Instant Di c k Mode drivers(long read)(CN version at bottom)

[dscoobydoo]

My morning commute has a few really good sections where I get the enjoy the handling and acceleration of the legacy. My initial on-ramp starts at a light with two lanes. You enter the intersection, do a quick 90* to the left, the lanes merge after about 400 yds, then do a slow left sweep into a rt hand curve where it merges with the main hwy and also runs out into an off-ramp for another hwy. kind of like writing a cursive R in reverse. ( ANYWAY)

I am at the light. GTO in front of me in the outer lane, Prius in the inner lane. The light turns. GTO hits it, I follow, the prius farts forward. GTO hits the 90* left corner a little hot ( back end shows some waggle) I easily follow 2 car lengths back. GTO hits the left sweep and accelerates. I am still following 1.5-2 car lengths back. Prius is nowhere.

We slow roll around the corner back right and he heads left into the main traffic of the highway. I am still holding steady right behind him. He darts over the the far left lane, but gets bogged down. I stay left and my lane opens up. SO I PUNCH IT.

So, he sees that my lane is opening and cuts behind me with about 2 feet to spare. ( When someone cuts behind you and you can't see their headlights, it is a little too close for me.)

So I slow a bit to give him the message, but he stays on my ass.
So I get pissed, punch it, dive to the left lane and block him in behind a sentra SE-R (fart can included) who keeps him there for about 2 miles.

(CN VERSION) Now, my whole take on this story is this: Why is it that Driver's who think they have a better car- get out-driven- have to sit on your ass dangerously close, then do an eventual racer fly-by?

In case you feel that I have wasted a minute of your time, I present some Subaru car porn (Just insert Legacy where the impreza sits, because it fits both cars.)
http://www.rs25.com/forums/f9/t127377-s ... think.html

[evolutionmovement]

I don't know, but when I used to embarrass people in my GLs (albeit, before the hazard flashing era), they would just go away in shame. Except for one guy in a modded '90 Escort who asked me what I had done to the car. I told him the factory claimed it had 73 HP when it was new. Maybe it loosened up and gained some power in the intervening 100k miles, but that would be it. A similar thing took place with an Accord who had apparently been trying to keep up with Duchess during my normal type of commute through traffic. He hung his head when he found out his intake and exhaust still didn't give it one up on an L wagon. Oh, yeah, and that was with the low compression pistons. Didn't have the heart to tell him that part.

I got the drive-by from a couple morons who got booted badly before I'd slow down in the interest of citizenship as if the fact that they held their pedal to the floor long enough to catch up and then pass me at the somewhat pedestrian speed I had obviously slowed down to made them a winner. Maybe they take it to mean they have more balls? Keep looking in the mirror and telling yourself that, Mr. Civic Si. Some people are so far behind, they think they're ahead. AND NONE OF MY CARS ARE FAST! Quick for an N/A wagon is relative. Either way, they're stupid for continuing as an abrupt slowing of another car is a sign to anyone with a brain that there might be a cop or something ahead.

[Smithcraft]

Sometimes people are in a hurry to get some where.

Sometimes people have powerful cars.

Sometimes these two circles overlap and some one with a powerful car needs to get some where in a hurry, and drive as they feel it is necessary. It might not have anything to do with just being a dick.

SC

[kleinkid]

Smithcraft--there you go, the basic goodness of humanity.

I think the GTO's drivers' pride took a hit, and his feelings were hurt. When he was a little boy he would cry, now he is not, so he acted out.

The doctor is out now.

[dscoobydoo]

I agree with both of the above posts.

I just feel that driving 65 mph with less than 5 feet off my bumper is not the safest way to go about your day.

[fishbone79]

I just feel that driving 65 mph with less than 5 feet off my bumper is not the safest way to go about your day.

You would not fit in well in NJ... Apparently people in this state think that's the norm. And if you leave a nice cushion between you and the car in front of you, some A-hole is sure to jam his overstuffed, bloated, testosterone ferry (e.g., Cadillac escalade) into that space.

[ericem]

haha people do this to me all the time downtown. I usually will slam on the break while rolling RIGHT before I need to stop. Usually puts there dick in there ass and there is no more tailgating.

[Smithcraft]

I agree - tailgaters are dicks, and they can be oh so much fun to play with.

Otherwise, my advice is - If they don't learn from the first brake check, then let them by.

SC

[Mattheww044]

Spokane drivers just suck all around haha. For the most part, they are all
1. Complete dickheads (tailgating for no reason, cutting you off, etc.)
2. Too old to drive (10 under the speed limit everywhere they go)
3. Just plain STUPID, this doesn't need an explanation, if you live in Spokane, you know what I mean

[epicfail]

Tailgating benefits no one. What if a cute fluffy animal were to come bouncing out into the roadway whilst the offending dickhead were so close to your proverbial sphincter? Hopefully the authorities in our great empathetical state would understand (and if not, PETA would). Hopefully for me at least, as that sees to happen surprisingly often when the not-so-courteous driver is tailgating me.
That, or you can two-foot it w/ just enough pressure on the brake pedal to put the brake lights on, til you actually need to stop in a hurry. Then the benefit of all the modern luxurious amenities becomes readily apparent.

[evolutionmovement]

Around here, nobody tailgates more or closer than cops and that's with anti-tailgating laws. Hm, maybe the laws actually work for those who aren't immune.

[epicfail]

Are you implying that LEOs are immune to the law? Preposterous.

[evolutionmovement]

No, never! I would never misspeak so about Mein Fuhrer!