:)

[HilbillyHomeboy]

It could be worse...us Stealth owners getting told our "new Sunfire" is really sweet. Man, that one used to piss me off, haha.

Jeremy

[vroom4]

You have Mikes old car right? Thats been 4 years already!?!? Damn man, my stealth has been down for too long.

[2fnloud]

It could be worse...us Stealth owners getting told our "new Sunfire" is really sweet. Man, that one used to piss me off, haha.

Jeremy

almost as bad as being asked what your your Avenger is.

The worst statement that I ever heard audibly was "Oh it is just a Stealth" from a car next to me.

[x2xtreme360]

You have Mikes old car right? Thats been 4 years already!?!? Damn man, my stealth has been down for too long.

lol don't worry man. I've only owned his car for 2 years. I used to have a green 3000GT as well.

[ictponder]

almost as bad as being asked what your your Avenger is.

The worst statement that I ever heard audibly was "Oh it is just a Stealth" from a car next to me.

So it's not an Avenger?

What I find funny (and slightly embarrassing) is when people tell me "That thing must be really fast" to which I reply, "No, not really!" The look on their face is amusing.

[vroom4]

Phew, I was really worried LOL. You bought that car out of GZP the weekend after I was there and blew mine up. :lol:

[HilbillyHomeboy]

almost as bad as being asked what your your Avenger is.

The worst statement that I ever heard audibly was "Oh it is just a Stealth" from a car next to me.

Yeah, that too. Especially the 2nd gens. :mad:

Jeremy

[a2j]

I like it... half of the people fear it... the other half - know nothing about it... either way, its funny.

[UTRacerX9]

It could be worse...us Stealth owners getting told our "new Sunfire" is really sweet. Man, that one used to piss me off, haha.

Jeremy

Really? I've never heard that one. I've heard Eclipse/Talon a few times, but not many, heard 3000GT a few times as well, but I've probably heard Viper the most, and occasionally, Ferrari. A couple times in 97-98 when the C5 came out, people thought that's what it was. I remember laughing so hard when one guy was looking it over and talking to his friend, "They really made the Corvette look like a Japanese car now."

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Heard it twice, but in my defense both times were in Ohio...

Jeremy

[AdamVR4]

...in Ohio...

I hear good things.

[DocWalt]

I got tired of people asking about my Firebird/Camaro :lo5l: I got the "Man that thing must be fast" comments a lot too, no idea what to say to that though.

[AdamVR4]

"Man that thing must be fast"

"Nope"

(I hate those conversations, so I tend to end them rudely and awkwardly.)

[stealthee]

I've had too many oddball conversations about my car and what people thought it was.

I've been asked if it was anything from the following:

Mustang
Camaro
Viper
Eclipse
3000GT (well it kinda is)
Whathehell

[green-lantern]

Right after the AWD conversion I was at the store getting gas. I stll had the hood and bumper off and some guys were gawking at it from inside the store. One guy said "I can see why he don't have no hood on the car with all that chrome on it". Other guy "What is that a camaro?" lol It did have the hood and bumper off so.....

The Indian guy that runs the store near my house called it a "Eclips" (that's the way he says it) and he knew it bugged me so now he always calls it a "Eclips". lol

Girl asked me if my car was a 2011 the other day. She freaked out when I told her it was a 95 :lol: I guess they were ahead of their time.

[familyMAN]

almost as bad as being asked what your your Avenger is.


My neighbor said my "intrepid" looked good when I brought home my VR4.

[familyMAN]

Girl asked me if my car was a 2011 the other day. She freaked out when I told her it was a 95 :lol: I guess they were ahead of their time.

I think it's more likely that girls in TN are behind the times:p

[AdamVR4]

I've had too many oddball conversations about my car and what people thought it was.

I've been asked if it was anything from the following:

Mustang
Camaro
Viper
Eclipse
3000GT (well it kinda is)
Whathehell

You need a new sig pic, man. Is your car missing a side skirt in that shot?

[stealthee]

Yea, it is. LOL When it was parked for a few months when the original engine blew up I yanked the 1G 3000GT skirts that were on it skirts off because I sold them and was putting 1g RT skirts of. I had just gotten my DSLR and that was just kind of an impromptu pic that turned out better than I anticipated.

And yea I need a new sig pic, but car is looking rough. Once I get some ambition I am going to tear into it and fix everything, return it to its "glory" and make it look again.

[2fnloud]

My neighbor said my "intrepid" looked good when I brought home my VR4.

He said WHAT!!

:PicardFacepalm2::PicardFacepalm:

[green-lantern]

I think it's more likely that girls in TN are behind the times:p

Can't really blame it on TN but your argument does hold water, and she's a hot blond so yeah, she was a dunce :lol:

[Alan92RTTT]

I've never had anyone miss name the car. They either know its a stealth or have no clue what it is.

[Zaroth]

The first day I brought my car home all my roommates told me how cool my new Supra was... I just accepted the compliment and waited for them to figure it out themselves.

[green-lantern]

I've never had anyone miss name the car. They either know its a stealth or have no clue what it is.

I can go on and on about these stories but as pointed out before some of the people around here are rednecks. :lo5l:


The first day I brought my car home all my roommates told me how cool my new Supra was... I just accepted the compliment and waited for them to figure it out themselves.

I'd have stabbed some roommates and hid them under the house. Even the rednecks don't get that wrong. ha!

[shmoo]

You have Mikes old car right? Thats been 4 years already!?!? Damn man, my stealth has been down for too long.

even if it hasn't been four years, what's the hold up?

sadly i get asked if she's fast at least once every two weeks. my general response is, haha, not really, but i still Love her.. or well, she's fast around corners.

sometimes i wonder what people are thinking.. a mustang? yes, she's a crustang. oh gawwd, it burns!

_isiah

[IPD]

i no longer take it as a compliment when someone thinks a 3/s is a "new car". it's just another sign of the collective stupidity of the public.

[nodoze]

i have had one guy call it a probe to my face , when i had my 94 i was in office depot loading a desk i just bought into it ( yes it fit with the seats down) and a couple of old ladys ask it that was a new 08/09 model year

[green-lantern]

sometimes i wonder what people are thinking..

_isiah

How many clown midgets are going to get out of the car?








I'm so sorry dude! :lol: I could not help that! :hug:

[mb3000]

Only time I've ever held conversation about my car with a stranger was with a couple guys from the National Guard. He asked what year it was, then asked if I had upgraded the intercoolers. Seemed like he knew what he was talking about.


Needless to say I was impressed. Nothing like that goes on in my neck of the woods.

[bridge]

I only get asked what size turbos...... Lame

[IPD]

I only get asked what size turbos...... Lame

"bigger than your wife's boobs".

[whitedragon]

We had a mini-STL cruise about a month ago, with myself, Anyonebutme, Boomer3000 and mehrshadvr4. We pulled into a parking lot to check Mehrshad's car (which is a whole other story) and one of his friends showed up in a beat up eclipse and said, "WOW, you don't ever see this many running DSM's in one place."

Sad.

[Valhallaz]

A couple years ago, I was at the Mitsu dealer getting something or other. I left the parts department and was getting into the car which I'd parked in a row in front of the service bays. A couple of the mechanics were outside on a smoke break, one of them calls out to me "Cool firebird, dude!" giving me the thumbs up...

[Mikes2nd]

DSM owners just want the 3s to be tied to their cars... Kinda like how celica and camry owners tought the supra...

ive been called avenger, and Pontiac(I have the JDM tail) because I like to mess with fools minds... Hey thats a GTO? Waitaminute!!! thats not a pontiac!

[IPD]

um, the difference between a 1g supra and a celica is rather like the difference between a tempest and a goat. just sayin.

[Boomer3000]

Never had the car called anything, just asked how fast or what it was.

[green-lantern]

I only get asked what size turbos...... Lame

Sounds like car guy to car girl innuendo flirting to me. lol

[Ange]

at a gas station a mom and her kids mistook my red 93 VR4 for a Ferrari. I just grinned and gave thumbs up. muhaha

[TwoXist]

I have got the Eclipse mention a few times. I think the worst was at a Mitsubishi dealership parts counter.

[rawavr4]

I've gotten eclipse many times. Also if it was a mustang or mazda. I only correct them if they ask "Is that a xxxxxx?". If they say "nice xxxx!" I just say thanks lol

[JohnnyTurbo]

Heard it twice, but in my defense both times were in Ohio...

Jeremy -big sigh- nothing sadder than a west virginian tryin' to pull the Ohio card.

[stealthee]

Ohio sucks MUCH harder than West Virginia.

[green-lantern]

Ohio sucks MUCH harder than West Virginia.

This

I hate driving through there except passing by the reds ball park. Good memories there

[IPD]

This

I hate driving through there except passing by the reds ball park. Good memories there

didn't they tear down riverfront stadium a few years ago?

[YoshiBishi]

My neighbor asked me if it was a mustang... and they themselves own a mustang.

[rawavr4]

Shoulda said "Yea, mine is the limited edition AWD twin turbo mustang. Not the base model v8 like yours."

[bridge]

Sounds like car guy to car girl innuendo flirting to me. lol

Is that what you would open with? :lol:

[mb3000]

"You got the bottom end to support those turbo's?"

[JohnnyTurbo]

Ohio sucks MUCH harder than West Virginia.
-Bigger sigh- I was wrong, PA defending wv is much sadder.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

-Bigger sigh- I was wrong, PA defending wv is much sadder.

:D :lol:

Jeremy

[green-lantern]

Is that what you would open with? :lol:

Are those stock or aftermarket? :D


"You got the bottom end to support those turbo's?"

ha ha

[Mikes2nd]

-big sigh- nothing sadder than a west virginian tryin' to pull the Ohio card.

Ohio needs to put up a fence... stop those damn wv's from crawling over the border...

need one up north also... to stop michigan also...

[JohnnyTurbo]

Ohio needs to put up a fence... stop those damn wv's from crawling over the border...

need one up north also... to stop michigan also...Hey, the only fence we need should stretch from Baja California to the TX/LA line on the southern edge of the country. I agree with Michigan though, we ought to sell it to Canada... if they'd take it.

Back on track... I feel left out, all I have ever got is a few "nice car" comments. Oh, there was one time when an eight year old or so boy was walking hand in hand with his mom and he pointed to my car and said "I want one of those!" That made me smile. Boy has good taste in cars.

[Alan92RTTT]

HUm... I think the official colors of NG12 may need to be the UofM colors :D MIght even have to work the block M into the logo too :p

[IPD]

nah. i propose this for next year's slogan:

"NG12: IT'S NOT A DSM DAMMIT!"

[criner]

Only thing i ever get is "How fast is it", or the occasional honda pull up next to me at a red light and damn near blow his engine reving it up so i can hear the p.o.s.

[JohnnyTurbo]

^^^^^^This
Although I don't get the gas station conversations, I do get plenty of the Honda retards do the pace car routine where they lag behind, get beside, go ahead, get beside then stomp on it and make a lot of noise as they slowly move ahead of me. And my reaction every time is "WTF??? Did I really just witness that??" I think there is a formula out there somewhere that states "The speed of sound is 5x > speed of HONDA".

[IPD]

^^^^^^This
Although I don't get the gas station conversations, I do get plenty of the Honda retards do the pace car routine where they lag behind, get beside, go ahead, get beside then stomp on it and make a lot of noise as they slowly move ahead of me. And my reaction every time is "WTF??? Did I really just witness that??" I think there is a formula out there somewhere that states "The speed of sound is 5x > speed of HONDA".

153.6 mph is respectably fast.

...on the other hand, if you were trying to insinuate that a honda puts out a far greater sound:speed ratio than other platforms, i'd probably agree.

[1stStealthN/A]

^^^^^^This
Although I don't get the gas station conversations, I do get plenty of the Honda retards do the pace car routine where they lag behind, get beside, go ahead, get beside then stomp on it and make a lot of noise as they slowly move ahead of me. And my reaction every time is "WTF??? Did I really just witness that??" I think there is a formula out there somewhere that states "The speed of sound is 5x > speed of HONDA".

I get that too, but it's mustangs and firebirds. I just give them the thumbs up and let them go.

[JohnnyTurbo]

153.6 mph is respectably fast.

...on the other hand, if you were trying to insinuate that a honda puts out a far greater sound:speed ratio than other platforms, i'd probably agree.Yeah, the numbers might be off, but you got what I mean. Those lil fuckers make a lot of high reving noise for moving out so slowly.

[Boomer3000]

I get it bad.. and I mean bad from fucking stupid camry's.. really, don't blow your moms car up.

[DocWalt]

Got the light em up signal over the weekend from some dudes in an older Lancer... I revved it up a bit and figured I'd just roll hard off the line, but no, since I had only been driving a mile or so the tires were cold and I spun all four until traction control said no. :lo5l:

[niterydr]

I've had people shocked at the age of both of the stealth's I've had. Blue one people SWORE it was a F355 many times, idiots.