Originally Posted by 370zHawaii (Post 3590563)

I feel your pain, I fear that this may be my reaction one day, maybe PTSD might kick in or something I don't know, but I have zero tolerance for idiots and unsafe drivers on the road. I am too old for road rage and petty ignorance.

Usually I stay humble and slow down, especially since ten times out of nine, the vehicle they are driving is well...not anything to boast about..They way I look at it, no matter how much money someone puts into a car to make it fast....at the end of the day it is still only worth as much as its title ex. 500 HP Civic is still a Honda Civic IMHO.

After studying at the campus I come out to my car and apparently there was no where else in the entire campus parking lot to park so this person decided that parking next to me was their best option:ughdance:.......notice the Gunmetal Z to the far left of the pic had no problem finding a parking LOL
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...SizeRender.jpg

All in all I enjoy every minute of the Nismo, and honestly the 17 PW I am in now gets ten times more attention than the 09 SR Nizzy did, plenty of compliments and people mistaking it for a Porsche. For me its never a dull moment when driving my car, and that is one of the many great features of driving a 370Z period.

Originally Posted by BehindSpace (Post 3550035)

you chose to drive a a 'look at me, too cool for school' car.
the negative attention is not justified but should be expected.

i learned the hard way and sold my 2014 nismo for this reason.
the decision maker for me was having someone in an old pickup truck staring at me in his rearview mirror for over a mile on a 1 way highway. I wasnt tailgating by any means and knew he was staring because of the looks of the car (i was used to the attention by this point and had already been keyed). Then he slowed down about 20mph until i did close to him so he could empty his ashtray full of cigarrette butts and ash out his window directly onto my car.
I pulled off the road and realized it wasn't worth it, it was a no win situation taking the abuse or reacting to it.
car sold for a 14 thousand dollar loss after owning it for about 5 months.

a few hours before that i was waiting in line at a starbucks drivethru and had some guy glaring at me from the outside seating area, next thing i know he's gotten up walking directly behind my car to look to see what kind it is I guess then walks back and sits down while still meanmugging me.

a few days before that have some young kid trying to look hard in his mid 90's civic fly by and cut in front me almost clipping my front bumper pebbling my car with rocks and dust. we get to the light, i see him trying to say something to me and motioning to me so i roll down my window to hear "you feel my dust bitch?"

Originally Posted by BehindSpace (Post 3550035)

you chose to drive a a 'look at me, too cool for school' car.
the negative attention is not justified but should be expected.

i learned the hard way and sold my 2014 nismo for this reason.
the decision maker for me was having someone in an old pickup truck staring at me in his rearview mirror for over a mile on a 1 way highway. I wasnt tailgating by any means and knew he was staring because of the looks of the car (i was used to the attention by this point and had already been keyed). Then he slowed down about 20mph until i did close to him so he could empty his ashtray full of cigarrette butts and ash out his window directly onto my car.
I pulled off the road and realized it wasn't worth it, it was a no win situation taking the abuse or reacting to it.
car sold for a 14 thousand dollar loss after owning it for about 5 months.

a few hours before that i was waiting in line at a starbucks drivethru and had some guy glaring at me from the outside seating area, next thing i know he's gotten up walking directly behind my car to look to see what kind it is I guess then walks back and sits down while still meanmugging me.

a few days before that have some young kid trying to look hard in his mid 90's civic fly by and cut in front me almost clipping my front bumper pebbling my car with rocks and dust. we get to the light, i see him trying to say something to me and motioning to me so i roll down my window to hear "you feel my dust bitch?"

Originally Posted by Nithmo (Post 3560475)

I had to meet with a resident today, as part of my job. First thing the 60 year old guy says to me is "how do you like that thing?"

Me: "Love it. It's a joy to drive"

Him: "They must be paying you too much over there"

Me: "Nah, I just don't have kids"

Him: "Oh yeah, I hear you. What kind of Porsche is that?"

Me: :bowrofl:

Me: It's a Nissan 370z

Him: :confused: :eek2:

Originally Posted by SgtGoldy (Post 3636363)

I get every car on the road wants to race me. I had an FRS revving at me at the light, then when it went green he actually floored it and (attempted) to drag race me. But... I get terrible gas mileage, last thing Im gonna waste it on is a glorified prius without batteries.

Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 3636413)

Who cares about gas mileage? :icon14:

I'm not saying that you should have raced the idiot ... just that your excuse should never be gas mileage when you own cars like these :rolleyes: :p

Originally Posted by SgtGoldy (Post 3636518)

It was an attempt at a bad joke lol.

Originally Posted by SgtGoldy (Post 3636518)

It was an attempt at a bad joke lol.

Originally Posted by Hotrodz (Post 3636548)

LOL...I got it. I would rather save gas than race one of them too! Got my far share of Honda civic coffee fart can love today!!! I love those little wound up rice burners...:ugh2:

Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 3636413)

Who cares about gas mileage? :icon14:

I'm not saying that you should have raced the idiot ... just that your excuse should never be gas mileage when you own cars like these :rolleyes: :p

Originally Posted by Hotrodz (Post 3643117)

LOL, day before yesterday I had guy in a mini cooper s do the same thing, he would ride my a$$ then pull up next to me an take off. I was annoying but I didn't bite!

Originally Posted by mults (Post 3643149)

I know...there were times where I would just speed the hell up and put some distance between us, but that only makes the idiot want to drive faster to catch me. Also wanted to slam on the brakes, but getting rear-ended by a douche is not my idea of fun either.

Now that I am older and wiser, I try to ignore these morons and go about my day :driving: ... but there are days where it is really hard to do.

Originally Posted by Hotrodz (Post 3643161)

Agreed! My perspective on many things have changed since I crossed the half century mark years ago. But I do have my moments if I am in the right mood and the coast is clear I will light them up laughing all the way as they disappear in my rear view mirror! :p

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Originally Posted by Hotrodz (Post 3643161)

Agreed! My perspective on many things have changed since I crossed the half century mark years ago. But I do have my moments if I am in the right mood and the coast is clear I will light them up laughing all the way as they disappear in my rear view mirror! :p

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Originally Posted by Spooler (Post 3643415)

A good radar detector, common sense, and a dang good laser jammer setup is all you need. Laser is becoming more common in my area. ALP will be in the future.

Originally Posted by SgtGoldy (Post 3643554)

do laser jammers actually work? I always here theyre a waste of cash

Originally Posted by axmea? (Post 3659622)

On my way home the other day on slow freeway traffic, a black FX35 with a really lame sounding exhaust pulled up next to me and gas it. Stay next to me and gas it again. Did this many times. Was either trying to make me bite or let me hear him. I started cracking up at his attempt to do whatever was in his head and made sure he saw me. He got really mad, yelled something, and pulled away weaving in and out of lanes. Crazy.

Originally Posted by axmea? (Post 3659622)

On my way home the other day on slow freeway traffic, a black FX35 with a really lame sounding exhaust pulled up next to me and gas it. Stay next to me and gas it again. Did this many times. Was either trying to make me bite or let me hear him. I started cracking up at his attempt to do whatever was in his head and made sure he saw me. He got really mad, yelled something, and pulled away weaving in and out of lanes. Crazy.

Originally Posted by SgtGoldy (Post 3659638)

who does that sh*t?

he probably just traded in his civic si for the fx

Originally Posted by axmea? (Post 3659622)

On my way home the other day on slow freeway traffic, a black FX35 with a really lame sounding exhaust pulled up next to me and gas it. Stay next to me and gas it again. Did this many times. Was either trying to make me bite or let me hear him. I started cracking up at his attempt to do whatever was in his head and made sure he saw me. He got really mad, yelled something, and pulled away weaving in and out of lanes. Crazy.

Originally Posted by NISMO IX (Post 3660246)

Well.... Got rear ended last week by a woman in a minivan while waiting to proceed thru a yield. Prior to it she was riding my rear bumper dangerously close. I got to the yield and waited for two cars then moved 3-4 feet and stop quick for a speeder then... BAM!!! Right in the arse. Ordering a bumper cover, NS spoilers, energy absorber, crash beam, and brackets tomorrow. People need to relax and drive like a human being.

Originally Posted by NISMO IX (Post 3660246)

Well.... Got rear ended last week by a woman in a minivan while waiting to proceed thru a yield. Prior to it she was riding my rear bumper dangerously close. I got to the yield and waited for two cars then moved 3-4 feet and stop quick for a speeder then... BAM!!! Right in the arse. Ordering a bumper cover, NS spoilers, energy absorber, crash beam, and brackets tomorrow. People need to relax and drive like a human being.