Fu****** moron....

[guy_geo]

I went to do an evaluation of my car for the insurance, and while I was crossing the Champlain bridge in Montreal, a pick-up truck lost 2 big estie de tabarnak de carpets in front of me. They just flew off the bed...:mad:

There was a cube truck following me, so I could'nt brake (hit in the rear end did not sounds good to me), and I could'nt swerve left nor right, there was 2 cars, so I took one carpet in the front spoiler, and it made a nice chip in the fiberglass as well as lots of scratches in the lower portion of the air dam...:sick:

Putain de bordel de merde! (I'll let you find what it means in english...)

So, I have a cracked and chipped front air dam, where we can see the fiberglass....

Beware of pick-up trucks, they are our ennemies now!

[Phacade]

Check it.

I had posted and agreed to sell my 240Z. I really did not want to sell but financial burdons kinda forced me to do so. So I had an interested party that was going to come get it in about a week. So I decided to drive it one last time with my wife. We went to a movie and then out to dinner.

On the way home I stopped at a red light. I was #3 in line at the light. In front of me was a Ford Ranger, in front of him a Freight truck. The light turned green. The Freight truck started forward then slowed to turn right so he would not jack-knive the trailer. The idiot in the Ranger in front of me started to go quickly forward, realized the truck was slowing. So what does he do?? He stops, puts it in reverse and guns it. Now I saw all of this way before so I had not even moved. The guy behind me was wanting to go, so he had pulled up to my rear bumper. No place to go. The Ranger literally hit the front bumper at 5pmh or so. Not enough to totally jack up the car but enough to royally wizz me off.:mad: Then to top it off he tried to leave the scene. I jumped out and demanded some insurance papers. "Oh it looks fine to me." He gave me a little info and then took off before the police could arrive (my wife called the police while I was talking to the guy).

By the time the police arrived, the guy was long gone and I was still stewing. The Tulsa police decided that since they were called and he decided to split that it was technically hit-and-run. So yes, trucks ARE our enemies. I say we formally declare war.

[2ManyZs]

Hmm, I drive a pick-up and a tractor trailer.

[SirJester]

You mean because I own a truck for work I get kicked out of the club? I have seen as many inconsiderate and careless people in 7 series BMWs as I have in Ford Super Duties.

Not to mention if I started to treat trucks as enemies I might just as well stay home. I live in Idaho and a truck is the state rig.

[Phacade]

Hey -I- have a truck also. I was talking figurativly, however I know and most certainly realize that all it takes is a jerk who is not paying attention to munch up your Z.

[E Train]

whats wrong with trucks? I have a nissan truck. It not always the trucks to watch out for. Its the rich old guys you have to worry about. The ones that cant see and somehow still have a license. Consider this, it is not the car that is the problem, just the drivers of them. Thats what sucks, and why insurance is so high on sports cars for me (19), because idiots that dont know what they are doing race and crash. just a .02$

[guy_geo]

I agree, but people with cars don't carry loose items unattached in the back.....

Anyway, I don,t puts the blame on truck, I'm being sarcastic, french humor, I'm just really pissed off by le con d'imbécile....

:mad:

[SirJester]

French Humor? Hey Lady!! Hey Laaady!!

[EScanlon]

Without sounding aloof or condescending, I'll just post my 2¢.

Even when traffic insists on jumping into the space between my Z and the car ahead of me, I try to maintain ample safe distance simply to avoid the "oops" factor. By "oops" I mean, a) Debris falling off the other car, b)Oh Sh!t he ran over that? c)I don't know what it is, but I'm not going over it.

In my experience driving in various countries and states, it isn't a specific vehicle, nor person, nor ...? that causes these kind of problems. Trucks, Jeeps, Cars, Convertibles, Motorcycles, Trailers all are susceptible to losing something, and if you follow too close it can make it impossible to avoid the ensuing collision.

Same goes for someone following too close. If possible, I change lanes. If not I pull over and let them by. I've even purposely slowed down to as much as 20 mph BELOW the speed limit SIMPLY to let them pass me easily in areas where I couldn't pull over to the side.

Am I a wuss? Probably. Definitely when it comes to my Z. I'd much rather leave without damage to my Z and my pride dinged, than my pride undamaged and my Z dinged.

Not trying to p anyone off, and I apologize if you feel that this post is a slight, but it isn't. Your Z just needs a careful re-adjustment in your thinking when you drive it. You're no longer driving the easily repairable, parts available, every mechanic can fix car, you're dealing with a Classic. A Fine Car that like a good wine must be savoured to be enjoyed. If you want to do shots, get some cheap tequila and enjoy.

There is a paperback book that details driving defensively. The biggest admonition that the book gives is simple: ASSUME EVERYONE IS OUT TO GET YOU! If you drive KNOWING that the moron coming up to the 4 way stop sign is going to run it, slow down or hold off on starting. That way you don't cross his T, if you know what I mean. Worst case? He blows through it and you avoid the smack or he honks at you for taking too long at the intersection. But in BOTH cases, you escape unscathed.

Just my 2¢

[guy_geo]

Ok, I agree with u, but the point is, I do drive carefully (having done karting school, rally driving school, co-pilot school, 2 seasons of SOLO, 2 season of rally sprint), but in my defense, I was on the right lane, ready to take my exit, so I was close to the concrete, and there was a lot of cars around me...

I was at the wrong place wrong time, that,s it.

:mad:

Just yesterday, a youngie in his Hyundai alomost hit me and my Z just because he was looking at the car while overtaking me on the highway...

Sucks to be them to drive badly... not my case, but I behave like all the others are a threat for me now with the Z....:tapemouth

[EScanlon]

I know what you mean about them maroons. And I had no doubt you are careful when you drive, what I meant is that when I drive my Acura or the Subaru, I AM careful, but not if you will, PARANOID.

Whereas when I drive the Z, I AM PARANOID and assume that every other driver I see has me in his sights and is looking for the way to do get close and then reach out and touch my car.

[Note Aside: Years ago, I did a complete restoration on a Series I 1970 240. The individual who had been driving it at that time had gotten accustomed to the glances he would get with the car PRIOR to restoration. The restoration took close to 9 months of long days and weekends. When we finally got it back on the road, he told me that he had to get used to being "oggled" at all over again. In the words of his wife " Driving the Z is like being a beautiful woman," (which she definitely was) "everywhere you go, there will be people who will just plain stare at you, others that will walk up to you and ask inane questions, and others that just want to touch you. You just learn to deal with it." Or put it the way Datsun did "Enjoy the Ride".]

So, to summarize, when I'm driving the Z, I double my "careful" zone. I become that little old man who seems to go 20 miles below the speed limit, the one who lets EVERYONE go at the stop sign before he goes, while also being the young man who parks out in the middle of the boonies at an angle to the regular parking to get away from everyone else. And you know what? Even THEN I find people parked next to me. Why? I don't know, I guess if I were a chick and sported size DD I would understand and learn to live with it, but I'm not, and like you I just want to reach out and shoot them with a bazooka when they get too close. The problem with that is two fold: getting a regular supply of ammunition and putting up with the bad reputation.

Personally, I think we should adopt Jeff Foxworthy's idea. All stupid drivers should be forced to put on bumper stickers on all 5 views of their car, identifying them as "STUPID". That way, even the helicopter cops will know why certain things are happening.

2¢

[guy_geo]

Yeah, you summ it right, ans I do klike your (philosophie) with other cars..

I'm buying it, since it's free!!!!