tailgaters
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Re: tailgaters (JIMBO7)
I notice mostly when at a stoplight. I see the vehicle approaching like I'm the mother ship! :jester Believe me I'm not the base station and I want no part of you! :lol:
I was also at a car show and was fortunate to win a trophy :cool: Well the ricer who won for best import pulled within inches of my car and had hydraulics. Well he decided to be a smart butt and started jumping his car up and down. I never ejected out of my car so fast! :mad I told him unless he wanted to pay for a new paint job he better back off(and a few other choice words), if I was in my younger years I would have knocked his block off! :boxing I've seen him at several shows since and he stays clear from the Vette now. :yesnod:
I was also at a car show and was fortunate to win a trophy :cool: Well the ricer who won for best import pulled within inches of my car and had hydraulics. Well he decided to be a smart butt and started jumping his car up and down. I never ejected out of my car so fast! :mad I told him unless he wanted to pay for a new paint job he better back off(and a few other choice words), if I was in my younger years I would have knocked his block off! :boxing I've seen him at several shows since and he stays clear from the Vette now. :yesnod:
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Re: tailgaters (Lord_Auric)
Does AZ really have that different of a law from the rest of us? That is scary.
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Re: tailgaters (JIMBO7)
If I'm in the left lane, I'll always get out of someone's way. If they want to go faster than me, they can. I'm not an arsehole.
If I'm in the right lane, and they want me to go faster... tough. Same goes for one lane roads. The only reason to speed around here is to get to the red light faster.
People tend to get behind Vettes because they figure we will speed.
When they find those of us who don't, they get irritated.
Well, that's just too bad.
I understand why people tailgate, though, especially freeway onramps.
I hate getting stuck behind arseheads that dont try to get to freeway speeds by the time they are off the onramp. With them merging into the freeway in front of me at 35mph, it puts me in danger, and anyone driving in the right lane. The freeway ramps here.. well.. 90% of them I can get up to 75 by the time I'm off the end of them.. in a four cylinder camry full of passengers.
[Modified by Kale, 12:19 PM 6/7/2002]
If I'm in the right lane, and they want me to go faster... tough. Same goes for one lane roads. The only reason to speed around here is to get to the red light faster.
People tend to get behind Vettes because they figure we will speed.
When they find those of us who don't, they get irritated.
Well, that's just too bad.
I understand why people tailgate, though, especially freeway onramps.
I hate getting stuck behind arseheads that dont try to get to freeway speeds by the time they are off the onramp. With them merging into the freeway in front of me at 35mph, it puts me in danger, and anyone driving in the right lane. The freeway ramps here.. well.. 90% of them I can get up to 75 by the time I'm off the end of them.. in a four cylinder camry full of passengers.
[Modified by Kale, 12:19 PM 6/7/2002]
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Re: tailgaters (Kale)
some neat stories :lol: i am with Kale 100%. how about the clowns that enter the hiway from an onramp and expect all traffic to give way for them!!!???? then their p*%sed at you for not slammin on the binders!
i just noticed that it's most often when i'm in the vette. i still like the 1 length for every 10mph , tho i know hardly anyone else drives that way. if there's a car length of space...someones going to try to squeeze into it! :confused: thanks for some great stories. :lol: :) :cheers:
i just noticed that it's most often when i'm in the vette. i still like the 1 length for every 10mph , tho i know hardly anyone else drives that way. if there's a car length of space...someones going to try to squeeze into it! :confused: thanks for some great stories. :lol: :) :cheers:
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Re: tailgaters (JIMBO7)
I still think that they are trying to get up real close to see who's inside the vette. Perhaps they thought that their wife or girlfriend might have snuck in there.
toooo bad for you, I say to them!
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toooo bad for you, I say to them!
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Re: tailgaters (Sharky Guam)
Well, you could do what my friend did. He bought this human-size hand toy that gives the finger via a remote button. Might as well give them something to look at.
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Re: tailgaters (n1kki6)
Its funny that i see this post here today as a similar idiot and i had a confrontation this morning on the way to work. This guy tailgates me in the slow lane for like 3 miles down a backroad to work. Finally he passes me, flicks me off, and throws some pennies or something at my car as he drives by :mad . I said o hell no, nobody pulls that poopie on me so i floored it and caught up with him, he was a hispanic male in his 30s with a girlfriend in the car, a white late model toyota 4runner. I then proceeded to return the favor, throwing everything i could find at him, including a tire pressure gauge, 2 handfulls of pennies, and a lugnut. WHAT was this idiots problem?? Im just driving to work minding my own business and all of a sudden hes gonna come up to me and throw poopie at my car like i did something wrong. And then he thinks hes really gonna get away from me in his damn 4runner :rolleyes: .
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Re: tailgaters (n1kki6)
My worst tailgating experience - coming home from my folks house (a 3 1/2 hr drive on two lane roads) we were clipping along at 65 (10 over) when a Suburban doing 80 attached himself to our rear bumper. I slowed to 55, he stayed right there, I slowed to 45, he stayed right there, so I then hit 120 for about 3 miles. Five minutes later he was on my butt again. This went on for over a 100 miles. When we came to a passing lane I pulled to the right and stopped - he stopped in the left lane just off my left rear. OK, now I'm really freaked! We tried the 120 mph routine again for a ways, then I pulled off the road, stopped and got out. With .45 in hand I stood on the shoulder - he drove on by and we didn't see him again. Whew! Maybe he thought I had a radar detector?!?
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Re: tailgaters (JIMBO7)
I also drive diesel cars.
if i get a tailgater for any length of time I just give it more fuel and watch them drop back quickly after they ingest some diesel soot in their ventilation system. :U
if i get a tailgater for any length of time I just give it more fuel and watch them drop back quickly after they ingest some diesel soot in their ventilation system. :U
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Re: tailgaters (FrankM)
I also drive diesel cars.
if i get a tailgater for any length of time I just give it more fuel and watch them drop back quickly after they ingest some diesel soot in their ventilation system. :U
if i get a tailgater for any length of time I just give it more fuel and watch them drop back quickly after they ingest some diesel soot in their ventilation system. :U
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Re: tailgaters (skills68)
people just drive like crap in general. does anyone know what a red light is anymore, light turns red be ready for two or three cars to run it . as far as tailgaters goes, i think we can thank nascar for that. these people think they are drafting. the closer they get the slower i go. :cuss :yesnod: :cuss :yesnod: :rolleyes: :yesnod: :cuss :yesnod: :rolleyes: :yesnod: :cuss :yesnod: :rolleyes: :yesnod: :cuss :yesnod: :rolleyes: :yesnod:
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Re: tailgaters (JIMBO7)
Kale,
The freeway ramps around here that I'm talking about are bumper to bumper, stop & go during commute time and much of the other time too.
If there is room to merge I too will always merge to the speed of traffic.
Tailgating when there is no where to go or no way to let them by is iritating.
The freeway ramps around here that I'm talking about are bumper to bumper, stop & go during commute time and much of the other time too.
If there is room to merge I too will always merge to the speed of traffic.
Tailgating when there is no where to go or no way to let them by is iritating.
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Re: tailgaters (GenoLT4)
I hate SUV tailgaters at night, some how, some way, they aim those little bugger headlights right into not only your rear view mirror, but both left and right side view mirrors. It very much has a blinding affect. And when you give her a little more throttle to make hast so you can actually see, the SUV seems glued to your exhaust pipe. UGH, i really love SUVS :rolleyes: :mad
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Re: tailgaters (C4Fetish)
..... I then proceeded to return the favor, throwing everything i could find at him, including a tire pressure gauge, 2 handfulls of pennies, and a lugnut.........:rolleyes: .
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Re: tailgaters (JIMBO7)
I have had my share of tailgaters but not nearly as many as when I rode my bike. My solution then was to always have a dozen or so steel pin ball machine ***** in my pocket. Any tailgaters got the steel ball over the shoulder and the windshield shattered pretty quickly. If you play you will pay :D
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Re: tailgaters (rocketfinger)
If they're not dragging their feet in front of you, they're crawling up your tailpipes. I'm thinking about keep a box of roofing nails handy for tailgaters. :reddevil
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