Anyone else notice...

Coon-azz · 01-03-2013, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dustin@Z1

I have the OPPOSITE experience when towing a large trailer. Every idiot with a steering wheel...including Z owners (no one is safe from this rant).... thinks that they must do everything they can from being stuck behind me. I try to keep a safe distance in the event I need to stop this freight train in a hurry. I have proven it to every person who rides shotgun with me. The bigger the vehicle, the LESS room people give you and more likely that they will cut you off.

Keep that in mind when you say "trucks like riding my bumper"...it might just be that you slide right in front of them and did not give THEM enough room.

Where I'm at they will ride side by side in the middle and right lanes for 20-30miles backing up traffic just as far because they now limit only one lane to pass. Usually at this point people are throwing stuff at the trucks. The worst part it once you pass the two dumb-asses driving side-by-side, there isn't a car for miles; again in Virginia. Hard to be sympathetic at that point. Especially when I've missed time with my family or business meetings because of this. Time is $ and at that point any value they brought to the products they delivered would be better spent on getting rid of truckers all together. I'd rather buy local or pay more than have to share the road with them in Virginia. Yeah it's that bad.

TheGreatOne · 12-31-2012, 04:02 PM

I felt like that too

Once at a gas station the truck pulled in also and said he was trying to check out my gauges lol.

Z-Girl 12 · 12-31-2012, 04:11 PM

I feel the same way, i think its because my z is lil and very low. Accords look like they are going to roll over me LOL.

GrandZ45 · 12-31-2012, 04:55 PM

I don't think it is just paranoia. I noticed this when I rode motorcycles also. Had one truck driver tailgate me and then waive a pistol at me for no reason that I could discern that he thought a two wheeler shouldn't be in his way. Another just plane seemingly tried to kill me getting 2 feet from my taillight. Been hit in the rear three times over 20 years--each time by a pickup.

I began studying them in other lanes behind other vehicles to see if I was paranoid or just had bad luck. It indeed seems that some people react to the size advantage by (I hope usually unconsciously) crowding the smaller vehicles around them. A bit of unconscious bullying or just selfish awareness that it isn't likely to be them the one who gets hurt. I drive a truck too and try to be careful to not do this. My reaction is to back off more knowing I have more momentum to stop. I think most more mature truck divers do this.

On the interstate yesterday an F250 was tailgating me and after he passed me (at 85 in a congested urban 60 zone, he got 2 feet from a Corolla). I have only had my Zee a month but one thing I like is that it easier to get out of the way of meth cranked fools.

MX52Z · 12-31-2012, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GrandZ45

I don't think it is just paranoia. I noticed this when I rode motorcycles also. Another just plane seemingly tried to kill me getting 2 feet from my taillight. Been hit in the rear three times over 20 years--each time by a pickup.

I began studying them in other lanes behind other vehicles to see if I was paranoid or just had bad luck. It indeed seems that some people react to the size advantage by (I hope usually unconsciously) crowding the smaller vehicles around them. A bit of unconscious bullying or just selfish awareness that it isn't likely to be them the one who gets hurt.

Try driving a Miata. This happens every single time and almost always a pinhead in a pickup with a confederate flag on it somewhere. Driving the Z around, I notice people creeping up and keeping pace in my blind spot.

Coon-azz · 12-31-2012, 09:38 PM

I get this kind of driving from trucks and SUV's all time on 95. The part that sucks is that once I move over, they don't speed up. So I get back into the passing lane and they do it again. The next time they ride my butt, I tap my brakes pretty hard.

With tractor trailers, I try to give them as much room as they need, but if I've got no where to go and they keep riding my butt, well, we play a cool game of "how many gears am I gonna make you change up every hill for the next 40 miles." They usually get the idea by then since time is money.

axmea? · 01-01-2013, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GrandZ45

I don't think it is just paranoia. I noticed this when I rode motorcycles also. Had one truck driver tailgate me and then waive a pistol at me for no reason that I could discern that he thought a two wheeler shouldn't be in his way. Another just plane seemingly tried to kill me getting 2 feet from my taillight. Been hit in the rear three times over 20 years--each time by a pickup.

I began studying them in other lanes behind other vehicles to see if I was paranoid or just had bad luck. It indeed seems that some people react to the size advantage by (I hope usually unconsciously) crowding the smaller vehicles around them. A bit of unconscious bullying or just selfish awareness that it isn't likely to be them the one who gets hurt. I drive a truck too and try to be careful to not do this. My reaction is to back off more knowing I have more momentum to stop. I think most more mature truck divers do this.

On the interstate yesterday an F250 was tailgating me and after he passed me (at 85 in a congested urban 60 zone, he got 2 feet from a Corolla). I have only had my Zee a month but one thing I like is that it easier to get out of the way of meth cranked fools.

Dude be careful and stay safe. These people are crazy and simply have no respect and are pure road bullies. I clear a path for bikers to pass me by on freeway traffic so they can make it through safely. Just being courteous and I understand laws of physics i.e. big mass/small mass collisions.

kenchan · 12-31-2012, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by USMCASA

trucks like to tailgate our Z's no matter how fast you're going?

wait, dont you have like 100K on your car? you just noticed this today?

USMCASA · 12-31-2012, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

wait, dont you have like 100K on your car? you just noticed this today?

nope, just saying i've noticed it since i've had it. though, the Z stops much faster than their trucks

brake check a truck towing a trailer and watch the hilarity ensue

Dustin@Z1 · 01-02-2013, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by USMCASA

nope, just saying i've noticed it since i've had it. though, the Z stops much faster than their trucks

brake check a truck towing a trailer and watch the hilarity ensue

Douchebag status achieved

....kidding.

I have had a few people try that before. Thats why I invest in excellent straps and awesome brakes on my truck. That is also why I have 4 130 watt Fog Lights mounted to my bumper. Day or Night...try that trick when I am drving my truck and ALL HIGH BEAMS get turned on. Glaring right into their mirrors.

6MT · 12-31-2012, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by USMCASA

trucks like to tailgate our Z's no matter how fast you're going?

Happens all the time he in Red-neck country.

Chan Chee Hoe · 12-31-2012, 10:50 PM

In S'pore,alot of Subaru Sti, VW Golf GTi & Mitsubitshi Evo's like to tailgate me.

Nailzs · 01-01-2013, 06:03 AM

Going home from the dealer I bought my Z from yesterday I was accelerating, carefully, up an entrance ramp to the interstate to the speed limit, or a little beyond, carefully, when I look in my rear view mirror and see an Infinity G35 about 2 feet from my bumper. I don't have 50 miles on the car yet!

MX52Z · 01-01-2013, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Nailzs

Going home from the dealer I bought my Z from yesterday...

Hell of a feeling, huh?

Nailzs · 01-01-2013, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by MX52Z

Hell of a feeling, huh?

I'm sure it'll get better after I learn all the bells and whistles of the Z!

12-31-2012, 04:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheGreatOne A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Age: 47 Posts: 1,980 Drives: E60 BMW M5 Rep Power: 22	I felt like that too Once at a gas station the truck pulled in also and said he was trying to check out my gauges lol. __________________ 2017 SUBARU STI 2008 E60 M5 - SOLD 2010 40th Anniversary 370Z - SOLD (and missing her)

12-31-2012, 04:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Z-Girl 12 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 4,105 Drives: Spirited Rep Power: 11717	I feel the same way, i think its because my z is lil and very low. Accords look like they are going to roll over me LOL. __________________ 2012 Z-SOLD 2014 Nismo #565 Fast Intentions CBE/HFC/Swift/SPC/RJM/H&R-15/20mm/Z1 CAI/Headers/Intake Manifold w/Uprev Tune 328.31whp/263.64tq

12-31-2012, 04:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
GrandZ45 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 33 Drives: 2013 370z Base AT Rep Power: 13	Tailgating trucks I don't think it is just paranoia. I noticed this when I rode motorcycles also. Had one truck driver tailgate me and then waive a pistol at me for no reason that I could discern that he thought a two wheeler shouldn't be in his way. Another just plane seemingly tried to kill me getting 2 feet from my taillight. Been hit in the rear three times over 20 years--each time by a pickup. I began studying them in other lanes behind other vehicles to see if I was paranoid or just had bad luck. It indeed seems that some people react to the size advantage by (I hope usually unconsciously) crowding the smaller vehicles around them. A bit of unconscious bullying or just selfish awareness that it isn't likely to be them the one who gets hurt. I drive a truck too and try to be careful to not do this. My reaction is to back off more knowing I have more momentum to stop. I think most more mature truck divers do this. On the interstate yesterday an F250 was tailgating me and after he passed me (at 85 in a congested urban 60 zone, he got 2 feet from a Corolla). I have only had my Zee a month but one thing I like is that it easier to get out of the way of meth cranked fools.

12-31-2012, 09:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Coon-azz Track Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fredericksburg,VA Posts: 689 Drives: '12 370z Sport DD Rep Power: 15	I get this kind of driving from trucks and SUV's all time on 95. The part that sucks is that once I move over, they don't speed up. So I get back into the passing lane and they do it again. The next time they ride my butt, I tap my brakes pretty hard. With tractor trailers, I try to give them as much room as they need, but if I've got no where to go and they keep riding my butt, well, we play a cool game of "how many gears am I gonna make you change up every hill for the next 40 miles." They usually get the idea by then since time is money. RonZwanson, danegrey and Haboob like this. __________________ I don't care how slow you want to drive; I encourage it. JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF THE PASSING LANE YOU TUCK FARD!!!

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