Are other drivers more agressive around you when you drive your Z ?
 

I bought my 2011 370Z in December and am coming from a 2007 Camry SE. One of the first things I've noticed is how much more agressive other drivers are around me. I'm SURE this isn't just my imagination and people want to challenge me on almost a daily basis. I love having fun with my car but I'm not stupid enough to do any type of street racing or endanger other people. How common is this? Does this happen to everyone else? It's funny some of the cars that do this would never have a chance!

Not really...

I've only had a couple "cool kids" with their horrible rice-mobiles try and race. All I do is look over and start laughing... really hard.

They are like.... fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Yeah. Get tailgated all the time by TC's and Civics even if I'm not in the leftmost lane. They're usually very persistent, they would keep on tailgating me even if I switch lanes to let them pass.

It's pretty much a regular thing everytime I drive the Z. Just yesterday, some persistent ricer, in a Toyota Solara with a loud and funny (in a bad way) exhaust, kept speeding up to me then slowing down, tailgating me and even driving within inches of the passenger side door IN MY LANE to incite me to race him on a very busy highway. I didn't acknowledge him for the entire 4 mn (yes 4mn) he was being an a$$, he then took off hard almost rear ending a car in the rightmost lane in the process :shakes head:

I agree. I find a lot of drivers around me are either aggressive or inattentive. They either try and egg me on or they almost drive into me. The 370 is such a different looking car.... I'm not sure what the aura is that causes this kind of behaviour.

From little kids in their riced out Civics etc... yea they usually try to show off or get my attention/acknowledgment but I just ignore them. :shakes head:

From "normal" drivers I actually noticed I get more respect than when I drive my 03' Civic Si. In the Civic people would ride my bumper or never let me pass on the freeway. I noticed in the Z people give me LOTS of room at stop lights and on the freeway people move out of my way long before I get close to them haha - must be the sight of a bright blue car with greenish/yellow HID's barreling down at them that makes them go "whoa wtf is headed my way let me get out of here?!" :rofl2::rofl2::rofl2:

Yep, and not just ricers - guys in BMWs, Mercedes, Porsches, Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros - I've had 'em all pull up alongside me on the freeway and try to race, or pull an obvious drive-by, or cut in front of me to try and get me to go around them (and when I do they speed up to start a race). These days I just ignore them all - they're not worth it.

No difference for me. I ignore rice (import teens) and sausage (bimmer douches ) ..

sausage and rice? hey I'm hungry!
 

looks like some problems on the west coast

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Sometimes, i notice that my biggest annoyance comes from douchebags in mustangs honestly. Always trying to go at it in heavy traffic. :shakes head:

Have had no problems in the LA area with that at all....... Like Kenchan I would ignore them anyways and if I did pay attention i would probably get burned by em'. I am sure that they got some serious mods under the hood of most of the rice and sausage as Kenchan calls it! :)

I was usually left alone for the most part. With both the 370Z and the 5.0 I have had ricers try to mess with me, but I think it's more a case of them wanting to see the car run not actually thinking they stand a chance at winning.

Occasionally a BMW douche (we have A LOT of them here) will try to pick a fight but I just ignore them until they go away.

I get the lil "punto ocho" civics on me and that garbage but the biggest a$$holes out there are pickup drivers. If you pass one they get all stupid. They try to pass me and cut me off. And its so stupid cuz I don't cut anyone off. I will pass you and at minimum won't merge till I'm 50ft in front. In tight traffic sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do but in normal traffic I don't pinch anyone. Pickup and some SUV drivers will see me pass and they act like I'm inviting them to a road fight. Its weird cuz they start off doing like 50 in a 70. I pass them doin 75. Next thing you know I have an SUV pummeling down the road at 100mph to either tailgate or cut me off. Pick up drivers are really makin me sick though, way more than the rice crew. The second stupidest drivers are dodge charger v6 drivers. Its like they are mad they couldn't buy a V8 charger or challenger so they are out there trying to show they got balls.
Lastly, mustang punks always tryin to show off. They bother me but the least cuz they just show off on acceleration, then leave it alone once they go 5 over the speed limit.its only since I bought my Z. They never even paid attention in my G. Whatever. I laugh at them.

With the SUV/pickup guys.they always CONVENIENTLY pull there crap when I'm with my wife. I'm just praying it happens when I'm alone.

Boy do I remember the big pick up truck mess when I was in Dallas, I would just lol at them and all of that black smoke coming out the back as he guns it and I'm leisurely going along. At the next light they would look over like I whipped your :icon23:

Ugh... I know those pickup drivers you speak of. The further south or west of the city you head you see more and more of them. Usually decked out with some confederate crap all over them and lifted towards the heavens. They will tailgate me (happened in both the Z and the Mustang) as if they think they are intimidating me with their big bad redneckmobile. :rofl2:

/\ it's not just up there, they're down here too. :mad:

Oh, I totally forgot to mention the infamous F-150 drivers. They might actually be the worst ones of all.

This happens to me on a daily basis. It seems that the drivers behind me feel that I should always be going at least 100 mph. I am constantly getting tail gated or passed up even when I am 10 mph over the speed limit. And it occurs with every type of car or truck imaginable.

We're all royally screwed now, it's a perfect storm of douchebaggery that none of us will be able to withstand....


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It's too bad. They are such nice cars but their image is ravaged by a large number of d-bags that flock to them.

The funny thing about NOVA and BMWs is that 25% are dbags, 50% don't care, 15% are cool car guys, and the rest are unmarked cops. :bowrofl:

Happened to me today when this helmetless old guy biker on his loud machine kept pulling along side of me and taking off, then slowed down to let me catch up and did it again. I was going maybe 50, listening to nice music and talking to wifie and had no interest in whatever it was that this idiot was trying to say or do. I guess not all oldguys have sense.

bmw's as unmarked's up there? Good use of y'alls crazy tax $$ huh?

Yeah, seems like the majority (obviously not a scientific study) of bmw drivers are pretentious and trying to show the world how well off and awesome they are. Oh well, whatever floats one's boat I suppose.

Surprisingly, it has not happened to me yet. Either that or I haven't noticed it yet. The only person whose ever done this kind of thing to me was one of my friends.

I have to admit though, if I were to see something like a Lambo or Ferrari on the highway, I may be tempted just to see it in action.

Yes it does happen, and just happened to me a while ago, was a RSX and a Mazda 3. Hmm.

I would say at least once or twice a month. usually they are driving ragged
$$S cars with a chip on their shoulder. Down here it's called penis envy............

i just get a good laugh out of it....

Sure seems like it.

Must've been a Harley. He would never do that to another brand of motorcycle, he'd get his *** whipped, so he trolls cars? :shakes head:

Drug bust confiscations. There are Lincoln Navigators, various Dodge Hemis, all sorts of sneaky-a$$ unmarked up here. :icon14:

Young guys in old riced-out Hondas. The occasional older Porsche 911, any M3 or 335/135i and every Infiniti G. I point at them and laugh, they hate that.

Wouldn't know what make of bike---they all look the same to me and most sound obnoxiously loud.

All the time! Seems like mostly gawkers to me

that must make it alot harder to spot the undercover po po. :mad:

Seems like Toyota Corolla "S" drivers all have the chip on their shoulder, big time. "This IS a cool car! it IS! it IS! I'm gonna drive like a **** until you agree!"

Yeah, definitely. I remember a while back I really got the itch to engage a black Camaro SS that I was cruising next to... but something told me no. Then we came up on a fender bender and BAM, his lights come on and he stops to help. Unmarked car!

We confiscate some of them in drug busts but a lot of them we just buy. I believe Loudon County and Fairfax County are the two richest counties in the US, and it shows. Pretty soon our cops will be chauferred around in Rolls Royces. :bowrofl:

Mostly trucks down this way...the big 2500HDs love to try an spew diesel fumes all over me. If I dont take off like a rocket at the light they are punching. I ll admit I have pretty bad road rage, but Im not stupid enough to get into that.

I get a lot of looky lous that just want to see what kind of car it is. All of our civics and what not down here are mostly just lowered with a tin can on them and covered in primer. I think I have only heard one blow off valve the whole time Ive been in this town.

I had it worse when I was on my bike, I mean every car wanted to race it seemed.

If you've played Need for Speed Hot Pursuit for PS3/Xbox, you know what those counties are going to be rolling with. They are going to have Lamborghinis, Bugattis, Koeniggseggs, etc. :bowrofl:

I was wondering if I was alone dealing with the trucks. I can pull up next to a vette, stang, beamer, etc and everything is cool. Nobody's manhood is being questioned. However, at least once a week, I encounter a jackass in a pickup truck that wants to race, cut me off, ride my tail or find another way to suck at life. It also seems to be the case that the bigger the truck, the bigger the douche.

Ain't Skeered, No Fear, Piss on Chevy, #3, Size Matters - Keep it Classy, Rednecks! Polish those truck nuts.

Without a doubt, I live in Charlotte NC, and I am constantly being challenged by anyone with aftermarket parts on their car. I only drive my Z when the weather is nice on other days I am in a hyundai. Its not my imagination, it is our cars that provoke people to try and race.

I'm sure those guys are the same when they see a stang, camaro, or any car that has been modded.

one time a newer honda odyesse tried to drag raced me (i accelerated normal but he took off and cut into my lane)... i scratched my head what just happened. :D

The funniest encounter I had was in my Civic and I went to pass a Smart car. I guess he didn't like it and I could hear the little motor in the Smart going at it with all its might. I just looked over and :shakes head:

only had the z for couple months now...and already been antagonized to raced by si's, m3s, jags, and crappy crappy cars...unfortunately i dont have enough willpower to not show them what im capable of lol...