More Road Rage against a Porsche
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You could do what i do. Shave your head, work out a little (i'm not big by any stretch, 5'8 170lbs) and have a bunch of tattoo's. People tend to avoid people with shaved heads and tattoo's. Last time i was in my 997 some d*** in a lifted pick up blatantly cut me off and gave me the finger, i let it slide until he proceeded to do 15MPH in a 40 and continually break check me for no reason. I did my usual honk, flash and point to pull over. He pulled over, got out of the car as did I ( i guess he expecting an older calmer gentleman), i started screaming and running at him. He got in his truck and took off, unfortunately for him not fast enough. I ran him down, double yellow line passed him, locked up my breaks and got out of the car again and made him apologize or some unsavory things were going to happen. This was on the North Shore of long island btw.
Just so you know i have been known to have a screw loose from time to time so i dont think things through. I'm sure 90% of the people on this board don't react the way i do. Either way, everyone says you never know what the other person is capable of. I look at it different, they don't know what i'm capable of.
Just so you know i have been known to have a screw loose from time to time so i dont think things through. I'm sure 90% of the people on this board don't react the way i do. Either way, everyone says you never know what the other person is capable of. I look at it different, they don't know what i'm capable of.
Seriously, there are some very big tool bags on the Island. And it gets worse every day.
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People just can't mind their own business and be civil. Its a shame. I don't go out and key bentleys and rolls royces even though i want one. Some people just need to be taken out back and shot.
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That's a crazy story. I've only had my 911 for a couple of months, but can already report a potentially related incident.
I was behind a guy in a low-end Hyundai doing about 30 in a 40 mph zone on a two-lane road for about a mile, and couldn't take it anymore, so I decided to pass (admittedly crossing a double-yellow stripe, but I had plenty of visibility relative to his speed). Whenever I pass, I try to do it quickly, so I hit the gas, and the guy immediately swerved to block me. I quickly swerved all the way into the opposite shoulder to get around him, otherwise I would have hit him (hard). And of course when I did pass him and pull far ahead, he immediately speeded up to try to close the gap.
I don't know if an anti-Porsche factor was involved (it was a working class area), but I've never had that happen before.
I was behind a guy in a low-end Hyundai doing about 30 in a 40 mph zone on a two-lane road for about a mile, and couldn't take it anymore, so I decided to pass (admittedly crossing a double-yellow stripe, but I had plenty of visibility relative to his speed). Whenever I pass, I try to do it quickly, so I hit the gas, and the guy immediately swerved to block me. I quickly swerved all the way into the opposite shoulder to get around him, otherwise I would have hit him (hard). And of course when I did pass him and pull far ahead, he immediately speeded up to try to close the gap.
I don't know if an anti-Porsche factor was involved (it was a working class area), but I've never had that happen before.
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That's a crazy story. I've only had my 911 for a couple of months, but can already report a potentially related incident.
I was behind a guy in a low-end Hyundai doing about 30 in a 40 mph zone on a two-lane road for about a mile, and couldn't take it anymore, so I decided to pass (admittedly crossing a double-yellow stripe, but I had plenty of visibility relative to his speed). Whenever I pass, I try to do it quickly, so I hit the gas, and the guy immediately swerved to block me. I quickly swerved all the way into the opposite shoulder to get around him, otherwise I would have hit him (hard). And of course when I did pass him and pull far ahead, he immediately speeded up to try to close the gap.
I don't know if an anti-Porsche factor was involved (it was a working class area), but I've never had that happen before.
I was behind a guy in a low-end Hyundai doing about 30 in a 40 mph zone on a two-lane road for about a mile, and couldn't take it anymore, so I decided to pass (admittedly crossing a double-yellow stripe, but I had plenty of visibility relative to his speed). Whenever I pass, I try to do it quickly, so I hit the gas, and the guy immediately swerved to block me. I quickly swerved all the way into the opposite shoulder to get around him, otherwise I would have hit him (hard). And of course when I did pass him and pull far ahead, he immediately speeded up to try to close the gap.
I don't know if an anti-Porsche factor was involved (it was a working class area), but I've never had that happen before.
Hey manifold....not so crazy......maybe he had a tough life....maybe he ran out of his 2 years of unemployment and he ran out of other people's money to take....Have a heart.........he's just a little upset the OP had enough money to buy a Porsche and he couldn't.......completely understandable.....where's your empathy my friend
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I heard that. Always good to have back up.
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Fortunately, I've had nothing but: I love your car, thumbs up, bad *** car, your car is awesome everything has be pleasant. Although, when I was in Illinois at a Best Buy some assneck screwed with my car by moving my side mirrors.
Sorry to hear that your car got dinged by another road rage idiot. But, after reading the posts I really don't see what point it is that the driver was Black. Does that make your ding worse somehow? Should we fear all black drivers now? Just don't equate the senselessness with the color of the driver. Most drivers are idiots and out here most would be asian and a woman. Color does not pre-dispose one to do one kind of an act or another. So, don't go out and try to fight the first old black guy you see cause it was not his fault.
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fighting over car is stupid, especially if you are not alone. any sort of rage is a waste of time... as of guns - well, so you get angry and shoot him dead. what`s next? nothing much good i would think. time when you had an entitlement to protect your property is long gone. i would simply try to avoid places where scambags seem to be in big numbers and drive cheaper car around. or just stop paying attention to any dents on exterior. 
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Maybe
Hey manifold....not so crazy......maybe he had a tough life....maybe he ran out of his 2 years of unemployment and he ran out of other people's money to take....Have a heart.........he's just a little upset the OP had enough money to buy a Porsche and he couldn't.......completely understandable.....where's your empathy my friend
Or maybe he's your neighbor.
Or the guy who fixed your roof, or balanced your tires last time.
Maybe he changed the oil in your kid's car. Or your wife's.
And maybe he just found out his wife has cancer.
Or maybe he was on his way back from the hospital because his kid got hit crossing the street.
And maybe he was thinking about the retirement he'll never have because it's going to take everything he's got plus the insurance to give that kid a chance.
Or maybe he just got laid off from the first decent job he'd ever had because he's dyslexic - and in the school he went to, they never knew about it until it was too late.
Or maybe he put everything he had into a little two-bedroom at the height of the market because some mortgage-flipper convinced him if he waited it's be too late...and it's all gone now.
Or maybe he just had another bad day of people telling him he's a no-count POS because he works hard at a job they don't want to do.
Maybe. Maybe not.
Maybe he was just a dink.
It's a big world out there.
Not everybody else is a POS.
Sure that's possible. Maybe likely.
Or maybe he's your neighbor.
Or the guy who fixed your roof, or balanced your tires last time.
Maybe he changed the oil in your kid's car. Or your wife's.
And maybe he just found out his wife has cancer.
Or maybe he was on his way back from the hospital because his kid got hit crossing the street.
And maybe he was thinking about the retirement he'll never have because it's going to take everything he's got plus the insurance to give that kid a chance.
Or maybe he just got laid off from the first decent job he'd ever had because he's dyslexic - and in the school he went to, they never knew about it until it was too late.
Or maybe he put everything he had into a little two-bedroom at the height of the market because some mortgage-flipper convinced him if he waited it's be too late...and it's all gone now.
Or maybe he just had another bad day of people telling him he's a no-count POS because he works hard at a job they don't want to do.
Maybe. Maybe not.
Maybe he was just a dink.
It's a big world out there.
Not everybody else is a POS.
Or maybe he's your neighbor.
Or the guy who fixed your roof, or balanced your tires last time.
Maybe he changed the oil in your kid's car. Or your wife's.
And maybe he just found out his wife has cancer.
Or maybe he was on his way back from the hospital because his kid got hit crossing the street.
And maybe he was thinking about the retirement he'll never have because it's going to take everything he's got plus the insurance to give that kid a chance.
Or maybe he just got laid off from the first decent job he'd ever had because he's dyslexic - and in the school he went to, they never knew about it until it was too late.
Or maybe he put everything he had into a little two-bedroom at the height of the market because some mortgage-flipper convinced him if he waited it's be too late...and it's all gone now.
Or maybe he just had another bad day of people telling him he's a no-count POS because he works hard at a job they don't want to do.
Maybe. Maybe not.
Maybe he was just a dink.
It's a big world out there.
Not everybody else is a POS.
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In NY that would be Criminal Mischief in the fourth degree, a class A or B misdemeanor depending on the estimate of damage, iirc.. The OP is within his rights to request an official police report and an arrest made. A citizen in NY can make a citizen's arrest for an incident like this.
When I say arrest I don't necessarily mean incarceration, although that is always plausible, I mean an appearance ticket compelling that person to go to court to answer the charge. It is the same criminal charge, however, the appearance ticket serves in lieu of physical arrest.
I would make a complaint to I.A.D. and/or the D.A's Office requesting action by the police. This was an intentional act, there is a witness and physical evidence. This is not a he said, she (he) said scenario. The police have probable cause for an arrest and a duty to make one.
When I say arrest I don't necessarily mean incarceration, although that is always plausible, I mean an appearance ticket compelling that person to go to court to answer the charge. It is the same criminal charge, however, the appearance ticket serves in lieu of physical arrest.
I would make a complaint to I.A.D. and/or the D.A's Office requesting action by the police. This was an intentional act, there is a witness and physical evidence. This is not a he said, she (he) said scenario. The police have probable cause for an arrest and a duty to make one.
Last edited by 911dev; Sep 13, 2011 at 07:18 PM.
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http://www.news4jax.com/news/28777091/detail.html
Here's a story in Jacksonville FL where a victim used his concealed weapon in self defense on a road rage on the Buckman Bridge.
Here's a story in Jacksonville FL where a victim used his concealed weapon in self defense on a road rage on the Buckman Bridge.
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I agree
Agree 100%. It doesn't at all.
And it sure as heck doesn't justify putting anybody's life at risk.
Which this other driver did. (He didn't throw anything / do damage.)
But - no disrespect to the OP intended - we've got one side of a story here.
Even if true, it's not a reason to belittle anybody who might be down on their luck.
That's what the responder did.
Just my point of view -
It's a big world. And everybody else in it isn't a POS.
And it sure as heck doesn't justify putting anybody's life at risk.
Which this other driver did. (He didn't throw anything / do damage.)
But - no disrespect to the OP intended - we've got one side of a story here.
Even if true, it's not a reason to belittle anybody who might be down on their luck.
That's what the responder did.
Just my point of view -
It's a big world. And everybody else in it isn't a POS.
Last edited by TomE; Sep 13, 2011 at 08:56 PM.
