Why do people do this?
January-24th-2005, 09:16 AM
#4
The man behind the mask
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Birmingham, AL
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I do that sometimes also....if the speedlimit is 70 and I've got the cruise on 80 and someone rides my *** before trying to pass me, I'll stab into it also and keep them behind me....when they tuck back in I slow back down again.....just to let them know who's in charge..
Stueck's right though...it's all immaturity.
Stueck's right though...it's all immaturity.
), and they were going below the speed limit
January-28th-2005, 01:07 PM
#8
2002 RX-7 Spirit 'R'
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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my dad is also like this..... and its not just for cars trying to pass him.... if a car is going a little faster than him, and slowly starts to pass... he will downshift it to 3rd and pull away LOL.... i dunno why he does....
i'm scared when my rx-7 is running that he will do that.... cuz i'm scared of him spinning out..... like when i drove my 7 i almost spun out in 2nd gear at WOT... stupid 7, now i hate it again lol... nah i could never hate it
i'm scared when my rx-7 is running that he will do that.... cuz i'm scared of him spinning out..... like when i drove my 7 i almost spun out in 2nd gear at WOT... stupid 7, now i hate it again lol... nah i could never hate it
January-28th-2005, 06:18 PM
#9
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That sort of thing drives me nuts too. I think partly it's human nature (watch yourself next time someone passes you, if you aren't using your cruise control or religiously watching your speed I guarantee your speed will creep up as they come by). However, I have noticed it is worse with SUV drivers. Think it might be in the owner's manual? "Do not let small foreign cars pass you at any cost." 
January-28th-2005, 08:20 PM
#11
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I've often pondered this question. It is like they hover in the left lane, doing about 57mph but when you go right to pass them they suddenly have the urge to do 100! 
My next favorite driving habit is those people who do the same speed wherever they go. You know the ones, they are doing 50mph on the highway, but they exit doing 50 and do 50 on the frontage road AND on the city streets AND through your neighborhood. C'mon now.....
My next favorite driving habit is those people who do the same speed wherever they go. You know the ones, they are doing 50mph on the highway, but they exit doing 50 and do 50 on the frontage road AND on the city streets AND through your neighborhood. C'mon now.....
January-28th-2005, 10:43 PM
#12
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My next favorite driving habit is those people who do the same speed wherever they go. You know the ones, they are doing 50mph on the highway, but they exit doing 50 and do 50 on the frontage road AND on the city streets AND through your neighborhood. C'mon now.....
peace
dante
January-30th-2005, 08:27 AM
#13
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Originally Posted by THAPRO1
its ego trip prob, i've noticed most people who drive SUV's are this way including sad to say my own parents
lol
peace
dante
lolpeace
dante
^^^ LOL its so true they get in thier pathfinder and try to catch ppl in STI's
February-19th-2005, 10:46 AM
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I know this thread is a month old, but I just wanted to vent and it looks like the right place...
I think street racing is stupid and dangerous, but losing a homie will do that to you. I guess my black 02 ES looks pretty sharp to others too, even though its stock but intake. I don't drive that aggressive, I keep within 5 miles of posted speed in town. The Protege is just relatively quick off the line I guess. I was just going home and I jumped a Civic (a coupe version of EK vintage) like 3/4 a car length when the light changed. I hear that flatulent sound of a
coffee-can-mufflered Honda, but he doesn't pass me before the next light stops us, a long city block or so. He's sittin' there reving his engine and when the light turns green he chirps his wheels and takes off hard as he can. Its a 25 in front of a hospital during rush hour so I don't chase...I don't want to street race but these Honda kids just want a piece of the Black BJ.
Second rant, SUV/Pick-up drivers. Guy I worked with got so many tickets the company wouldn't let him drive a company vehicle for a year. He gets his priviledges back. A few weeks later I'm on I-81 keeping up with traffic at 70. Here he comes rocketing by in the left lane, in a Ford Explorer mind you, 98, the kind that likes to roll over. I don't know how fast he was going to pass us that fast. Dumb butt.
Thirdly, if you are going down a street or alley where you know there are a lot of kids in the neighborhood, even if no speed is posted, why in God's name would you go OVER 25 and corner in your CRV hard enough to have visible body roll? The neighbor lady. I tried to point out the fact that kids are out playing in the neighborhood and street, but I guess I was to subtle...
Maybe an IQ test should be part of the drivers liscence test.
I think street racing is stupid and dangerous, but losing a homie will do that to you. I guess my black 02 ES looks pretty sharp to others too, even though its stock but intake. I don't drive that aggressive, I keep within 5 miles of posted speed in town. The Protege is just relatively quick off the line I guess. I was just going home and I jumped a Civic (a coupe version of EK vintage) like 3/4 a car length when the light changed. I hear that flatulent sound of a
coffee-can-mufflered Honda, but he doesn't pass me before the next light stops us, a long city block or so. He's sittin' there reving his engine and when the light turns green he chirps his wheels and takes off hard as he can. Its a 25 in front of a hospital during rush hour so I don't chase...I don't want to street race but these Honda kids just want a piece of the Black BJ.
Second rant, SUV/Pick-up drivers. Guy I worked with got so many tickets the company wouldn't let him drive a company vehicle for a year. He gets his priviledges back. A few weeks later I'm on I-81 keeping up with traffic at 70. Here he comes rocketing by in the left lane, in a Ford Explorer mind you, 98, the kind that likes to roll over. I don't know how fast he was going to pass us that fast. Dumb butt.
Thirdly, if you are going down a street or alley where you know there are a lot of kids in the neighborhood, even if no speed is posted, why in God's name would you go OVER 25 and corner in your CRV hard enough to have visible body roll? The neighbor lady. I tried to point out the fact that kids are out playing in the neighborhood and street, but I guess I was to subtle...
Maybe an IQ test should be part of the drivers liscence test.