[john_eckels]

Have you seen the body kits available for the Smart Car? I think some of them look rather cool. But not enough to make me run out and buy one. Edit, these may be Photoshop jobs


Smart Car - Cool Body Kits

[Skillet]

Originally Posted by john_eckels

Have you seen the body kits available for the Smart Car? I think some of them look rather cool. But not enough to make me run out and buy one. Edit, these may be Photoshop jobs


Smart Car - Cool Body Kits

Smridiculous.

[gmarshall7]

Originally Posted by john_eckels

Have you seen the body kits available for the Smart Car? I think some of them look rather cool. But not enough to make me run out and buy one. Edit, these may be Photoshop jobs


Smart Car - Cool Body Kits

rather cool as in....

hey i'm a cool dweeb.

[stinkyfj60]

i am surprised their isnt a fjcruiser one...

[Tofudebeest]

Those are all obviously photochops.

[nat]

I those little left lane roadblocks

[gmarshall7]

Originally Posted by nat

I those little left lane roadblocks

says the guy that won't get over...

[firetruck41]

Originally Posted by Skillet

Wow...usually you strike me as a very intelligent guy.

x2.
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[re_guderian]

Originally Posted by Gumby

... attitudes you get from people who ride their ****ing bicycles on the road they tend to piss me off too.

where are they supposed to ride?

[RavenTai]

Originally Posted by re_guderian

where are they supposed to ride?

Not in my f'ing way, love coming around a curve at 55 to 70 on a country road and find some spandex clad asshole doing 10MPH in my lane,

[Cube Dweller]

Originally Posted by RavenTai

Not in my f'ing way, love coming around a curve at 55 to 70 on a country road and find some spandex clad asshole doing 10MPH in my lane,

Fortunately where I live and ride, bicycles are considered vehicles and are entitled to the same road use privileges as motor vehicles.

[Skillet]

Originally Posted by RavenTai

Not in my f'ing way, love coming around a curve at 55 to 70 on a country road and find some spandex clad asshole doing 10MPH in my lane,

I love it even more when they blow through stop signs and think the rules of the road don't apply after they scream about having just as much right to the road as you...

[ed97fzj80]

Originally Posted by RavenTai

Not in my f'ing way, love coming around a curve at 55 to 70 on a country road and find some spandex clad asshole doing 10MPH in my lane,

"Your" lane?

[Skillet]

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

Fortunately where I live and ride, bicycles are considered vehicles and are entitled to the same road use privileges as motor vehicles.

They are considered vehicles everywhere, doesn't that mean they need to abide by the same laws? When 20 of them blow through a stop sign, like they did on Saturday in front of me on 17 mile drive and almost ended up as roadkill, then they start to push their rights.

Are you telling me you don't blow through stop signs on your bike?

Because any road-biker who tells me he / she is considered a vehicle and has the same rights, needs to follow the same laws and they DO NOT.

[Cube Dweller]

Originally Posted by Skillet

They are considered vehicles everywhere, doesn't that mean they need to abide by the same laws? When 20 of them blow through a stop sign, like they did on Saturday in front of me on 17 mile drive and almost ended up as roadkill, then they start to push their rights.

Are you telling me you don't blow through stop signs on your bike?

If it's completely clear, meaning no cars present, yes. If there are vehicles around, no. I also hug the shoulder in traffic and try to be considerate to the cars I'm sharing the road with. I assume car drivers can't see me and ride accordingly. I haven't been hit since I was 17 and a taxi cab rolled a red light in SF.

My biggest gripe are the cars drivers that think they're so important they can't slow down on a road with no shoulder until there's room to pass safely. Are you David friggen Rockefeller late to a Bilderberger meeting

[Skillet]

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

If it's completely clear, meaning no cars present, yes. If there are vehicles around, no. I also hug the shoulder in traffic and try to be considerate to the cars I'm sharing the road with. I assume car drivers can't see me and ride accordingly. I haven't been hit since I was 17 and a taxi cab rolled a red light in SF.

My biggest gripe are the cars drivers that think they're so important they can't slow down on a road with no shoulder until there's room to pass safely. Are you David friggen Rockefeller late to a Bilderberger meeting

I always slow for them and, if they are blocking a lane, I can hang until they re-group.

It is the blatant disregard for the whole STOP SIGN rule that gets me. I cannot tell you how many billions of times they blow through right in front of me when I am pulling away from a stop. THEN... scream at me and flip me off like I am the asshole.
That kind of behavior really makes it tough to "be courteous."

[Wile E Coyote]

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

I haven't been hit since I was 17 and a taxi cab rolled a red light in SF.

Hehe, my biggest 'yard sale' moment was in SF. Was it a yellow, cab? Prolly was the same dude.

[brett76]

i just wish that when they are the first at a stoplight they just move towards the center line a little more or the side so that the 4 cars behind them can turn right. i mean your bike you doesn't need the whole lane. i suppose legally they dont have to but it would certainly help their image because they certainly dont need the block the entire lane from us trying to turn

[PhilC64]

My company car is equipped with an air horn. It only gets used on smug ass cyclists that block traffic. It's amazing how far they jump when given a blast of it!

[2damslow]

Dang man, I used to rage out too until I realized an uncomfortable truth. If someone else is pissing you off, the problem is yours, not theirs. Regardless of true fault, the problem is that you allow it to affect you.

[lingo]

I ride skinny tire almost exclusively. I agree with Cube. If the intersection is completely clear I will blow through a stop sign. IF there are any cars nearing the intersection or already there, I will stop.

Back on the original topic, I drive Yaris hatchback. I know that it is underpowered and treat traffic accordingly. I think that most of these people are the same ones that have their head up their ass all the damn time. At least they aren't driving a 1960's Cadillac so that when they do get in a wreck they don't kill any one

[Skillet]

Originally Posted by 2damslow

Dang man, I used to rage out too until I realized an uncomfortable truth. If someone else is pissing you off, the problem is yours, not theirs. Regardless of true fault, the problem is that you allow it to affect you.

Pretty hard to not let it "affect you" when they are in front of you driving like an asshole and wasting everyone's time...again and again and again...

[sundaypunch]

Originally Posted by Skillet

It is the blatant disregard for the whole STOP SIGN rule that gets me. I cannot tell you how many billions of times they blow through right in front of me when I am pulling away from a stop. THEN... scream at me and flip me off like I am the asshole.
That kind of behavior really makes it tough to "be courteous."

No different than ignorant / rude auto drivers. In any case, you can make a complete stop, and proceed as you like. Your first one is free if you clip a biker that blows through a stop sign.

[fsusteve]

Originally Posted by Skillet

After multiple 12 mile treks down Carmel Valley road going 26.3 mph in a 50 mph zone while you held up umpteen regular vehicles who simply wanted to get to where they were going at the speed limit, you should be pulled from your stupid, little, fucking, death-trap cars and beaten publicly with a rubber garden hose until you understand that you are not the only people on this planet and that driving a motorcycle with metal and plastic around it does not give you the goddamn right to make everyone else in this world miserable just because you are saving a little more on gas and are too fucking scared to take your crappy little vehicle faster than a trot.

Also, if you pull out from a side street 25 yards in front of my 4 ton FZJ80 again, while I am going 50 mph, you may not be around to see another Al Gore speech.

Thank you for allowing the longest run-on sentence ever.

In conclusion, fuck off.

lol, how did I miss this thread, wait till we drive down US1...lol, skillet will be in a rage.

[Skillet]

Originally Posted by fsusteve

lol, how did I miss this thread, wait till we drive down US1...lol, skillet will be in a rage.

I will try to sleep through it.

[MaddBaggins]

1) I would rather drive a Smart around town than my Cruiser any day. Thats why I'm building up an old Vdub. Of course my old Vdub is gonna be fast.

2) When I ride my bike I always stop at STOP signs and I hate the assholes in cars who are far more important than my bike riding ass and can't give me just a hair of space and time to get thru the intersection or try to run me off the road because they need the space more than I do.

3) Skillet is always pissed off in traffic and on the verge of rage. Skillet needs to chill the fuck out before he has a gawdamn heart attack and/or kills someone. Then again Skillet is talking about Kalifornia traffic and everytime I drive in Kalifornia I hate it so I do have some sympathy.

[fsusteve]

you won't get much sleep when I hit Homestead and start cussing the cuban drivers.

['74 UA FJ]

Originally Posted by fsusteve

lol, how did I miss this thread, wait till we drive down US1...lol, skillet will be in a rage.

Originally Posted by fsusteve

you won't get much sleep when I hit Homestead and start cussing the cuban drivers.

Lol "No Passing" didn't really mean no passing when we were driving down in March.

[Skillet]

Skillet is full of traffic rage.

This is mainly because I consciously go out of my way to be courteous and drive correctly...

*I stop where it says "STOP."

*I understand that people going straight or turning right at a light have the right-of-way before left hand turners.

*I stay the fuck out of the fast lane when people want to get by.

*I go the speed limit and if I don't, I use turnouts to let people get by who want to go the limit or faster. In other words, I obey the signs that say "Slower Traffic Use Turnouts."

*When I come to a light and I am going straight, I always stay as close to the center line as possible to let right hand turners go.

*etc...

*etc...

I am far from a perfect driver but I make a huge effort to do it right and the fact that there are so many assholes out there that just don't give a rat's ass about anybody but themselves really pisses me off and I feel the need to express it. Writing about it here allows me to vent...is that wrong?

The whole bike vs. car thing will rage on but the basic point has already been put forth, if you want to be on the road with cars and be considered a car and have the same rights as cars, you should try to adhere to the same goddamn laws as a car, which means stopping at a stop sign, just like a car.

[malcb]

Originally Posted by Gumby

The big problem with Smarts and Priuses and such is the video game displays that make it a game to get the best mileage.

I play that one differently - particularly on hire cars - how low can you get the instance and average is a much more fun game.

Actually I have altered my driving style some since every car has a display, mostly trying to be smoother in accelerating and braking, anticipating rather the braking if possible.