The one thing I hate about the Z

SouthArk370Z

Excellent analysis. Not sure it's 100% true but it sounds good.

Not sure why, but I don't run into many moronic drivers. The occasional person that follows too close before passing or cuts back in too soon but I chalk that up to poor driving skills, not aggression. Maybe it's the open-carry gun laws in AR.

I've been known to pull next to a car that looks good and give the engine a few revs just to say "Hi!" Nice car." - usually accompanied by a wave or thumbs up. I've gotten a few "vroom vrooms" back but nobody took it as a challenge to race (if they did, they ignored it).

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JARblue

This car makes it really easy to put space between me and other drivers I'm not interested in being near. Frankly, my goal when I drive is to not be near other cars. I will accelerate and slow down as necessary to accomplish. 95% of the time it is in a safe and considerate fashion because the other cars are being safe and considerate. It's that 5% that I just get impatient with on occasion.

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I should qualify that the idiots who rev are not in vehicles that anyone is interested in hearing their engine revs. If someone in a respectable car (yes... even a mustang), came up and made eye contact as they revved some lovely engine notes, that's different. Like I said, my windows are almost always down, and I would usually be chatting with the driver in this type of situation. If they ask to go, I just respond "up to the speed limit, sure", except for the occasional instances where the car isn't warmed up fully, which I tell them.

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SouthArk370Z

Sounds like you've taken a Defensive Driving course. I was taught to stay as far away from other cars as you reasonably can; you never know what the other guy is going to do.

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JARblue

Plenty Although I haven't taken one for any reason other than insurance in the past few years.

Driving always came very naturally to me. It became extremely clear within days of getting my license that it does not come easily to most of the drivers on the road. Fifteen years later, its even worse as almost everyone is constantly distracted while driving. No better than DWI, IMO.

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