Finger from Volvo drivers?
 

So minding my own business eating miles on highway ten at ticketable speeds and the driver of a Volvo had the one finger salute ready for me as I came by. Is this normal?
I mean I'm pretty sure I don't know this guy so that rules that out :D
Guy looked like me, grey beard and all. Only difference I could see is I would never own a Volvo.
People never did this to me when I was on two wheels...
Anyway, I rose above it, (possibly the shock of it), and continued on my way without slowing my pace.
Anyone else had this response from people in the right lane?

Don't worry about it. There are hosers everywhere. Here in Ohio they're more likely to be Bogarting the left lane and giving you the hairy eyeball as you pass on the right.

It is Prius drivers here in the PNW. 60.000 mph in the left lane, flashing their high beams at anyone who dares to pass them in any lane. In the mirror you can see them practically foaming at the mouth as they yell.

I secretly wish them a raging aneurysm and go about my day.

99% of my miles are on two wheels. No one has ever attempted to confront me for my, er, excessive speed. I've been told i look like a trained killer as i ride, so that may be a factor.

Don't worry about it he was just telling you what his IQ is.:D

I own a Porsche and a Volvo. Never had a problem with either. Then again, I also have a Corvette, and that should be like cats & dogs getting along with the Porsche, right? :) I also ride a Harley-Davidson, and a 150cc Puma scooter, and Harley guys give me dirty looks when I'm out tooling around on that thing getting my 88mpg.

I guess my bottom line is that A-holes are everywhere. I just choose not to be one of 'em. Drive, ride, enjoy your passion. Because I happen to have chosen a certain brand or whatever, that doesn't make my choice superior to yours.

Except if you have a Prius. There's no excuse for that. Dang tree-hugging, neck-beard-having hipsters. LOL (I sure hope everyone's following the humor there.)

Smug Hybrid drivers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnFAAdOBB1c

Almost every driver believes this;

Anyone going faster than me is a maniac;
Anyone going slower than me is an idiot

Depending on what you mean by ticketable speeds.....perhaps he didn't appreciate your flaunting of the law.

I've given guys the finger when I feel they are driving like jerks and putting my safety at risk. Maybe he felt you were doing that.

Gotta admit - sometimes we all deserve getting the finger!

I have on occasions deserved a finger being waved at me. I have made some A-Hole moves now and then - All hail the one finger salute.

peace out and f u all

HEHEHEHEHE all the way down the road.

When eating miles, move out of the fast lane when you see a car behind you or go steady on the right lane. Autobahn rules (:

I miss my 08 s80, way faster in a straight line than a 986s.

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I hope to give my 03S all the room she needs (wants). I believe the Boxster was designed to give the 'everyman' the Porsche experience.

The finger
 

Yes and that includes the finger. The special Porsche treatment aka jealousy. Why is it with my Boxster or 996 as soon as some people see you they want to screw with you. Going into your lane, slowing down just so that you can not pass on the right. and as soon as you move to the rite and slow down they speed up and move over. Its almost to provoke you to be an A hole "look at this typical Porsche driver". So just relax move to the slow lane and don't give them the pleasure. Until you can pass them at one holy hell great rate of speed when they do not expect it that's always fun. But then there is the finger LOL. If you drive a Porsche you are one having a midlife crisis, two have to much money, three spoiled rich kid. But our cars are less than a new Honda Accord. Just enjoy them and be ware of A holes on the road there is always THAT GUY.

Down here if you do anything in retaliation to being given the finger (such as returning the gesture) the next thing you see is road rage and possibly a weapon (hand gun). This is Texas after all.

Thankfully I keep one of those in my car at all times and it's always got one in the chamber and a dozen behind that just in case someone gets crazy.

This preacher is packing heat.

Hell, you can get a Boxster less than a USED Camry

Be sure to know the gun laws. I recommend "Texas Gun Law, armed and Educated" by Texas Law Shield. You can find yourself at the mercy of an emotional and uneducated jury if you ever use your gun from your car. It's best to run away and avoid gun play if at all possible in any situation. You are not entitled to "reasonableness" in the situation involving your car which means the prosecution is free to question both reasonableness and necessity. The question of force versus deadly force can also be brought up. You can be truly screwed by a criminal in this situation, they know that, and they do that.

Or you can ban guns...

Putting my flame suit on :D

James, they'd have to be pointing that gun at me with intent to shoot me or yanking me out of the car with deadly intent before they'd ever see the gun.

In all seriousness, I would hope I never have to discharge that weapon at anything except a paper target... Or a zombie.

EJ, ban guns and the thugs will not comply. We are way past that idea as a solution.

That's why you have law enforcement units.
Anyway, I don't want to ignite a firearms legislation debate, that is not the place for it :)

Yes, it would be worse that the animal we can not mention

Could the problem be my little boy urinating on the Audi, Volvo, VW, and BMW symbols sticker on my spoiler so they only see it when I pass them at 100 or raise it manually at a stop light?

Then you shouldn't have made such an idiotic statement here.
You don't get to say something inflammatory and then cry "this isn't the place".

I would argue his statement is not idiotic at all, but in fact, quite true. But then again, I'm writing this from Canada, where we have very strict gun laws....which results in very low gun violence.

I also agree that no good can come from debating this here....this is a topic where logic steps out and emotion steps in.

For a minute there I thought I clicked on Timco's shooters thread.

Well here we go
 

Decided to drive the 911 to work about 30 min drive. a hole decided to ride my tail, so I ignored him (good for me) he then passed me on the shoulder (nice) nice single finger suggestions not watching the road and at the last moment he saw the cop car braked but to late. Blue lights and he I think he is still explaining what his grand master plan was to drive on the shoulder. Karma is a real MF.

Nice! Gotta love that karma! :cool:

don't ya just love when stuff like that happens :dance:

Just curious, what was the icehole driving?

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1442525264.jpg

Says more about you than me....

Idiotic because you think different? :ah:

Well, gun control it is.

We are raised (in many states) in this Nation around guns like those in Canada are raised around bagged milk. It becomes the norm, and something that's a part of life. You wouldn't want me telling you after all these years that you can't have bagged milk because some people use it for evil or are not mentally stable enough to own and use bagged milk. What did my bagged milk do to anyone? I have been enjoying it quietly for years with no harm to anyone.

I am the first to admit not everyone is stable or mature enough to own firearms. What is the answer? I can't begin to say. I have my ideas. What I can say is it's not my fault I was born in a country that allows me to be an enthusiast and collect the guns I am interested in. I obey gun laws, am respectful of other shooters, keep them secure, and do believe they are too accessible to bad and mentally ill people. I would rather see some compromise on registration or back ground checks before I see my rights jeopardized by the actions of others.

Having said that, I respect the opinions of the left that some type of action needs to be taken, because it's proving to not be working at the moment. Enforce existing laws. Get criminals off the streets. Bring back the insane asylums. Heck, I don't know.

I was driving the speed limit in the right lane passing an entrance ramp when I heard loud engine noise off my right rear corner. At that point I noticed a pickup truck apparently at wide open throttle racing up the ramp determined to cut me off. He didn't notice the car behind him was a cop. I moved over a lane to get myself, and my daughter out of the idiots way just as the red and blue lights came on. Occasionally there is a cop when you need one! :D

Not at all. Idiotic because only idiots think disarming law abiding citizens who aren't committing crimes will keep the bad guys from doing wrong.

And allowing "law abiding citizens" to own firearms prevent "bad guys from doing wrong"? Do I have to understand that "more arms = less crime"?

It's actually a fact in many major cities, but likely has more to do with wealth in certain areas and demographics than the concealed or open carried gun.

Yes and no. Yes that is correct but no I don't expect you to understand.

It's amazing us Canadians, and those Brits, and those Australians and New Zealanders haven't all killed each other, what with no guns to protect themselves. Damn Gun Control has made our countries so unsafe!!

Oh well, I guess we will just have to live with all our school shootings and stay inside all night.

And Timco - don't you DARE touch our bagged milk!!

I will assume this is just a question of education and cultural difference...
I don't expect you to understand there are other point of views than the US mainstream :p

"According to 2009 data collected by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the U.S. sees 3.3 homicides by firearm for every 100,000 citizens. By comparison, Canada's rate is 0.5 homicides and the U.K. is 0.1. Most European countries sit somewhere in the same range."

Again, I reiterate....I don't believe this is the place for a debate on gun control. Far too emotional for a rational INTERNET debate....

No one is going to change anyone else's opinion on this. Just like I will NEVER EVER move ANYWHERE where they don't have bagged milk.

I though this was a car forum...? :p
Off-topic discussion or not, take the gun debate to a gun or political forum. That crap has no business here and will only create issues.

Jeebus...

Side note: drinks in bags = weird.

You will never guese
 

A Chevy Volt LOL electric car drivers. They should use some good old fashioned crude to run there cars and they would feel better.:rolleyes: