Restored car pet peeves

Got nothing against anyone who buys a car or even pays for one to be built, what I dislike is those people who do either and then talk like they are the ones who actually built the car; citing facts, numbers, etc. If someone says "I bought it that way" or "I had a shop build it" then so be it, but far too many of them turn around and act like they turned the wrenches but it takes like 10 seconds to figure out they are full of **** because they don't know anything other than the basics and more times than not get that wrong as well.

Look, it takes all kinds and it is a big hobby and a free country, so there will be some of everything at any car show. The question posed was what our pet peeves were and that was what I expressed. I recognize that many others feel completely different and that is fine, each to his/her own. Some people love restored cars, obsess over numbers and correctness, I on the other hand love ingenuity and artistry. I would spend hours talking to a guy who built his hotrod, rat rod or street rod before I would spend 5 minutes looking at a restored car. I saw them when they were new or near new, I am good. Purely my opinion but there is just nothing interesting about a restored car; don't care how the paint runs and orange peel were purposely applied or what style bolt head was used on this or that part. A survivor is slightly more interesting only because it did survive, but a hot rod or something someone actually built with their own hands is far more interesting.

Yes, I know that the check book warriors are a part of the hobby, good for them and again each to his own. On another forum there is a guy with a 6 pack B body that has to remind everyone in virtually every post that his car is a real 6 pack car and every post where he is talking about a problem has something like the following "waiting on my mechanic to come by" or "my mechanic says....". I have no doubt that his mechanic pretty much hates him because he goes online and gets all sorts of advice which he no doubt lays on his mechanic. I'd put up with that about 1 time and then I would tell him to get his forum buddies to fix his ****.