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[Stinkles]

When I get to a traffic light, in a two lane situation, I choose my lane based on the vehicle in front of me. Obviously a truck or a bus is a huge no-no. But I also make decisions based on the brand of vehicle in front. Here's my top five good/bad.

Bad

1. Minivan. Apart from being mechanicallly slow, they are driven by terrified moms and dads, painfully slowly. I would never get behind a minivan.
2. Toyota Corolla. Slow as nuts and driven by slow as nuts befuddled old/young people.
3. Mercedes Benz Anything: She is on the phone and will need to be beeped off the line.

Good

1. Acura Integra: It is currently being stolen by youths and will peel out.
2. Porsche 911: Will peel out because of the douchery, but beware vintage 911s. They will putter off at their own aircooled vintage careful pace.
3. S or M series Audi or BMW. But NOT an AMG Mercedes. The latter is on the phone and is oblivious to any and all traffic aroudn them.

 

[DrForester]

Clearly you weren't going fast enough or you'd be in front of all of them and not have to make any of these choices.

 

[Stinkles]

Clearly you weren't going fast enough or you'd be in front of all of them and not have to make any of these choices.

I can't just Automan my way out of these situations.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Minivans abound where I have to drive. And Mercs, and Beemers, and every fancy-schmo asshole on the phone you can imagine. Let's not forget those who stop in the middle of the pedestrian walkway!

Driving in north Texas is a real pain at times.

 

[Stinkles]

Driving in north Texas is a real pain at times.

But mostly white Ford F150s based on my experience. When I flew over a parking lot once I thought it was a dealership.

 

[UltimaPooh]

SUVs can be troubling at times as well.

 

[siddx]

Good rules. Unfortunately they don't work in hickville maine where people either drive 10 under or 30 over and there doesn't seem to be any correlation between car brand and speed.
But based on time lived in big cities, other cars that will go quickly off the line (relatively speaking)
1. Civic with aftermarket wheels or any visible mod. Desperate to make their little 4 banger feel like some speedy import they will haul ass of the line.
2. Pick Up truck lifted with big wheels and aftermarket exhaust : billy bob has cousins to get to fucking and quick how.

And slowly
1. Corvette : 50 something year old man with greying hair is too busy trying to choke bad the panic of his mid life crisis to pay attention and get off the line.
2. Volvo or Saab : Granola hippie isn't going to waste gas, they'd coast along on the wind if they could

 

[wonderkins]

Minivans abound where I have to drive. And Mercs, and Beemers, and every fancy-schmo asshole on the phone you can imagine. Let's not forget those who stop in the middle of the pedestrian walkway!

Driving in north Texas is a real pain at times.

...sigh. It's Bimmer if a car, Beemer if a bike. C'MON.

I nominate Jaguars to the bad category, esp. if the Ford derived ones. It's like anything over 30 and the wheels might fall off (before the electrics cause a fire).

Anything driven by a 16 year old is automatically good.

 

[GavinGT]

also BAD:

cars with veteran or handicap license plates
taxis
Buicks
Priuses

And you're absolutely right about Mercedes drivers. Just this morning, one changed lanes directly into my path, and would have sideswiped me if I wasn't an incredibly attentive driver. At the next light, I look over and (obviously) he's texting. The light goes green and the people behind him have to honk to get him to go.

 

[siddx]

I also nominate as bad:
Cars covered in idiotic bumper stickers and/or a jesus fish
Not because they are always slow, but because I have to put extra effort into not ramming into them on purpose.

 

[wonderkins]

lol. Just get a snow plow attachment. Easy push off the highway.

 

[GavinGT]

I also nominate as bad:
Cars covered in idiotic bumper stickers and/or a jesus fish
Not because they are always slow, but because I have to put extra effort into not ramming into them on purpose.

Well yeah, because you want to get out in front of them and cut them off.

 

[alphaNoid]

I love when I see people like the OP on the road, I purposely get in front and drive slow but just fast enough that they can't pass. Sometimes, its the highlight of the day knowing the rage boiling in the car behind me. This doesn't make me a good person, but its fun as shit.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

...sigh. It's Bimmer if a car, Beemer if a bike. C'MON.

Never heard of that, honestly. I live in Mericuh (tm), and my father always referred to their cars as Beemers. I'd like to be enlightened on why they're Bimmers.

Gavin, I adore your taste in avatars.

 

[siddx]

Never heard of that, honestly. I live in Mericuh (tm), and my father always referred to their cars as Beemers. I'd like to be enlightened on why they're Bimmers.

Gavin, I adore your taste in avatars.

Thats BMW's official stance on the terms. Ignore it and call them whatever you like, the only thing worse than a BMW fanboy are the people who work there.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Interesting. I don't like them that much either, but some of their cars are pretty great (at least the sport saloons).

But this thread's about people in cars, and BWM drivers are among the worst where I live.

 

[Stinkles]

I love when I see people like the OP on the road, I purposely get in front and drive slow but just fast enough that they can't pass. Sometimes, its the highlight of the day knowing the rage boiling in the car behind me. This doesn't make me a good person, but its fun as shit.

I follow you home and while you sleep I hide feces and tuna in obscure parts of your house.

 

[Apath]

The worst feeling is favoring a lane with a corvette or porsche, only to slowly accelerate to the speed limit.

 

[Stinkles]

The worst feeling is favoring a lane with a corvette or porsche, only to slowly accelerate to the speed limit.

This probably happens to EVERYONE who drives a Caprice.

 

[Tarazet]

I drive a Ford Five Hundred, which looks just enough like an unmarked Crown Victoria to make people around me drive the speed limit. It works for me, except for at certain onramps (always in Asian parts of town) where people eeeeeeeeeeeeeeease onto the freeway at the heady speed of 40 mph.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Thanks for reminding me why I hate driving.

 

[Malvolio]

Avoid people with handicap license plates at all costs. Also, people with heads that barely are visible above their headrests. 90% chance it's a blue hair.

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

On the opposite side of the fence are people who drive TOO aggressively. Cutting you off or accelerating without thinking two seconds ahead what traffic looks like. I don't know if it's confirmation bias but I notice this a lot with pick-up truck drivers, specifically the ones that drive lifted trucks or any type of Chevy.

 

[keyboardcat]

i laugh at people who peel out of intersections.

I'm the dude chilling in the minivan with my kid. Since pretty much everything else i do needs to happen fast, driving is a chill time for me. Put on some Nightmares on Wax (kid loves the dub) and laugh at speeders.

 

[Clydefrog]

Followed a new Porsche 911 GT3 RS home tonight... until I got to the freeway. Then he went *poof* into the horizon.

 

[Len Dontree]

I can't just Automan my way out of these situations.

What Would Manimal Do?

 

[RagnarokX]

i laugh at people who peel out of intersections.

I'm the dude chilling in the minivan with my kid. Since pretty much everything else i do needs to happen fast, driving is a chill time for me. Put on some Nightmares on Wax (kid loves the dub) and laugh at speeders.

I just want to do the speed limit, but I get stuck with cars in all lanes going 30 in a 40mph zone and missing all the lights they would have made if they were going 40.

 

[Black_Stride]

My only real rules are:

1. Never behind a truck(cuz he probably cant see you, and when you decide to overtake you are fucked).

2. Never behind one of these:

Cuz the drivers are always elderly and drive the thing as slow as possible.

3. Never...Ever behind...or even near one of these:

4. Not these either:

Number 3 and 4 have more to do with me than them actually....i used to drive this:

It seemed to make all the civic drivers around me dbags

 

[Sobriquet]

Bad

1. Minivan. Apart from being mechanicallly slow, they are driven by terrified moms and dads, painfully slowly. I would never get behind a minivan.
2. Toyota Corolla. Slow as nuts and driven by slow as nuts befuddled old/young people.
3. Mercedes Benz Anything: She is on the phone and will need to be beeped off the line.

I like your list, but would put any Lexus instead of the Corolla.

I also have to mention old minitrucks with a bed full of junk.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

I make sure never to pull up next to anyone driving my car cause odds are they're gonna want to race -_-

 

[Slavik81]

I make sure never to pull up next to anyone driving my car cause odds are they're gonna want to race -_-

Look over at them and nod. Then, when the light turns green, immediately put your foot to the accelerator and slowly bring your vehicle up to the legally mandated speed limit.

Laugh as they race out of the intersection, competing against nobody.