Pet Peeves (driving)

[Ciscovet]

Originally Posted by danifox

Lord, my dad takes 41 to go to work to Tampa every morning. We take that instead of using the Suncoast (it's pricey y'anno). 41 is horrible though... you're passing the really crappy parts and people with crappy vechiles that go SO slow. Some times it's really impossible to pass... actually that's were I have most of my road rage on lol.

& No sir, I have not yet. It's killing me not to have my car. I'm leaning towards getting it from Autoway Chevy in Clearwater, I've seen the one I want cheapest there. Is that your SS at the Register Chevy parking lot in your DP picture? I heard they have really bad dealer fees.

Dani,
I got my 1SS for under MSRP and I was treated with great customer service. They even beat out my credit union rate and got me 2.9% on my loan.
Of course it does help that my boss buys his cars (zr1,avalanches) from there so they treated me good. In fact the first day I was there, they just gave me the keys to test drive the camaro. No info needed, I could of went home, ate and came back.

[joe h]

Only thing I hate is when idiots refuse to stay within 5 miles of the speed limit when driving through a construction or no passing zones. Or someone that doesn't complete a pass before I come up on traffic, which then forces me to turn off the cruise.

Blinker use rarely upsets me, I just figure you always need to be vigilant because anything can happen at anytime.
Also, tailgaters only seem to be an issue in states that have their speed limits set below 70.

[DyerCamaro]

Here's a new one that i noticed recently. You're in traffic on a 2 lane road in the left lane and there is a line of a twenty cars in front of you. You notice there is 1 car in the very front holding everyone back. the car finally moves to the right and when you pass it you notice its a Prius, every freaking time its a Prius its always a Prius. Did they switch out the the accelerator in these cars with bike pedals? Is that why they get good gas mileage? It has happened to me on such a consistant basis i now have a vendetta against these cars. I really hate the commercial for this car too, the whole emo hippie dancing to look like sunshine and waterfalls like you just rolled into toontown makes me wanna buy a Hummer really bad.

[PostaL]

Originally Posted by RedJewelSS

i get annoyed on the road somtimes but theres no telling what i wouldve done in this situation. i probly wouldve punched it then slammed on the brakes. by the way, your camaro couldnt out accelerate this old truck? he definatly wouldve gotten some sign language from me. im more than courteous on the road until someone does somthing like this.

I had a Rav4 grocery-go-getter at the time.

They got a lil' zip, but nothing special.

[StuntmanMike]

Originally Posted by Dire Wolf

USE YOUR DAMN TURN SIGNALS FOLKS !!!

I can't stand idiots who think just because they are in the left turn lane that for some reason this means they don't have to put on their left turn indicator! It's really annoying if they are the first person in the left turn lane at the light and you are in the opposite lane of traffic waiting to go straight and the light turns green and this douch nozzle is just sitting there with no turn signal - are they going straight you think or are they just a scumbag who doesn't have the common sense or decency to use their stinking turn signals?

ARRGHHHHHHHHH !!!

More driving pet peeves to come...

Umm ....there's only one way to go when you're in the left turn lane. It ain't rocket science.

[topgun1]

Originally Posted by DyerCamaro

Here's a new one that i noticed recently. You're in traffic on a 2 lane road in the left lane and there is a line of a twenty cars in front of you. You notice there is 1 car in the very front holding everyone back. the car finally moves to the right and when you pass it you notice its a Prius, every freaking time its a Prius its always a Prius. Did they switch out the the accelerator in these cars with bike pedals? Is that why they get good gas mileage? It has happened to me on such a consistant basis i now have a vendetta against these cars. I really hate the commercial for this car too, the whole emo hippie dancing to look like sunshine and waterfalls like you just rolled into toontown makes me wanna buy a Hummer really bad.

LOL, I like to look over to the Prius drivers (and smart cars) and rev up the car as I slowly pass them!! the looks on their faces are priceless. They're thinking, "damn gas guzzling American muscle rednecks" and I'm thinking "damn foreign eco hippy cars!"

[Dave McFly]

Originally Posted by Ciscovet

Going to Walmart is ur first problem...DON'T GO THERE unless you want your car f**d up!!! In fact I can see 80% of these posts happening at a Walmart...

i have been going to this wal mart for almost 10 years and NEVER had any problems, and it is not as if i am driving a brand new car just my good ol 6 year old Monte Carlo .

[topgun1]

Originally Posted by Dire Wolf

I love being the first car waiting in my old F150 - as soon as the light turns green I floor it whether or not douchbags are still going through the red arrow! I've had douchebags lay on their horn and give me the finger like I'm the one doing something wrong for starting to go when my light turns green!

Yes, this is a favorite pasttime of mine. They do it relentlessly going into the local mall here. I mean blatent running of the light, 5 or 6 cars later and they have this look on their face like 'you're not going to do anything about it'. so yep, like you, when my light turns green, I'll gun it and blast the horn right in front of them, and it scares the crap out of them.

[StuntmanMike]

Originally Posted by topgun1

but yes, people with handicap signs and not handicapped or no sign at all

While the no-sign bit is a valid complaint, the first part isn't. There are some handicaps that are not readily apparent to those who do not have them. They have the signs for a reason (usually).

[RedJewelSS]

Originally Posted by PostaL

I had a Rav4 grocery-go-getter at the time.

They got a lil' zip, but nothing special.

oh that makes sense

[StuntmanMike]

Originally Posted by josh52382

this one got me yesterday. I was on my way to work at 530 a.m. There is a right turn only which backs up. Well some people will stay in the straight lane and then make a right turn at the light. So the other day when i made my right from the correct lane someone turned right from the wrong and lane and honked at me because I did not yield for him. I wished he would have hit me.

We have d-bags that do that here. *ONE* intersection has two turn lanes, the ones before and after it do not. Yet the people don't seem to know this or care. When I have a need to turn at that intersection, I make a point to turn in such a way that prevents them from doing what they want (or I go straight which is allowed from the left lane). They hate that.

[Gone to the bowtie side]

Originally Posted by topgun1

I wouldn't ever drive a nice car in D.C. either. When I lived in Frederick, MD in 2001-2003, I had my brand new 03 Acura CL Type-S and had to commute to DC alot with no company vehicle. I parked it downtown and one time I came out and my drivers side mirror was almost completely ripped off and dangling by the wires. Of course no note. Got that fixed at my cost and not 3 months later, I had parked on the street and someone had backed up into the front of the car in a parallel parking spot and damaged the front end, of course no note. So had to fix that at my cost too. My insurance was ridiculous by just living in MD.

You ain't lying. I lived there from '06-'07 and my insurance was sky high.

[Iwantone2]

I hate it when someone is driving slow, and they won't move out of the way to the next lane. So when I change lanes to go around them and finally pass them, then they decide to change lanes!!!

[Cam 427]

Originally Posted by Eagleone

Tailgaters!

Yeah that's right! Get closer you idiot! Just means I'm going to slow down more. Why you ask? Because I have to now allow myself more room to stop because you won't have a good enough reaction time to stop before you hit me!

Too bad we have to do other peoples driving for them. Idiots.