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judow

judow

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I have concluded that other drivers on the road treat you based on the car you are driving. For example - when I drive Agatha, my Healey, people are most courteous. This is/was true also when I drove Mr. Dodge, a '50 Dodge Pick-up which is now being restored frame off. When I drive Onsolow the Jaguar for the most part folk feel the need to pass me on the highway. This could be because I usually drive Onslow top down and music loud and just simply enjoy the drive. When I drive the SUV, the highway and streets become more aggresive and driving is just not a pleasure. Now on to Alexus, an SC-430 Lexus that I usually drive top down as well. Last Sunday I was on a four lane street that has several traffic lights and when you get one red light, you get them all. Mind you now it was early morning and very little if any traffic. At the first light to my left was a very nice gray Mustang. At the green all I saw was the tailpipes. Second light same thing only this time he looked to his right and started laughing which just didn't sit well with me. Now to the third light and I was ready. I dropped to my power setting and on green was off like a thoroughbred coming out of the gate. Try as he might he couldn't keep up and I pulled in the left lane in front of him. He then took the turn lane and as I gave him the thumbs-up, he gave me that well known finger signal. I say to him as he also has the top down, "I was just complimenting you on what a fine vehicle you are driving." No response except at the left turn light he was gone in a flash. My comment, "You're just a snarty nosed child." Anyway having repeated the scenario, I noticed that painted on the side of his car was "Team Zombie Racing" and albeit I gogled it, I didn't really find anything about it. Does anyone know if this is a car club?

P.S. We are getting a very nice soft rain and I am so grateful. We are supposed to have 'wet' weather for the next 3-4 days and I am grateful. If it was New England I would be sulking. I guess it all depends on what chair you are sitting in.
 
He probably kept on going since he was afraid of you :thumbsup:
 
Boy, does that bring back memories! When I was a kid, I thought it was great fun to embarrass Mustangs. But these days, I just smile and wave, knowing that a 50's Triumph is way cooler than ANY Mustang, no matter how fast it will reach the next stop light.
 
tr3driver said:
boy, does that bring back memories! When i was a kid, i thought it was great fun to embarrass mustangs. But these days, i just smile and wave, knowing that a 50's triumph is way cooler than any mustang, no matter how fast it will reach the next stop light.
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amen!
 
Bet he is pulled over by the law more than you are:encouragement:
 
judow said:
Anyway having repeated the scenario, I noticed that painted on the side of his car was "Team Zombie Racing" and albeit I gogled it, I didn't really find anything about it. Does anyone know if this is a car club?

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Yes, it is a club and you just met not only the founding idiot, but the president and it's only member. These days you can drop into any sign shop and for a few quid "be" any idiot that you choose. I see all kinds of foolishness here, "So and So Mud Boggin" and whatnot. What kills me is the knot heads running around here with "Monster" energy drink decals on their cars. They had a truck here with it across the entire tail gate and about a foot long on each quarter. :rolleyes:

Another phenomenon here is the rolling tombstone. I can't tell you how many times I've seen "In memory of So-and-So, Born whenever and died less than the life cycle of vinyl stickers ago" onna back of a minivan.
 
Have you noticed that the drivers of certain makes are anal orifices? In fact, there was a study in England that showed drivers of blue BMW's were the rudest ones on the road.
 
It seems that BMW drivers are either convinced 1) they are on the autobahn 2) think everything, including multi-lane streets is an alpine road or 3) are at the opposite end holding up traffic because they are afraid they may get pulled over.

In a Car & Driver column about 30 years ago, one of the writers (Bedard? Sherman?) said "at the front of every line of traffic you'll usually find a Dodge Dart". I think the Toyota Camry has replaced the Dart as the car most likely to be found at the front of a line of slow traffic.


I find when I'm driving my Sprite, I get a lot of smiles and waves. I had one guy behind me in rush hour traffic trying to take a picture of the car with his phone...while driving. That made me really nervous. Then he began to talk on the phone, which also made me even more nervous (I was once rear-ended by a 17 year old in a Dodge Intrepid, who proceeded to pile drive my Nissan Pathfinder into a bus...air bag deployment & everything. I've always been nervous about people following too closely since then). When I finally turned off, he gave me and the Sprite a long look-over, while still on the phone and driving.
 
When I first got my Bugeye I took my wife for a spin and we were going to meet some friends at a park where they were playing tennis so I could show off the car. We weren't familiar with the area and got lost. We drove around trying to find the place when we came upon a situation. There were five cop cars at the intersection we came upon. Two cops were interogating a guy on his front porch, while one cop had blocked the street ahead of us with his cop car. We sort of froze and didn't know whether to turn right or left or go straight. The cop blocking th street motioned for us to come forward. We did and he said "pull over to the curb and give me the keys and I will give you a ride home". Then he smiled and said ' I always wanted a Bugeye, but I didn't have the money and when I had the money I could not find one. We then knew he was kidding about the keys, and my wife asked if he knew how to get to the park and he gave us detailed directions and off we went. It was bizarre. Never found out about the guy on the porch
 
Having your picture taken is a constant occurrence. My favorite story happened just last spring. Our British car club was invited to, of all things, a high school prom a short distance from here near Columbia, Md. The theme of the prom was Jame Bond, and we parked the cars in front of the banquet hall for a picture taking opportunity for the attendees before the actual prom. It was such a success that they had to finally asked the kids to leave the car display and go to their prom! We had a XKE, a Riley, a couple of MGBs, Sprites, a Lotus, and our Bugeye there.
so the real story comes on the trip home. We were caravaning up US 70 about an hour after dark, and the thunderstorm of the century hit us. Of course half our tops (that's car tops) were off or down, so some of us pulled over under an overpass to put tops on and windows in. After getting back on the road we were separated into small groups of two or even single cars. We were running behind our friend in his Lotus 7, and the storm was so bad you could barely see the car in front of you. So all of a sudden the wind whips the top off of the 7's front connectors, and our friend is driving down the road in this monsoon holding the top with one hand. At this point we were going about 30 mph, give or take a little, then the Lotus's lights short out, all he had was his turn signals and rear lights for illumination. We pulled in front of him, and just then, in all of this mess, a SUV passed the both of us on the left, slows down, and here's this woman in the passenger side window taking our pictures. I guess I understand why, but at the time it just seemed really weird. Our friend sold the Lotus shortly thereafter. The moral of all of this is expect to have your picture taken in all situations!

Larry
 
When I had my original Bugeye in 1962 my friend and I went to Tijuana and found a parking space and went Bar Hopping. When we were done for the night we came back to the parking space and the Bugeye was gone. I thought someone had stollen the car. Then we looked carefully and there it was sitting on the sidewalk. Someone and I am sure more then one someone had put my car on the sidewalk and taken my parking space. I had to drive down the sidewalk to he end of the curb and carefully drive over the curb to get back on the street. If I took my restored Bugeye of today to Tijuana I am sure it would be gone for good. I once in awhile have recurring dreams about losing my Bugeye to some thief.
 
When I was in school in Baltimore back in the 60's, someone(s) sat my Bugeye in the entranceway to a store one evening while I was shooting pool down the street:smile:
i had to call a couple friends to come and help me carry it out of the entrance, to where it could be driven.
 
There are those out there who seem convinced they're way more important than anyone else on the road and we'll all get out of their way. I stopped for a stop sign one morning and the guy behind be went around and blew through it while "saluting" me. Followed a guy apparently holding a meeting up I71 once, he had a phone in one hand, papaer spread out over the dash and it seemed on the passenger seat he was digging through and was driving with his left knee pulled up and into the steering wheel, and driving none too straight. That was one I passed as quick as I was able, didn't want to be behind if the worst happened.
 
kellysguy said:
"You are what you drive" on both sides of the sheet metal.
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That's for sure. I drive 50+ year old cars, with weathered faded exteriors, broken and patched together parts, and a less than stellar power plant. Same as me!

Tom
 
The puzzlement for me is the attention Diesela gets. It seems there are a lot of folks who've owned or driven diesel turbo Benz cars and have regrets over not keeping them.

As for "challenges" at stoplights, it is always a hoot to drive the Elan and have some snotty-nosed child sitting in some sled pull up beside it and start revving their lump and laughing... :devilgrin:
 
I like to ask these idiots - "So.... just HOW MUCH do they pay you
to advertise their products?"

- Doug






kellysguy said:
Yes, it is a club and you just met not only the founding idiot, but the president and it's only member. These days you can drop into any sign shop and for a few quid "be" any idiot that you choose. I see all kinds of foolishness here, "So and So Mud Boggin" and whatnot. What kills me is the knot heads running around here with "Monster" energy drink decals on their cars. They had a truck here with it across the entire tail gate and about a foot long on each quarter. :rolleyes:

Another phenomenon here is the rolling tombstone. I can't tell you how many times I've seen "In memory of So-and-So, Born whenever and died less than the life cycle of vinyl stickers ago" onna back of a minivan.
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TR3driver said:
Boy, does that bring back memories! When I was a kid, I thought it was great fun to embarrass Mustangs. But these days, I just smile and wave, knowing that a 50's Triumph is way cooler than ANY Mustang, no matter how fast it will reach the next stop light.
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My lawyer advises me that I should not put my encounter with a new, red Mustang convertible on Hwy 50 up to Rendezvous 2013 in writing. :devilgrin:
 
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