What is it with these clowns and camera phones? I drove my CS to work on Thursday and had this lady almost run me off the road on the DC beltway as she tried to take a picture of my car. I think my PRC CS is absolutely gorgeous but pictures??? Really?? Then on Friday, I drove my Maserati Spyder and had the same thing happen as this clown maneuvered to take pictures of the car from rear, side, and front. At first I thought he was just a nut with a new phone until he came within inches of colliding with me. What is it with these clowns???? Haven't they ever seen a friggin sports car before?

 

Lol, welcome to DC. Home to some of the worst drivers in the country.

 

Hey, don't try to take title away from the Seattle drivers

 

I think we all have our fair share of bad drivers. Though I still think Ny taxi drivers take the cake.

 

All Subaru drivers with the exception of WRX owners, on average, are the slowest drivers on the road. There are a lot of Subaru's in Colorado and I will purposely choose another lane to avoid getting behind one at a red light. All walks of life, all ages, don't know why. My assumptions are possibly one or some combination of:

• Speedometer is not calibrated correctly.
• Wheels are very small, feels like your going faster than you really are.
• Sewing machine sized engine feels like it is going fast when it isn't.
• Subaru attracts Type B people, who's synapses run extremely slowly.

I mean it's rush hour and the speed limit is 45, they drive 40 and slow down, speed up, weave like they are drunk. Is it just me? Is it just Colorado Subaru drivers? What the heck causes this? Prius drivers have more ***** than Subaru drivers!

 

Wow - scathing! I wonder of I could get my Outback around HPR faster than you in your targa? Could be fun to try!

 

LOL! No offense to you or others!! Seriously though, don't you notice that with Subaru drivers? As a Subaru driver you probably notice other Subaru cars on the road. I know in general with who's faster, it's not the car, it's the driver, but I am perplexed about it and experience it daily on my commute. I mean, I purposely will try to get beside the driver after being stuck behind to glance and see if they are elderly or maybe a real hippy or whatever and the only thing in common to who I was stuck behind the last time is the car. So with Subaru's it appears to be the car as opposed to the driver!

I also admit to not being the fastest and most skilled driver and have been on runs with my 997 T4S and witnessed others driving much older cars whipping me around corners. But driving the speed limit during rush is not a skill thing, it somewhat a courtesy thing.

Could there be a light exhaust leak into the passenger compartment???

 

I had a Subaru many years ago. Bad handling, bad gas mileage and the engine sounded like it came from a tractor. True, Subarus do seem to hold up traffic. If it is not a Subaru, its a Prius driver trying to break his previous record for MPG on his daily commute ( in the left lane of course). Actually any Toyota is good for holding up traffic. My biggest gripe, though is with the folks who are texting, phoning, eating breakfast, putting on makeup, flossing their teeth... whatever.......the "anti-destination league". I think it is the driver though. Years ago ( 1970s) , I remember someone saying that if you come up to a traffic light ( red) do you get behind the VW Beetle or the Dodge Dart? You know the Dodge can smoke the bug but in reality........

 

LOL! I always factor in the "poll position line up" at a red light! What really amazes me is when there are 20 cars in one lane at a red light (usually the far right because they have to turn in 10 miles...) and no one in the next lane! I mean their brains work differently! On a negative side, as a passenger, I often question a driver who doesn't notice that the other lane is open or grit my teeth!

 

That's the dilemma. Last week, approaching a light there was an M3 in the left lane and a Contractor's F150 (a contractor due to the proximity to Home Depot and the sheet rock in the bed) in the right lane. It should have been obvious who to get behind but just as I was about to choose the M3 I noticed racing stripes (a la the Mustang Cobra) on the F150 and it was about 2:30 p.m. Hmm, a truck w/ racing stripes, that's intriguing, plus it's 2:30 p.m. so he is probably rushing to a job to drop off the load before quitting time - they never rush early in the day. Got behind the F150 and when the light turned green, whoosh he flew through the intersection and left the M3 just sitting there (which was sort of stupid considering in the particular location cars tend to run yellow lights). Anyway, sometimes if you pay attention you can get some clues to who'll be zippy and who's going to just puttering along and count butterflies.

 

I thought Volvo drivers are the slowest!

 

Haha... this thread has taken an interesting turn! I've always felt that way about Volvo drivers. Seems they are in a car that is supposedly the safest thing on the road, so they feel obligated to drive as poorly as possible! I always thought it was typically a Volvo stuck in the left lane at 55MPH. My dad used to call them "left lane bandits." But that was on the east coast...

I'll have to pay more attention... I'm usually ripping through traffic in my turbo Outback, desperately trying to keep the revs up because the turbo lag on that thing is horrendous!

 

Wow that was a dicey call! I do that all the time and would have picked the M3! Too many times, those guys view a trip to Home Depot is a break to screw off legitimately on the job, so the drive back will be leisurely. When there are a row of cars in each lane, I will further try to size up the row for the weakest link to avoid! Glad to know I am not the only one who does that! I liken it to active vs. passive driving. I dread the day if cars can ever drive themselves! We will be flashng the ECU's on those as soon as we get them to give them more testosterone!

 

Almost but not quite the slowest!

 

I think that certain types of cars attract certain types of drivers for whatever reason. Don't forget that there are many folks who are truly intimidated by the idea of driving (on the interstates, in particular). The trucks scare them so sthey stay out of the right lane. Some of the left lane loiterers are simply too busy making telephone calls or texting to allow driving to interfere with their business. Not much thinking is required when one puts the cruiise control on in the left lane and force others to pass on the right. These folks won't ever need to worry about someone being in front of them when they are busy discussing work, sports or the kids on the phone.

In some cases, the self appointed traffic regulators are there to ensure everyone is "safe" by slowing down the entire highway.