keiser31 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) At a Thunderbird show in Sacramento....https://www.thedrive.com/news/30562/reckless-newscaster-fired-after-climbing-on-damaging-cars-at-auto-show-on-live-tv?fbclid=IwAR3etS56ZUZxkuusbEPDd818KLqmrtZkHHQdRy3__vqFC_4krR8JkBwm2z4 Edited October 22, 2019 by keiser31 (see edit history) 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 A total lack of respect for someones property.... Steve 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Two words...Michael Fay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 He's not rich & famous enough to do anything he wants. Glad to hear it resulted in "You're Fired." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 It is a sad fact of life, there is very little respect of one's property, even from a third rate newscaster I am sure if someone climbed all over his car, or couch, he would be the loudest complainer in the room. Justice is served! Hope he's learned a lesson. John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Harmatuk Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Some times the Red Neck comes out in me. Security would have been called and I would have gotten kicked out of THAT show. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 It's a trend that I have noticed all the years I have been around antique and classic cars. The general public is more and more disrespectful of other people's cars and personal property. That is one of the reasons I don't leave either of my cars alone for very long, if at all, when I am out and about in them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Coyote Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 What an idiot!! I hope he gets sued!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 20 minutes ago, zepher said: It's a trend that I have noticed all the years I have been around antique and classic cars. The general public is more and more disrespectful of other people's cars and personal property. That is one of the reasons I don't leave either of my cars alone for very long, if at all, when I am out and about in them. I totally agree !! The lack of consideration is mind boggling ..... The last show I went to a few years ago, people would walk up to my car, look at the interior and turn around to start a conversation with their friend and the next moment, they are leaning on my car... can't tell you how many times this has happen to me - right in front of me ! I actually had people reach inside the engine compartment and start touching parts of the engine...... yeah, I never leave the vehicle now. Steve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, STEVE POLLARD said: I totally agree !! The lack of consideration is mind boggling ..... The last show I went to a few years ago, people would walk up to my car, look at the interior and turn around to start a conversation with their friend and the next moment, they are leaning on my car... can't tell you how many times this has happen to me - right in front of me ! I actually had people reach inside the engine compartment and start touching parts of the engine...... yeah, I never leave the vehicle now. Steve I've seen people open or try to open car doors to get a better look inside. Had our Pierce out at a show, Model A Ford next to us, a couple of guys walk up to the Ford, sit down on the running board and proceed to eat the food they were carrying. I figured they belonged to the car since I had not seen the owner because the A was there before we parked. The actual owner comes back and shoos them away from his running boards, obviously very annoyed. I apologized for not being a good neighbor and telling the picnickers to eat elsewhere but I didn't know they were not the owners. Ford guy said he understood and we traded horror stories for a good 20 minutes before looky loos demanded we tend to them. Edited October 22, 2019 by zepher (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarFreak Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I was watching a friend's just purchased (low 6 figures) & delivered (to the show) 1930 V16 Cadillac at a downtown street show in a college town several years ago. When I first walked up, he had all 4 doors open to show off the very nice, original interior and I stopped that sheet right away. 'Dave, people are going to climb inside if you leave the doors open'. He didn't believe me until a couple kids, with mom & dad watching, did just that. Once the car was secured (doors now closed) he took a few minutes to walk away and get something to eat. Very shortly a mom & her young son show up and he wants to sit on the fender so she can take a picture. NO. She asks if he can sit on the bumper. NO! They walk away unhappy. Then I turned my head for a few seconds to talk with another friend and share 'people are so stupid' stories when I see a woman open the rear door and start to pull down a delicate window shade. I literally grabbed her collar and pulled her back before she stepped into the car. My nerves were shot between bicycles & baby buggies by the time Dave got back. Forced to stay through the end of the show due to blocked exits, he stood guard on one side and I was on the other. What a cluster mess!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Just think what that jerk would look like if he had done that at a Low Rider show? Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39BuickEight Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 The whole thing looks like it was planned. Still nonsense, but the way he reacts to the door opening and the mere fact he’s dressed like a fool with his dress shirt out indicates it is all an act. I have been wrong before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 58 minutes ago, 39BuickEight said: The whole thing looks like it was planned. Still nonsense, but the way he reacts to the door opening and the mere fact he’s dressed like a fool with his dress shirt out indicates it is all an act. I have been wrong before. I don't think you get fired for doing a pre-planned act. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I'd be amazed if there were no dents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39BuickEight Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said: I don't think you get fired for doing a pre-planned act. When I say planned, I mean he planned it as some sort of show to draw attention to himself. He wanted to make a big deal of it all. He almost acted like he knew he was being an idiot the whole time. Who knows what his motive was. Maybe he wanted to be fired. Maybe he has jealousy issues. Maybe he hates car guys. Who knows. Edited October 23, 2019 by 39BuickEight (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I,ve got to say in the 25 years of showing i,ve only had a couple of truly egregious examples of behavior by spectators. I usually react to them very vigorously. The occasional finger tip exploration i over look. I had one person ask if his blind father could use his hands to visualize my car. I spent a good fifteen minutes with him helping him to see my car. Best fifreen minutes i had at the show......bob 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I have stories about this too...we all do. But mine started when I was a little kid. Once when our club chapter was displaying our cars at a local amusement park as a fundraiser, an adult stranger stepped over the stanchions and velvet rope, opened a door on our Hupmobile touring car, and started rummaging in the door pockets. I was only about 10 years old, but I knew very well that this was NOT ok. I yelled, "Hey, please get away from our car!" Instead of backing off and/or apologizing, the guy took about two menacing steps in my direction and said something, "Who do you think you're talking to?" Thankfully, some other adult members of our club were nearby and yelled at the guy to back off. He went away grudgingly, pointing his finger at me and nodding his head, suggesting trouble for me later. My Dad was a young man at the time...maybe about 30. He was well known as a very quiet, but exceptionally strong man. And he had a temper. When a club member saw him and told him what happened, he came rushing to where I was sitting with some other adult club members who were watching out for me. He and I walked all over that park for an hour or more, but never did find the guy. That is probably a very good thing. He was trembling mad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 At a good sized car show / fund raiser in another Nevada county (at a brothel) a gal with her kid got into my wife's 1965 Mustang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 At the swap meet/car show events that I run, I forbid bicycles in the show field and make constant announcements asking folks to keep baby strollers safely away from the cars. I've seen many curious people at other events like parades (people who are NOT car collectors) ride up beside a car and then innocently look in the interior. But they remain on their bike seats and inevitably lean over further and further to get a better look. And well-intentioned parents with strollers will get WAY too close without ever thinking about it. More than once I have told a total stranger to get their bike or stroller away from another total stranger's car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I've seen people not only open doors to get a better look but actually get in the car to take photos of themselves in the car. Never bothered to check with the owner, just helped themselves to opening a door and letting themselves in. Anyone that goes past the crowd control ropes needs to be escorted off the premises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Just ask them to sit in the car. They run away.. That is my experience.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Quote "No-one is out here to tell me which car I can't go in because some of these are off-limits, so I'm going to live on the wild side. Tell me what you think about this pose, Tina?" Those are the words of someone who's going to get fired from any job he has. His next position as a CEO or a janitor isn't going to turn out any better unless his attitude changes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chistech Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 My wife made her voice a little loud when a slightly handicapped woman (at least she appeared that way as she seemed to not be able to stand very steady) took her long telephoto camera lens and stuck it under the front edge of my folded up hood at Hershey this year.. She was holding in her left hand what appeared to be a cane or some type of walking assist and her camera in her right the whole time appearing to shake trying to keep her balance while the end of the lens was precariously close to the edge of the hood and my radiator shell. My wife let her know she didn’t like her that close to the car. The woman gave her a surprised the a somewhat disgusted look. She probably didn’t think she was that close but she came within 1/2” of hitting my car with the lens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Not sure if I mention this before in another post, but when I did my first restoration, black '69 Impala - a 14 year restoration, I rented a open trailer and took it to it's first major car show up in Vermont. Long story short, the following day I check all the tie-downs to make sure everything was secured for our trip home and that's when I noticed it - someone went down the driver's side and over the trunk lid with their hands, leaving a scratch in the clear coat, probably from their wedding band. Another lesson learn.... Steve 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Bhigdog said: I had one person ask if his blind father could use his hands to visualize my car. I spent a good fifteen minutes with him helping him to see my car. I wonder if he uses the same ploy at strip clubs? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chistech Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, GregLaR said: I wonder if he uses the same ploy at strip clubs? 😉 That’s the only place I’m “blind”. At least that’s what I tell the wife, “I didn’t notice anything!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 More proof a TV is NOT a babysitter for kids! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I am pretty generous about letting people sit in the rat rod, especially kids for photo ops. Even let Elvis sit in it. The nicer cars not so much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 14 hours ago, STEVE POLLARD said: Not sure if I mention this before in another post, but when I did my first restoration, black '69 Impala - a 14 year restoration, I rented a open trailer and took it to it's first major car show up in Vermont. Long story short, the following day I check all the tie-downs to make sure everything was secured for our trip home and that's when I noticed it - someone went down the driver's side and over the trunk lid with their hands, leaving a scratch in the clear coat, probably from their wedding band. Another lesson learn.... Steve I want to get a nice paint job on my wagon, but my neighbor told me something that makes me cautious; He has a nicely restored Camaro, but rarely shows it because he's heard of local kids scratching, "Nice Car" in beautiful paint jobs with keys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I don't doubt these experiences, but I have to say that not once in more than 40 years of doing this have I ever seen anyone do anything remotely akin to what's described by others in this thread, let alone had it happen to me. The closest I can come is when I was a little kid and one of my buddies thought the fender of our Model A looked like a neat slide. He only did it once, and I told him not to. But never at a show and the general public that interacts with us is always respectful and appropriate. Like I said, I don't doubt these stores (and the guy in the video is proof that disrespectful idiots exist) but I have zero experience with any incidents beyond light finger touching or the random lean-on-a-fender guy. Even in our showroom where people feel and act a little differently because the cars are for sale, visitors are almost universally respectful--they often ask if they can take pictures. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 There are folks in all walks of life that do not think or do not care, or both. I owned my own Tractor-trailer when I was hauling furniture, moving folks, cross country. I had just bought a new trailer to the tune of around $40,000. A helper placed a set of bed rails against the side. He was not happy when I moved them across the street and placed them against the trunk of his cameo. I showed as much respect for his stuff as he did mine. Ben 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old car fan Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 We always invited kids to sit in our car's that went way to far,I love it when they take pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Matt Harwood said: I don't doubt these experiences, but I have to say that not once in more than 40 years of doing this have I ever seen anyone do anything remotely akin to what's described by others in this thread, let alone had it happen to me. The closest I can come is when I was a little kid and one of my buddies thought the fender of our Model A looked like a neat slide. He only did it once, and I told him not to. But never at a show and the general public that interacts with us is always respectful and appropriate. Like I said, I don't doubt these stores (and the guy in the video is proof that disrespectful idiots exist) but I have zero experience with any incidents beyond light finger touching or the random lean-on-a-fender guy. Even in our showroom where people feel and act a little differently because the cars are for sale, visitors are almost universally respectful--they often ask if they can take pictures. I'm sure there are stark differences in the way people respect other people's property in, say, the Midwest and Calif. Wasn't an issue many years ago here in Calif. Last decade or so it has definitely become an issue. I have allowed many people to sit in my cars who have politely asked if they could do so. Having someone climb into the Rickenbacker is not so much an issue as the interior has been redone over the years. The Pierce, however, still has the original '29 interior so I am a little more hesitant to allow people to just jump in. I am always friendly and answer any questions anyone may have. But it is the ten percent or so that ruin it for everyone else. Edited October 23, 2019 by zepher (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gregory Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) I know someone who received a selfie of a friends wife sitting on the fender of an antique 1966 Austin Mini in Alberta. He said you should not be doing that it is someone else's property. They were both shocked that it would offend the owner of the car if the owner saw it. The husband is in his 60's and with a high income career. So much for older people knowing more manners than younger people. Edited October 24, 2019 by Mark Gregory (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mc Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 As my late father used to say, “There are far more horses’ asses than there are horses”. This elitist jerk got what he deserved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, old car fan said: We always invited kids to sit in our car's that went way to far,I love it when they take pictures I have allowed younger children to sit inside my truck if they asked, as I'm standing right there next to it. I did mention it previously, I did have a father of a young child who was actually angry with me for 'giving in' to his son's request, as he explained to me that he didn't want him touching anyone's cars at the show'n'shine. I firmly told him I didn't 'give in', and explained his son is the future of the hobby, and I was willing to accommodate as his interest was there. Craig Edited October 24, 2019 by 8E45E (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yachtflame Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Personally, I don’t mind letting people into my 1930 Lasalle. It’s when I come back and people are in the car holding my replica Tommy Gun and wearing my Fedora without asking first that upsets me. I drive my cars and use them as they were intended but try to protect them as much as possible. When I go to the grocery store or Home Depot, I park way away from any other car. I can’t tell you how many times I come back and there is a car parked right next to me. Once a car was so close, I could t open my drivers door wide enough to get in! I had to get in from the passenger side. I thought about waiting for the persons return but I don’t need the aggravation of talking to someone who has such lack of respect. Another time when I returned to the car there was a guy repeatedly slamming my door. I yelled at him to stop and asked him What The F#*¥ Are You Doing?? He said that after he got out of the car, the door would t close right...he was just trying to help me out! That all said, I still like using my car and enjoy the compliments it generates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I had a young girl break my wind wing glass when she pulled herself up on to the running board. Luckily the glass was laminated so there was no danger of cute. Not the girl's fault. The parents stood and watched and then walked away. Children (and adults) learn what they see and hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Here's a clearer video of the thoughtless reporter climbing on the cars. Some car owners would be tempted to slam this reporter to the ground; but he evidently IS a budding car fan, and with some proper education, and instruction in etiquette, he could some day become an antique-car owner himself who would treat cars properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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