Harrassed, all the time. If its some POS mini van, truck, suv, or fast and furious type, I just let them blow on by. Let them get the stupid speeding ticket. I know I can beat them. Why waste the gas and risk the ticket. If its another Pship or other exotic, it's usually just some friendly mph bursts with respect to each other, other cars on the road and, of course, the CHP.

 

The first time I heard this joke was 25 years ago when I had my 76 911S.

 

Hey...I own a MiniVan.

 

Maybe some 20's too, spinners preffered.

 

Ha ha..mini-vans are the worst! They seem to attract some seriously aggressive drivers.

 

In the Motorcycling community, it goes something like this:

What's the difference between a Vacuum Cleaner and a Harley Davidson?

The Vacuum Cleaner has the Dirtbag on the INSIDE...

 

Whats funny is that, when I drive it, I get ZERO respect form ANYONE. On the flip side, it's completely invisible to ALL law enforcement. Which is something I need right now.

 

I used to have a Dodge turbo mini van

 

I own a POS minivan. Specifically a 2002 Honda Odyssey with 120K miles. Technically it's my wife's car. Whenever I see another Porsche while in the van I have the urge to yell to the other guy "I'm one of you!"

p.s., did you know minivans are immune to radar? I also think I could commit mass murder and as long as the getaway car was a minivan, I'd have no problem leaving the scene of the crime.

 

We have a Honda Odyssey also,we call it the "Woffer Wagon" (carry the dogs in it). I love the Mini Van.

 

There are! I can't recall a time EVER in my life I have seen a minivan pulled over.

 

Okay, all this talk about mini-vans reminded me of something that happened when I had my E46 M3.

I was driving home from work, and took an on-ramp near my house at a "fun" rate of speed. As I'm reaching the end of the on-ramp, there is a mini-van in front of me that was merging into traffic.....very s..l..o.w..l..y..

I slowed down, waited for her to move into the left lane, and then hit the throttle and passed her using the far right lane. After I was 2-3 car lengths ahead of her, I merged into her lane ensuring there was a HUGE amount of room between us.

Well, for some reason, this really pissed her off! She flipped me the bird and proceeded to floor her throttle in order to get on my bumper. I'm doing 70 or so and this crazy lady is 5 feet behind me! I took the next exit, which is the one that leads to my home, and of course..she takes it as well and is still on my bumper.

Well, needless to say I'm getting very angry at this point, so I decide to give her a tiny brake check. She backed off for a second, but then got on my bumper again and flipped me off one more time!

Now I'm really angry. I proceed to brake-check the crap out of my car and then moved to the right as soon as I see the front of her mini-van drop down from her slamming on her brakes. Well, she ended up hitting her brakes so hard that some liquid (I think it was a cup of coffee) ended up flying forward, hitting and completely covering the inside of her windshield!

I slow down, and watch her pull off onto the shoulder and get out of car still flipping me off! She was covered in coffee!! I still laugh about it to this day.

Yes, before you say it, I realize that brake-cheking her wasn't safe...and I don't do it anymore...but damn was that funny!

 

Never had that happen in my turbo, though I used to when I had a 944 years ago. Didn't have it happen with my 930 even though its white, but figure the big tail must have scared them away, or they just couldn't stop staring at it Maybe its because my 996 turbo is black and because in LA traffic is so bad now that you can only open up for short bursts most of the time.

That said the tail gaters are real idiots. The back of a 996 turbo is not what you want to hit in an accident. Anything more than a dent will cost $10000+ and you can stop way faster than just about anything without even trying. Just don't play their game. Chances are no matter what you do they just wont get it. Punch it to 189? (Maybe in Montana) I figure if I get mad with them I'll just be the one ending up with the zillion dollar ticket. I think if you go over 100 it can be reckless driving, and have your car impounded. We all know cities want money right now.

 

love it There is nothing more fun than doing brake checks on tailgaters and watching their heads bob up and down. Makes me giggle every time.

 

been getting a few to many tickets have we? Todd?