So, I discovered the nice long twisty, curvy road way to the office every morning. What happens? About once a week I get caught behind the same ole granny driving her damn Prius. Speed limit is 30 and she goes about 20, but brakes before every curve and drops down to about 15. Drives me nuts as there is absolutely no place to pass on this road for about 10 miles. Noticed the gray haired grannies around here are all driving a Prius - must get about 50 miles to the gallon.

Small displacement 914/6's.

Here in Connecticut you are in big trouble if you get behind a Buick or Cadillac with a padded roof and Florida plates..... on a winding road.

I got stuck behind a Prius a couple of days ago, are they really that slow? or is it the driver? It's almost as bad as an old VW Bus.

i hate rice burners. with the bee in a coffee can sound exhaust.

OMIGEEZUS ill kill someone with all that retarded "modz"

Any Buick, Ford Crown Vic or Mercury Grand Marquis.

"Leisure" vans.

Any late model car with a vinyl roof.

Any car with a row of baseball hats lined up on the rear shelf.

SUVs driven by women on the phone.


If I am behind a late model Buick (-5mph), with a padded, vinyl roof (-5mph) and there are a set of at least 3 baseball hats on the back shelf (-5mph), the cummulative speed below the limit will be 15mph, i.e., posted speed 50, aforementioned car will be doing 35 mph!

M-B 500 series AMG

These are dime a fucking dozen done here -

Sumabiatch cars designed for 200+ MPH and these fuckers won't get outta the way of my sunfire --

Fucking rich punk ass jerks -

anything blowing out clouds of diesel exhaust....

Diesel anything.

It's the smell you see...

Mike T

The Prius is not the problem. The camera vehicle at MUSR 8 was a Prius, and Charlie hustled it really well. It's the driver..


I hate getting caught behind wannabe bikers with TRAINING WHEELS on the back of their friggin Harley.

Here in Florida you are in big trouble if you get behind a Buick or Cadillac with a padded roof and Connecticut plates....on a flat stright road.

The problem with the Prius is that the drivers are hypnotized by the mpg and power gauges on the dash.

Hehe -We don't get Conn. plates here - We get canadian blue-hairs

Hate to agree with you on anything but that's an issue here. Sport bikes always seem to let you by, Harley groups don't. Then there's the spandex brigade riding 4 abreast demanding their space. Have a friend with a Ducati that just rides thru the middle of them like a bat out of hell.

But most of the people seem to let you by with a flash of the lights and a gentle nudge.

Rule of golf and driving: If there's someone behind you that wasn't there a minute ago, and you didn't just pass him, he is going faster than you. Pull over and let him by.

Ohh boy -on a SAT or SUN you are hosed down here in this respect - thousands of them --

Slit's Cream Puff (of smoke)

You need to make it out here to the Sister Church of Our Lady of Moholland, Our Lady of Talimena. Getting stuck behind some old lady on a Harley that scares her less would drive you crazy.


We will be having a pilgrimage in April. You are retired and have nothing better to do, so why don't you come visit our Church?

I love the fact that the Yellow signs stating a speed limit are taken as law. I found out (never verified) that the yellow signs are used by Law Enforcement to dictate the speed they can safely go in the corner. So if the sign is x, the LE can safely navigate the corner at 2x. 2x+15 was the rule when on a motorcycle....
The people I hate to get behind are the RV's and custom Vans. They don't obey the 5 car rule and get very mad when you pass them. They need to use the "pull out" rule.

oh, how timely ...

if you've ever spent some time in the bay area, your favorite list should include:

1. subaru outback. the ultimate marin/northbay "i don't know how to drive but i *need* a 4x4" car ...

2. any old volvo. yeah, they're safe. because people don't drive them faster than 30 mph!

oh the joy ...
Andy

Old people and Prius's are the worst, in my area any way. Try going up hill and the person in front of you decides to baby the accelerator just to squeeze every ounce of mileage from those damn prius's, and then seeing them hit their brakes when the road gently curves. Mind you this is all up hill so you don't really need to hit the brakes when their already going 25mph. WTF is up with that.

I hate friggin PT cruisers... Especially the ons with the factory flamed paint jobs!!
I almost crushed one Friday with the Pinzgauer at a Mc Donalds drive through.. He got so damn scared that he got out of the line and drove away!

Anything Diesel....

There are scads of these s in Southern California. They're all the same; with the boombox and the baseball cap turn sideways. I hate it when they go flying by me on the strait part of my favorite curvy road with that flatulent sounding exhaust. I'll give them a 30 second lead, and they're holding me up halfway through the 2 mile long twisty section! WTF. Yeah, you're REAL badass, whigger. (sent angry letters to my PM box) And that's in my Eclipse. I'll need to give them a minute in the teener! The guys in pickups that try to drive them like they're sportscars are the same way.
Other than that I hate following anything that's ugly as . For example, anything that General Motors has come out with in the past 15 years.
Mark D.

The absolute worst is a catering truck, aka roach coach. Not only do they drive really slow so mamasita doesn't spill, they also dump soapy greasy water on the ground in front of you and it gets all over your car.
Second worst IMO is a VW van.

Hey! I resent that! I've a powerstroke, and I DON'T DRIVE SLOW!
Rear sways and dualies keeps me on the road

Plus a nasty front brush guard to make 'em MOVE!
(crushed two State trooper cars,when they were stupid enough to STOP in front of me,in a snowstorm) Long.........story.


BTW, I HATE getting behind RV's and Flatlanders who come to vist our state.

OK.
My list would be sooooo long that I had to reduce it to a common-denominator (you remember those from HS-right?):

Anything I can't see through, over or under and/or isn't doing the posted limit.

Here in So Cal., you know you are in trouble if you are stuck behind a car that is:

1. A Toyota Camry.
2. With something hanging from the rear view mirror (beads, a little red pagoda thingy, etc.).
3. Driven by someone whose head does not reach above the headrest.

Anything with a Low Performance driver behind the wheel.

I was just going to say Toyota Camry. I don't know what it is, but Camrys, especially new ones. Minivans can also be bad too.

-Tony

Any vehicle that you cannot see around or through while following.Big pickemup's big SUV's cargo vans and big trucks.

Sorry should have qualified my statement these are Connecticut people that go to Florida in the winter and have Florida plates on their cars so they won't have to pay the outrageous Connecticut motor vehicle tax. I'm sure they drive just a bad down there.

The riced out honda civics
Here in NM, there are at least 500,000 honda civics (most of them either white or black) with the poorly tinted purple windows, a huge fart can, and *pimp* wheels
That coupled with the thudding subwoofer and the driver that thinks his car is a race car, but can't drive through a corner any faster than 15
Oh, also, lowrider trucks (with less ground clearance than the teener and tiny, stupid wheels that stick out past the sides of the car by 6 inches)
Rant over now

Here in Alabama, land of perpetual deer season and no inspections, everywhere you look it is huge raised 4X4 trucks with airplane tires, CB (!) antennas, and gun racks. At least some of 'em have 200 lbs of mud on 'em too. Not the Caddies, of course.

Prius drivers are some of the worst fast lane hogs I have witnessed on my commute. Hybrid drivers in general seem to have an attitude.

Any car with one of these on the lower left corner of the trunk

Ferg

Volvo's. They are all slow. Perhaps it has to do with the demographics.

HUMMER H2s with 20+ inch spinning rims. "Hey" "Hellooooo" "Can you see me" "Don't you like by bus...er truck?" "Look at Meeeeee"



Actually with the 914 I don't get stuck behind them I just go straight through underneath.

I'll second anything deisel for the choking factor, and Volvos for the slowness factor.

They say Volvos are some of the safest cars- I think it's only because their drivers drive them so damn slow. I've seen Volvo drivers cause more near accidents than any other car. Too slow when merging on the freeway, not using blinkers, slowing down to 3mph to make a turn, and then making an overly wide turn at that.

You are correct since I may offend another race. I stay far away from those who operated mules and or livestock as a form of transportataion and now use the same methods to operate an automobile.

I guess they need that organic feel, touch, and smell?

That car with that driver in it, just to be on topic!

the absolute worst is getting behind a Roofing Company (kettle) truck in traffic on the 405


the smell

Any Buick where the guy driving is wearing a hat.

i drive up arguably the windiest road in nevada (up to virginia city) 3 days a week. i always get stuck behind harleys, old ladys, and anything with a california plate.... it's sad when your frickin sports car is getting tailgated by a lifted toyota 4runner.... god these people suck! i got a video the other day someone was so slow. they'd go 20 around 30 corners (which i go 45-50) and then floor it on the straights only to panick brake at the next corner.

any car with a blue-hair behind the wheel.

i feel for you guys near boca raton, fl.

i was riding shot gun in boca one day and asked the blue hair behing the wheel why she cut off the motorcyclist and she said, with a straight face, because we have the right of way.

and i thought californians were bad... south fl. has got to be one of the worst. caddy's and mbz's mostly. =-)

SUV,s they are just big , and always just see one person in it.
they all say they need the room because they have kids.
they are just stationwagons.


Robert

Though there does seem to be an ample supply of Prius owners around me who are compelled to camp in the left lane on the interstate.

How about the Ford Escort station wagon in front of me,as I was driving home from Lime Rock on one of the best winding roads in New England,with a baby on board plaque hanging in the back window going 30 MPH on a road that was meant for 60 MPH in a 914.I thought those things were all gone.

Any vehicle being driven by someone using a cell phone. Come on people..put the f*****g cell phone down and drive the car!

Oh, and also Volvos!

Flatlanders from anywhere, driving anything when your are in the mountains. Don't know how to get up the hill and ride the brakes on every curve coming down the other side.