Are you bothered by people photographing your car?
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Four times in the past month or so people have asked if they can get a pic of my car. It's only a Eunos but it's slightly modified and with the roundel on the side, when it's washed/polished up looks quite distinctive.
One time it was an old couple and the chap said 'we should get something like that' and he asked if he could get a pic so "he would know what to look for later"
She looked less impressed.
Another was a young family with a boy and girl, the boy seemed to love the pop ups, again the parents asked if they could get a pic with the kids by the car.
I didn't mind both times, and asking I thought was nice and polite.
I'm sure people with more exotic metal get it all the time? Does it ever bother you?
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One time it was an old couple and the chap said 'we should get something like that' and he asked if he could get a pic so "he would know what to look for later"
She looked less impressed.
Another was a young family with a boy and girl, the boy seemed to love the pop ups, again the parents asked if they could get a pic with the kids by the car.
I didn't mind both times, and asking I thought was nice and polite.
I'm sure people with more exotic metal get it all the time? Does it ever bother you?
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ts TBHI consider it a compliment, even over hearing a positive comment about the car is always nice 
This is a good website to see if youve been spotted in a rare or unique car:
http://www.autogespot.com/
This is a good website to see if youve been spotted in a rare or unique car:
http://www.autogespot.com/
Same sort of thing, I frequently allow children to sit on my bike, and have their picture taken with mummy etc.
I remember a group of Hardly Dangerous owners allowing my then young son to do the same , and a chap with an immaculate MGA, on both occasions just because he stopped in his tracks and said "wow" or something similar.
I remember a group of Hardly Dangerous owners allowing my then young son to do the same , and a chap with an immaculate MGA, on both occasions just because he stopped in his tracks and said "wow" or something similar.
I've gotten used to it since buying my Chevy pickup, everywhere I go, loads of people take photos, even driving along, there's always people taking pics of it. Couple of weeks ago it almost caused an MG ZS to crash, 5 young lads in the car, too busy hanging out the window taking photos to notice the traffic slowing in front of them, the driver only realised at the last second and just managed to slow down in time!
Even had one woman ask of she could jump in the back of the truck and have her pic taken as it was her 30th birthday!
Even had one woman ask of she could jump in the back of the truck and have her pic taken as it was her 30th birthday!
Other people? No. When I had my MR2 Turbo I did occasionally see people pointing their phone at it or looking at it in a car park. It surprised me a bit, given that the mk2 MR2 is rare now, but not super-rare. I wonder if some of the people that turned their heads to look twice at it realised it was a Toyota? Albeit a superb, and very quick Toyota. Oh, Toyota, how did you let it come to this...
I did once see a couple of Asian lads taking photos of each other next to an Audi R8 in a service station car park one night when I was driving down South on a Newcastle/Luton roundtrip. There and back, of course, in a work Mondeo. I didn't think much of the lads as I walked past, as the R8 is a nice and fairly rare car and it seems natural that they might want a picture with it. As I was driving out though, I'm sure they had progressed to sitting on the bonnet. That's what it looked like. One sits on the bonnet (in his jeans) whilst the other photographs. I would be absolutely livid if that was my car. I can still remember the anger I felt when I came out of McDonalds on Northumberland Street at 3AM having grabbed myself a burger for when I got home (I used to work in the city centre). There was some student type, with his McDonald's bag dumped on my bonnet as he rummaged round in it. I told him in no uncertain terms to get it off my car.
It was only my Ford Focus but it was my pride and joy and in it's defence, it was about as nice as the mk1 Ford Focus got.
I did once see a couple of Asian lads taking photos of each other next to an Audi R8 in a service station car park one night when I was driving down South on a Newcastle/Luton roundtrip. There and back, of course, in a work Mondeo. I didn't think much of the lads as I walked past, as the R8 is a nice and fairly rare car and it seems natural that they might want a picture with it. As I was driving out though, I'm sure they had progressed to sitting on the bonnet. That's what it looked like. One sits on the bonnet (in his jeans) whilst the other photographs. I would be absolutely livid if that was my car. I can still remember the anger I felt when I came out of McDonalds on Northumberland Street at 3AM having grabbed myself a burger for when I got home (I used to work in the city centre). There was some student type, with his McDonald's bag dumped on my bonnet as he rummaged round in it. I told him in no uncertain terms to get it off my car.
It was only my Ford Focus but it was my pride and joy and in it's defence, it was about as nice as the mk1 Ford Focus got.
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