Truck, not a chic magnet
 

When I was looking at a red 370Z, everyone kept telling me it was a chic magnet. I really don't care about that at my age, but then, after living in California, it wasn't long before I didn't care for those kinds of girls even when younger. Anyway, I have driven a large vehicle and a small sportscar on a regular basis for years. I have noticed, at least in my case, people are much more likely to pull out in front of me, even when staring right at me, when I am in the sportscar as opposed to the large vehicle (reminds me of when I had a motorcycle). With the Z, I am more likely to have a pick up truck tail gating (and I mean close) as well or pull right up to my rear bumper when at red lights. Maybe its just me but thought others might have the same experiences. I hope not.

Yep.

The general populatiopn of people really are food-chain mental.

If it's bigger than me I should fear it.
If it's smaller than me it should fear me.

People seem to get out of my way much quicker than they did with my RSX. I appreciate it. :) I still get people that pull out in front of me, but it seems like less do than in my old RSX.

Kannibul
 

I am sick today but laughing so hard. You said it all.

You mention motorcycle....

I've had idiots tailgate me on my bike, then ride the shoulder to look around me. I'm on a f*ng bike...and you can't see around me?...

Mindless drones man. The bad thing about all the safety stuff in vehicles is that it hasn't killed off enough idiots.

its true inspector gadget...

i always get pricks tail gating and pulling litterally (figuratively speaking) up into my cargo area at stop lights...it feels like i could just reach over my right shoulder and pic the bugs off their headlights :shakes head:

People do that crap to me every once in awhile in my tC...every now and then I'll tap my foot on the brake just enough to make my brake lights come on but not enough to really slow down (obviously my foot is still on the gas) and watch then back off...or i'll just let off the throttle a bit and slow down..especially if they have plenty of room to go around me...

probably not the smartest things for me to do but then again I'm not the smartest person on the road :rofl2:

yes I get trucks tail gating me all the time in my Z, the thing about it is sometimes their dicks too so they'll turn their brights on (yes it's that fcked in socal) and poor Z's with their low profile will get blinded by them (thank god for tints and rear view mirror shade) And you know what? If they want to tail gate me I let them, they just better be ready to get sued when they hit me in the back at a stop since I drive a 6MT and it rolls back a little sometimes on a slight incline red light. I'd say they'll learn the lesson the hard way but I'm not going to let them affect the way I love my car and we all know if we step on our gas pedal they'll be wondering where we went :D

Kannibul
 

Back in 1988, I had a Yamaha Fazer. It was wickedly fast and my first and last bike. I couldn't believe how bad people were about pulling out in front of others, based on the size of the other car, until I had the bike. I saw first hand what motorcyclists have to put up with from all the times people seem to want to ram into me, run me over, and so forth. I don't have a bike anymore but I make sure when I see one I am as careful as possible for their sake. Tale gaited on a bike? I just can't believe how people are sometimes.

kdo2milger
 

You're right. I had a pick up truck following me so close in my old Rx7 on the way to work, his lights created shadows from the hair on my arm! I started taking my silver reflective sun shield for the dash and propping it up behind the seats to shine the light back into their faces. Sometimes I'll sit at a light and not move for a few seconds when they are on my bumper. But I did notice it did not happen with my SUV.

JakeZ34
 

No kidding. I am on a steep hill and I get people that pull up almost to my bumper. I let the car drift back a little to remind them not to do that. What has happened with people and driving? I lived in California for 10 years and I couldn't believe what I saw, especially around Pasadena.

People do that here on Long Island all the time...At one point some guy in a minivan was tailgating me on the parkway and decided to put his brights on for a good 5 or 10 minutes in traffic. I ended up brake checking him REALLY hard and he stopped.

But I'd be careful with the whole rolling scenario. In a lot of cases it's considered backing up and you're at fault for not having proper control of your vehicle. But it can be turned into your favor if the other driver is not giving you the proper room needed to operate your vehicle.

it would be cool to have a big spot light with like 500,000 candle power to pop up and blind the sobs!

maybe thats what my center spot between the two heated seat buttons will be for....hmmmmm...

Similar story:

Was in traffic on the fast lane, going around 60km/h on highway. There was about 2-3 cars length in front of me and an Honda Accord tailgating. No idea why when there's traffic. Traffic cleared back to normal speed 100km/h.

The Honda pulls to the center lane gave me the finger while doing so and tried to pass me, but I accelerated and not allowed him to do so. Honda ended up tailgating me again.

My gf told me to stop playing with him. Second attempt to pass me, I let him and he slowed down to 60km/h. I changed to center lane Honda accelerated as soon as I did but I managed to past him.

I really don't understand what people are thinking. And I wasn't driving the Z, I was in a 997TT.

There ! FIXed ! :D

:hello: fellow missourian

with a red z too

smart man:tup:

seriously man.. instead of people thinking "hey, its a motorcycle, if he crashes, he has no cage to protect him", people think "its a small bike, ill pull out in time".. even though we're likely to go faster on a sports bike than in a car.. at least I am..

but more importantly, is the 370z a really good chick magnet? being 18, that would be very important to me, and im considering the car.. :)

If you depend on your car to attract women, you've got a lot more to worry about than your car.

Just sayin...

Men who owned hot cars and got chicks...well that worked before AIDS became a "problem"...

I hate it when I'm having a conversation with a girl who knows nothing about cars except the words Mercedes and BMW and they just brush off my statement "I'm thinking of getting a Z" by saying "I'd only go for a BMW" :-/

I mean fine maybe a 7 series but all those entry level 3 series which she'd actually end up getting anyway? Come on.

Then I have to do the usual drill, log onto this website, copy paste a pictures URL show her what it looks like, and the attraction continues.

Hate it!!! But gotta do what u gotta do with em bimbos.

Meanwhile, I wouldn't spend $40,000 when I'm 18. But you have your dad to tell u that, so I'll stick to my chic magnet story :)

I get the same sh*t with women when I tell them my bike is a Honda. "I only ride Harley's" - I tell them one of a few things:


Mean: "Great, when I see you on the side of the road with one, I'll keep going."

Nice: "If I see you on the side of the road with one, I'll go ahead and call AAA for ya"

Favorite: "Really? I only f*ck pretty/thin/blondes/redheads/women with big titties/someone with an IQ of at least 60/etc - so I guess you're walking/staying here/screwed..."

Meh, it's anything from a "chic magnet" or anything of the sort where I live. Hell, I don't anyone who has gotten a girl from simply having a car. It's not like people still drive around picking up girls these days. Then again I've been single for about 5 years now so what do I know I guess LOL

As for the rude people on the road, yeah. I almost got hit 3 times on my way to work this morning. People love to think I have to slam on my brakes b/c they don't want to get out of a closing lane sooner.... /sigh

+1

That is why my DD is a 1988 F-150. But in the Z I always get tailgate by freaking big trucks.

^Similar story here too. It started with him tailgating super close, so I just hit the brakes and let it decelerate a good 30 mph. Cars whizz by on the right so he can't jump over. He starts flashing his brights and honking like crazy. I let it ride nice and slow. A spot finally opens on the right for him and he takes it. Low and behold, it's a goddamned prius. I'm in my old 96 Saturn mind you. He tries to pass, we both gun it, and I burn him at a snails pace and he had to get behind me again. This whole scenario repeated itself twice more before he got tired of me and started tailgating people in the other lanes, weaving in and out of traffic.

^Interesting. Today some douche in a beemer pulled out of a lot crossing two lanes to get behind me (I'm in que to turn left at a stoplight) and didn't turn wide enough so he's blocking traffic in the next lane over for people who want to go straight. Attempting to make things better I assume, he inches as close as possible to my bumber. I've got a stick and we're on a steep- I mean STEEP- *** hill. The car in front of me moved forward a little so I rolled back ever so slightly before moving up myself in hopes of making him aware that maybe he shouldn't have done that. What does the a-hole do? PULLS UP EVEN CLOSER THAN BEFORE. People man. F-ing retarded.

i haven't driven the Z enough to notice either way yet...but i did notice some of this happening when i was driving my old Si.

I was hoping that this car would have comanded a little more respect...guess i may be wrong

^ that sounds awfully painful, so did you end up tapping his bumper? or pulled the ebrake? lol sometimes when people tail gate me on a steep I usually let my brake go for a split second so they know my car is rolling back so they'll back the f'up or stop rolling towards my ***. But there are times I just don't trust myself with a 2" gap so I would pull the ebrake and do the noob hill method LOL.

Dude, it's called e-n-v-y! Some folks just can't see other people in "better" vehicles than theirs ("better" in quotes 'cause it's so relative, according to each individual's standards).

hehe, that's the problem with the internet.. we don't really know who we're talking about.. but anyways, no I don't DEPEND on my car to get the ladies.. but just like nice clothes, or being in shape a little doesn't HURT your chances, a chick magnet shouldn't either.. Right? I should know, I have the biggest chick magnet of them all, a sports bike. :tup:

Still, in the end it all comes down to just knowing how to play them and what to say/how to act, I know that..

Who said anything about 40k? And you're not really spending $30,000.. You're spending a few hundred a month.. :ugh2:

lol.. well I love the BMW 135i.. Im trying to decide between that and the 370z.. Its a REALLY HARD decision..

You will understand the implications when you study about this ongoing American recession in your history class :tup:

Yes but you are not in the gene pool I was referring to :tiphat: so your confusion is justified in my books.. lol

PS: I said $40k instead of 30k because when you add taxes (NY here) + other random fees + interest on a fully loaded Z, thats what it does come to. Try the calculation yourself you'll see.

Thats what I love about my girl she loves cars, and knows a lot about them , plus she thinks the Z's are sexy! she cant wait for me to get one so I can teach her to drive mt.

^^^^^^ Thats what I'm talking about.
Neela from Tokyo Drift is THE dream girl :)
I play that song on repeat over and over - thats how I fell in love with the Z.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3J2P...eature=related

^ It was painful. It blows my mind how so many drivers don't seem to be thinking even ONE step ahead of whatever action they're taking at the time. They just act on impulse all the time, as if tailgating is going to get you somewhere faster -- an especially funny assumption when the car in front of you is stopped or in heavy traffic.
/rant off

E-brake did save the day in that latter case if my memory serves me correct. You do feel like a noob doing it, but sometimes the risk just isn't worth the aggravation, you know?

Sounds like there's a lot of angry/road rage drivers in the US.

In the short time I have had my Z I have noticed much of the opposite where I live. People stay out of my way, give way when not necessary and give me preference when in 50/50 situations. Almost like a level of respect for the car as opposed to the jealous/arrogant approach.

On the chick magnet front, most girls I've spoken too don't even have any idea what a 370z is....but they love it when they see it :tup: .

In general I've found people take it different ways. Most fall in love with the car and think "wow, nice work or having an amazing ride" others get a case of tall poppy syndrone and get jealous, thinking "who does this young guy think he is driving something like that". Happens from time to time, especially coming from a working class town.