Either yesterday or the day before, I went to Chipotle for lunch and parked my car. An older gentleman approached me and asked me about the car. He had just purchased a Cadillac ATS (had only 200 miles on it still). We compared cars and what we thought of them. Was a fun encounter.... And then just as we parted ways so I could grab food, a swarm of high school kids came so I dipped inside to get in line so I didn't have to wait 20 minutes for food and answer all their questions
lol
And today coming back from some errands, I was on the highway and see a newer model wrx coming up at a nice clip, followed by a previous gen legacy (not sure if it was a gt or not). Both looked modded (aftermarket wheels, exhaust, etc) ... Wrx pulls up next to me, looks over, nods and smiles, then takes off .... Legacy comes up, slows down, looks at me smiling while driving past, then speeds up to catch his friend.
I never have anyone try to race me, haha (not that I want to race)... but everyone either does a ricer flyby or comes up next to me to see the car, then just takes off haha. I don't get it
My favorite reactions come from a Nemo keychain I have dangling from the back of my car. I've had girls driving and try to get as close as possible to snag a pic, kids smiling and looking really excited at stop lights, etc... The reactions I get are priceless, and they come from a varied population, too, even older folks. Lol