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Kit Sullivan
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One of the most enduring, die-hard pet peeves of mine is how some idiot drivers react whenever they see a nice collector driving along to someplace.
It seems that whenever I take my Mustang to "Old Town" in Kissimmee for thier weekly Saturday- night cruise, I always have occasion to run across some jerk in a late-model hot-rod, or maybe a beat-up riced-over Jap-car as I'm tooling down the hiway. It is about a 60-mile trip along a 65mph-speed-limit hiway from my house to Kissimmee, and I usually just cruise along about 70 in the right lane. Traffic usually cruises about 80 mph on this stretch.
Most other drivers are polite: thumbs up, smiles and big waves for the most part...but always seems to be someone who is just a little too testosterone-fueled to pass up a chance to show off thier own car, wether it is a nice new one or just some random shit-wagon. They pull up alongside, honk thier horns to get your attention, jump thier car few times signalling thier intentions. When I just smile back politely and give a friendly wave, they eventually get the hint that I am not going to put the hammer down on my 44 year old car just to see if some newer car can beat me. It probably can!
They sometimes get annoyed at the non-response and then floor thier own car anyway, spewing fumes and smoke along the way.
Believe it or not, this happens WAY more often whenever I am out riding my bike. I ride a big Star Raider ( Yamaha), and its a pretty bad-ass bike for a big cruiser. Invariably, some douchebag on a sportbike, or even on a Harley will come along and rev the snot out of thier engine, looking for an impromptu face-off. I alway just motor on steadily.
I ride the bike a lot ( like a lot of others in this part of the country), so this happens with some regularity.
Ok, rant over
It seems that whenever I take my Mustang to "Old Town" in Kissimmee for thier weekly Saturday- night cruise, I always have occasion to run across some jerk in a late-model hot-rod, or maybe a beat-up riced-over Jap-car as I'm tooling down the hiway. It is about a 60-mile trip along a 65mph-speed-limit hiway from my house to Kissimmee, and I usually just cruise along about 70 in the right lane. Traffic usually cruises about 80 mph on this stretch.
Most other drivers are polite: thumbs up, smiles and big waves for the most part...but always seems to be someone who is just a little too testosterone-fueled to pass up a chance to show off thier own car, wether it is a nice new one or just some random shit-wagon. They pull up alongside, honk thier horns to get your attention, jump thier car few times signalling thier intentions. When I just smile back politely and give a friendly wave, they eventually get the hint that I am not going to put the hammer down on my 44 year old car just to see if some newer car can beat me. It probably can!
They sometimes get annoyed at the non-response and then floor thier own car anyway, spewing fumes and smoke along the way.
Believe it or not, this happens WAY more often whenever I am out riding my bike. I ride a big Star Raider ( Yamaha), and its a pretty bad-ass bike for a big cruiser. Invariably, some douchebag on a sportbike, or even on a Harley will come along and rev the snot out of thier engine, looking for an impromptu face-off. I alway just motor on steadily.
I ride the bike a lot ( like a lot of others in this part of the country), so this happens with some regularity.
Ok, rant over