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Tigger 05-21-2013 07:08 PM

Had some a**hat today on the bridge tunnel in an Acura RL trying to accomplish god knows what. I passed him some miles back, we catch up to the toll booths, he exits before me but he's crawling and I usually don't take much time to get back up to speed so I wind up passing him. Kind of. He floors it to maintain speed with me. I'm like, dude, don't even think about pacing me.

So since he proved he was going to be difficult I just drove like he wasn't even on the road anymore. He had the lead-car syndrome for sure. No matter what speed I adjusted to he was trying to get back in front of me but when he got there he never went any further. And when he stayed behind some slow person coming out of the tunnel I passed and guess where he was? Right on my tail trying to keep up. When we would approach the alcoves where the cops usually sit he'd try to position himself behind me as a radar blocker. I was like, really? 5 over. I'm not getting pulled now matter what and you are going to hide behind me? Once I finally had it And there was no one else for at least a mile behind and he was riding my blind spot I just came short of locking 'em up and forced him to get in front of me. Can you believe this clown still never got more than 20 yards ahead of me the entire time and even after that?

If I could I would have eaten his soul.

obito 05-21-2013 09:11 PM

There was a stupid truck driver tailgating me last month. He was tailgating me on any speed I drove. My speed limit was 70, so I did 75 to pass every cars on the right, and if he want to do speeding against the law, he can easily do it by doing 80 to surpass me because i left him with plenty space to do ,but he didn't. So I changed into a slow lane then he slowed down, and he didn't pass me on the left, so I went back into fast lane again. He chased up to my rear again at 80, so I decided to be an a$$ by cut all 4 lanes when my hwy merge to four lanes hwy then the lanes merge again into 2 lanes again so I decided to passed two 18wheels trucks and let those trucks blocked the lanes for me, so he can't tailgating me anymore.


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madwi 05-21-2013 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by obito (Post 2327018)
There was a stupid truck driver tailgating me last month. He was tailgating me on any speed I drove. My speed limit was 65, so I did 70 to pass every cars on the right, and if he want to do speeding against the law, he can easily do it by doing 80 to surpass me, but he didn't. So I changed into a slow lane then he slowed down, and he didn't pass me on the left, so I went back into fast lane again. He chased up to my rear again at 80, so I decided to acceleration to 1xx to cut all 4 lanes highway when my hwy merge to another interstate. Then the lanes merge again into 2 lanes , so I decided to passed two 18wheels trucks and let those trucks blocked the lanes for me, so he can't tailgating me anymore.


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When I have that happen I just go the normal pace I want and F*K them lol. If they want to go around fine, if not oh well. I'm not going to be worked up to become someones "rabbit" and possibly get a ticket or endanger everyone else on the road.although it is a bit unnerving sometimes just how big FORD and bowties look when they take up your entire rearview mirror.

brucelidat 05-21-2013 11:42 PM

I surprisingly got a lot of respect in the Z on my recent trip to Vegas. Went to the Red Rock Canyon state park and had several cars pull over to let me by on the scenic drive even though i wasn't tailgating them or anything. On the drive back to LA, I also have several cars move out of the fast lane when they saw me coming even though i wasn't speeding down towards them. It actually gave me a little pressure to drive a bit faster since they got our of my way to let me by.
There was a Civic si that was the weavy type and when I happened to be behind him in the fast lane, barely gaining on him at my cruise speed, he moved over and got back in the fats lane behind me and proceeded to follow at a safe distance. It was quite refreshing, though i drove a bit faster to not slow him down, haha.

Grindkiezer 05-22-2013 02:31 AM

I had a Nismo the other week not let me merge onto the freeway infront of him so I had to ride it out in the emergency lane :shakes head: Do Nismo owners think they are better than regular Z's? :confused:

obito 05-22-2013 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by madwi (Post 2327059)
When I have that happen I just go the normal pace I want and F*K them lol. If they want to go around fine, if not oh well. I'm not going to be worked up to become someones "rabbit" and possibly get a ticket or endanger everyone else on the road.although it is a bit unnerving sometimes just how big FORD and bowties look when they take up your entire rearview mirror.

Yea I usually let them do what they want and ignore them. Try to find a way for them to pass me without pissing me off. I usually let faster cars pass in daily drive, but this guy was so stupid. I give him a space to pass. I even switched to slower lane then he didn't pass me, but when I went back to speeding lane. He was sped up to my rear again. Can u imagine how annoy to have those big truck on ur rear? And I afraid that he will end up with rear end me because he was pretty close to my rear bumper. I trust in Z brake system, but I never trust those cars out there.


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Tigger 05-22-2013 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Grindkiezer (Post 2327340)
I had a Nismo the other week not let me merge onto the freeway infront of him so I had to ride it out in the emergency lane :shakes head: Do Nismo owners think they are better than regular Z's? :confused:

What the hell? That's odd. Where the hell is the mutual respect for a fellow Z owner? Nismo is just packaging in my eyes. Doesn't make it any better. Well, hope he isn't cruising this forum. Probably to good to get real information anyway.

RiCharlie 05-22-2013 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by nmjaxx9 (Post 1255625)
I had a lady pull up next to me the other day in her late 40s early 50s prolly, and give me the finger....I dont know why but by the way she zoomed off and looked at my car in disgust I was like uhhh......I wonder what has changed.....:roflpuke2: :driving:

I have never had anything like this happen to me..Can you be absolutely sure you did not just cut her off or nearly run her into a ditch without realizing it?:tup:
Seriously, I do notice people getting very close behind me and wondered if that was to check out what kind of car this was..but i have had tons of very nice comments and waves from others...Never a nasty look..

b15 05-22-2013 08:17 AM

I've gotten a few nasty looks (not in the Z) and I usually smile back and wave. That seems to get under their skin even more! Gotta play the game!

MX52Z 05-22-2013 09:10 AM

I'm pretty proud to say I got my very first Genesis douche fly by yesterday. Trouble (for him) was that it was on a main road here with a red light every couple blocks.

He sure showed me how fast he could get to each one and wait for me.

nmjaxx9 05-22-2013 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MX52Z (Post 2327594)
I'm pretty proud to say I got my very first Genesis douche fly by yesterday. Trouble (for him) was that it was on a main road here with a red light every couple blocks.

He sure showed me how fast he could get to each one and wait for me.

:roflpuke2:

nmjaxx9 05-22-2013 12:52 PM

Had a few ricer fly bys this week as usual. They stop look at your car, love it, pretend they hate it, but gas it to show their 100hp cars. Even a guy a with a 350z. But of course he was stock hp. :tup:

370z2013 05-22-2013 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1275120)
sir, that is totally overreacting. A car is simply a material possession, and even implying that you might cause another bodily harm due to repairable damage to your vehicle is despicable.

in before people that don't get the reference

If that's what you think than you really don't deserve to drive a z....

JARblue 05-22-2013 04:09 PM

If someone is riding my rear too close for comfort, I tap the brakes very briefly to let them know that I'm going to slow down. Once they adjust to my speed, I downshift from 6th to 3rd or 4th depending on my speed and let the Z slow down a bit more via engine brake (no brake lights). Invariably, they won't take notice, and as soon as I see their front end dip when they hit the brakes, I gun it and put some distance between us. It rarely takes more than a couple of those for them to back off for good - they hardly ever want to lead faster than me anyway.

XiP 05-22-2013 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 2328469)
If someone is riding my rear too close for comfort, I tap the brakes very briefly to let them know that I'm going to slow down. Once they adjust to my speed, I downshift from 6th to 3rd or 4th depending on my speed and let the Z slow down a bit more via engine brake (no brake lights). Invariably, they won't take notice, and as soon as I see their front end dip when they hit the brakes, I gun it and put some distance between us. It rarely takes more than a couple of those for them to back off for good - they hardly ever want to lead faster than me anyway.

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