Chevy attitude....
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Why use the trailer button? I almost towed home an integra last night. "something" jumped in front of me and I nearly hit it. *cough cough* Anyway he was close enough I couldn't see his lights except when he kept swerving in and out in my side mirrors >
Anyway I have a few gravel shoulders on the way home...and when I let my truck go into it a little bit (which I avoid doing unless I've really had enough) the stones that my BF GOODRICH A/T's pick up and throw is amazing.
Anyway, if anyone has a problem with that...or defends tailgaters then I have advice. DRIVE PROPERLY.
I should just bring my camera and video tape my trips so I could call the cops and show them my evidence and get people busted daily, speed doesn't kill, its the irresponsible driving.
As I said if you were going fast on an empty road...you wouldn't have to tell anyone they wouldn't know anyway.
Chado
Anyway I have a few gravel shoulders on the way home...and when I let my truck go into it a little bit (which I avoid doing unless I've really had enough) the stones that my BF GOODRICH A/T's pick up and throw is amazing.
Anyway, if anyone has a problem with that...or defends tailgaters then I have advice. DRIVE PROPERLY.
I should just bring my camera and video tape my trips so I could call the cops and show them my evidence and get people busted daily, speed doesn't kill, its the irresponsible driving.
As I said if you were going fast on an empty road...you wouldn't have to tell anyone they wouldn't know anyway.
Chado
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I am so conflicted. I in general drive like a nut maybe 10-20% of the time. So some might call me an idiot. I also drive a Ford, a Chebby and a merc. So is it the brand of car I drive that makes me a nut or is it the other drivers fault?
One thing I have noticed is that Volvo and Subaru drivers are almost the one at the head of a long stream of cars, all trying to get around their slow bums. So I do think those brand cars have some kind of automatic tranquilizer spritzer in the dash that shoots off everytime some one turns the key ;^)
Gotta get my mean driving tapes out.
Jim Henderson
One thing I have noticed is that Volvo and Subaru drivers are almost the one at the head of a long stream of cars, all trying to get around their slow bums. So I do think those brand cars have some kind of automatic tranquilizer spritzer in the dash that shoots off everytime some one turns the key ;^)
Gotta get my mean driving tapes out.
Jim Henderson
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I used to notice that, then I noticed that there are some Ford drivers that do the same thing. Now the only thing I notice are the teenage girls on a cell phone in a SUV. Talk about a dangerous combonation.
I guess that only reason I notice that is because almost everyday I drive my car one of them pulls out in front of me or cuts me off in an unsafe manor.
I guess that only reason I notice that is because almost everyday I drive my car one of them pulls out in front of me or cuts me off in an unsafe manor.
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i have noticed women driver suck on the highway, and every one of my girl friends have new cars that look like crap with dings scuffed bumpers and wheels and messed up paint, drives me nuts i never let them drive my car or truck. they just never seem to pay attention to whats going on, and pull way to close to cars. and they always seem to be driving ford escorts and taurus.
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I've seen that friggin defensive driving video 6 different times already. Needless to say, I won't watch it again. I don't speed for nuthin' anymore. If I do speed, it's on an old road that not many people know about. Me and some people I know have just raced our trucks out there before, but on the roads it's strictly speed limit and seatbelt. Wait until you get pulled over about 5 different times and then you gotta pay for the tickets yourself. All you "speeders" will get the point of safety first then. I'm just unlucky I guess... I think my truck had a "PULL ME OVER I'M SPEEDING" sticker on it somewhere that I didn't see!
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The only that i notice chevy dudes is at races or truck and tractor pulls. The are the most annoying mother fudgers. They are always bragging and bragging and dissing ford. If the ford does good then it has a chevy motor. And i unfortunately is like red baron I drive like a idiot. Speed, donuts, burnouts and all the other good stuff. I already have a reckless. One more ticket and i might be walking. I always slow the down when any kids are around.
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Originally posted by Texan1983
i have noticed women driver suck on the highway, and every one of my girl friends have new cars that look like crap with dings scuffed bumpers and wheels and messed up paint, drives me nuts i never let them drive my car or truck. they just never seem to pay attention to whats going on, and pull way to close to cars. and they always seem to be driving ford escorts and taurus.
i have noticed women driver suck on the highway, and every one of my girl friends have new cars that look like crap with dings scuffed bumpers and wheels and messed up paint, drives me nuts i never let them drive my car or truck. they just never seem to pay attention to whats going on, and pull way to close to cars. and they always seem to be driving ford escorts and taurus.
As far as the dinged cars, the Other Bower is pickier about our truck than I am. She walks around the truck every time we come out of a place to check for any scratches and always parks away from other cars, shopping carts, etc. Someone threw a soda on the truck at the bowling alley so at 2 AM she's washing it at the car wash. Would she do that for her Chevy? Ha, it hasn't been washed at all since May...and that was cause she hit a skunk.
As far as the Chevy attitude...we have 2 Chevy trucks that are used for work and snow. And they do get beat and banged. Maybe it's because we get angry having to drive those rattletraps after being in the "good" truck all weekend?
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Originally posted by fordeverpower
The only that i notice chevy dudes is at races or truck and tractor pulls. The are the most annoying mother fudgers. They are always bragging and bragging and dissing ford. If the ford does good then it has a chevy motor. And i unfortunately is like red baron I drive like a idiot. Speed, donuts, burnouts and all the other good stuff. I already have a reckless. One more ticket and i might be walking. I always slow the down when any kids are around.
The only that i notice chevy dudes is at races or truck and tractor pulls. The are the most annoying mother fudgers. They are always bragging and bragging and dissing ford. If the ford does good then it has a chevy motor. And i unfortunately is like red baron I drive like a idiot. Speed, donuts, burnouts and all the other good stuff. I already have a reckless. One more ticket and i might be walking. I always slow the down when any kids are around.
Burn outs are cool...in a parking lot or area where there is no one else...or maybe at the traffic lights in front of a crowd once in a while (as long as you have a wallet to back it up, the cops bill by the foot) and donuts are cool in a parking lot late at night with a few friends or at the race track.
Driving wreckless endangering "joe schmoe" and "suzie smith" in traffic when they are just trying to get home to his/her families is not cool.
Keep the wreckless stuff where people think its "cool" and not where your going to kill someones ma or pa. They only get 1. Likewise folks only get 1 of each kid.
Plus I dont suppose there isn't ANYONE that wouldn't miss ya if you were gone? I can think of AT least a handful of people that would miss me.
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Heh heh, the most frightened I've ever been in my life was when I cracked a joke that my girlfriend, whom was already mad at me, didn't like. She was driving fast and was about 2 inches minimium from every car she passed on my side. Whoa, that gives me shivers.
I was driving down a narrow street real slow watching out for the children that I knew lived around there. Well suddenly I found them as the little brother pushed the girl out in front of me from between two cars, I will never forget the look on the girls face as she screamed. I thank God that I didn't hit her, but that was a nice awakening getting me to realize how dangerous neighborhoods can be.
I was driving down a narrow street real slow watching out for the children that I knew lived around there. Well suddenly I found them as the little brother pushed the girl out in front of me from between two cars, I will never forget the look on the girls face as she screamed. I thank God that I didn't hit her, but that was a nice awakening getting me to realize how dangerous neighborhoods can be.
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Originally posted by chado
Plus I dont suppose there isn't ANYONE that wouldn't miss ya if you were gone? I can think of AT least a handful of people that would miss me.
Chado
Plus I dont suppose there isn't ANYONE that wouldn't miss ya if you were gone? I can think of AT least a handful of people that would miss me.
Chado
sure
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Might as well weed out the dumb ones.
I am not going to say that I drive sanely. However I have no tickets of any kind and never an accident. When I am alone, in my truck on an empty road, I don't drive the speed limit. Around schools and in towns, I do. Thats because I have a respect for the people that I have to share the road with. If I have a passenger then I don't speed. Thats about the only stupid stuff that I do though, and I don't think its speeding, anyone that knows ME route 202 is a wide highway and the speed limit of 25 is just too slow.
There is no way that anyone can say that there are worse drivers of a particular brand. If its anything I would say that its Honda drivers, they tend to be young HS/college students, and therefore drive faster and more recklessly.
I think that speed limits on rural stretches of interstate are pretty worthless, anyone that has ever driven through North Dakota or Montana knows what I am talking about.
I am not going to say that I drive sanely. However I have no tickets of any kind and never an accident. When I am alone, in my truck on an empty road, I don't drive the speed limit. Around schools and in towns, I do. Thats because I have a respect for the people that I have to share the road with. If I have a passenger then I don't speed. Thats about the only stupid stuff that I do though, and I don't think its speeding, anyone that knows ME route 202 is a wide highway and the speed limit of 25 is just too slow.
There is no way that anyone can say that there are worse drivers of a particular brand. If its anything I would say that its Honda drivers, they tend to be young HS/college students, and therefore drive faster and more recklessly.
I think that speed limits on rural stretches of interstate are pretty worthless, anyone that has ever driven through North Dakota or Montana knows what I am talking about.
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The way I drive most the time (Except when it's snowy, rainy, or I'm just feeling tired and want to cruise) is fast, but at the speed limit. I like to get up to the speed limit (Or 5 above) as fast as I can. Generally I'm a good driver, but I have my idiotic moments where I'm not paying attention and do something REALLY stupid.
Also, in general around here it's the Ford people that drive like crap. The Chevy's and Dodges are mostly relaxed (Except for the one I saw today), the people who drive Fords around here a lot are kids (16-21) who think they're tough **** with their new F-150's their mommies and daddies bought them.
Also, in general around here it's the Ford people that drive like crap. The Chevy's and Dodges are mostly relaxed (Except for the one I saw today), the people who drive Fords around here a lot are kids (16-21) who think they're tough **** with their new F-150's their mommies and daddies bought them.
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