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Cars and their drivers you dislike.
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Duane Cunningham
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There seem to be a lot of Raptors around here, too:
i've never understood why there isn't a multi-billion £ formula league for those things.
Wuthering_Heights
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Man, that truck is sexy.
DJ_Lae
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Does this picture make you angry ? Think of the pedestrians and that metal bumper.It is actually quite lower in this picture than it is nowadays, though it is mostly used for snowplowing in winter now.It was hauled on a trailer for races when it was still in active racing
I think if I saw someone driving that on the roads I would be more inclined to laugh than be angry.
It looks like it was modified like that for a reason, unlike most of the ones I see where the people have done it for no reason other than they think it looks cool. And in some way that lumps them together with people with personalized plates.
That reminds me of people with heatlight too high (all newer cars in Europe must have adjustable height on headlights, expensive cars do it automatically) which makes me think they're flashing me on every bump.
I live in a rural and dark place so there's a lot of driving with high beams and it really annoys me when people get so angry at seeing a car with high beams and flash you even though it's too far away to obscure their vision. What really pisses me off though when it comes to lights are front fog lamps. It is against the law up here to drive with them at night as it's illegal to drive with them and low beams at the same time. It doesn't sound like such a bad thing until you drive on a twisty, wet road and experience that wall of light from a car (usually several in a row -_-) they create. They also only light up the road very close to the car making it harder to see what is further away. It's kinda like driving with a lit cabin interior at night, at 80kph you don't need to see what's 20cm in front of you because it's already behind you.
Thankfully I forget all those things when I meet a car and the moment his high beams are too bright for me both of us turn them down. For some reason that is really rewarding
But I see this specifically mentioned about BMW drivers. In the first page nobody really mentioned audi or Benz so I'm just curious as to what about BMW's really gets under people's skins. He'll one poster even mentioned a BMW convertible. Why would that bother you lol? The fact that you get to see the drivers face of the brand you dislike?
I drive one so I'm genuinely curious on this.
Devil Theory
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Yes.
I do my best not to generalize, usually, but in my experience, every BMW driver is completely incompetent, and they usually can't drive for shit either.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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You should change the title to road users you dislike.
Because every single cyclist on the road is a cunt. Fuck cyclists. Arrogant wankers the whole lot of them.
Because every single cyclist on the road is a cunt. Fuck cyclists. Arrogant wankers the whole lot of them.
MilesWebber
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Did anyone say "Rap Cars"? That would be my answer.
And each of those trucks was lifted 6+ inches. Ever driven offroad? Sounds like no.
$70? How much is gas where you live? I pay around $130 to fill up my F150. My F150 also has a modest suspension lift, so GAF hates me and I am scum.
Wuthering_Heights
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$80'ish to fill up my tank right now at $3.51 a gallon.
Duane Cunningham
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It's about 3.19 today in KC. We usually have among the cheapest in the US. So I guess that'd be about $80, actually?
Maybe it would have but I'll take the 4 inch lift over not having it when I have to cross a flooded run out and could risk having water up past my bottom door sill.
It's probably different where I am though, it's a gold standard to have a 4x4 here and it's uncommon to see them not lifted.
zer0blivion
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Truck nuts. If you hang fake testicles from your trailer hitch, fuck you.
I don't automatically hate people because of their cars, but I have noticed that whenever I see someone driving like a huge douche on the highway (weaving, tailgating, not using turn signals, driving ridiculously fast compared to the rest of traffic, etc.), there is at least a 70% chance it's either an expensive car or an SUV. That's not the rule, though; there are plenty of SUV/expensive car drivers who are perfectly normal people.
There was one time a BMW wove past me, then cut across three lanes to go all the way to the right lane. Then immediately after, a cop car followed the same route, chased down the guy and turned on his/her police lights.
It felt so good to see that happen.
There was one time a BMW wove past me, then cut across three lanes to go all the way to the right lane. Then immediately after, a cop car followed the same route, chased down the guy and turned on his/her police lights.
It felt so good to see that happen.
ShadowgeistX
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So what's the difference between porcupines and a BMW? In the BMW, the pricks are on the inside.
There's just SO many things wrong with drivers in general though...a lot of it comes from people with SUVs or trucks that can't handle driving a vehicle of that size. They're unable to judge spacing with respect to the size of their vehicle in a small car, and driving a larger vehicle was somehow a better idea? Even though the newer ones come with the double-mirrors on the side, they STILL can't manage to use them properly lol.
There's just SO many things wrong with drivers in general though...a lot of it comes from people with SUVs or trucks that can't handle driving a vehicle of that size. They're unable to judge spacing with respect to the size of their vehicle in a small car, and driving a larger vehicle was somehow a better idea? Even though the newer ones come with the double-mirrors on the side, they STILL can't manage to use them properly lol.
Yup, thats my big one. I used like jacked-up trucks and mudding, but it became a fad and now you've got people with 38"+ mud tires flying down streets at 20mph over the speed limit sounding like airplanes and driving like idiots with no intentions of ever getting properly off-road with em.
My other would be SUV's. I can say this cuz I was once one - but shitty, young, inexperienced drivers who have no idea what they're doing always seem to want these big SUV's and its a horrible combination.
I have a 36 gallon tank and gas has been sitting at $3.97 for a long time here. Im jealous.
Wuthering_Heights
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I saw a jacked up truck in my work parking lot the other day, absolutely COVERED in mud, except for the windows.
It made me smile.
It made me smile.
fuzzyreactor
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basically any kind of paint job that isn't a solid color: strips, two tone, decals, chameleon, etc. Fuck all that noise.
I am going to speak in fairly broad generalizations from my own personal experience from what i have experienced on the road to what i have heard from people.
BMWs are not terribly expensive cars, but they are definitely considered luxury compared to your garden variety Corollas, civics, etc. Obviously people like status, BMW is, for many average wage people a first step into the "luxury" lifestyle. And to be frank, they lose their fucking minds when they sit behind the wheel of these cars. The power, status, line of thinking that people feel they have, they feel they are better then other people on the road and tend to drive like asshats.
I live in Atlanta, Georgia FYI.
Drivers who go extremely slow and don't signal are the ones who piss me off the most. Along with people who do ridiculous mods on their cheap ass car.
I don't have a problem with people who drive luxury cars because I know I would love to have one. Also, screw you Honda haters. I love my 08 Accord. It's my baby for life....or at least until I upgrade.
I don't have a problem with people who drive luxury cars because I know I would love to have one. Also, screw you Honda haters. I love my 08 Accord. It's my baby for life....or at least until I upgrade.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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The majority of people who hate BMW drivers are just jealous they cant afford one.
Prius drivers "hypermiling."
That car can in fact accelerate crisply, but Hypermilers don't do it because they are assholes and it is more important to them that they shave volts and gallons over a year than it is to drive efficiently as it relates to traffic flow. Fuck them.
No problem with Prius or normal drivers driving them.
That car can in fact accelerate crisply, but Hypermilers don't do it because they are assholes and it is more important to them that they shave volts and gallons over a year than it is to drive efficiently as it relates to traffic flow. Fuck them.
No problem with Prius or normal drivers driving them.
cr_blah_blah
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People who use the shoulder to cut infront of everyone at a merging lane where everyone has already merged. Fuck those people to death.
David Incorporated Esq.
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So maybe I misjudged and you actually use the thing where a lift isn't a bad idea. To most people, though, "I off road my truck" means "My friend has a gravel driveway with a little bit of a slope."
What people are complaining about in this thread are the trucks on nigh-mudding tires on serious lift kits with polished chrome and not a drop of mud anywhere. There's a truck I see every so often that has maybe 16-20" of lift and the shocks covers are still bright red and shiny. Never seen it even slightly dirty.
It really can't, the thing is dog shit slow.
Omegasquash
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Peter Bazooka
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Every driver that isn't me is terrible regardless of car manufacturer.
I have driven one. It is slow in mid and high bands and only does 0-60 in about 12 seconds - what I mean by "crisply" is that it can accelerate at normal speed from a standing start. Hypermilers creep it though.
Zantetsuken
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Soccer moms with their Nissan Quests, Honda Odesseys, and Toyota Siennas.
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Vilix
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Thread title should be changed to this.
Wyndstryker
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Everytime I see a Toyota Camry I expect the driver to drive slowly.
Most of the time...I'm right.
It is also from a Camry that I experienced the worst case scenario driver. Asian old woman smoking and on a cell phone while driving.
Most of the time...I'm right.
It is also from a Camry that I experienced the worst case scenario driver. Asian old woman smoking and on a cell phone while driving.
Buddha Beam
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A general rule of thumb I've found is that the more expensive the car, the more likely the person driving it will be an asshole on the road. Very often people with money obtain it by ignoring or breaking the rules and being rewarded for it... so it makes a certain amount of sense that those same people would tend to treat road laws more or less like guidelines instead.
Also, pickup trucks tend to be assholes about tail gating and shit. I figure this is mostly just hillbilly behavior though.
Also, pickup trucks tend to be assholes about tail gating and shit. I figure this is mostly just hillbilly behavior though.
From personal experience I can see how people can definitely let it get to their heads. Before my BMW I came from a 04 corolla and the difference in power, as you'd expect was hilariously huge. The first week or two it was crazy to be going 80+ and feel like the car was going 40 or so and with no effort. Huge difference between the corolla. After that initial period though and me getting used to the power in the car, that doesn't happen so much. Every so often I'll let it rip, but it's not zig zagging through traffic or anything like that.
Snkfanatic
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Uh...daily running lights?
Lol
David Incorporated Esq.
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My car has auto-wipers but I think they got mis-calibrated when I replaced my windshield last year. Most of the time it's pretty good, but sometimes it freaks out and goes into high-gear if the wipers have any moisture on them. So it's not me, it's my hyper-reactionary car.
TurtleSnatcher
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Girls that smoke/talk on the cellphone in shitty old Chey Aveos and/or A Chevy Cruze
(Being specific because I dealt with one just the other day)
(Being specific because I dealt with one just the other day)
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