I've got to say there are some real jerks out there these days in SUVs. I was on the Whitestone just a bit ago and we're at the merger/ramp onto the Van Wyck and to my left is a tractor trailer and an Expedition. This about 9 EST so its not bumper to bumper...(but I almost end up in the damn barrier and sand.) Idiot boy decides he doesn't like being behind the truck and tries the merge into my maxima routine. Discovered 2 things: the stock horn doesn't cut it and found the stock brakes worked fairly well.
Just wanted to share my feelings about those road hogs & anyone have a good recommend on aftermarket horn they're using...saw old post in search...but open to suggestions.

 

I think I know the spot you're talking about. Used to have an office in Mineola and would travel down from CT.

Anyway, check my sig. I got 'em from Pep-Boys. Not sure if they're as good as the Hella Horns (check www.griotsgarage.com). The ones I have are approx. 130db and are fairly loud. I had a similar situation on the Merrit Parkway last month that prompted me to go out and get some. I'm thinking about going all the way with air horns (compressor and everything). That'll wake up the boneheads.

 

Ever hear about that old TV show called RAT PATROL? The main characters drove a Jeep with a 50 cal machine gun mounted amidships. Forget the air horns! Give me one of those machine guns and a couple belts of armor-piercing bullets. The next time an SUV driver cuts in front of me with no turn signal, shoulders me out of my lane, tailgates me with headlights ablaze, or blocks me off a lane change by speeding up, I'll cut that SUV in half!

OK, not really. I'm content in the knowledge that these fools' lives are seriously lacking in some regard. Why else would they drive like that? They must have *Maxima-Envy*!

A Range ROVER messed with me the other day as we stopped at a traffic light. His lane merged into mine a short distance beyond the intersection. He jumped on the gas on green, and tried to shoulder his way over into my lane. No finesse. He didn't expect me to blow his doors off in the first 10'. I continued on the two-lane road for about a mile before this fool caught up and began to aggressively posture behind me. (I guess he didn't like getting his a$$ waxed.)

As we entered a long series of sharp twisties, I maintained cruising speed. I bet we hadn't gone 100 yards more before he dropped from view again. I was carving through there as if my car were on rails! Why do they try? Why do I bother?

Better luck next time, Grasshopper!

 

S.U.V

Stupid Useless Vehicle

 

LOL!

 

actually some are SUVs are ok, Nissan Pathfinder, BMW X5, Mercedes M Class.

 

don't get me started on SUV drivers

 

But then again I have always been a sucker for dumb animals.

 

Im confused.

91 Mazda Navajo LX 4x4 (Ford Explorer)
98 Mustang Cobra SVT-moded to the hilt
01 Nissan Maxima SE- 700 miles left to break in

 

The prob is, is that I am always seeing these little tiny guys and gals driving these huge fricken trucks, they can't see anything. If they can see, they don't care because they think that people are intimidated by the size of those things. I don't let them in at all. If they hit my car, they will have to deal with the very serious consequences. SNAP, CRACKLE AND POP!

 

just remember, the bigger the car the smaller the d**k.

 

is that these "drivers" have no respect for ANYBODY on the road. They have the larger vehicle and expect to be able to do as they please. I ride a blood red sport bike and these idiots constantly cut in front of me, behind me and leave me so little room.

I was on the highway riding my motorcycle to work the other day and an Expedition comes up on the right side passes me on the right (illegal) looks in his side mirror makes eye contact with me for about 2 seconds, click on the blinker and then pulls out right in front of me and pushes me into the next lane.

Now for my protection I wear steel toed boots when I ride. My retaliation for such stupidity and puttin my life in danger is that he now has to repair his door where I put my foot into it, no small dent mind you, and his mirror which I smashed with my gloved hand.

Turn signals are NOT a right of way and you should not drive that way . SUV drivers are the worst. You take a poor driver to start with and then give them almost 2 tons of overgrown steel to maneuver. Pure chaos!

Sorry about venting but I really, REALLY hate SUVs and poor inconsiderate drivers...

 

SUV drivers may be bad because they figure they are bigger and others will get out of their way. That's not what I hate about them. It is how environmentally unfriendly they are, hell they use so much gas it is rediculous! Maybe now that gas prices are going through the roof, the days of these dinosaurs are finally numbered!

 

Awesome! I always give motorcycle riders much room. You guys don't have the protection we car drivers do.

 

My main complaint about SUV drivers is that they hear the "Sports" part of their name and think they are in a sports car. I see them hauling ***** in poor weather conditions when they obviously don't have 4wd engaged and aren't full time AWD and visibility is poor. Its a truck not a tank!

Line em up and

 

Nice dude. Especially in the NorthWest where motorcyles are rare. No one really thinks to look for them. Add a SUV and it's 3x as dangerous for them.

 

I've gotta say the Colonel had the right idea for the a$$wipes. Gotta agree with everyone trying not to get road rage but hell its hard when they keep behaving like jerks.
Thouh I happened to take the day off today and got stuck in more traffic...rush hour/not rush hour...darn construction...90+ degrees on LI and saw some gas prices up to $1.95-1.98 up another dime in a week...yeah the CA guys are probably worse off, but this is getting outta hand...ON the plus side I'll have to agree the SUVs can't keep going at this rate...

 

I REALLY dislike SUVs (especially when their drivers are talking on cell phones and weaving around in the fast lane).
I find it impossible to avoid these idiots since I live in Texas. I am the ONLY person for as may houses around as I can see that doesn't own one. And everyone around here uses them as commuter cars.

My solution is not road rage. I simply find the path of least resistence around them. My Mazda can scream around them quite easily. The Max is a bit harder since it is larger but has enough power and handling to just move around them without hardly breaking a sweat.
It makes driving around here kinda like a puzzle. Find your way around the obstacles without killing yourself.

It's real funny when they try to hang with me. Despite racing their big V8 engines they can't keep up, especially in the twisties.

 

I'd say don't get me started on SUV's but it's too late - you guys already have!!!

My Favorite SUV Story #1
Driving on I-95N in Maryland traffic was backed up for friggin *miles*. The right THREE lanes were packed, as usual, but then I suddenly realized that the moron in the new Jeep Grand Cherokee V8 in front of me in the far left lane (going speed limit minus 9!) was the whole cause of the entire traffic backup. So we pass this guy in the left-center lane and as soon as we do I move right a lane to pass this moron in the JGC V8 in the far-left and as soon as I do the JGC-dope gets on it so that I can't pass him before I get to the next car in the left-center lane, so I cut back in behind the JGC.

This happens, not once, but TWICE more and by that time I'm *really* mad. So the next time I get on it pretty good - same sh*t - so I go WOT on this loser and finally pass him at about 90mph and cut him off.

After that I put my flashers on him and slowed down to about 55mph, lowered my window, stuck my hand out, and flipped him the bird a couple of times. Of course he brighted me and I'm like whatever, chump. After that I got on it again and miraculously traffic was completely clear for miles on end. I looked in my rear view mirror and couldn't believe the miles of backup that this one moron in an SUV was the sole cause of. What a ****wipe!

My Favorite SUV Story #2
Again, on I-95N in Maryland. Traffic was clogged up beyond all belief - COMPLETE total utter gridlock. Nobody is going anywhere and we're all crusing at about 45-50mph. I'm in the far-left lane (4 lanes total in each direction) and all of a sudden this psycho in a Blazer switches lanes out of nowhere and is now literally about 6 inches from my tail and it looks like his headlights are goin to go through my back window. WTF is this guy's problem? I wait for him to backoff a bit but he doesn't so I give him the steady-speed-brake-check but that fails. Then I put my flashers on him but that fails too. Now I'm really mad.

Window down, hand out, middle finger up! Well needless to say that really ticked him off. So he swerved off of my tail, cut somebody off and then swerved back and forth a few times more before finally landing 6 inches off of my back bumper again. "hello, you again!"

This time I could see him through the rear-view hand-signalling me to move over so he could get by. But we're friggin grid-locked! Nobody is going anywhere, lanes are stacked solid, and he'd gain a whole car length by me moving over - big whoop! It's not like I was holding up traffic or anything (like the SUV in story #1) - there was another car right in front of me, and hundreds more in front of that one. WTF is this guy's problem??

So I stick my hand out my window again and vigorously point at ALL of the traffic and how everything is gridlocked and that he's now going anywhere, then I give him a palm-up shrug motion, and then flip him the bird AGAIN!

While I was waiting for him to pull a gun on me I was planning my escape to the shoulder, but he just seemed to calm down after that and didn't cut anyone off or do anything stupid again. I was surprised! I seemed to have "enlightened" him - hahaha

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Anyways, SUV drivers suck. I've got countless more tales, including one where some moron in an Expedition turned the wrong way down a one way street and almost killed me, but that I'll leave for another day

cheers.

 

You should have seen the angry middle-aged woman in an Explorer the other day. She was probably furious why me (and probably others) were flashing her on a busy residential street. The problem was, she was driving against traffic on this one-way street. I couldn't help laughing in her face!

 

steve...I know exactly what you mean about SUV drivers on I95 in MD. I travel that road almost every day and I can safely say that SUV's are the majority of the ones making the most boneheaded moves on the road....drive safe

 

your stories made me want to sound off too...

Normally, I don't have a problem w/ stupid raged off SUV(stupid ugly vehicles) drivers, BUT i was driving behind one on I-270, off of the DC beltway yesterday. He was in the left lane, I was behind him, cruising at about 65mph. I wanted to pass him, but he didn't want to move to the right, so I tried passing on the right. He sees what I do and then cuts me off by moving to the right as well. Thinking that he just wants me to pass him on the left, I speed up and move into the free lane. He speeds up (now we're going about 85mph!) and cuts me off again. This freak of nature continues to do this a couple of times and then I blow past him at the first opp. Of course, he gets a tad angry and tailgates me the rest of the way.

What was I supposed to do???? I just gave up and just moved to the right with the rest of the traffic, for fear of a shotgoun in his passenger seat. this girl's not going to be another victim of the road rage epidemic!!!

 

There sure are a lot of birds flying around the I-95.

Anyways, I feel for you man. There's nothing more scary than a SUV driver who doesn't know what he/she is doing.

 

Of course she was ****ed, you were ingesting all the good big silicone particles out of the air. Switch to the K&N and leave some for her engine. hehe. Cheap shot but what the hell. har-har

 

 

Absolute worst thing I hate is when an SUV tailgates me... (it happens often).... They don't endanger themselves, but rather everyone in my car!!!

Well, aside from the fact that the max can drive abnormally large circles around most suv's with ease, I have come up with a 2 step system...

#1.. Blinkers!!! when someone starts to tail me, i just let go of the gas, and put the blinkers on..... as soon as they get ****ed and pass (usually when it gets down to like 35-40 mph), i get right behind them, and ride their ***.. (high beams MAY be approriate)

#2.. If all else fails, just begin to toss pennies up out of your sunroof... (just make sure you throw them high enough for your max to clear)

-Tom

"I don't need an SUV, cuz i HAVE a *****"

 

ROTFLMFAO!!!

P.S. - I gotta try that penny trick

 

those vehicles are too high....cant see wat really happens next lane.

one time I almost got hit by one of the...a stupid RAV 4. he changed 3 lanes and wanna shift into mine....bet he didnt see me at all. I have to shift my car to the shoulder and pass that bastard.

 

don't speed on I270 too much. There are a lot of cops on that road especially near shady grove. Move over and let the SUV get caught

 

dude , that penny thing is s great idea! I will definately be using that in the future.

 

that's funny cuz Shady Grove is exactly where this happened, i was actually looking for cops so i could point this dumb driver out. never again...this guy must have been going back to his redneck town near Frederick!

 

I "helped" an SUV driver get a speeding ticket tonight!

I got home from the airport this afternoon, and decided to make the short run to McDonald's for a quick supper. On the way over to the restaurant, I passed a cop parked in a church driveway with a radar gun, zapping cars coming from the opposite direction. This is a known speed trap, so I was cool.

Minutes later, on my way home, I stopped at a traffic light just before that same church. I "knew" that cop was still up ahead in the church driveway, concealed by a hedge. Just then, a big SUV pulls up in the adjacent lane and revs! The fool/driver hangs out his window and gives me a taunting gesture, at which I only smirked. I didn't rev back, but I raised my RPMs to about 3,000. The SUV driver must have heard this...

When the light turned green, I innocently accelerated to the speed limit, nice and easy. Mr. SUV took off like a bat out of Hell, blasting past me --and the cop-- in a cloud of dust! Cue lights and siren! SUH-WEEEEET! I LMAO!

 

ROFL... hehe.... Natural selection :-)


-Tom Z.

 

I had to have my windshield replaced and afterwards had to get another inspection sticker for my windshield. I pulled into this gas station to get my car inspected for the sticker, and the serviceman was commenting on how great of a car I had. He pointed to a new Pathfinder parked next to the building and said that he and his wife had just bought it. I asked him if it had the new 3.5L and he said "I don't know, I thought it had a 3.2L or something. All I know is that you have to watch your speed..it will get away from you if you aren't careful!"
I was pulling away after getting my inspection sticker and right there on the liftgate of the Pathfinder it had a chrome "3.5L" badge, so it was a 2001. I was amazed. The guy had no idea what engine he had in his vehicle!!