I didn't read this entire thread, so if someone already posted similar, please forgive.

I don't find more people driving aggressively around me, just different ones. When I'm in the Z, I get challenged by ricers and anyone in a sporty car, but people in SUV's and sedans tend to give me wider berth.

Meanwhile, when I drive my Mazda6, the race crowd just drives by, but SUV's and sedans cut me off left and right.

One thing's constant: Prius drivers act like idiots no matter what I drive.

Haha I know the feeling but sometimes it's better not to engage them.

When I picked up my Z back in Feb. it couldn't have been more than a week old some douche college kid was riding my bumper in his Celica GTS with horrible body kit. I pretty much ignored him for a good mile and we were coming up to a turn. Mind you it was raining so I was in no mood for retarded driving especially in a week old car.

I take the corner normally and I guess Celica kid thought I was too slow so he switched lanes to overtake me and ended up breaking his tires loose and hitting the guard rail and hopping the curb. If I had decided to indulge that idiot and raced him there would be a very strong chance he would have hit my car instead of the guard rail and curb.

I really don't notice folks driving more aggressively around me in the Z. Sometimes I wonder if they even SEE me.

Occasionally I do get challenged though - last time was a Dodge Caliber. :(

Had that happen recently with a Honda fit. He was slammed and had aftermarket exhaust. The kid driving it must have been in high school still. Taking off from a light I was doing my normal 1-3-5 shifting and he must have been at WOT and I was still ahead of him. :bowrofl:

Does this happen to everyone else? I wish! Every body must feel I am that unmarked cop car. Hearing that Mustang/Camero drivers want to run is amazing to me, since they, along with Challengers, are just as apt to be holding up traffic as a Prius.

BMW's and Porshe's litter the landscape around here, and still it is rare to get one to go.
Even young guys on motorcycles dont want to haul arse much anymore.

I had begun to think that boys in California have all been feminized, hence their demure driving style.

If anybody wants to go faster than you, please pull over. Is this asking too much?

haha, if that was me in the Fit i would've just smashed your door. :tup:

It's the exact same thing for me here in Albuquerque, NM. We call them the "you ain't $h1t balloon" crowd. They're always there to talk smack if you have something nice or are doing something to better yourself. Then once you actually achieve something it gets even worse.

I'm curious if people act this way in other countries or if it's just the fragile egos here in the USA? :thumbsdown:

no, just in albuquerque, NM. :D ;)

just move to a more wealthy neighborhood if you can. :)

I LOVE this idea, I am going to start pulling that on the silly ricers just to see how bad it f**** with them and how mad they get. Thx for this idea Steve :icon18:

I remember my cousin told me a story about how someone tried to race him once at a stop light. He started to go to make the other guy think he was racing. When the guy floored it, my cousin stopped and continued to drive normally while the other guy kept going. The guy got pulled over for speeding right down the road. :rofl2:

Nice... Faking the race $0.5 in gas cost, seeing that guy's face as he was getting pulled over...PRICELESS :icon17:

I'm an agressive driver doesn't matter what I'm driving. :ugh2:

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And share your charburger and cheese fries, right? :yum:

What if he was driving a Miata?:rolleyes:

I have had anything from a mommy mobile van to corvettes, srt8s, bmws, benz, cameros, gt500, gt, roush, and a few other respectable cars try to get me to play around. But i do drive fair +- 5mph of speed limit. When the "ricers" pull up and rev, flyby, or cut me off i just laugh. I only play around sometimes. And mainly with cars that i think that can beat me lol. Mainly so i know what i can go up against :) So far I am very pleased. No problem beating camero ss, challenger srt8, m3's, 335i, gto, c5 vette, etc. around that range of car. I have been beat a few times but nothing crazy. My buddy in his 2010 Mustang Gt Roush gets me only about a 1 car length at 130. Had a Gt500 role by and he beat me about a 1.5 car around same speed. But nice to know they dont pull to much after that 130 range pretty much dies out and we stick at that length lol.

Dang, you rolling on C6's......what you got under that hood. :icon17:

woops :) my bad only raced two c5's and about a car on him and intake/exhaust/lth/pulleys/uprev/

fixed post :)

i have only come across one c6 that tried to play but was running late for work and it was my exit i wanted to keep going though lol was yellow/zr1 wheels and a punisher sticker logo on bumper lol wanted to roll with him so bad

Yeah, I spent part of my misspent youth growing up in Fairfax county, my parents still live there. Keep telling them now that they're old (in their 70's) to sell the house and move down here so it'd be easier for me to take care of them should the need arise, and oh yeah, get the hell out of VA and Fairfax co. in particular where the taxes are absolutely insane.

Dude, I live in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in town. I also noticed this type of attitude when I lived in Memphis, TN 6 years ago. :rolleyes:

ok, that dont say much for NM then. :D ;)

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Hey, I love paying $1,000 a year in PPT on my car...













:crying:

Every time I paid the painful PPTs of NOVA, I thought about all the baller cars I see on the road, and how much tax revenue that has to bring in. No wonder the police force is moving to Z06 corvettes as cruisers next year.

ok, maybe some fries. :tup:

i would have a broken leg. :icon14:

I get a lot of the opposite.

I'll see someone in a Civic or Celica up ahead zipping in an out of traffic like an idiot but then when I get close, they see me and like instantly calm down, like their big, angry roid rage brother entered the room...

I kinda like that :)

I do get some who try to egg me on, half I'm sure think they can run and others just want to hear it go and the remainder are thumbs up

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Are they using the best bang for buck supercar under $100k, the almighty M3?

Up here in the Northwest, I haven't seen any aggression toward the Z. I had a Prius (ugh!) before, and I get treated the same way (almost) as I did with the Prius. The only difference is that on the interstate, some SUV drivers don't realize I am in the lane to the left of them when they decide to change lanes. I have done way too many evasive manouvers to avoid a crash.