I'm bringing this up about a year too late.

I harp on this subject on these boards, but this is about the only place I have to do so (I'm a stereotyped Internet user, the kind who knows of almost no other way to give out opinions). I can never help dividing up drivers into neat little categories, mainly the common courtesy kind, that uses cars as a way to get from Point A to Point B, and the cars are EVERYTHING, "I own the road" kind. Especially where I live, where any other kind of getting around is treated as something just plain abnormal. That's dreary old news in my case, but there's one thing I've wanted to say for ages now, and that's that, when it comes to the "nice guy" kind of driver, I feel bad about all the high gas prices, but when it comes to that other kind, I often think it's just plain hilarious. Because when it comes to that kind vs. the oil companies, I do not see any good guys at all. In fact, you'd just about have to be a saint not to gouge people like that (just being less awful than an oil exec wouldn't cut it). So when it comes to them, I don't really care if they ever go down. If only it were that simple, and only one kind had to pay that much.

Skerlnik wrote:    And your "nice guy A to B' drivers are just as culpable for consuming gas as anyone else.

Don't you love it when some jerk whips around you in heavy traffic, proceeds to do the same thing to a few other cars, only to be right next to you at the stop light?

I turn and try to give him my biggest grin.

I'm not quite the same, Thor - but I really love f'n with them, too!

A former brother-in-law drove a big fn buick years ago.  One day he was driving along on a snow covered country road when a VW Beetle sped right around him.  Not only did it startle him, but the bug almost clipped his car.

Anyway, a few miles later, the bug was stopped at a traffic light.  My brother-in-law calmly pulled up behind the bug and "shoved" it into a snow bank.  As he went around, he smiled to the young kid driver.

The only times I intentionally piss people off is if they are sitting in the left lane not passing anybody. Our state law says "Keep right, Pass left." If you are sitting in the left lane too long, it will set me off. When I get around you, watch out!

No one? Then why do I have 3 of them?

 

As for them being junk, your image of them, like too many others, is still stuck in 1985. The quality gap has officially closed. The real issue is the leftover 1985 image that people still have stuck in their heads. Quality on many models has EXCEEDED the imports.

Thor wrote: Usually wearing a baseball cap cocked slightly to the side.

What's with the slightly sideways hat, anyway? It's not comfortable when worn that way, you damn youngins! What are you trying to prove, that you just don't care about anything? That you're a rebel against traditional hat values?

There's only one thing worse than not having unions...and that's having unions.

Skippy wrote:   Same goes for those people who like to pull a quick left in front of oncoming straight traffic as soon as the light turns green. When I think they are going to pull this one (and you can usually tell when they will), I will one up them by cutting them off, then driving slowly enough so that there is a nice line of cars going past them, meaning they are stuck in the middle of the intersection like a dumbass.     As for letting people in front of me, here is my rule: -If you are driving American, I will almost always let you in. -If you are driving jap, Tough! -If you are driving European, I will probably let you in, depends on my mood.

Skippy wrote: No one? Then why do I have 3 of them?   As for them being junk, your image of them, like too many others, is still stuck in 1985. The quality gap has officially closed. The real issue is the leftover 1985 image that people still have stuck in their heads. Quality on many models has EXCEEDED the imports.

Tiz wrote: Skippy wrote:   Same goes for those people who like to pull a quick left in front of oncoming straight traffic as soon as the light turns green. When I think they are going to pull this one (and you can usually tell when they will), I will one up them by cutting them off, then driving slowly enough so that there is a nice line of cars going past them, meaning they are stuck in the middle of the intersection like a dumbass.     As for letting people in front of me, here is my rule: -If you are driving American, I will almost always let you in. -If you are driving jap, Tough! -If you are driving European, I will probably let you in, depends on my mood.   You have serious issues, Skip.  You need a "I brake for American cars only" bumpersticker.

I really have no beef with American quality. I'm just not biased against Japanese made vehicles.