DUEL, Los Angeles To Las Vegas....

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by .................................................., Nov 26, 2005.

  1. I have to tell you guys this...
    Coming back home from Thanksgiving with the relatives, this shithead in
    a Cadillac Escalade cut me off three times in 80 mph traffic on the
    California side, with probably one foot to spare between his rear bumper
    and my front.
    To make a long story short...when we actually got into Las Vegas, he got
    behind me, flashed his lights and then pulled into the lane to my
    right...and accelerated. I actually saw his headlights raise because his
    brand-new, G-M piece of crap went into passing gear.
    I just knew what he was going to try.
    Well, I just mashed the pedal...transmission blipped out of lockup and,
    down another two gears...he was along side of me...AND, then, wonder of
    wonders...his North Star powered piece of crap started to fall behind.
    Even "I" couldn't believe it!!!

    After I reached about 110mph, he just fell back. WAY back!
    I was pulling away from him all the time, from the time that he pulled
    along side of me.

    My sunroof was open and I had the sounds cranked up...WITH the
    sub-woofer. Bohemian Rhapsody was playing when my little Volvo XC70 put
    this neuvau-riche puke in his place.

    I think that from now on, in this group, I'll sign off as VIVA VOLVO!
     
    .................................................., Nov 26, 2005
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    Crazy Dog Guest

    Reminds me of the time I put a Volvo driver in his place. On the M1,
    covered with snow and ice, and hardly any traffic, I overtook a Volvo
    driver (I was in a Ford Sierra). After I left a good space I pulled back
    into the left lane (UK road). A minute or two later the Volvo passed me.
    He pulled in far too close and slowed down. He was so close to me I
    nearly rear-ended his car. I passed him again. He did it again. By now I
    was more than a little annoyed with him so I passed him again and then
    (there was only us on the motorway) handbraked it. My car spun two full
    circles and I continued on my way. The Volvo driver hung well back after
    that. ... :)
     
    Crazy Dog, Nov 26, 2005
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    Seany Guest

    ooooh,

    wish MY car could do that .........



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    Seany, Nov 26, 2005
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  4. Wouldn't it have made more sense to drop back in traffic and let an
    obviously unstable driver go away? When he made the first bonehead lane
    change that should have clued you in that you wanted to be as far from that
    car as possible. You gained nothing and could very well have lost
    everything.

    Mike
     
    Michael Pardee, Nov 27, 2005
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  5. Actually, I pulled into the slow lane three times to let him get ahead.
    I even pulled into rest-stops twice to smoke because I don't smoke in
    this car at all with that fuzzy headliner. Somehow or other, this jerk
    always ended up in back of me. One time specifically, I saw them at a
    rest-stop and they pulled out at least ten minutes before I did. An hour
    later, what do I see in my rear-view mirror? That same fruitcake in his
    silver Escalade. I saw this same bozo do exactly the same thing to at
    least a dozen other cars and a double trailer semi loaded with steel
    pipe. As it turned out it still took me almost seven hours to drive 268
    miles from my cousin's driveway to mine with Holiday traffic and two
    accidents that stopped traffic twice for over 30 minutes each time.
     
    .................................................., Nov 27, 2005
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  6. "........................................................"
    That's definitely time to get on the cell phone (assuming you have one, a
    pay phone at a rest stop otherwise) and call the highway patrol. People who
    go to that length are imminent dangers and are likely to be meth heads -
    that is fairly typical amphetamine abuse behavior. Glad you made it okay!

    Mike
     
    Michael Pardee, Nov 27, 2005
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    Tony Hogarty Guest

    Yep I'd keep well away from a tosser like you as well.
     
    Tony Hogarty, Nov 28, 2005
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    Crazy Dog Guest

    No problem - I learned to drive on snow and ice. Every winter I go find
    an empty car park and have a play. I can probably handle a slide better
    than most drivers. It saved someone's life once. An idiot drove straight
    out of a side-road without slowing down and hit the rear wing of my car
    pushing it round and pointing it directly at a pedestrian. I was able to
    regain control, correct the steering and stop before I even mounted the
    pavement. The pedestrian looked as though he needed a change of
    underwear though.

    Now, explain to me why some twat in a Volvo should try to slow other
    vehicles down simply because /he/ doesn't have the confidence to
    maintain a reasonable speed on a motorway with only two vehicles on it.

    Explain to me why he would pull in and slow down so close in front of my
    vehicle that he almost causes an accident several times. An accident
    that, given the fact that the damage would have been to the rear of his
    vehicle and the front of mine, I would almost certainly have been held
    responsible for.

    This incident happened on a day that the south-east of England was
    almost closed down by bad weather. I was able to drive 50 miles to work,
    and 50 miles home with no trouble whatsoever (other than the twat in the
    Volvo). Most people in the company I worked for couldn't be bothered to
    try and make it from within a 5 mile radius. That was around 300 people.
    Personally if I'd been in charge their next appraisals would not have
    been good ones.
     
    Crazy Dog, Nov 28, 2005
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  9. Do we VOLVO drivers have to prove anything after all we have shown we are
    wise is our choice of Auto ,so why mix with the rabble let them go .I
    remember a chap flying past me in the snow in Tasmania ,next thing he was
    out of his B M W ringing for a tow truck .Yesterday a B M W went on to the
    left lane where cars were merging and tried to force a car to give way by
    flashing lights and horn .The poor guy in the little Japanese car paniced
    almost hitting several of up doing the right thing .I just gave way and let
    the fool go .He continued his wild driving tailgateing and no indicators and
    sped of to his destination .I felt sorry for him ,A- hes driving a B M W and
    B- we get booked at 1.8 miles over the limit yes 3 kilometeres per hour or
    1.8 miles an hour over the limit .So you just got to know hes going to lose
    his licence or end up in a major accident or both .(B) loody (M) ad (W)
    anker .By the way is it true they dont really have direction indicators on
    BMW`s,and they are just look alikes to trick us who have and use our
    indictors ?
     
    John Robertson, Nov 30, 2005
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  10. Actually, I did dial 311 on the cell.
    I was told that traffic was too heavy to intercept a driver driving that
    fast.
     
    .................................................., Dec 2, 2005
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  11. A "Tosser"?
    I wish that you would learn how to speak English!
     
    .................................................., Dec 2, 2005
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    Crazy Dog Guest

    In other words, "sorry, we're too busy eating our do-nuts."
     
    Crazy Dog, Dec 2, 2005
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    Randy G. Guest

    And we all know how difficult it is to get a helicopter through all
    that heavy traffic!

    "Your tax dollars at waste- one donut at a time."

    __ __
    Randy & \ \/ /alerie's
    \__/olvos
    '90 245 Estate - '93 965 Estate
    "Shelby" & "Kate"
     
    Randy G., Dec 3, 2005
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    brackenburn Guest

    Hi jbincyberia,

    You wrote:
    "A "Tosser"?
    I wish that you would learn how to speak English!"

    "Tosser" IS English.
    Here are some definitions:
    Useless, pathetic, incapable of doing anything right

    Tosser redefine Useless, pathetic, incapable of doing anything right
    Example: "Tony Blair is a useless tosser"

    tosser n :
    syn. jerk, jerk-off, wanker.




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    | A "Tosser"?
    | I wish that you would learn how to speak English!
     
    brackenburn, Dec 3, 2005
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  15. OK, my mistake.
    I actually had neighbors who'se last name was Tosser.
     
    .................................................., Dec 11, 2005
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    Crazy Dog Guest

    I had a neighbour whose family name was Duck. After many years of having
    the mickey taken out of them they changed their name by deed poll.

    They changed it to Drake. :eek:)
     
    Crazy Dog, Dec 11, 2005
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    John Smith Guest

    Only in the USA................:)



     
    John Smith, Dec 12, 2005
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  18. LMAO
    They could have changed their name to Mallard but they probably didn't
    want to go through the expense of changing all of the monogrammed towels.
     
    .................................................., Dec 13, 2005
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