Flounderfs92
Low speed/high drag
I grew up in maryland. I learned to drive there. Driving is a bloodsport in the entire md/dc/va area. Im here since 09 and still have not adjusted to the "less aggressive" nature of the drivers here.
Woman shot on 440E in Raleigh in apparent road rage incident
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^ Especially watch out for the folks with diplomatic plates up there. I had one speed up and try to hit me on purpose one time. I mean, floor it - very obvious.
Actually they are very good drivers. Any indecision on what you're doing will be taken advantage of.
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Ah Boston. Where a turn signal is interpreted as a sign of weakness.
If they are, they're a bunch of returning Southern expats. Good riddance...
A friend gave ma a "Dixie" horn & I installed it in the wife's car and am waiting
The problem is she almost never uses it.
I want a train horn.
Not a horn that SOUNDS like a train horn...a REAL train horn that puts out about eleventy gajillian dBs.
I'd gladly modify my car to handle it.
And I want one pointed back, too, for the twits behind me who would dare beep their puny Dixie horns at me.
Windage-n-Elevation
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For those twits behind you, you need a length of steel tubing bent and contoured to run from the console to the rear bumper. When someone gets up behind you at warp 9 speeds, just drop a handful of BBs or ball bearings down the pipe. He'll back off.
Another great idea!For those twits behind you, you need a length of steel tubing bent and contoured to run from the console to the rear bumper. When someone gets up behind you at warp 9 speeds, just drop a handful of BBs or ball bearings down the pipe. He'll back off.
Flounderfs92
Low speed/high drag
More people there are armed than one would think. Certain areas around there are like road warrior or mad maxx. Lawless wastelands.
Sounds like my area! Who'd have thought my little town would be awash with druggies stealing from us and kicking doors in? It's been quite scary! Nobody was afraid before, now you never know what's going to happen. People are stealing air conditioners, satellite dishes, anything outside that they can pick up. You can see people in your yard in the early hours of the morning, even! I might have to move to a big city to be safe. Lol.
Thats what I always said about D.C. Boston wasn't so bad. Vermont and Maine are some real nice places to ride. I've been everywhere and NC is by far one of the better places to drive. Texas depending on local can be nice too.
Rookies. I drove & rode a motorcycle for almost 8 years in Germany. You gotta bring yer A-game to play in traffic there.
If you want some right sportin' drivin', the Balkans & central Africa are awfully exciting.
If you want some right sportin' drivin', the Balkans & central Africa are awfully exciting.
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georgel
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This reminds me of a buddy, who knows how many years ago, might have been high school, who modified the tubing on his rear window washer fluid. If you were following him, he'd pee washer fluid on you.For those twits behind you, you need a length of steel tubing bent and contoured to run from the console to the rear bumper. When someone gets up behind you at warp 9 speeds, just drop a handful of BBs or ball bearings down the pipe. He'll back off.
Have lived in DC (well, Alexandria VA and commuted over the WW Brigdge to NRL) and New England (NH and VT). My view of the two:
Boston: turn signal interpreted as a sign of weakness.
DC: turn signal is uninterpretable.
and
VT: we break for moose.
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drypowder
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NYC: What is a turn signal?Have lived in DC (well, Alexandria VA and commuted over the WW Brigdge to NRL) and New England (NH and VT). My view of the two:
Boston: turn signal interpreted as a sign of weakness.
DC: turn signal is uninterpretable.
and
VT: we break for moose.
Manhattan: those white stripes are merely suggestions, not definitive lane markings. Funny thing is after awhile, you drive like a cab driver up there (or you don't get anywhere).
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drypowder
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Craziest I've seen was Saigon. If you're waiting for traffic to stop to cross the street, you better have a handful of Snickers because it's gonna be a (very long) while.
The way to cross is to just step into traffic and it all (cars, scooters, pedicabs, bicycles) flows around you (hopefully).
I had a friend with a pickup that drilled a hole in the intake filter & ran the washer hose to the top of the carb & filed the reservoir with diesel. He'd hit the button and downshift- instant black cloud. It's hilarious to a 17 year old.
A handful of roofing nails will work wonders too.For those twits behind you, you need a length of steel tubing bent and contoured to run from the console to the rear bumper. When someone gets up behind you at warp 9 speeds, just drop a handful of BBs or ball bearings down the pipe. He'll back off.
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Can't be good on the catalytic converter...
I've thought that a spray of oil, perhaps mixed with some water, would cause an idiot to back off in spectacular fashion.
Oh. My. GOD!
The what?
It was an old truck back in 1982, single exhaust out the right side, equally entertaining gassing folk on the sidewalk.
I'd love to mount something akin to an air raid horn under the truck. It'd be great sitting in traffic with a rap-star-car thumping & spool up the whine
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I have found that most folks believe that when they cut in front of someone, it was an accident.
But, when someone cuts in front of them, that s.o.b. was trying to kill them!
Translation- when we screw up, it is an accident- when others screw up, it is intentional.
But, when someone cuts in front of them, that s.o.b. was trying to kill them!
Translation- when we screw up, it is an accident- when others screw up, it is intentional.
This is true. I was coming into Manhattan and decided I couldn't beat em so I joined them. At a toll both you could sit all day if you don't force your way in.
I don't condone it but I do understand it. I've have met some incredibly a**h**ish drivers and I'm from here. Pet peeves, let one person in when merging then 3 others try to jump in as well. People who stop at yield signs when there are no other cars around. Asian drivers and I'm not trying to be racist, just they scare me. Had one stop dead in the middle of a roundabout because a car was coming towards the intersection.
Never said I did that. But I have seen what happens when a contractor box of roofing nails is accidentally dumped in the road. It happened in from of a business I managed once. Stopped several cars at the intersection dead in their tracks.
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rotorhead
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I have. I need to edit that post I mean northern VA D.C.Try Boston sometime
Ya'll all bitching about other drivers, look in the mirror!!! Heck, I drive with the horn and have the only turn signals in the state that are still NIB. The light turns green, your brake lights better go off or you're getting a blast and if you're too slow to the gas pedal, well, another blast. Life's too short for me to be sitting behind your stupid butt.
I'll run up behind Left Lane Lucy (@concepthomes1) and I'll give you a courtesy flash and 2, maybe 3 seconds to start moving over if it's clear and if it's not then speed up so you can get over. If you get over you're golden, if not then I figure you're retarded as well as deaf and dumb so I resort to sign language. Unfortunately I only know 2 words but it seems to get the message across and obviously you only know the same 2 words so now we're communicating!! Where's the problem??
I'll run up behind Left Lane Lucy (@concepthomes1) and I'll give you a courtesy flash and 2, maybe 3 seconds to start moving over if it's clear and if it's not then speed up so you can get over. If you get over you're golden, if not then I figure you're retarded as well as deaf and dumb so I resort to sign language. Unfortunately I only know 2 words but it seems to get the message across and obviously you only know the same 2 words so now we're communicating!! Where's the problem??
rotorhead
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Boston and the two you mentioned are terrible. I'd add Ohio and Chicago to the mix, too. Uggh
Try a 14 ft tall truck in Boston or Chicago. The L track in Chicago is low
This is either funny or sad?
BudE
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I've heard, don't know for certain, that if you can put a line going into the muffler and send some castor oil down the line that the results will be spectacular.
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