People suck

We all get the same treatment. if you notice most of them are: Lexus, BMW, Infiniti and anything else with a HUGE $$$ price tag. WHY??? Mainly it's because most people as mentioned live with an inferiority complex, they mostly buy these vehicles for STATUS to draw attention to themselves. When we drive a 30+ year old car down the road we get the same or greater effect. From kids playing the slugbug game, from the older crowd that perhaps owned a VW. Finally to the brotherhood that this little car has brought together. If they came across another vehicle like theirs driving down the road and waved, the other person would think they are nuts. Not the same when we drive our cars. In the end the only way they feel that they can "feel" superior is to zoom past us or try to race us. I like call it S.P.S. (Small Penis Syndrome) but I'm not going to get into it (had to flame a user in the past). Truth is that they are in 10 years or longer (since they wont last as long as ours) will be OLD ours will always be a classic. I just wave at them and smile as they look like idiots!

Narley Dude®

'72 Super Beetle 'Vert

I am not making this up. I don't care at all even in the lowest parts of my being what anyone else thinks of my old cars and bus when I'm driving them. I love them and I know I'm driving with my own "style"; not the "style" of the rest of the herd, which by the way is "copy your neighbor style". I don't drive my bus over 3500 rpm and thats 55 at best. If no one likes it, they can go around. Remember," Style is everything, Without it, you are no better than the people you make fun of."

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They can't understand that you have to go slower sometimes, and that you can't accelerate as fast as they can. They get so irritated over it, and floor it and fly around you, endangering themselves and everybody else on the road. I just returned to New Jersey from the Time Machine show ind Durham, Conn., Thanks Steve Mierz for our little VW area. On the way home I really dealt with the modern driver syndrome-people passing me on the right at 80-85 mph, SUVs tailgating you to no end and my favorite, I'm cruising 70-75 in my 67 bug , come up on a car doing 60 go to pass and they speed up to 80! No damn Volkswagens gonna pass me! Oh well, just another vintage ride on todays modern interstate.( much more fun to take the backroads) Had a great day despite any negative drivers. Fred67bug

You must a young feller. ;^) At my age, you realize that 99.9% of people are jerks, that don't give a ~(

Ok, I read the beginning of this thread early this morning and have been thinking about it all day, mostly deciding if I wanted to drop in with my two cents. As you can see...I just can't pass up the opportunity. Careful not to "clump" all the rich, SUV-driving, keep-up-with-the-neighbors together, please. I happen to be one. I drive a beautiful Lincoln Aviator. I love my truck. Did I buy it to impress ? Not a chance. Did I buy it to go 80 ? Never. I bought it because I thought it was a beautiful machine with lots of kid space inside along with enough airbags to give me and my children a fighting chance in the event of a wreck. I may be the person who passes you on the interstate.. but I assure you I'm not the one crawling up your tailpipe and then trying to blow your doors off. I respect anyone who follows the rules of the road including keeping to the right if you are not traveling with the flow of traffic. They way I see it, that person in that old car, be it a VW or not, worked just as hard for his car as I have for mine. And more love to him/her if it happens to be a VW !!! In fact, I'm sure I got some strange looks towing my 74 Betty (stripped down with no glass) behind my Aviator to the paint shop. In conclusion, I guess I'm trying to say there are a**holes in every type of car, not just SUVs.

Thanks, Susan

Truth is, I know this all.........but I still get upset by it sometimes. I've almost had several accidents becuase people think they can get around me when they can't, etc. S.P.S. sounds pretty acurate to me. Most of the people who drive those vehicles are rich, greasy pricks with nothing better to do than show off their cash. When they spot someone who will "notice" (think VW drivers) they show off in the only way their undeniably small brain can concieve.

There's those days when I just love to let 'em all fly to the next light, and then I come puttering up behind them. The light changes, they all fly to the next light....I come puttering up behind them. It's very ammusing when you're in the right mood.

~Anthony

Susan, it's not about what you drive as much as how you drive. My tow vehicle is a 2004 Sport Trac which fits our life right now. As long as you drive with respect for others, I have no idea why you would think the negative words were aimed at you.

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Oh I didn't think they were aimed particularly at me, but it was stereotyping a lump of people together by what they drive as to how they act. I guess my point was, don't hate me because I drive a SUV (Don't even come close to the "beautiful" line in the commercial LOL LOL)

Susan

I believe it is a combination of the SPS & the coming of age of the "ME" generation - with their yuppy puppies learning to be selfish and self centered just like their parents. THEY can't wait in line for the left turn lane, no, THEY should be able to drive up on the right and cut in right at the head of the line... or turn left out of the next lane over and "fit in" to a non existant gap between the other cars. They should be able to drive on the shoulder and cut in when others have merged to get around construction and have waited their turn. THEY should also be given deference when they decide to merge into your lane when you have a car length between you and the car in front, and you are all going 60+/- MPH. THEY should also be allowed to swing across 2 or 3 lanes to get to their exit when, at speed, they are about 100 yards from the exit.

Now if somebody uses a turn signal, and obviously needs to get over to turn off at an exit, I do tend to let them in because (a) they were polite enough to signal, and (b) they probably really do need to get over so they can exit.

I had such fun years ago when, after waiting in traffic for 6 Flags (amusment park) for 1/2 hour in summer heat with my kids in a restored (unairconditioned) '69 Nova... almost out of gas... and this lady and her late teen daughter came cruising up to our left past all of the traffic waiting in line... she started trying to nose in front of my car... I just ignored her and kept right on edging up to the car in front of me. She got mad and have me the finger. I just put on my goofiest smile and waved at her like she had just waved "Howdy". She got mad and flew off down the road. It helped make up for an otherwise miserable time.

Susan, I wasn't aiming anything at anyone except those who drive the way I describe, and THEY know who they are. I understand that there are people who buy large SUVs and trucks becuase they need the room and/or safety. My good family friends have a Lincoln Navigator and two large Chevy trucks. But they're not the people who "crawl up my tailpipe" either. Well...most of the time. There are times when their son can be a bit of a pain on the road....but he'll learn.

Anyway, I didn't mean any offense. Most of the vehicles that blow by me on the road ARE beautiful machines. Some people buy them becuase they appreciate that beauty.....but there are still those, given the massive number of SUVs owned by parents with one or two kids, who absolutely don't need such a behemoth. Safety can be found in much smaller packages these days.

Besides, when you safegaurd yourself with three tons of steel, instead of smaller technology, your safety comes at the probabal death of whoever you smash into.

~Anthony

OK, I generally agree with the SUV theorem, though my daily driver is an SUV (but not a pimped out luxo-barge).

My favorites, however, are the slammed Honduh Civic (and similar models) crowd. First of all, I think it is amusing to pimp out a hot ride that has an automatic transmission. Those fart pipes blaring that nearly continuous tone as the torque converter smooths out those raging ponies under the hood give me no end of enjoyment.

One time, while driving my '69, I spotted one of these Andretti wannabes swerving back and forth between cars as we approached an exit for a service road. Sure enough, the guy whips between me and the car in front of me. I dropped it down to 3rd and kept up with the sucker all the way down the road, breathing his fumes the whole way. Pulled up beside him at the next light and looked over. He was obviously too embarrassed to look over at me.

Also, don't get me started on the bass-thumping rides around here....

For a while I entertained the notion of making a bumper sticker that said something to the effect of "40 year old brakes: last place you want to be is the car in front of me".

Never did it, never been a fan of layering my car with stickers, but I it amused me for a few minutes after a particularily vicious cut off.. guy snapped in front of me and nailed his brakes HARD to try and catch a turn.

Don't know if he saw me but boy I got a sweet shot of adrenaline out of it.

OK, I have been lurking forever here. I have a Chevy Tahoe as a daily driver, but also a '69 bug for a fun car. And I totally agree with Seth here. My bug takes longer to stop than my Tahoe, but people will just cut in front of me like I can stop a mile back. No way can I stop on a dime. Here is the kicker, in California, if you rear end someone, you are at fault. Oh geez!

Also, most cars seem to tailgate the bug for some odd reason, but my car is all original, never would I hope to be rear ended. At first I thought it was just the curvature of the rear view mirror or something, but when I looked back, I swear they wanted to look through the rear window to inspect my dash.

I want a bumper sticker that says...."I am crazy, I am lost, I am an escaped convict with a .45, just go around me and enjoy your ability to make your next $500 car payment."

Your Uncle Don

"34 year old engine: 47 bhp. 34 year old brakes: All drums. 34 year old lights: Bilux. 34 year old driver: Single.

Better watch out. There's no telling what we might do wrong next."

SCNR, Erik.