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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 6 2008, 06:22 PM (1,830 Views) | |
| metromizer | Oct 6 2008, 06:22 PM Post #1 |
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Driving in to work this morning, there's heavier than normal traffic. 40mph, then 55 mph, then STOP! Then crawl at 10mph, then 25, then 35... all on a 5 lane each direction interstate, you get the picture. Most of the time, I have this lifted 3/4 ton Dodge 4X4 not more than 5 feet off my rear bumper... er... rear window of my Metro. Everytime we come to a complete stop, he inches to within about 12" of my rear window. No punk kid, he appears to be just some balding middle-aged guy, I figure he's just pre-occupied and doesn't realize what he's doing. Like others on here, driving a Metro means you must get used to getting little respect in commute traffic, it comes with the territory. I am trying to drive to save fuel, and be a curtious commuter at the same time. I'm not crawling away from each stop, but not trying to win a drag race, either. Beside, we just come to a stop behind a long line of cars within 200 yrds, no one is getting to work any faster than the traffic will allow, so whats the point? After only 10 miles and 30 minutes of this, I guess mister 4x4 figures he's gunna show me a thing or two... after tailgating me like I describe, he changes lanes and zips around me (as traffic started moving again, I guess he was unhappy about my 3 cylinder's acceleration rate) barley misses clipping both my rear quarter AND my front fender as he goes around me. Mind you I race cars as a hobby, I have a pretty high tolerance for 'close calls', this was deliberately trying to intimidate, which I wasn't. Then the horses rear end decides to stomp on the brakes, stopping waaaaaay short, just in front of my, the big mudder tires barking to a halt. Was this to show me how displeased he was, maybe as if I caused the morining's heavy trafiic? Normally I just blow off this kind of thing, but I couldn't help but fly the 'one finger salute' toward him and mouth some obsenities. Man, it takes a lot to get under my skin, but for the love of a good book, this J/A deserved a ticket at least. I know, this is how road rage starts, but dam some people! ok, I'm all better now |
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| Will | Oct 6 2008, 06:39 PM Post #2 |
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Victory is mine!!!!
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Wow... What an A-Hole. I think you handled it well, better than following him and beating his ass I must admit that this sort of thing is a lot of the reason why I left an Indiana city of 250,000 to come to a Tennessee community of 10,000. People around here just figure I cannot afford better, and the ones who know I choose to drive a Metro think my FE is really something unique.There is a truth to southern hospitality. This sort of thing really reminds me of how I would not give it up. |
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| Johnny Mullet | Oct 6 2008, 07:46 PM Post #3 |
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Fear the Mullet
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I get people behind me like that all the time and 99% of the drivers that are aggressive to my car are driving a truck or an SUV. I will be traveling at the posted speed limit and they come up to me at very high speeds and then ride my ass for the next chance to pass and they do so by passing me with the accelerator mashed. Of course this does not help any.............. ![]() Usually the first thing a person does after noticing my posted Miles Per Gallon is to look at their gas gauge and then the aggression begins. I would hate for someone to go over the edge with road rage on me because the last thing someone would expect crawling out of a "Clown Car" is a 6 foot 245LB pissed off mullet sportin' freak. |
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| 1DCGUY | Oct 6 2008, 09:05 PM Post #4 |
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Don't be a "Richard"
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I feel for ya, I get the same thing every morning on my commute to work. In fact just last week, I got to pay back one of the SOB's!! This guy in his jacked up Ford pickup passed me about 5 miles from the town that I work in, well low and behold, guess who was at the gas station filling up when I pulled in. I purposley pulled right next to him to fill up, got out and didn't say a thing. Once I was done, I got back in my car, pulled away(as he was still filling) , and hollered out the window to see if he wanted to race to the next town!!! Wow, was he mad!!
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| Ryan | Oct 6 2008, 10:28 PM Post #5 |
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I never had problems with tailgaters and aggressive drivers until I bought the Metro. Actually, in my old Metro sedan I didn't get the aggression from drivers that I do now. I get it mostly from women; the only guys I get are the punks. With women, it's any age, they don't care. If a driver is behind a little hatchback with the word "Metro" clearly stated on the back, that should equate to "Slow". Over the summer, at stoplights, I've had a number of drivers ask me if I'm selling my car. Many are envious of these Metros now. However, I've also noticed a lot of people are jealous and irritated by the fuel economy we enjoy. |
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| z34-5speed | Oct 6 2008, 11:36 PM Post #6 |
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Formerly "Tech Certified"
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I get people like that, they usually shut up when i drop into 3rd and pass them back, and keep going, all while still getting 35mpg plus (floored). |
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| Johnny Mullet | Oct 7 2008, 05:25 AM Post #7 |
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Fear the Mullet
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LOL! That's one way to make them think twice
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| metromad | Oct 7 2008, 11:27 AM Post #8 |
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Ooooh, I got one for the whine file. Headlights! People in pickups that get within a couple of feet of the back of my Metro and there is no getting away from the center rearview shine as well as the two outside ones. Grrrr!
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| bennie442 | Oct 7 2008, 11:58 AM Post #9 |
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I often amuse myself by watching suv and truck drivers swerve and speed around me, only to end up beside me at the next light. Then they do it all over, and guess who is yet again with them at the next light? Like Forest Gump said, "Stupid is as stupid does". I got the last laugh one day when a guy in the Escalade next to me at a light powered down his window and asked about my mileage. When I said "Only around 50 in the city",his face went from to . Absolutely priceless!
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| 99metro | Oct 7 2008, 12:02 PM Post #10 |
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putt-putt
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If he hits you, that is felony assault. Sounds like brake check time... It's hard to mind you temper when here are people like that in this world. Vehicles are an extension of one's personality, and I think that also includes how they drive... |
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| Will | Oct 8 2008, 03:36 AM Post #11 |
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Victory is mine!!!!
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Man, it sounds like you guys have a lot of troubles with others. I admit that when I got on I40 today at 55mph, there were several people not liking me. Honestly, I really don't give a . If they want to be a-holes that's up to them.
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| Ryan | Oct 8 2008, 09:17 PM Post #12 |
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55mph on the highway nets me 53 mpg! |
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| jeff | Feb 7 2009, 02:10 PM Post #13 |
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Well then. I asked my son why the front of his pickup was bashed. It seems an individual did some bad driving in Cleveland (summertime) & then said some words to my boy. The lousy driver had a nice Datsun 240-Z? and when my son caught up with him he ran his small 4cylinder truck into the side of said Datsun. Then he pulled the Datsun driver out of the car & educated him. Oh: I forgot my son wrestled varsity for Cleveland State (heavyweight) prior to that he got the Silver Star/USMC (Heavy Combat Action) You can read about him in the article "Blood Brothers." I too served in the USMC, & sometimes carry a Glock when I haul milk part time. Treat others the way you'd like to be treated. |
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| BiggJames | Feb 7 2009, 05:14 PM Post #14 |
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i agree with z-34-5speed just drop it down a gear and pass em back
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| Johnny Mullet | Feb 7 2009, 05:55 PM Post #15 |
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Fear the Mullet
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What? I can't even outrun a School Bus with mine
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People around here just figure I cannot afford better, and the ones who know I choose to drive a Metro think my FE is really something unique.

I purposley pulled right next to him to fill up, got out and didn't say a thing. Once I was done, I got back in my car, pulled away(as he was still filling)
, and hollered out the window to see if he wanted to race to the next town!!! Wow, was he mad!!

Like Forest Gump said, "Stupid is as stupid does". I got the last laugh one day when a guy in the Escalade next to me at a light powered down his window and asked about my mileage. When I said "Only around 50 in the city",his face went from
to
. Absolutely priceless!
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