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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 11:30 AM
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LOL....this thread is HOT with passion for PET PEEVS...LOL.

Here is a link to bring you all a laugh, clam you a bit...lol.

https://www.rx8club.com/lounge-4/cartoon-day-105362/
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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Thanks.
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 12:57 PM
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Well, I started the heat...I wanted to toss a bit of funny water on it. LOL
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 02:08 PM
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People who don't signal. If you have to veer across 5 lanes of traffic to make your exit because you were on your phone while eating a taco, reading a book and feeding your kid at least let me know about it.
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 01:02 AM
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OK, this pisses me off to no end and it happens all the time. I go to Target, grocery store, etc. I don't park like an ***, I only take one spot, but I do leave a 5 or 6 spot buffer to the nearest car. I run in, run out two minutes later and there is a huge *** truck or SUV parked RIGHT F**KING NEXT TO ME!!!! Still 5 or 6 closer spots open, no logical reason for them to park there! I don't get it.

Trucks and SUVs that tailgate. You wanna find out how good my brakes are motherf**ker!

People that don't understand that an on-ramp is a strip of asphalt that is used to ACCELERATE up to the speedlimit of the highway you are entering. When you casually drive down the on-ramp at 35mph, then merge onto the highway, everyone on the highway has to brake... THIS IS WHAT CAUSES TRAFFIC JAMS!

And on a related subject, people who enter the highway and imediately move into the left lane right in front of me when there is no one in front of them in the right lane.

Wow, that felt good.
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Cool-Blue-Dad
You live in Portland, OR - don't you also hate how any gentle curve in the freeway causes every idiot driver on the road to brake by 10 to 20 mph? Going from Hillsboro to Portland used to drive me nuts - always the same place, just before the river, slight downhill, wide, gentle sweeping turn to the left - brake lights flying everywhere.
Oh yeah, the Sylvan hill on highway 26... used to be part of my morning commute when I lived in Beaverton. What a nightmare. I've moved since and only have about a 2 mile commute (no freeway!).
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:52 AM
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I'm still trying to figure out why my daily driver (Civic), a car that was built in the 21st century, still has a distributer and rear drum brakes?
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 11:36 AM
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From: In the hills between San Miguel and Parkfield - "up in the boonie lands", Central Coast of California, Wine Country
Originally Posted by Astral
PEOPLE:

People who talk on the cell phone while driving and I don't give a **** whether you are using hands-free or not, because you are still involved in your conversation and not paying attention worth ****!

Arrogant little women in an SUV, driving like they own the road! AND talking on the cell phone at the same time!
passing on the highway.

Shitty distorting fake-bass sound systems. Subs that blast midbass (hiphop midbass) and not real subbass.

People blasting bass real loud at a stoplight. ******* turn that **** down, because you are pissing off people, and you will **** off some lady with endless time on her hands, who will convince some dumbshit local politician to pass a nebulous law banning aftermarket stereos. And then everyone suffers. .....
Oh yes, Oh yes,

And they try to turn in parking lots while on the phone, and they try to enter the freeway while they are on the phone, and they cut in front of you while they are on the phone - and then they take both hands off the wheel to drink a Starbucks...


How come the loud stereo people never broadcast classical music, or jazz or anthing but only some one shouting out their frustrated need for sex, aggression, or parental control - and they are all white kids - and they are trying to be black gang bangers- but they all look like Wierd Al in a stocking cap! Don't they know us little old ladies have a lot of time on our hands... etc.

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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 11:58 AM
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From: In the hills between San Miguel and Parkfield - "up in the boonie lands", Central Coast of California, Wine Country
Originally Posted by Cool-Blue-Dad
I was astonished to get a rental car from Enterprise (as a Mazda loaner) which had manual crank windows (lousy little Cobalt). ....

Crank windows can save your life if your car gets caught in a flood -
We used to have a lot of 'low water' crossings in Texas and Maryland, because it saved on building bridges...
I got the old red car with window cranks just for that reason...

Also installed a real - **** dial radio in the same old car because I could track thin signals more easily...On a real cold night I can still pick up "Dreamland", that pirate radio station near area 51 in Nevada.

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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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I think most of my grips, someone else has said.

I wish all the idiots that "race" on the highway would spin out and hit a tree. Seeing the idiots weaving through traffic at crazy speeds is NOT racing. It is stupid. It is not a test of speed. You are only going to kill some grandma who is trying to change lanes but does not see you because of your dumb ***.

I also want to walk up and bitch slap that dumass that wants to race me everyday in his POS, ugly ***, blown up, spray can paint job, airplane wing spoiler, 8" "TURBO" sticker on the windshield, lowered so the painted black stock steel wheels are rubbing right upside his stupid head. Hit him and knock his hat on straight.

Can I do a motorcyle rant?

How about the racer wana bees with the loud exhaust and thinking they are all bad ***, yet they have a chicken strip about 2" wide and the center of the tire is worn to the belts.

The idiots on old CBR600s and Katanas that put on extended swing arms and try to make it look like a drag bike. Who are they kidding? They are the motorcycle version of a ricer.

Actualy, any idiot who rides around on the street with the extended swingarms on a sport bike. They just made the bike unsafe and handle like ****.

I also hate most chopper ridders. 99% are poseurs want to be Hells Angels. Looking all gay in the stupid little helments and leather chaps. Anoying everyone with they straight pipes.

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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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High wings
fart pipes
coffee can exhausts
whistle tips
asian writing (okay ONLY if you are asian)
stickers for sponsors/products you do not have
body kits
lifted trucks
wannabe racers (heavy right foot does not a racer make)
holier than thou mercedes guy (he wants to race too)
H2's &H3's
bondo
granny driving too slow
teens driving too fast
doughnut wheels
incorrect badging (we know it is an ES, please remove the evo badge)
non-functioning roll cages
camaros/firebirds/mustangs
automatic transmisions
power everything (please remove the 700 lbs of elec. motors from my car)
factory navigation systems
People who do not know how to drive
People who do not know how to park
turn signal disobedience
blah blah blah
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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The base model
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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clicks and rattles.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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People:
People who resist new features/technologies.

People who think that more HP/bigger engine automatically equals better.

People who think the auto world begins and ends w/toyota and-or Honda, and everything else is hot crap.

People who see a thread on a forum or hear from someone about problems w/a particular car, and assume they're ALL bad.

People who decide a car's worthiness by its finish in a magazine comparison test;

People who complain about **** on a particular without ever even using it.

People who bash cars before they've even been ******* released/tested.

People who keep babbling on about increasing curb weights.

Carmakers:
Carmakers continuing to make life-saving safety features optional, and charging extra for stuff like metallic paint.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 07:32 AM
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I can't believe that no one mentioned spinner hub caps yet. Everything else has been mentioned.
Special mention to the Accord I saw the other day with glowing lime green paint, fart can exhaust, huge wing and spinners. I haven't laughed so hard in years.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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I don't think I saw this one: The bigger and bigger wheels. I am sorry. You put 22" wheels on a car designed for 18" or less it just looks STUPID!!!! They have no rubber at all to protect the rims from potholes. The car HAS to handle like S@#t. And most of the time the rims are worth a lot more than the car is.

A related peave. SUVs and pickups with huge rims and low profile tires. Especialy the idiots who try to make them look all rugged with brush gaurds. Ok, how are you going to offroad with those?
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 10:08 AM
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[QUOTE=Cool-Blue-DadNice - reminds me of the Ford Focus that buzzes around here. Same lack of taste, but this monster is GOLD with a ridiculous organic looking body kit and a huge shogun wing on the back. First time he cross in front of me I threw my head back and LAUUUUGHED..... then, I realized he'd snapped his head around and looked right at me. I was clearly busting up at his car - he didn't look happy.

Okay, so my car has a factory aero body kit which add nothing but weight, but at least it's tasteful accents, not turning the car into a mushy, half-melted looking thing.[/QUOTE]

Admit it. You got killed by a Focus. At least it wasn't a blown up Civic like you see killing 8's on Utube.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 10:52 AM
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I like Rootski's rant. I'd like to add:

Drivers who drive with their seatbacks inclined so much that you see their eyes just above the sill.

Drivers who have their arms out the window when the sill is higher than their shoulder.

Drivers who wait till the last moment before activating the turn signal.

Drivers who crawl ahead of you then blast off when the light turns yellow, leaving you facing a red.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by DarkBrew
I can't believe that no one mentioned spinner hub caps yet. Everything else has been mentioned.
Special mention to the Accord I saw the other day with glowing lime green paint, fart can exhaust, huge wing and spinners. I haven't laughed so hard in years.
I go to Top Gear's Carbage section for my laughs. It always does the trick.
http://www.topgear.com/content/timet...ge/pages/0505/
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 11:27 AM
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I can't believe that no one mentioned spinner hub caps yet. Everything else has been mentioned.
Oh god yes. And now that they're $12 at Autozone, even McDonald's worker Wankstas can be ridin' dirty... fo' shizzle. I lost all respect for one of my friends when I met her new boyfriend... he pulled up in a gold Buick (yes, a Buick) with a "bentley grill" and plastic spinners.
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