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Title: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: danny gabbard on October 28, 2008, 17:16:46 pm Coming down highway 395 from nevada. Some jackass in white lexus is tailgateing me. About 3-4 miles at 75 mph , So I get tired of this shit, So I give him a little brake check , Kinda funny how much distance I got till he passed me.
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Jim Ratto on October 28, 2008, 17:30:30 pm try driving the 118 freeway in the Valley here. You'd think you had a fucking tow bar hooked up back there. >:(
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: benssp on October 28, 2008, 18:13:44 pm I always though the scene in LA story where Steve Martin was driving along the freeway and realised it was 'open season' and everybody started shooting and crashing into each other. after driving through LA myself I realised the whole situation was based on real life ;D
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: louisb on October 28, 2008, 18:18:00 pm When we were in LA last summer I didn't find it too bad. But then we stayed on the surface streets and off the freeway most of the time. Besides, with the car swallowing pot holes you guys have, how fast can you really go?
--louis Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: John Rayburn on October 28, 2008, 18:34:25 pm When we were in LA last summer I didn't find it too bad. But then we stayed on the surface streets and off the freeway most of the time. Besides, with the car swallowing pot holes you guys have, how fast can you really go? That's my exact argument for people afraid they won't be able to cruise fast enough with a close ratio gearbox.--louis Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Rennsurfer on October 29, 2008, 00:34:29 am Yeah, I'm in a hurry... the left lane is for faster traffic and for passing. Ratto posted something, earlier this year, about asking when the right lane became the passing lane. SO true! When I drive to work at dawn in the morning north on Pacific Coast Hwy. 99.9% of the people are in the two left lanes. I feel so outta place blazing by everyone in the far right lane, but that's what society, out here, has become.
On the flip side, if I see someone coming up on me, fast, in the left lane, I always move over for them. I expect the same in return... but rarely ever is such the case... sadly. Tail-gaters are even a BIGGER pet peeve of mine. I hit the rear red fog lights on my Volvo and that usually scares the crap out of 'em and they back off. If they're slow learners, I give 'em a quick brisk pull on the e-brake, downshift, and pull away real fast. I rarely resort to the full brake check, unless they're beyond dumb as a box of rocks. It IS pretty funny to watch 'em nosedive and stay way back after that, however. ;D I just wish that people would actually take the time to learn how to properly drive. Doesn't matter which state or country... they're all pretty much crappy now. I'm convinced that nobody cares, anymore. 30 years ago, it was way better and more people displayed respect on the road. That's very rare, these days. Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: louisb on October 29, 2008, 02:11:30 am I'm convinced that nobody cares, anymore. 30 years ago, it was way better and more people displayed respect on the road. That's very rare, these days. [/b] That's because 30 years ago if you got into a wreck it would probably kill you. These days with everyone driving 5 tons of SUV containing every safety device known to man, who cares. Driving a bug doesn't help. Its not like you are going to intimidate someone in a Hummer with a bug. Besides, old VWs don't go that fast anyway. ::) --louis Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: javabug on October 29, 2008, 02:41:02 am If I were in California, I'd be in a damn hurry. Gotta get to the In N Out Burger, or Mexican restaurant. :o MOVE IT!
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Rennsurfer on October 29, 2008, 03:00:47 am You're both right on all counts. I get to In & Out Burgers about once a month. Not much of a red meat eater, these days. 99.9% of the time, it's MEXICAN FOOD! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Mex food.
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Sarge on October 29, 2008, 12:49:21 pm Since we're talking traffic peeves, how about the folks who can't be bothered with using their turn signals and spend time looking in the rear view to anticipate your next move so they can put a block on you. Nobody signals on the freeway anymore it seems. Then there's the Divers... Mr Big in his black Chrysler 300 that has to be in the 15 feet between you and the car your following even though there's no cars behind you for a quarter mile. OK OK, that's enough....my blood pressure is up now and veins are popping on my forehead......
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: team97 on October 29, 2008, 15:17:34 pm When we were in LA last summer I didn't find it too bad. But then we stayed on the surface streets and off the freeway most of the time. Besides, with the car swallowing pot holes you guys have, how fast can you really go? That's my exact argument for people afraid they won't be able to cruise fast enough with a close ratio gearbox.--louis Tell me about it. I've gotten used to the tailgaters (4:12 R/P with a 1:21 4th) Still searching for a semi good deal on a 5-speed Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Jim Ratto on October 29, 2008, 16:28:10 pm Since we're talking traffic peeves, how about the folks who can't be bothered with using their turn signals and spend time looking in the rear view to anticipate your next move so they can put a block on you. Nobody signals on the freeway anymore it seems. Then there's the Divers... Mr Big in his black Chrysler 300 that has to be in the 15 feet between you and the car your following even though there's no cars behind you for a quarter mile. OK OK, that's enough....my blood pressure is up now and veins are popping on my forehead...... dude didn't you know turn signal switches are an option on those Chrysler 300's, Escalames, Hummers, QX56's, Excursions....etc? IF you order the 30" chrome wheels the t/s switch is deleted. ::) Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Tony M on October 29, 2008, 22:20:23 pm Since we're talking traffic peeves, how about the folks who can't be bothered with using their turn signals and spend time looking in the rear view to anticipate your next move so they can put a block on you. Nobody signals on the freeway anymore it seems. Then there's the Divers... Mr Big in his black Chrysler 300 that has to be in the 15 feet between you and the car your following even though there's no cars behind you for a quarter mile. OK OK, that's enough....my blood pressure is up now and veins are popping on my forehead...... dude didn't you know turn signal switches are an option on those Chrysler 300's, Escalames, Hummers, QX56's, Excursions....etc? IF you order the 30" chrome wheels the t/s switch is deleted. ::) As well as there BRAINS - everyone is All Ball - No Brains Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Rennsurfer on October 29, 2008, 23:34:23 pm Ratto's right about the optional turn signal feature on new cars. NO ONE use 'em anymore. Such a joke and very dangerous. Nothing more fun than people darting around, changing lanes without signaling. DERRR! Or like on the way home from work, just now... some moronic fool decided that he needed to be in my lane as were approaching an intersection in front of Long Beach City College. So I let him in (he didn't use is signal), go around him, and I'm still trying to figure out why he made me slam my brakes to let him in. Why? There was no one behind me for literally over a mile. Just us two on the road. I look in my mirror, and he's just tooling along. Didn't even need to change lanes or make a left/right turn at the corner. What a douche nozzle!
Makes this Sierra Nevada taste mo' bettah. There... I feel relieved. I'm off go skate my friend's backyard. Play nice. Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: LuftsickTero on October 30, 2008, 14:35:27 pm Ratto's right about the optional turn signal feature on new cars. NO ONE use 'em anymore. Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: danny gabbard on October 30, 2008, 17:01:09 pm Now thats funny!!
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Sarge on October 30, 2008, 18:10:13 pm ....and Soooooo true! ;D
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: TOM / EINHEIT 11 on October 30, 2008, 18:41:50 pm buy a 1/1 doll, put it on the passanger seat & take the pool lane....hahahahaha, no more probs with other cars because the pool lane is allways free
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Sarge on October 30, 2008, 19:57:00 pm buy a 1/1 doll, put it on the passanger seat & take the pool lane....hahahahaha, no more probs with other cars because the pool lane is allways free It's only free until you get caught... then it's UGLY!! :o :( Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Jim Ratto on October 30, 2008, 20:00:53 pm I'm sure some other guys here on Lounge can find another use for that 1:1 doll. Carlos? Sheep?
must be a man version though. Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Carlos De Alba on October 30, 2008, 21:39:56 pm ::)
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: danny gabbard on October 30, 2008, 21:57:07 pm Whats the best part of a blow job? the silence!!
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: lawrence on October 30, 2008, 22:32:31 pm YES! Yesterday I was halling my dirtbike doing 70 mph in the #2 lane and people are still ridding my ass. Hey folks see the 200+ pound bike in my bed. I won't be going any faster or making sudden lane changes. GO THE FUCK AROUND!! Thats what the fast lane is for. All better now ;D
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Rennsurfer on October 31, 2008, 01:21:46 am (http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7084.0;attach=22582;image) HAHAHA!!! Now THAT'S funny! Excellent work. One of my cars is an all original 1982 BMW E21/320i. But miraculously, the turn indicators work, I keep the fog/driving lights off (unless there's a reason to use 'em), and I actually know how to upshift. For the last thirty years, my friends and I have been joking about Bimmer drivers and how they can't signal, upshift, and how their aux. lights remain on. Thanks for the laughs. Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: team97 on October 31, 2008, 04:03:12 am Ratto's right about the optional turn signal feature on new cars. NO ONE use 'em anymore. HEY!!!!!!!!!!! Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Rennsurfer on October 31, 2008, 08:49:14 am Hey, man... I said new cars. Not all Bimmer owners, Glenn.
;D Don't feel too singled out, I own/drive one, too. Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: cal_gecko on November 05, 2008, 23:03:15 pm Coming down highway 395 from nevada. Some jackass in white lexus is tailgateing me. About 3-4 miles at 75 mph , So I get tired of this shit, So I give him a little brake check , Kinda funny how much distance I got till he passed me. If you were in the fast lane, you should have moved out of the way. Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: danny gabbard on November 07, 2008, 00:14:29 am Again, Some jackass is lucky its illegal to carry fire arms in ca. Last night coming back from nevada and some jack ass cuts me off comeing down the 15 raceway, so I flash my brights and he trys brake checking me, So I pass- and look over and both of us start waveing the california way then he sticks his cell phone out the window like he's intimidateing me. Fuch he's was lucky I'm getting old. Always smooth sailing til I get to ca.
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Jim Ratto on November 07, 2008, 00:19:02 am dude it's no use getting mad. I am trying not to get steamed too. I think screaming and yelling will eventually lead to somebody getting hurt. There's too many maladjusted freaks driving around in Southern Calif... that's the problem, DG
you know like that study they did where they put 150 rats in a shoebox and they ate each other. Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: PIMPPRIDE on November 07, 2008, 02:11:51 am this is a must have if you daily drive the 405 FWY in so cal...
(http://www.vwispwest.com/ebay/slower-traffic.jpg) Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Rennsurfer on November 07, 2008, 02:57:24 am YES!!! NOW we're talking! That license plate frame needs to be on every car's front bumper in So Cal. 90% of the drivers are frickin' MORONS. Lucky for them, I'm driving a big company truck and trailer rig... so I have to cruise at 55mph and in the two slow lanes when I'm on the clock. But when I'm in my personal cars and jackasses think it's cool to dart in the fast lane (w/no turn indicator) when I'm haulin' ass, I tend to get a little more than pissed. Like Ratto once posted; when did the right lanes become the fast lanes? I must've missed that new rule/law. Guess I'm an old dinosaur and will always use the left lane for passing and hyperspace.
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: LuftsickTero on November 14, 2008, 09:24:22 am Quote Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Rennsurfer on November 14, 2008, 14:37:30 pm Merlot... is that you?
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: team97 on November 14, 2008, 19:18:22 pm I had one of the custom european plates made to read "TI 3VOM " (read in mirror) It didn't work!
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Rennsurfer on November 15, 2008, 03:11:56 am That's awesome, Glenn. Great idea... too bad it didn't work.
Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: cal_gecko on November 18, 2008, 17:50:20 pm Quote Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? That is friggin GOLD Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Neil Davies on November 19, 2008, 13:22:58 pm I had one of the custom european plates made to read "TI 3VOM " (read in mirror) It didn't work! hmm - that plate would be legal in the UK for a 1998-on car! You'd need to alter the spacing, but it'd work! T13 VOM - T1 3VOM ;) Title: Re: Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? Post by: Sarge on November 19, 2008, 14:02:54 pm Quote Is everybody in ca. In a fricken hurry? LMAO... good one! ;D That soundtrack is on the stereo in the Passat on a daily basis while driving to and from work. >:( |