I hate pick ups
03-28-2005, 09:23 PM
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I hate pick ups
Reason: because EVERY guy in a big truck feels the need to race me.
Everytime I'm at a light and a truck pulls up he's gotta act all big and rev his engine and then gun it when it turns green
Funny story to go along with this rant: Lat week, after painting my calipers(pics in soon) :D I took my 8 for a cruise around town to kinda show off
Anyways, this guy pulls up next to me at a light. Next thing I know, he revs and looks over at me and gives me this look. He guns it as the light turns.then I decide to play around with him. I catch up and pass him before he even crosses the intersection. then I stop at the next red light and he pulls up next to me. I look over, smiling. The guy glances over then pretends to not see me. He just starts rubbing his forehead and looking at the steering wheel until the light changes and I drive off at a normal speed. The guy waits a second and then drives normally. then he turns at the next light(another red). As he came up to the turn I saw him in my side mirror, so I just look over and I wait til he passes and I stare and smile at him. :D
Everytime I'm at a light and a truck pulls up he's gotta act all big and rev his engine and then gun it when it turns green
Funny story to go along with this rant: Lat week, after painting my calipers(pics in soon) :D I took my 8 for a cruise around town to kinda show off
Anyways, this guy pulls up next to me at a light. Next thing I know, he revs and looks over at me and gives me this look. He guns it as the light turns.then I decide to play around with him. I catch up and pass him before he even crosses the intersection. then I stop at the next red light and he pulls up next to me. I look over, smiling. The guy glances over then pretends to not see me. He just starts rubbing his forehead and looking at the steering wheel until the light changes and I drive off at a normal speed. The guy waits a second and then drives normally. then he turns at the next light(another red). As he came up to the turn I saw him in my side mirror, so I just look over and I wait til he passes and I stare and smile at him. :D
03-28-2005, 10:57 PM
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I just talked about this in another thread. All the guys in the Dodge pick-ups and SUV9Durangos) want to race me...not the ford or chevy guys, just the Dodge ones. I think that "Its got a Hemi" marketing ads have gone to their heads.
03-29-2005, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Umbra
I hate them because they kick up rocks on the road and they block visibility 
03-29-2005, 10:50 AM
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The other day on the expressway, a pickup loaded with junk in the bed lost some cargo as it went over an expansion joint. Nailed some poor guy in back driving a SUV. Poetic justice?
03-29-2005, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Discman2
Reason: because EVERY guy in a big truck feels the need to race me.
Everytime I'm at a light and a truck pulls up he's gotta act all big and rev his engine and then gun it when it turns green
Funny story to go along with this rant: Lat week, after painting my calipers(pics in soon) :D I took my 8 for a cruise around town to kinda show off
Anyways, this guy pulls up next to me at a light. Next thing I know, he revs and looks over at me and gives me this look. He guns it as the light turns.then I decide to play around with him. I catch up and pass him before he even crosses the intersection. then I stop at the next red light and he pulls up next to me. I look over, smiling. The guy glances over then pretends to not see me. He just starts rubbing his forehead and looking at the steering wheel until the light changes and I drive off at a normal speed. The guy waits a second and then drives normally. then he turns at the next light(another red). As he came up to the turn I saw him in my side mirror, so I just look over and I wait til he passes and I stare and smile at him. :D
Everytime I'm at a light and a truck pulls up he's gotta act all big and rev his engine and then gun it when it turns green
Funny story to go along with this rant: Lat week, after painting my calipers(pics in soon) :D I took my 8 for a cruise around town to kinda show off
Anyways, this guy pulls up next to me at a light. Next thing I know, he revs and looks over at me and gives me this look. He guns it as the light turns.then I decide to play around with him. I catch up and pass him before he even crosses the intersection. then I stop at the next red light and he pulls up next to me. I look over, smiling. The guy glances over then pretends to not see me. He just starts rubbing his forehead and looking at the steering wheel until the light changes and I drive off at a normal speed. The guy waits a second and then drives normally. then he turns at the next light(another red). As he came up to the turn I saw him in my side mirror, so I just look over and I wait til he passes and I stare and smile at him. :D
03-29-2005, 02:43 PM
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VW coulda had it...
Yeah, what the hell is up with that anyway? And I agree: usually Mopars.
Isn't it bad enough that mostly what I see through the windshield ahead of me are differential drain plugs? (and Rams head logos in the rearview mirror)
Damn, there sure are a lot of trucks and SUVs here.
Isn't it bad enough that mostly what I see through the windshield ahead of me are differential drain plugs? (and Rams head logos in the rearview mirror)
Damn, there sure are a lot of trucks and SUVs here.
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03-29-2005, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Discman2
damn right I did it with an A/T. More torque than an M/T.
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:D
Oh yeah, here's a thread for ya: :D
If You Want To Be Fast Off The Line - Don't Buy An Automatic !!
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03-29-2005, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by khtm
Yeah, but those missing horses = 2 seconds less 0-60. Unless you're pulling a trailer with your AT, I don't think you'll notice the extra torque
Oh yeah, here's a thread for ya: :D
If You Want To Be Fast Off The Line - Don't Buy An Automatic !!
Oh yeah, here's a thread for ya: :D
If You Want To Be Fast Off The Line - Don't Buy An Automatic !!
Its a good thing I don't care about straightline performance. Or else I'd be regretting my decision to got with the A/T
03-29-2005, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Discman2
Its a good thing I don't care about straightline performance. Or else I'd be regretting my decision to got with the A/T
Originally Posted by Discman2
Anyways, this guy pulls up next to me at a light. Next thing I know, he revs and looks over at me and gives me this look. He guns it as the light turns.then I decide to play around with him. I catch up and pass him before he even crosses the intersection. then I stop at the next red light and he pulls up next to me. I look over, smiling. The guy glances over then pretends to not see me. He just starts rubbing his forehead and looking at the steering wheel until the light changes and I drive off at a normal speed. The guy waits a second and then drives normally. then he turns at the next light(another red). As he came up to the turn I saw him in my side mirror, so I just look over and I wait til he passes and I stare and smile at him.
03-29-2005, 05:52 PM
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^^ haha
It seems to be a little known fact that "straight line performance", more commonly referred to as "power" by most car enthusiasts, is useful in many situations which don't occur between red lights.
It seems to be a little known fact that "straight line performance", more commonly referred to as "power" by most car enthusiasts, is useful in many situations which don't occur between red lights.
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03-29-2005, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
^^ haha
It seems to be a little known fact that "straight line performance", more commonly referred to as "power" by most car enthusiasts, is useful in many situations which don't occur between red lights.
It seems to be a little known fact that "straight line performance", more commonly referred to as "power" by most car enthusiasts, is useful in many situations which don't occur between red lights.
Yep like 40-80mph merging/passing/etc. and the AT 8 does just fine. 0-60 is almost worthless as a real world practical evaluation of performance for me, as the only time I would really use it is from a stoplight and 95% of the time there is either traffic or the speed limit is 45mph or less. It's just a good benchmark for magazine racing and general acceleration performance.
03-29-2005, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by tasteslikechicken
I hate them because they take cloverleafs at 30 mph.
03-30-2005, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by khtm
Yup, you don't care about straightline performance at all.
no, i don't. That was an isolated incident. It's not like I do it every day like you must do.
Either way, stop trolling my thread.
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