D!*%head mustang guy

[Bald Menace]

driving home on a curvy rural road yesterday afternoon in my Mustang. it's sunny but a little cool and the road is very curvy with a speed limit of 35 mph and it's a road that county sheriff deputies use to get to and from the Sheriffs office/jail. I see another S550 run a stop sign and hurry up and pull in behind me from a side road and then start tail gating me through the entire set of curves. I ignored him for the most part and he stayed right on my bumper. then in the first somewhat straight stretch he blows past me like he's teaching me a lesson. WTH? so if you are the guy with the gunmetal gray, satin single stripe with red trim 15-17 S550 in Oregon you didnt impress me in the least !!

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[el-guapin]

Some people will never learn!

 

[Ecoboosted]

I get people who tailgate me a lot. I just let off the gas. They get tired of being behind me going really slow and will pass me.

They blow buy me and let me know where the cops are up ahead.

 

[Bald Menace]

I have a very good paying career that requires a good driving record. i'm not about to risk losing it by doing something stupid.

 

[Darkstar]

I had a BMW 4 series try that crap on some backroads. I put a 30 yard gap between us that he could never close.

 

[JCFoster]

He might have been running code brown.

 

[Tickitty Tock]

He might have been running code brown.

dying lol

 

[Bald Menace]

He might have been running code brown.

I wonder if the guy sitting in the passenger seat was aware of that..lol

 

[AlmostFamous]

driving home on a curvy rural road yesterday afternoon in my Mustang. it's sunny but a little cool and the road is very curvy with a speed limit of 35 mph and it's a road that county sheriff deputies use to get to and from the Sheriffs office/jail. I see another S550 run a stop sign and hurry up and pull in behind me from a side road and then start tail gating me through the entire set of curves. I ignored him for the most part and he stayed right on my bumper. then in the first somewhat straight stretch he blows past me like he's teaching me a lesson. WTH? so if you are the guy with the gunmetal gray, satin single stripe with red trim 15-17 S550 in Oregon you didnt impress me in the least !!

Happens all the time, part of ownership of a sports car.

 

[Bald Menace]

Happens all the time, part of ownership of a sports car.

not to me it doesn't, I've owned multiple new Camaros, Mustangs and Challengers since 2008 and this is the first time. it's a Mustang not a Sports car..lol

 

[BlackandBlue]

Probably was late for cars and coffee.

 

[Coyote Red]

I am sometimes aware of this situation and I'll enter the corner, dive down to the apex, near a guardrail, and exit throttle down. the driver in my rear view can't believe what they are seeing, and can't catch up as I accelerate out of sight. Track driving on the street. Works every time.

 

[Hack]

It may have nothing to do with you or your Mustang. If you were driving 35 mph on a curvy road and I was behind you, I might have been irritated and I might have passed you at the first opportunity.

Not to show off, just to drive around the curves at a higher speed for my own enjoyment. My job doesn't depend on having a perfect driving record. Every few years I usually do end up with a ticket. Yes, ideally I would always obey the speed limit, but I don't.

Sorry that people like me annoy you, but hopefully you realize that people like you also annoy me. I'm not going to call you names for driving the speed limit, though. I realize you have your reasons.

 

[Rock&Roll]

It may have nothing to do with you or your Mustang. If you were driving 35 mph on a curvy road and I was behind you, I might have been irritated and I might have passed you at the first opportunity.

Not to show off, just to drive around the curves at a higher speed for my own enjoyment. My job doesn't depend on having a perfect driving record. Every few years I usually do end up with a ticket. Yes, ideally I would always obey the speed limit, but I don't.

Sorry that people like me annoy you, but hopefully you realize that people like you also annoy me. I'm not going to call you names for driving the speed limit, though. I realize you have your reasons.

So you would tailgate him ?

 

[Hack]

So you would tailgate him ?

I might end up closer to him than he would prefer. I don't know how he defines tailgating. If there's no opportunity to pass, I typically give more room. However, if I'm on a road where almost everyone drives 45-50 mph and I come up behind someone driving 35, I might tailgate. I would feel that the person (regardless of the speed limit) is driving unreasonably slow. I would feel frustrated and it might take me a little time to back off, depending on the day.

I don't know about you, but it is very unusual for me to encounter someone that drives at or below the speed limit. When I do, they usually have a few cars tailgating them and stacked up. The person driving the speed limit is behaving unusually compared to most people. They aren't doing anything wrong, just abnormal.

The OP said that he often gets tailgated, so I expect that many "normal" behaving drivers are surprised by his speed being as slow as it is. Either that, or his definition of tailgating is different than many people's.

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