When you cheer for a state trooper...

[Manedwolf]

Hypermiler, slow
Cars swerving around Volvo
Blue lights glitter, aft.   


45 in a 65, morning, highway, middle lane, with the coasting and apparent engine-off-and-on and all. And as an added benefit, it was a Volvo with a Obama sticker.

Good cop. He gets a donut.

[The Annoyed Man]

Hypermiler, slow
Cars swerving around Volvo
Blue lights glitter, aft.   


45 in a 65, morning, highway, middle lane, with the coasting and apparent engine-off-and-on and all. And as an added benefit, it was a Volvo with a Obama sticker.

Good cop. He gets a donut.

Nice Haiku.

[Devonai]

I almost get run over doing the speed limit in the slow lane.  This guy is lucky the cop pulled him over, he probably saved his life!

[stevelyn]

Always predictabe. Everytime you see a Volvo or Subaru in Fairbanks, chances are it's adorned with sticker promoting a leftist agenda.

[Balog]

I really like the old 240 Volvo wagons. Maybe I should get one cheap and adorn it with some of Bogies stickers.....

[Perd Hapley]

You guys know the oil companies are behind these anti-coasting laws, right?   

[lupinus]

Heh, I wish a cop was around everytime some idiot almost whacks me.  Four lane road, I'm waiting to turn left, oncoming traffic only happens to be using the right lane and the left lane is totally clear.  They get a red light and one nice fellow is considerate enough to not block the parking lot exit so I can get out.

Idiot behind him sees this, apparently wants nothing of this outrage, sees me start coming out, and swerves around the nice fellow and looks at me like I'm the ahole when they damn near crash into me.

[Hawkmoon]

Always predictabe. Everytime you see a Volvo or Subaru in Fairbanks, chances are it's adorned with sticker promoting a leftist agenda.

Any time you see a Volvo or Subaru anywhere there's a high probability of a socialist-leaning operator.

[Hawkmoon]

Idiot behind him sees this, apparently wants nothing of this outrage, sees me start coming out, and swerves around the nice fellow and looks at me like I'm the ahole when they damn near crash into me.

That's what phasers and photon torpedoes were intended for.

"Full shields, Mr. Sulu."

Personally, I still want to equip my car (err ... "Jeep") with a laser. Not a wimpy red dot lecture pointer. I want a BIG industrial laser, the kind that causes brownouts from Maine to California when it powers up, that'll vaporize any vehicle that does something stupid within striking distance of me or my vehicle.

[taurusowner]

Umm... is there a video or link?

[Perd Hapley]

I think Manedwolf was talking about something he witnessed while driving. 

[Bogie]

Back around '96, I was dating this girl who drove a 240... She was always giving me crap for working for the environmental great satan - Monsanto. The -evil- chemical company.
 
And then one day, I went over to help her change her oil. How did she get rid of the old stuff? In a safe and environmentally friendly manner? Are you kidding?
 
The method: Pull volvo onto curb, put engine next to gutter drain. Open oil pan. Let drain. Replace filter and drain thingy without getting dirty. Add fresh oil.
 
Things started going downhill when I told her about how "the bad chemical company" would have people going to jail over what she'd just done....
 

[Bigjake]

Any time you see a Volvo or Subaru anywhere there's a high probability of a socialist-leaning operator.

That's practically gospel.

[Manedwolf]

Depends what Subaru.

Forester, yes.

WRX STi, just a tuner looking for someone's ass to kick.

[drewtam]

Depends what Subaru.

Forester, yes.

WRX STi, just a tuner looking for someone's ass to kick.

True story.

[freakazoid]

Suburu WRX STi.... drooool.

[Antibubba]

I'm driving a V8 SUV, so i'm spending most of my highway time in the right lane doing 55 mph.

Do you know what it is that makes me see red, while driving?

It's the dumb*** d***less idiots trying to merge onto the highway at 45 mph!!!!!   WTF!!!!!  When I merge I make sure I am going as fast as the traffic already on the ******* road!!!!  I'm going to shoulder one of them off one of these days, and there isn't a jury that would convict me.   

[Manedwolf]

I'm driving a V8 SUV, so i'm spending most of my highway time in the right lane doing 55 mph.

Do you know what it is that makes me see red, while driving?

It's the dumb*** d***less idiots trying to merge onto the highway at 45 mph!!!!!   WTF!!!!!  When I merge I make sure I am going as fast as the traffic already on the ******* road!!!!  I'm going to shoulder one of them off one of these days, and there isn't a jury that would convict me.   

In PA, I noticed that they'll get to the end of the onramp...AND STOP.

[Fly320s]

Oh, yeah.  That is quite common around here, too.  Maybe they are from California where on ramp traffic lights are still used.

[Perd Hapley]

What?  Antibubba, you must have some good on-ramps where you are, because I usually can't get my ride going that fast before the lane ends. 

Manedwolf, did they do that every time?  On a very crowded highway, you sometimes have to do it that way.  Maybe you were in a more populated area?

[Manedwolf]

What?  Antibubba, you must have some good on-ramps where you are, because I usually can't get my ride going that fast before the lane ends. 

Don't drive here, then. If you try to merge onto 95 or 93 near Boston and can't be going highway speed (65-70mph) by the end of the ramp, you're dead. You WILL be hit in the tail. An interchange onramp near Leominster is even worse. Onramp = hyperdrive. You need a car that can do it.

[Devonai]

Route 114 to Route 128 (exit 25), Peabody, MA.  Merging into northbound traffic here is suicide if you don't get up to speed first, which is only possible if you stop at the top of the on-ramp and watch for an opening.  Most locals get it, others have come close to rear-ending me as they don't expect a car to be stopped there.

[charby]

I followed some jackass on the way to work this morning hypermilling in a geo metro on residential streets. He's get down to 15-20 mph before he would turn the motor over.

[Perd Hapley]

What?  Antibubba, you must have some good on-ramps where you are, because I usually can't get my ride going that fast before the lane ends. 

Don't drive here, then. If you try to merge onto 95 or 93 near Boston and can't be going highway speed (65-70mph) by the end of the ramp, you're dead. You WILL be hit in the tail. An interchange onramp near Leominster is even worse. Onramp = hyperdrive. You need a car that can do it.

I'm talking about short, uphill ramps, with ninety degree turns, not gutless vehicles. 

[Manedwolf]

What?  Antibubba, you must have some good on-ramps where you are, because I usually can't get my ride going that fast before the lane ends. 

Don't drive here, then. If you try to merge onto 95 or 93 near Boston and can't be going highway speed (65-70mph) by the end of the ramp, you're dead. You WILL be hit in the tail. An interchange onramp near Leominster is even worse. Onramp = hyperdrive. You need a car that can do it.

I'm talking about short, uphill ramps, with ninety degree turns, not gutless vehicles. 

Oh, no, they're generally long launch-tube sorts here.