Now that I finally got the Crossfire out of storage and it's the first time I've really been out on the streets with it I'm having some interesting experiences. Let me share one with you.

My wife and I were going down the road in Toledo with the top down and I glanced in the mirror and saw a grey Crossfire coupe coming up on us in the next lane. They passed us and were waiting at the next light. I thought that's pretty cool because when I belonged to the Corvette Club, any Corvette that you saw on the road was a friend that you havn't met yet. We would flash our lights, wave, etc. With that in mind I pulled up even with the coupe and was prepared to wave, give a thumbs up, or honk, but the 30 something couple stared straight ahead like Crash Test Dummies.

I thought well, maybe they didn't see me so I beat them from the light to get ahead and at the next light they pulled up alongside and still didn't look over. So I got out of my car and twisted their passenger wiper into a pretzle shape, wrapped my knuckles on their windshield and said "HEY DOYA SEE ME NOW, I'M A MEMBER OF THE CROSSFIRE FORUM AND WE HAVE A REMEDY FOR YOUR FILTHY FRONT WHEELS!" ( on the inside).

(on the outside) In reality, I sat their looking like a moron with a stupid grin on my face, ( some say that's my all the time look).

What I need to know, as a member of this forum, do you think if I would have carried out my above fantasy, would that have been too harsh of a Forum recruiting technique?

 

No. I think a smile and a wave should do it, if not you tried.

 

It's a shame because we are a very limited group however to some people, our pride and joy is just transportation.

 

I would not recommend pretzel-making in this case, no.

 

I had the opposite occur with me this morning in the Fox Mill area of Herdon VA.

A Black SRT Coupe exchanged a quick wave with me, a lowly base coupe owner.

I have seen that SRT a handful of times the past 3-4 months and would like to know if he's a member of the Forum. If not, I would like to tell him what a great resource it is.

I 've been tempted to start a "was that your Black SRT" thread, but enough manutia has been getting posted lately. And who really cares that I saw so and so driving a Crossfire? Besides, if they are not a forum member, they will never see the post anyway. Maybe I'll catch him at a stop light some time.

Chuck65, I'll wave to you. I'm hoping to drive the Crossfire to Port Clinton for a business trip at the end of June. I'll be racking up some miles on Rt.2. Can't wait to see how the paint holds up to the May Flies. Come to think of it, perhaps I shouldn't subject my baby to the bugs. I have permanent scars on my Xterra's grill from the may flies. I can remove the buggers from the paint, but the plastic areas are another story. They leave a permanent mark in the plastic.

 

Chuck65, I'll wave to you. I'm hoping to drive the Crossfire to Port Clinton for a business trip at the end of June. I'll be racking up some miles on Rt.2. Can't wait to see how the paint holds up to the May Flies. Come to think of it, perhaps I shouldn't subject my baby to the bugs. I have permanent scars on my Xterra's grill from the may flies. I can remove the buggers from the paint, but the plastic areas are another story. They leave a permanent mark in the plastic.[/QUOTE]

Believe or not Port Clinton is where I was headed when the above Crash Test Dummy incident happened. We went out from Port Clinton and out around Catawba Island and back home. Many that read this forum have no idea what the annual May fly hatch amounts to. They last about 2 days and die and it takes snow shovels to get them off of the driveways and parking lots. Sure wouldn't want to subject my Crossfire to that. Thanks for the post.