š¾šššš šæšššThe best part of driving a shitbox is that I don't have to care too much about it.
GormadtFacts right there
Especially with the recent ice storm
People in brand new $90k+ vehicles tailgating my 17 year old Kia like itāll make me go faster
KptnAutismusitās like the joker scene in dark knight ācome on, hit me. i want you to do it.ā
miss_brainfartIād gladly save some gas by letting them push me
Yeah not my proudest moments but whenever a douchenozzle zooms up behind me as Iām just getting around someone in the fast lane and I flip my blinker on to move back into the slow lane and I see the asshat darting into the slow lane to go around me I just keep moving over.
username checks out tho, at least you have that going for ya.
Fuck it, I love petty driver revenge
Thatās the right thing to do though. Youāre indicating switching lanes, finished passing, and theyāre in the fast lane. I just assume they need to pull off at the next exit and ignore it.
Transporter Room 3Same. I doing the things Iām supposed to.
Youāre the asshole going 90 in a 65, swerving in and out of traffic.
If you want to try and brake check or fuck with me afterward thatās fine, I have a dashcam and am more than willing to follow you if you try hit and running. Iāve got the time, now.
CatZoomiesI used to think that way when I was younger. That these bad drivers needed to be taught a lesson. I would always catch up to them at a red light and shake my head no in disapproval and do a thumbs down.
Then one day a driver I did that to stuck his hand out the window and waved a handgun in my direction. Looks like he had something to prove and wanted to teach me a lesson, too.
Lesson learned: no matter what, you never, ever try to shame, scold, escalate, or āteach a lessonā to another driver. Ever. You have no idea what that person may do, and how quickly they can end your life. Would be a shame for you to wind up on the news as a dead person and your family to learn you were killed due to road rage.
Over a decade since that incident, Iām married and would never do such a thing. If I had children, especially when in my car, Iād hate for them to see that behavior come from me - or worse, for them to see me exhibit any kind of road rage. Iām now older, wiser, and a much safer driver and better human being all around.
AltoYou're never the craziest person in the room is a generally good rule of thumb
It is more than just being crazy. In the US at least, I would say people are desperate and under so much pressure that lots of people are near the edge. You can very easily push them over that edge with a random interaction and you donāt want to find out what happens when you do. They arenāt necessarily crazy people though they could be.
CatoblepasWhen I didnāt had health insurance and needed a cane to walk I would play this game with shitheads that drove up into the crosswalk. Do it, mfer, my spine is more expensive than your car.
Iāve noticed significantly less tailgating ever since my rear bumper and trunk were damaged from a dumb bitch that rear ended me last month.
Iād leave it as isā¦ but, itās pretty ugly. I want my baby back in shape.
TheGoldenGodI know what you mean, my paint job has degraded due to sun damage and the cars general value being worth less than a paint job. So I might as well hold out buying a new car as long as humanly possible. š£ The cars lasted over 20+ years, so I suppose itās a win.
Maybe itās worth to get everything fixed but slapping a painted damage on the bumper to deter the racers. But then it will look ugly again ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
Ha, yeah, I prefer nice looking v. bitchinā about tailgating.
Not all Hyundais (or older cars) are the same. I get the spirit, but while my 17 year old Santa Fe has a lot of miles on it, I'd rather the assholes just stay away so I don't have to go through the experience of a wreck, insurance, and possible new car payments on a newer vehicle that I have to relearn all the quirks. So I let the idiots fight each other and watch from afar as much as possible, which includes being a "beta" driver. But that's what they taught us, right? Defensive driving?
Sabre363I drive an old Toyota pickup with almost nothing still attached in the factory way, I doubt Iād even notice if someone hit me.
I miss my '87 yotaā¦ 2WD long box, 5 speed hooked up to a 22r. Hands down the best $400 I ever spent honestly. It was fully painted in bed liner and had two different side mirrors, one of which disappeared while parked at a friendās house over night, and a rusting box patched with spray foam (which always had moss growing out of it, no matter how much I cleaned or cut away). Sad times:
What I like about my car is that it wears its history proudly.
And that scares the shit out of anyone around me because it looks like I intentionally smash into people.
Itās just how I got it, but I certainly enjoy using that to my advantage.
I get that. My Civic has been through the wringer lately.
Here it is in 2020 getting some minor flood damage.
It got high enough to mess with the computer, but the car still worked fine after. The odometer would just disappear sometimes. That has since resolved itself. But Iām sure that some electrical gremlins will crawl out of the woodwork in the next few years.
Here it is not six months later after a major hailstorm passed through.
I got on Safeliteās website immediately because I knew glass was going to be in short supply very soon. They came out a week later and threw a new one on. That was just over 300 bucks. Another great part of owning an old shitbox is how inexpensive parts are.
Aside from this, my wife got into an accident in it in 2015 and then I got rear ended twice in 2019. We still have the car. It keeps on trucking along. I do want to replace it with an Accord of the same vintage, but thatās because I want a cheap manual I can daily.
I miss my old accord so much.
On my phone when I first saw the picture of the interior, the push-pull lever for gas tank flap and trunk looks like an angry face. Just thought you should know.
I just did front brakes on my mk4 Jettaā¦. in the middle of a west coast snowfall, aka āthe world is ending, just like last year!ā
Simpler, cleaner design than industrial equipment, and that stuff is made to be worked on by gorillas like me. Actual work time was less than shoveling it out of 14ā of falling snow.
All hail the manual shitbox!
n7gifmdnoh my! so sad!
First time I heard this theory was in a James Bond story. Bond meets a woman who drives a bashed up car. Same reasoning; if it looks like sheās dangerous people will steer clear of her.
magnetosphereItās very freeing. Not having to care about door dings in a tight parking lot is nice.
This happened to me today, what a coincidence.
CaptainBlagbirdYou hit OP with your BMW?
What they donāt tell you is itās completely allowed to not care about your slightly nice car also.
I like to have a stress free experience on the road. So I do my best to be accommodating while also being predictable (donāt break traffic rules to be nice youāre gonna get someone killed).
Thing about it is, when you drive the shitbox you think youāre at an advantage, but the shitbox is an outlier. Try buying a car you trust as much with your liability insā¦damn.
Meanwhile if you have a car thatās still kinda worth something and you have insurance, itās just a pain in the ass not a crisis.
Oh sweet summer child.
Someone smashes up your beemer and you have to fix it or lose all its value. That single accident dings its resale value.
Someone smashes up my shitbox and I pocket the damage estimate.
I drive a ford and I listened to limp bizkit.
If my lil truck gets fucked up, I find another one in similar condition and hope the 10k Iām ahead on it is enough.
- Blinker
- Mustnāt
- Work
Itās out of blinker fluid.
ZiixeThis is literally the first time I have ever seen someone say āmustnātā on the internet
Did you think it wasnāt a real word and google it?
I live in the hope you did.
Not today Lemmy grammar Nazisā¦not today.
A true grammar Nazi would obviously know that it is a proper contraction. No true Scotsman and all that ;P
I didnāt, I know itās a word in British English, I just wanted to say itās rare and I havenāt seen anyone say it on the internet
Also yeah, Iām not a native language speaker
(And what do you mean by the nazi part? Why would you call anyone a nazi over something like a word?)
Grammar Nazi is an english term that means someone who is very strict about using correct words and punctuation.
It is meant to be humorous. It does not mean they are a Nazi.
Ah sorry then, I didnāt quite get that (as said Iām not a native), just wanted to point out a fun coincidence since we learnt that word a few months back in English class
Thanks for telling me
My pleasure. Hope your English studies go well.
similarly shanāt became a go to work among my clique in high school once we learned it.
It looks less weird when not capitalized
Mustnātāve
WIZARD POPEš«Blinkers on BMWs are not included in the basic package.
Blinker subscription mustāve expired.
Damn that Hyundai is older than me
Is that a flex?
Btw, where is this image from?
The Pink Knight Returns
Is it good or as bullshit as it sounds?
Iām pretty sure thatās filthy frank
Altima NEONo thatās pink guy.
I drove a 14 year old Hyundai and I would drive aggressively because I could play the game of āwho cares more about their carā, I would never lose.
Sounds about like my '86 S.A.Ab. 900 SPG. Thing was a tank. A fast tank, but a tank nonetheless.
noughtnautThe Swedes always did build things rather sturdilyā¦
Then theyāll block your road, get out of their fancy car and assault you for hitting that precious car.
I was on a bike path when a car driver cut me while exiting a driveway and I bumped my wheel into his back bumper. Well, he stopped, got out of his car, whined that I didnāt do āmyā stop and ended up slapping me twice in the faceā¦ because he cut me and I bumped into his carā¦
So even if you have an old car AND itās not your fault, theyāl still be mad at you for existing and being in their way.
Donāt you know? Heās the main character. NPCs are supposed to move out of his way.
Sounds like a lot of bikers I see blowing through red lights and stop signs. Obey the rules of the road or get on the sidewalk like a normal pedestrian.