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Originally Posted by Tigger So on my way out of town today I was in the left lane just cruising past some people like normal. Not flying. Not being an

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Old 05-17-2013, 02:43 PM   #691 (permalink)
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So on my way out of town today I was in the left lane just cruising past some people like normal. Not flying. Not being an a**. There was an old '80s white Chevy wagon with wood panels (yeah, eww) and some old guy driving it. He was the last car in the slower lane and as I passed him he started to pace me. I have no patience for that crap because all I want to do is get back over in the right lane after I pass someone. So I slughtly blip the throttle just to maintain separation and I get back over. Boy was he mad at me. At first I thought he just had an issue being behind someone. But then immediately steps on it and flies past me and I'm like, uhhhh... ok? I give him the whatever gesture and then I just start cracking up laughing and wave goodbye.

Not the end of that story, sadly, since he slows down enough for me to get back beside him and then he floors it again as if he really thinks I'm going to race him. I left the cruise control alone and just did my own thing. But again, I'm obviously just losing it at this point. And then he pulls some daredevil maneuver to exit up ahead and as I'm passing him again by the exit and I see him give the "whoopie-do" finger like I had nothing on him. Jealous and hater are the only two words I can use to describe this guy.
Sad. The haters are out there, and somehow tell themselves they are in a supercar or sports car when they see the 370Z, in reality, most are in minivans or other rush hour designed vehicles.
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He was the last car in the slower lane and as I passed him he started to pace me. I have no patience for that crap because all I want to do is get back over in the right lane after I pass someone. So I slughtly blip the throttle just to maintain separation and I get back over.
I use cruise control a lot, and I encounter this crap way too often. People simply don't pay attention to their speed. The worst is these idiots you describe. Luckily, I usually set cruise control at 5-10 over the speed limit, so if they want to speed up and sit in my blind spot, I'll happily drop my cruise control down to the speed limit or just under. They usually get the point and move along...
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Had a good one on my way back from Indy today. Going thorugh a construction zone in the left hand lane. Maybe 1 or 2 mph over the speed limit, but passing a solid line of trucks. Guy in a Grand Am is riding me the whole time. Just as we get out of the construction zone, I am able to get over, so I do and speed up to the speed limit (okay - few over) 72 or so. Guy pulls up beside me, looks over and guns it. I'm still at 72. Probably gets up to 90 or so in his 'race' with me. He was obviously paying a lot more attention to me than to the cop sitting in the median. LOL!

So of course the cop pulls out, the guy slows down & ducks back over to the right hand lane in front of me. HE's HARD on the brakes now and I catch up to him about the same time the cop does. Cop pulls up beside me, gives me a little smile, I back off, let him in between us and he pulls the guy in the Grand Am.

I so wanted to go back and talk to the cop after that one. I mean this happened right in front of him. Hardest I'd laughed in a while. The guy was so focused on trying to get me to race that he never saw the cop...
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Had a good one on my way back from Indy today. Going thorugh a construction zone in the left hand lane. Maybe 1 or 2 mph over the speed limit, but passing a solid line of trucks. Guy in a Grand Am is riding me the whole time. Just as we get out of the construction zone, I am able to get over, so I do and speed up to the speed limit (okay - few over) 72 or so. Guy pulls up beside me, looks over and guns it. I'm still at 72. Probably gets up to 90 or so in his 'race' with me. He was obviously paying a lot more attention to me than to the cop sitting in the median. LOL!

So of course the cop pulls out, the guy slows down & ducks back over to the right hand lane in front of me. HE's HARD on the brakes now and I catch up to him about the same time the cop does. Cop pulls up beside me, gives me a little smile, I back off, let him in between us and he pulls the guy in the Grand Am.

I so wanted to go back and talk to the cop after that one. I mean this happened right in front of him. Hardest I'd laughed in a while. The guy was so focused on trying to get me to race that he never saw the cop...
I wish this happened more often to those kinds of people...
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Had a good one on my way back from Indy today. Going thorugh a construction zone in the left hand lane. Maybe 1 or 2 mph over the speed limit, but passing a solid line of trucks. Guy in a Grand Am is riding me the whole time. Just as we get out of the construction zone, I am able to get over, so I do and speed up to the speed limit (okay - few over) 72 or so. Guy pulls up beside me, looks over and guns it. I'm still at 72. Probably gets up to 90 or so in his 'race' with me. He was obviously paying a lot more attention to me than to the cop sitting in the median. LOL!

So of course the cop pulls out, the guy slows down & ducks back over to the right hand lane in front of me. HE's HARD on the brakes now and I catch up to him about the same time the cop does. Cop pulls up beside me, gives me a little smile, I back off, let him in between us and he pulls the guy in the Grand Am.

I so wanted to go back and talk to the cop after that one. I mean this happened right in front of him. Hardest I'd laughed in a while. The guy was so focused on trying to get me to race that he never saw the cop...
Had a similar story back when I was riding w/my buddy.

Sitting at a stop light:

Turn lane: WS6 T/A
Left lane: Smaller car
Middle lane: Us
Right: lane: Cop

The WS6 proceeds to just roast the tires at the green arrow and then take off around the turn. The traffic light turns green and the smaller car and us don't move, the opposing lanes of traffic don't move. We just let the cop pull out and cut across the intersection and pull this guy over before he even gets across the crosswalk.

Probably the funniest thing I've ever seen on the road.
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I have every damn crustang and rustaro reving at me, even a damn minivan this afternoon! Sad that not a single car (save one rustang) sounded decent.
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Had this come up beside me on the highway and do the whole speed up then slow down again beside me thing.

Then I dropped it into 4th and sped off. He flipped me off when I slowed down 2 miles up the road to let him catch up.

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So Dallas has this crotch-rocket motorcycle club where the members wear helmets with a goofy mohawk on it. Maybe other cities have this mess too, I dunno.

Anyways, I was cruising down the tollway a couple weeks ago and one of these kids comes screaming up behind me at probably 120 mph. I was in the middle lane, he was in the fast lane. He slows down and matches my speed, looks over at me, then takes off again accelerating while doing a wheelie from about 80 mph to at least 100 mph. Ha!

I had seen them do this **** before in packs but I had never been singled out and given a show. Maybe being in the Z had something to do with it, maybe not. I wish I had my GoPro running!
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On the way back from lunch I was in the left lane and passing a Nissan Titan p/u. As soon as I got along side, the guy floored it. Pretty good acceleration for a big p/u.
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Had this come up beside me on the highway and do the whole speed up then slow down again beside me thing.

Then I dropped it into 4th and sped off. He flipped me off when I slowed down 2 miles up the road to let him catch up.

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Had a good one on my way back from Indy today. Going thorugh a construction zone in the left hand lane. Maybe 1 or 2 mph over the speed limit, but passing a solid line of trucks. Guy in a Grand Am is riding me the whole time. Just as we get out of the construction zone, I am able to get over, so I do and speed up to the speed limit (okay - few over) 72 or so. Guy pulls up beside me, looks over and guns it. I'm still at 72. Probably gets up to 90 or so in his 'race' with me. He was obviously paying a lot more attention to me than to the cop sitting in the median. LOL!

So of course the cop pulls out, the guy slows down & ducks back over to the right hand lane in front of me. HE's HARD on the brakes now and I catch up to him about the same time the cop does. Cop pulls up beside me, gives me a little smile, I back off, let him in between us and he pulls the guy in the Grand Am.

I so wanted to go back and talk to the cop after that one. I mean this happened right in front of him. Hardest I'd laughed in a while. The guy was so focused on trying to get me to race that he never saw the cop...
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It was. I laughed at the skyline he put on there.

Today as I was sitting at a red light in the right hand turn lane a g35 rolled up next to me and revved his engine. I revved mine back and he pointed to the light then revved again. I nodded and revved back. The light turned green and he took off. I slowly eased out and turned right. Guess he should have noticed my blinker and lane when he pulled up lol.

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They get a good look at my tail lights shrinking. Just because I drive a Z.
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Had a cop pace behind me for a few miles then turned off the highway. Thought he was gonna get me since I passed a slower car on the right but maybe he was just admiring me instead
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