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mikeinmobile · 05-31-2012, 01:13 AM

I seem to constantly get the roar up two feet behind me before they whip around on two wheels. Even got it from a U-haul truck a couple of days ago.....really, a U-haul dude?

Bad@ssCamaro · 05-31-2012, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Sarah

lol i read somewheres that teenage girls have worse road rage than teenage boys. i was one :( but you had to get me started first. I just don't go trying to keep people from passing me because of the fact of passing because i am slow.

There is a reason why insurance is more expensive for men than women.
My husbands 32 and i am 24. He pays more than i do for his insurance for the same coverage....

Road rage is not gender specific, I've witnessed men & women from all ages experience it. If you're husband has higher insurance premiums, it's more than likely he tends to push the boundaries of the rules of the road a little further than most and ends up getting caught. Some are luckier than others, some are not.

Unless you're a total fanatic and you do everything by the book when you drive, that's the only way to keep your insurance costs down. For those with raging testerone, not likely to happen. The price to pay when you have a pair

Bad@ssCamaro · 05-31-2012, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeinmobile

I seem to constantly get the roar up two feet behind me before they whip around on two wheels. Even got it from a U-haul truck a couple of days ago.....really, a U-haul dude?

Ah...the price to pay for driving a popular and cool car

mikeinmobile · 05-31-2012, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Bad@ssCamaro

Ah...the price to pay for driving a popular and cool car

The funny thing is I let people pass me all the time and I think "this'll make their day when they tell their friends they smoked a SS in their Hybrid".

heRS · 05-31-2012, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Dooley

Not always men, probably more but women do it too. What's their syndrome?

We call that "PMS"

Bad@ssCamaro · 05-31-2012, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeinmobile

The funny thing is I let people pass me all the time and I think "this'll make their day when they tell their friends they smoked a SS in their Hybrid".

I guess whatever makes them feel better about themselves until they get hit with the cold hard truth.

RallySS · 05-31-2012, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by angie7

I get it all the time. Its almost always men. I dont know if they are more offended that a girl is passing them or the car. I dont try to race but I will zoom by you if you're driving slow. I say the guys that do this have a condition called TDS <---Tiny D*ck Syndrome

Ok ok, enough with the man bashing. I did well under the speed limit tonight on the way home. Does this mean I have a big D*ck? Yay for me! Buahahahaha!

TiffBiff · 05-31-2012, 04:59 AM

Here's my story from yesterday....

I was on my way to work yesterday morning (about 5:30am) and I pulled out of the 7-11. I haven't had my car out for a while, & I had just dropped the kids off, so I decided to have a little fun and floor it up to the speed limit (didn't take long) so I could hear her growl for a split second.

A guy was turning onto the road I had turned onto but was a distance away before I even noticed him (he had a red light when I went, so I didn't cut him off). What got my attention is him speeding to catch up to me. He finally catches up and slows down (he's directly behind me) and isn't tailgating, so I think nothing of it. Then at the next light, while we are waiting to go, he is still behind me, and he decides to 'show off' and begins to spin his tires.... BTW... he is in a full size Ram truck. I was just laughing as he boosted his ego with that.... don't think he even realized it was a girl driving and I wasn't impressed at all ~ I can spin my tires in my Tahoe without trying, but I'm not gonna do it in the Camaro.

JOHNSONROD · 05-31-2012, 06:38 AM

this car gets everyone juiced. they either love it or hate it or want to out run it. there is one jackass in my area that revs his motor at my car when its parked in the driveway and noone is outside.

MCSarge · 05-31-2012, 08:06 AM

I just drive normal, maybe a little higher into the rpm's before I shift occasionally. And people fly by or pull up beside me and rev their motors. I have just copped the attidude that it's probably not worth the 3 or 4 gals of gas I would use up just to leave them behind.

MrGood · 05-31-2012, 08:23 AM

Well shoot they'd have to keep up somewhat to call it a race. I go petal to the metal all the way down the road! Jk but I drive more than the normal person and I get this a couple times a day. And people rage on me a lot more in this than my frontier. I don't get it. Jealousy maybe?

However if I see a new Camaro driving fast it's on. I don't try to outrun them per se but I stay right with em. Just fun to me wondering what all the people we pass are thinking.

And about it looking more expensive than it is. In December of 09 a month after I got it, I had not one but two people give me the same bs...

"nice car, I bet you thanked daddy for that one".

No sir my car my payments.

"right like some kid has 50 grand laying around".

You sir are a moron.

Then I'd walk away but honestly it's a Camaro.... Not a corvette... Looks nice yes but I personally wouldn't spend 50k on anything that wasn't German unless it had two flags or a snake on the front of it.

PsychoZL1 · 05-31-2012, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Cam2011

Oh yea, this is no lie, amazing actually, I drive normal (for the most part), but how could you not get on it a little every so often, but never when other cars are around. Anyhow that said, I am amazed, not just other sports and muscle cars, but Accords, Prius', Corollas, you name it, they pass you because you don't want to road race, and then they feel a sense of accomplishment that they beat the mighty camaro. Usually only until you catch them at the next light.

It is also fun when you have people tailgating you in town and then when we both turn onto an on-ramp on the highway and there is no one in front of me I just gun it and leave them in my dust. It is hilarious watching the tailgater disappear in the rear view mirror! Most of the time I never see them again!

880 · 05-31-2012, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Dawn55430

2005

Those are the best looking Montes. I really like the back of the car.

And it has a supercharged v6!

km9v · 05-31-2012, 09:47 AM

AH, the perils of owning a Camaro. I get kids in Mustangs wanting to race me all the time. 9 times out of 10 I just let them by. But that 10th time, if the road is clear, they see my tail lights.

05-31-2012, 01:13 AM	#29
mikeinmobile Drives: 2011 2ss/rs Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 493 View My Garage	I seem to constantly get the roar up two feet behind me before they whip around on two wheels. Even got it from a U-haul truck a couple of days ago.....really, a U-haul dude? __________________

05-31-2012, 04:59 AM	#36
TiffBiff SNOT URS Drives: '17 Krypton A10 ZL1 '14 Challenger Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: North of Detroit Posts: 407	Here's my story from yesterday.... I was on my way to work yesterday morning (about 5:30am) and I pulled out of the 7-11. I haven't had my car out for a while, & I had just dropped the kids off, so I decided to have a little fun and floor it up to the speed limit (didn't take long) so I could hear her growl for a split second. A guy was turning onto the road I had turned onto but was a distance away before I even noticed him (he had a red light when I went, so I didn't cut him off). What got my attention is him speeding to catch up to me. He finally catches up and slows down (he's directly behind me) and isn't tailgating, so I think nothing of it. Then at the next light, while we are waiting to go, he is still behind me, and he decides to 'show off' and begins to spin his tires.... BTW... he is in a full size Ram truck. I was just laughing as he boosted his ego with that.... don't think he even realized it was a girl driving and I wasn't impressed at all ~ I can spin my tires in my Tahoe without trying, but I'm not gonna do it in the Camaro. __________________ 11/22/10 1100 ___________________ 02/09/17 1100 Krypton Green ZL1 A10 Vert 01/04/11 3400 ___________________ 04/07/17 Coupe ORDER# VGDJVB 01/12/11 3000 ___________________ 04/12/17 3000 Coupe 01/15/11 3300 ___________________ 04/18/17 TPW ~ 5/15/17 01/18/11 3400 TPW ~ 1/24/11 ______ 05/01/17 3100 01/27/11 4B00 ~ VIN#55960 _______ 05/03/17 3300 02/28/11 4B00 ___________________ 05/05/17 3400 03/14/11 Bought VIN#65770 ________ 05/16/17 3800 ~ VIN#209129 05/03/11 VIN#55960 delivered ______ 05/18/17 delivered

05-31-2012, 08:06 AM	#38
MCSarge USMC 1980-1990 Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: MI Posts: 478	I just drive normal, maybe a little higher into the rpm's before I shift occasionally. And people fly by or pull up beside me and rev their motors. I have just copped the attidude that it's probably not worth the 3 or 4 gals of gas I would use up just to leave them behind. __________________ USMC 1980-1990 My other toys are Harleys

05-31-2012, 06:38 AM	#37
JOHNSONROD Drives: 62 Chevy & 2021 1SS/1LE manual Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 893	this car gets everyone juiced. they either love it or hate it or want to out run it. there is one jackass in my area that revs his motor at my car when its parked in the driveway and noone is outside.

05-31-2012, 08:23 AM	#39
MrGood Drives: Broken palmghetto test car Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Balm, FL Posts: 1,033	Well shoot they'd have to keep up somewhat to call it a race. I go petal to the metal all the way down the road! Jk but I drive more than the normal person and I get this a couple times a day. And people rage on me a lot more in this than my frontier. I don't get it. Jealousy maybe? However if I see a new Camaro driving fast it's on. I don't try to outrun them per se but I stay right with em. Just fun to me wondering what all the people we pass are thinking. And about it looking more expensive than it is. In December of 09 a month after I got it, I had not one but two people give me the same bs... "nice car, I bet you thanked daddy for that one". No sir my car my payments. "right like some kid has 50 grand laying around". You sir are a moron. Then I'd walk away but honestly it's a Camaro.... Not a corvette... Looks nice yes but I personally wouldn't spend 50k on anything that wasn't German unless it had two flags or a snake on the front of it.

05-31-2012, 09:47 AM	#42
km9v Drives: 2011 Camaro SS/RS M6 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Beaumont, TX Posts: 419	AH, the perils of owning a Camaro. I get kids in Mustangs wanting to race me all the time. 9 times out of 10 I just let them by. But that 10th time, if the road is clear, they see my tail lights.