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Originally Posted by mclark10
I live in a fairly rural part of upstate NY with mainly 2 lane highways. There are also an extra-ordinary number of granola eating, tree-hugging Subaru and Prius driving eco-nazis in the area. These people rarely drive faster than 10 mph under the speed limit and don't let me get started about accelerating from a stop sign or stop light. 0-60 times measured in hours. Now with the price of gas so high, full size pickups are in on the act. It's not unusual to get behind a line of cars traveling 40-45mph in a 55 zone. The lead douche will turn off and the next leader still goes at that pace. Drives me nuts! I don't want to fly, maybe 5-7 over is good. I pass on double yellow lines at least twice a day (always in a safe setting for these slow speeds.) Luckily I have a skip shift elim or my 1st-4th gate would be worn out. But it is satisfying to smoke the tires in 2nd while passing a Prius, flipping them off while they lay on the horn at you. I miss the days when I lived in metro Detroit, when if you were lucky enough to be moving at all you were doing 90. Anybody lucky enough to be able to drive at least the limit where you live?
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I was JUST saying this yesterday to one of my friends who was complaining about accidents on 696. Of all the places I've had to travel in this country, Metro Detroit had by far the best drivers. People who were in their cars because they wanted to get somewhere. As much as I love driving my Camaro, I'll be damned if I roll along in it at 35 by choice.