I hope this car looks faster. Maybe you could have it flamed.
Oh, damn, Inigo, I’m sorry to see that. I hope you’re okay - no whiplash, no back problems, I hope? So many jerks on the road, with such big cars and such tiny, tiny little brains.
Not the one I had c. 15 years ago or so. He was on my ass for a solid 2 miles, at which point a cop pulls out onto the road behind us. All of a sudden Senor Suckstain becomes that Good Sam guy, replete with halo, and kindly backs off 5 car lengths. Cop turns off onto another street 3 blocks or so later, and-yep, you guessed it-he transforms back into the Incredible Hobag and is 3 inches from my bumper again. If that ain’t premeditated aggressive driving I don’t know what is.
They don’t do it because they are in a hurry. They do it to intimidate others.
I have often had people tailgate me even when the passing lane is completely clear. Its all about aggression and the need to dominate others.
How about the assholes on the Interstate who follow you into the passing lane, get on your bumper, and start honking/flashing lights making rude hand gestures,etc. the moment you can almost see a fractional inch of the semi’s left front quarter in your right mirror?
Even more annoying-and dangerous- are the wusses who cut you short on the Interstate because to wait until your entire grill is in their mirror might offend the asshole tailgater.
I say “fuck 'em!” to the passing lane tailgater! I don’t get over until AT LEAST the entire grill of the vehicle I’m passing is in my right mirror; with big rigs, I like to wait until I see the entire windshield.
I had one of these bastards the other day. I watched the whole ‘throwing hands in the air, forehead slapping, eye rolling’ rolling routine as I sat waiting for a gap in traffic to turn into a subrban street. I’d been driving perfectly legally and there were cars in front of me the whole way from the traffic lights to the corner, so the twenty seconds that dickhead had been stuck behind me would have been the same twenty seconds he’d have been stuck ahead of me.
Once we got around the corner (the honest to god first break in oncoming traffic) dickhead tried to overtake me - on the wrong side of the narrow winding road.
Luckily he had enough time to see the approaching motorcyclist and truck. He slowed down after that, almost like a sane person.
I had a tailgater the other day on a 30 mph residential street. All I could see was the windshield in my rearview mirror. I tried tapping my brakes repeatedly to get the lights to flash. I tapped them at least 20 times. She’s still on my ass. I slow down to 25 mph. I tap and flash the lights at least 20 more times. No reaction. Finally I reached the end of the road and she roared past me on the right while I waited for the light to turn green so I could turn left.
How could she not have any clue what flashing brake lights might mean? I am astounded by the level of stupid.
Inigo, so sorry about the cute little red car. I take it you aren’t injured? I sincerely hope not.
Inigo, I’d feel soory (deliberate misspelling) for you, but you don’t deserve it. Perhaps you don’t know JUST HOW FAST a 500ci can blow all comers to small little bits. Just sayin’.