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Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:22 pm

I road a mountain bike as my only source of transpo for 15 years and had the same experiences believe it or not. Especially if riding downtown where it's easy to get by cars. Then I rode a scooter for about 3 months and the same thing. Now, I have my '60 Bug and yes, the same thing. If you ask me, too many people with too little time and even less happiness are on our highways. With all the new fangled safety options, people feel too safe in their vehicles forgetting about us "tin can" drivers. With heated and massaging seats, in-car DVDs, Db pumping stereos, cell phones and just the distracted state of most people on the road, we vintage VW driver should always stay on the defensive. A small price to pay for such an awesome ride! :)

Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:29 am

i totally agree, i think all these new safety features are definitely lulling people into a false sense of security, sure they may help your car drive during bad weather or whatever but people just dont realize that its still dangerous, i was drivin in the pouring rain yesterday in my ghia, i was doin about 55-60 cause it was gettin hard to see and people were just flying by me at 80 mph like nothing bad can happen, and i was on the altamont no less! (you bay area guys know what im talkin about) people are crazy

Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:38 am

winkles wrote: i totally agree, i think all these new safety features are definitely lulling people into a false sense of security, sure they may help your car drive during bad weather or whatever but people just dont realize that its still dangerous, i was drivin in the pouring rain yesterday in my ghia, i was doin about 55-60 cause it was gettin hard to see and people were just flying by me at 80 mph like nothing bad can happen, and i was on the altamont no less! (you bay area guys know what im talkin about) people are crazy
I agree... too much crap in cars. I think the DVD player is a pretty stupid idea. I know it is good on a long trip so the kids shut up, but think of how many long trips many of us have been on without something like that... and those long trips were memorable because we've actually talked to each other and have seen things out the window that could've been interesting (especially in North Dakota-YEAH!).
My point is that in a few years, kids will have memories of long trips consiting of what happened in some crappy Disney flick instead of memories of talking with family, learning about things that they see out the wondow, etc.... sad.

In Wisconsin, they are going to start having kids in booster seats until they are 8! Christ, pretty soon, you will have to be in some stupid child safety seat until you reach 18. And does it make it any safer? HELL NO.

Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:28 pm

Very sad. I was too young to remember the VW bus we had but I do remember logging plenty of miles in the back of our Datsun 510 wagon. My sister and I made up a game called "Disqualified". We were in a race w/ everyone else on the road and there was only one rule...if you passed us you were disqualified!

Wed May 10, 2006 9:27 am

poeple always assume you aere gonna leave a light slow.the other day i was messing with timeing settings and theres a stretch of road that i do my testing at,so i come to the light and this kid in a grand am squeases next to me thinkin he's going to get in front of me.so i blip the throttle hard once made him jump in his seat,when the light changed i came out at 5500 rpm it got squirrely almost touching his car .next light got a nervous thumbs up. i don't why every body has to pass the bug up.

Sun May 14, 2006 6:24 pm

I was on my way home from work yesterday, and I pull up to a light, two lanes over is a newer BMW 330 or something. Light turns green, I take off first, then he floors it cause my bug was so intimidating, so I am going thru the gears just tryin to keep up. Finally I shift into 4th and blow right passed him, but I guess that really pissed him off cause he sped up ahead of me. I looked over to see if he would look back, but he was too cool for that! :lol:

Mon May 15, 2006 2:08 am

I live in northern idaho. I've noticed that when i drive a crap trash car, i'm cut off all over the place. But when I'm driving my vanagon with a large jolly roger decal on the back, people give me my peace, and drive nicely.

I do get 'gated though. especially on the highways. Once, this old guy in a large expensive truck was about 25 feet behind me doing 60. My passanger asks "can I moon him?" And i'm like yeah, go for it. I didn't think she would, but she jumps up, climbs in the back, and presses ham on my back window! Guy backs off, but he's right back 2 min. later. Maybe he liked it too much....

Mon May 15, 2006 6:24 am

silvercraft wrote: I live in northern idaho. I've noticed that when i drive a crap trash car, i'm cut off all over the place. But when I'm driving my vanagon with a large jolly roger decal on the back, people give me my peace, and drive nicely.

I do get 'gated though. especially on the highways. Once, this old guy in a large expensive truck was about 25 feet behind me doing 60. My passanger asks "can I moon him?" And i'm like yeah, go for it. I didn't think she would, but she jumps up, climbs in the back, and presses ham on my back window! Guy backs off, but he's right back 2 min. later. Maybe he liked it too much....

Plus, people who tailgate have an attention span of a 5 year-old, which makes it VERY scary.
Nice mooning, though :oops:

Tue May 16, 2006 10:36 pm

I was driving on I-5 heading to work at 7:30AM. I was driving in the slow lane and decided to pass a big rig that was in front of me so I checked behind me and saw nobody then I pushed the bug up to 68MPH and got in the fast lane. About half way through the pass move I heard a loud BOV I looked in the rear view mirror and all I ssw was a big STI badge. I was going to slow down just to piss the guy off but thought screw it if he wants to pass me he can wait. Then the guy passes me on the left in the dirt :evil: . What a psycho

Thu May 18, 2006 12:10 pm

I was a courier for a hospotial here in Sacramento for a while & I had to drive a Geo, it was hell. Everyone will go way out of their was to do anything to piss me off. It totally sucked, it was a constant war everyday at work, it wasn't even worth the good wages. I quit after 2 months. I delivered pizzas before that in a wrecked 89 ford thunderbird. Nobody fucks with me in that car, because I will hit them. I don't care. When my bug looked mostly stock a lot of people would pass me for no reason, & do stupid shit to piss me off, but after it was lowered, & I got a little quicker motor it wasn't really an issue. I got more thumbs up than anything.

Fri May 19, 2006 5:23 pm

State trooper pulled me over today, he asked me know how fast you were going? I played dumb, no how fast? he said 90mph, I said are you sure? This is a 1966' vw bug how can that be? So asked him when was the last time you calibrated the gun? 8) something must be wrong with it...He said um ok.... Can I search your car...Ok no problem.... he said "pop the trunk" as he walked towards the rear of the car ...lol. I said trunk is in front sir...well to make a long...long story short. Didn't know what he was looking at the flat six it is hidden fairly well under the decklid... I guess "newer" cops dont understand old school air cooled technology... not a 350 or V6 ricer junk... :roll: Thank God let go with a verbal warning after he checked out the whole car bumper to bumper. :lol:

Mon May 22, 2006 4:27 am

Yep, everyone always has to pass me and I always do 5 mph over the speed limit...And I get a lot of head shakes as to say get that piece of crap off the road :x :evil:

Mon May 22, 2006 7:17 am

and when they pass by, thats when they get the big smile and the finger!!!! 8)

Tue May 23, 2006 9:31 pm

67jason wrote: on the freeway im always in the right lane so everyone passes me all the time. however on normal streets i do find that when people pull out of driveways and see me coming along they pull out right in front of me even though there really isnt enough room for them....makes for a quick foot on the brakes...a few times i have had to swerve out of the way and lay on the horn. makes for an interesting cruise around town.
I live on the backroads of WV, barely any traffic.
The road I live on is 35, it has very brief straights where if you give it gas you can hit 45-50 and be able to slow down for the next turn.
I make a left out of my driveway, and 3 seconds later I have this little Neon shit car made out of 95% plastic, and 5% rice riding 4 feet from my ass.

He was up my tail the entire length of the trip, it was some girl to, I was doing 40 in the 35 and she was still up on me, a couple of times she got so close I couldn't see here through my side view mirror.

Rediculous, and I'm not even running a slow engine.

Bleh, people bug me.

Sat May 27, 2006 9:34 pm

winkles wrote: i totally agree, i think all these new safety features are definitely lulling people into a false sense of security, sure they may help your car drive during bad weather or whatever but people just dont realize that its still dangerous, i was drivin in the pouring rain yesterday in my ghia, i was doin about 55-60 cause it was gettin hard to see and people were just flying by me at 80 mph like nothing bad can happen, and i was on the altamont no less! (you bay area guys know what im talkin about) people are crazy

yea,

"People don't want to drive anymore, they want to be driven."

Sat May 27, 2006 9:40 pm

mcatak wrote: State trooper pulled me over today, he asked me know how fast you were going? I played dumb, no how fast? he said 90mph, I said are you sure? This is a 1966' vw bug how can that be? So asked him when was the last time you calibrated the gun? 8) something must be wrong with it...He said um ok.... Can I search your car...Ok no problem.... he said "pop the trunk" as he walked towards the rear of the car ...lol. I said trunk is in front sir...well to make a long...long story short. Didn't know what he was looking at the flat six it is hidden fairly well under the decklid... I guess "newer" cops dont understand old school air cooled technology... not a 350 or V6 ricer junk... :roll: Thank God let go with a verbal warning after he checked out the whole car bumper to bumper. :lol:

Ricers have 4 cylinder motors because they can't afford the V6 after all the ricer parts.

Wed May 31, 2006 11:13 pm

My dad and I were driving down a busy three lane street, really a highway that goes through city (Sunset, for sf guys), when, in the lane beside us the city bus stopped for people to get off in front of a woman in her Corolla. Rather than waiting for the bus to keep moving, she swerved into our lane, forcing us into the left hand land, then proceded to flip us off and laugh.

After we pulled back into the center lane, she slammed on the brakes, almost causing us to hit her.

Then, we weaved through traffic chasing her, to get her liscense plate. Got it, but still have no idea what to do with it.

Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:39 am

I just tell them to go ahead and pass by switching this on:

Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:53 pm

79SuperVert wrote: I just tell them to go ahead and pass by switching this on:

where did you find that?

Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:05 pm

79SuperVert wrote: I just tell them to go ahead and pass by switching this on:

Look at my post on page 2

You can get them on Ebay, just type in Please Pass in a search