When No Matter How You Park ... or Why I HATE Honda Insight
#76
10-16-2012, 10:42 PM
Registered User
In the same category along with jerks like this that park too close are the people that for some reason feel the need to race you and/or always go faster than you. I can't count the number of times I'm driving on the highway and come up behind somebody doing a much slower speed and they speed up as soon as I come up behind them including going up to very high speeds. I'll admit to cruising on the highway at 90+ when it's pretty open and want to get where I'm going, and they'll increase their speeds to match. Or the people who refuse to move right to let you pass, then speed up to block you as soon as you move right to go around them. Or the Smart car driver who just had to race the guy in the Porsche today in heavy traffic on local roads and thought me taking off pretty slowly (for a 600 HP car) from every light was an invitation to race.
#77
10-17-2012, 02:13 AM
In the same category along with jerks like this that park too close are the people that for some reason feel the need to race you and/or always go faster than you. I can't count the number of times I'm driving on the highway and come up behind somebody doing a much slower speed and they speed up as soon as I come up behind them including going up to very high speeds. I'll admit to cruising on the highway at 90+ when it's pretty open and want to get where I'm going, and they'll increase their speeds to match. Or the people who refuse to move right to let you pass, then speed up to block you as soon as you move right to go around them. Or the Smart car driver who just had to race the guy in the Porsche today in heavy traffic on local roads and thought me taking off pretty slowly (for a 600 HP car) from every light was an invitation to race.
#78
10-17-2012, 03:20 AM
In the same category along with jerks like this that park too close are the people that for some reason feel the need to race you and/or always go faster than you. I can't count the number of times I'm driving on the highway and come up behind somebody doing a much slower speed and they speed up as soon as I come up behind them including going up to very high speeds. I'll admit to cruising on the highway at 90+ when it's pretty open and want to get where I'm going, and they'll increase their speeds to match. Or the people who refuse to move right to let you pass, then speed up to block you as soon as you move right to go around them. Or the Smart car driver who just had to race the guy in the Porsche today in heavy traffic on local roads and thought me taking off pretty slowly (for a 600 HP car) from every light was an invitation to race.
#79
10-17-2012, 03:30 AM
Hi Guys:
Hey, I gotta say you guys are the best. For a while there I felt like I was the only kook on the planet who would be so sketched at this situation. I'm happy and reassured that I'm not some auto-nutcase, or that if I am, that I'm in good company.
So thanks!
Yep, I guess it wasn't a Prius, but a Honda Insight. That's the kinda thing that will bite you in the a$$ on cross-examination, huh? Whatever. I'm not going to knock it. If it floats his boat, more power to him. Ain't my thang though.
One thing I was freaking amazed at was what the edge of this guy's door looked like. Who does THAT? As was said before, definitely some prior dings there. If there's one thing that made me second-guess my decision to take the high road, it's that he may not be done with that door edge of his yet. After thinking about it and really looking at the pictures, I gotta say that what bothered me the most was that anyone who's been driving for a week knows you can't park 12 inches from another car and not damage it if you try to get out that side! To do that to someone who is OBVIOUSLY, by the way I parked, trying to avoid that very thing on a new Porsche! What a dick!
As I said, some people just suck, and stupid doesn't account for it. I have the pictures and the security guard's statement if I decide to change my mind, but I won't. Fawk him.
Thanks for the kudos on the car. It's a 2012 991 S coupe in Anthracite Brown with 20-inch Carrera wheels painted black. Wasn't sure about the color, but it was one of the very few 7MT (which I had to have) that I could find. Went to look at it on the showroom floor, and was pretty much floored. Loved the way the black rims looked on the brown! Drove it, and it was a done deal. Had driven a few other 991s, but this was "The One." You all know what I mean!
Couldn't love all the chromed emblem lettering on the rear as it came OEM, so I figured I'd mod the emblems in black with the red S, to go with the black rims with red calipers, and black seats with Guard red seatbelts. All of it accenting the Anthracite. Now, I love it. Had Bane install a full front Clearbra too. Learned my lesson on that with my black 2009 Cayman!
Next I think I'm going to Cerakote the exhaust tips black, to complete the blackened out stealth look. I miiiiiight install spacers and lower it, still deciding ...
I'm gonna clean it up and post some good pics very soon.
I'm in L.A.. If you see me, holler. I'd love to meet any 6SOL members. Maybe we can flood my parking lot with 991s and wait for ******** to come out for lunch. Ha!
Hey, I gotta say you guys are the best. For a while there I felt like I was the only kook on the planet who would be so sketched at this situation. I'm happy and reassured that I'm not some auto-nutcase, or that if I am, that I'm in good company.
So thanks!Yep, I guess it wasn't a Prius, but a Honda Insight. That's the kinda thing that will bite you in the a$$ on cross-examination, huh? Whatever. I'm not going to knock it. If it floats his boat, more power to him. Ain't my thang though.
One thing I was freaking amazed at was what the edge of this guy's door looked like. Who does THAT? As was said before, definitely some prior dings there. If there's one thing that made me second-guess my decision to take the high road, it's that he may not be done with that door edge of his yet. After thinking about it and really looking at the pictures, I gotta say that what bothered me the most was that anyone who's been driving for a week knows you can't park 12 inches from another car and not damage it if you try to get out that side! To do that to someone who is OBVIOUSLY, by the way I parked, trying to avoid that very thing on a new Porsche! What a dick!
As I said, some people just suck, and stupid doesn't account for it. I have the pictures and the security guard's statement if I decide to change my mind, but I won't. Fawk him.
Thanks for the kudos on the car.
It's a 2012 991 S coupe in Anthracite Brown with 20-inch Carrera wheels painted black. Wasn't sure about the color, but it was one of the very few 7MT (which I had to have) that I could find. Went to look at it on the showroom floor, and was pretty much floored. Loved the way the black rims looked on the brown! Drove it, and it was a done deal. Had driven a few other 991s, but this was "The One." You all know what I mean!Couldn't love all the chromed emblem lettering on the rear as it came OEM, so I figured I'd mod the emblems in black with the red S, to go with the black rims with red calipers, and black seats with Guard red seatbelts. All of it accenting the Anthracite. Now, I love it. Had Bane install a full front Clearbra too. Learned my lesson on that with my black 2009 Cayman!
Next I think I'm going to Cerakote the exhaust tips black, to complete the blackened out stealth look.
I miiiiiight install spacers and lower it, still deciding ... I'm gonna clean it up and post some good pics very soon.
I'm in L.A.. If you see me, holler. I'd love to meet any 6SOL members. Maybe we can flood my parking lot with 991s and wait for ******** to come out for lunch. Ha!
#83
10-18-2012, 12:38 AM
I forgot the name of the forum for Prius drivers, but they have a "KILL" thread where they post stories about how they outdrag other cars because the Prius has a theoretical torque advantage off the line in that maximum torque in electric motors is available immediately without having to spin up like a conventional motor.
#84
10-18-2012, 08:31 PM
I wonder if hybrid car such as Prius is good for the environment? There's been a long ongoing debate about the ills of making nickel metal hydrite batteries used in the car. And the mpg of hybrids is always overstated using test where the car goes not more than 55mph and accelerate to this speed in like forever!
#85
10-18-2012, 08:48 PM
I wonder if hybrid car such as Prius is good for the environment? There's been a long ongoing debate about the ills of making nickel metal hydrite batteries used in the car. And the mpg of hybrids is always overstated using test where the car goes not more than 55mph and accelerate to this speed in like forever!
I did however borrow one for a day 2 years ago because I was thinking of buying one for the work commute. What a disappointment, everything about driving that thing felt remote and slow to react, everything. Just an awful car.
#86
10-18-2012, 09:04 PM
Hybrid is overhyped just like organic. Long time ago, organic was started as a counterculture to large agricultural farm. People growed their fruits and vegetables organically in their backyard. But today, with huge agricultural corporation riding on the organic bandwagon, organic produced are being transported in far fetch corners of the world, eliminating every possible energy cost reduction that was gained growing it organically.
#87
10-18-2012, 09:14 PM
I think anyone who drives an electric car is basically a moron. Compare a Prius to a similarly priced Jetta TDI and you will understand what I'm saying. There's a sucker born every minute.
#90
10-19-2012, 01:34 PM
Yep, I guess the feeling of the car pulling out of a turn is all due to the magical gremlins and hamsters running on the wheels inside the car.