For me it was a female coworker complimenting my Q50 Redsport. Interned at a 3 letter fed agency last summer and one of the other interns who I became friendly with was a mid 20’s former sorority girl - someone you’d never expect to be a car enthusiast. Gave her a ride after work one day since her car was in the shop and immediately after walking up to my car in the garage, started complimenting it. Talked about the VR30TT engine and asked me if the turbos were giving me any trouble, then talked a little shit about how it’s still slower than her car. I asked her what she drove and she had an M2 lol
“God bless you”
For having my 1995 Trans Am, LMAO I’m not joking, this man stopped whatever he was doing to pull up to the gas station and tell me how much he liked it, I was so flattered 😂
Was told my Charger GT sounded better than some scats. They weren’t telling the truth but it definitely made me feel good
Guy has same truck as mine but 2 years newer. Says he likes my mudflaps better than his and his wife said she like my truck better than his newer one haha
I get ’ is that a Buick?’ and then they are surprised that they even made a Buick like that
Driving my Mustang late at night, girlfriend in the front passenger seat, her BFF in the back seat, coming home from a party. I speed up a bit, gf says “baby take it easy,” then her friend chimes in, “whee this is getting me wet!”
Had a little subwoofer under the passenger seat in my late Volvo 240 that had sometimes the same effect…
Friend of mine liked the back seat of my ‘94 626. Said it was the most comfy back seat he’d ever sat on.
marry her
Never had a compliment for my car sadly they always just make fun of me for owning a skoda. At a local VW meet noone even looked at my car wich really bummed me out espacially since they mostly only had lightly lowered polos
“I like your little car, it’s neat” “Thanks”
Dropped my friend off at her home in the Honda s2000. Her mom said “Nice Porsche” I just replied thanks and never mentioned it was a Honda.
My sister in law who knows nothing about cars asked why we spent so much on our family hauler. She thought our Telluride was $70k…
Any compliment I receive is unexpected, because I literally drive a rental car.
I mean, it’s a Mustang convertible, so one of the nicer rental cars, alright, but still, it isn’t special, and I know it. But I still love the compliments it receives anyway. :-)
Many years ago, I was a valet at a country club which regularly saw high-end cars, which for better or worse, we never gave special treatment, like parking them up front or whatever. They all went in any available space, just like everything else. We saw so many nice cars every night that it’d be hard to play favorites even if we wanted to.
Personally, I drove a Honda del Sol at the time. It was black with aftermarket rims, but otherwise stock, including ride height. So, nothing special, is what I’m saying. But I did park it in the front/best space one night, because I got there first, because of course I did.
More than once throughout that night, people asked what it was, whose it was, expressed no wonder it was in the best space because clearly we favor the good cars, etc. A Honda. del Sol. People were saying this about.
I’ve had people call my car cute.
I was walking to my car when suddenly i hear “Nice muscle car!”
I drive a 2022 chrysler 300 with a V6. I relayed this to a coworker after clocking out and seeing my white on black 300 in the parking garage. He did not care and still complimented it. We got to talking in the parking garage for about an hour talking about old school muscle cars and how he had one back in the 80’s. Also saddened the V8 is getting replaced. All in all a wholesome and informative experience!