Facts right there
Especially with the recent ice storm
People in brand new $90k+ vehicles tailgating my 17 year old Kia like it’ll make me go faster
it’s like the joker scene in dark knight “come on, hit me. i want you to do it.”
I’d gladly save some gas by letting them push me
What I like about my car is that it wears its history proudly.
And that scares the shit out of anyone around me because it looks like I intentionally smash into people.
It’s just how I got it, but I certainly enjoy using that to my advantage.
I get that. My Civic has been through the wringer lately.
Here it is in 2020 getting some minor flood damage.
It got high enough to mess with the computer, but the car still worked fine after. The odometer would just disappear sometimes. That has since resolved itself. But I’m sure that some electrical gremlins will crawl out of the woodwork in the next few years. The water brought out a lot of odors hiding in the upholstery. It stank bad for a few months after, but it smells ok now. It does get a little fresh on hot humid days.
Here’s the poor Mustang parked across from me. I’m sure they weren’t having a good day after that.
Here it is not six months later after a major hailstorm passed through.
I got on Safelite’s website immediately because I knew glass was going to be in short supply very soon. They came out a week later and threw a new one on. That was just over 300 bucks. Another great part of owning an old shitbox is how inexpensive parts are.
Aside from this, my wife got into an accident in it in 2015 and then I got rear ended twice in 2019. We still have the car. It keeps on trucking along. I do want to replace it with an Accord of the same vintage, but that’s because I want a cheap manual I can daily.
On my phone when I first saw the picture of the interior, the push-pull lever for gas tank flap and trunk looks like an angry face. Just thought you should know.
I just did front brakes on my mk4 Jetta…. in the middle of a west coast snowfall, aka “the world is ending, just like last year!”
Simpler, cleaner design than industrial equipment, and that stuff is made to be worked on by gorillas like me. Actual work time was less than shoveling it out of 14” of falling snow.
All hail the manual shitbox!
I miss my old accord so much.
oh my! so sad!
Not all Hyundais (or older cars) are the same. I get the spirit, but while my 17 year old Santa Fe has a lot of miles on it, I’d rather the assholes just stay away so I don’t have to go through the experience of a wreck, insurance, and possible new car payments on a newer vehicle that I have to relearn all the quirks. So I let the idiots fight each other and watch from afar as much as possible, which includes being a “beta” driver. But that’s what they taught us, right? Defensive driving?
It’s very freeing. Not having to care about door dings in a tight parking lot is nice.
Then they’ll block your road, get out of their fancy car and assault you for hitting that precious car.
I was on a bike path when a car driver cut me while exiting a driveway and I bumped my wheel into his back bumper. Well, he stopped, got out of his car, whined that I didn’t do “my” stop and ended up slapping me twice in the face… because he cut me and I bumped into his car…
So even if you have an old car AND it’s not your fault, they’l still be mad at you for existing and being in their way.
Don’t you know? He’s the main character. NPCs are supposed to move out of his way.
Sounds like a lot of bikers I see blowing through red lights and stop signs. Obey the rules of the road or get on the sidewalk like a normal pedestrian.
I’m the one making the comment and you’re the one assuming I did something wrong because I was on a bicycle? Or is this “a lot” exaggerated and biaised?
Anyway the said rules where I live is that riding on sidewalks is illegal. Cyclists are not pedestrians and should not be mixed with them.
I was legally on a cycle path, had priority, there was no light. I was cut then slapped by the driver making an illegal move, and you’re first thought is to point out that “lots of bikers blow red lights”?! What?
Cyclists are not pedestrians
Wrong. Going by weight, speed, visibility, protection and turning radius cyclists are much closer to pedestrians than 2 ton vehicles going 35 mph. That’s basic physics.
And it’s not illegal to ride on the sidewalks where I live. Not that legality has any bearing on what is logical. Laws are made up for those who whine the most or have the most money, not what is logical.
Well actually, its usually much safer for a cyclists to keep moving at an intersection like that. It takes far less time for them to clear the intersection than coming to a full dead stop and starting again. I can see and hear everything on approach much better than anyone inside a 2 ton metal box. In some places its perfectly legal for a bicycle to treat stop sighs like a give way.
Getting on the sidewalk often has its own hazards, like the sidewalk randomly ending and starting again for no reason, people, and shop doors.
It is not safer to blow through a 4 way stop with a blind corner at 20 mph. I nearly hit a cyclist because of them doing that.
Getting on the sidewalk often has its own hazards,
You know what has hazards? Riding in the road unprotected from 2 ton heavy machinery. You couldn’t pay me to ride in the street when there are sidewalks available.
It’s pure selfishness to demand others be responsible for your safety.
Some drunken redneck rear ended me once then got out and sucker punched me in the head. It wasn’t two seconds later my knee was on his throat. Some people just need some sense beaten into them.
I’ve noticed significantly less tailgating ever since my rear bumper and trunk were damaged from a dumb bitch that rear ended me last month.
I’d leave it as is… but, it’s pretty ugly. I want my baby back in shape.
I know what you mean, my paint job has degraded due to sun damage and the cars general value being worth less than a paint job. So I might as well hold out buying a new car as long as humanly possible. 😣 The cars lasted over 20+ years, so I suppose it’s a win.
Maybe it’s worth to get everything fixed but slapping a painted damage on the bumper to deter the racers. But then it will look ugly again ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ha, yeah, I prefer nice looking v. bitchin’ about tailgating.
Yeah not my proudest moments but whenever a douchenozzle zooms up behind me as I’m just getting around someone in the fast lane and I flip my blinker on to move back into the slow lane and I see the asshat darting into the slow lane to go around me I just keep moving over.
That’s the right thing to do though. You’re indicating switching lanes, finished passing, and they’re in the fast lane. I just assume they need to pull off at the next exit and ignore it.
Same. I doing the things I’m supposed to.
You’re the asshole going 90 in a 65, swerving in and out of traffic.
If you want to try and brake check or fuck with me afterward that’s fine, I have a dashcam and am more than willing to follow you if you try hit and running. I’ve got the time, now.
I used to think a slightly different way when I was younger. That these bad drivers needed to be taught a lesson. I would always catch up to them at a red light and shake my head no in disapproval and do a thumbs down.
Then one day a driver I did that to stuck his hand out the window and waved a handgun in my direction. Looks like he had something to prove and wanted to teach me a lesson, too.
Lesson learned: no matter what, you never, ever try to shame, scold, escalate, or “teach a lesson” to another driver. Ever. You have no idea what that person may do, and how quickly they can end your life. Would be a shame for you to wind up on the news as a dead person and your family to learn you were killed due to road rage.
Over a decade since that incident, I’m married and would never do such a thing. If I had children, especially when in my car, I’d hate for them to see negative/retaliation behavior come from me - or worse, for them to see me exhibit any kind of road rage. I’m now older, wiser, and a much safer driver and better human being all around.
Granted if someone tried a hit and run, I’d be on the phones with the cops and would follow them from a distance enough to get a good description and tag numbers.
Edit: Yes, I’m American. How did you know?
You’re never the craziest person in the room is a generally good rule of thumb
It is more than just being crazy. In the US at least, I would say people are desperate and under so much pressure that lots of people are near the edge. You can very easily push them over that edge with a random interaction and you don’t want to find out what happens when you do. They aren’t necessarily crazy people though they could be.
username checks out tho, at least you have that going for ya.
Just beware.
I got rear ended last spring.
While stopped.
At a red light.
This entirely not my fault incident, paid for entirely by the other party’s insurance, was rewarded with a thirty percent increase in insurance premiums come renewal time.
You
Can
Not
Win
My brother’s car got sideswiped parked on the street, there was full CCTV footage of the vehicle registration which did it.
Although it was an open and closed case he was left without a car for 7 days, had to pay taxi to get to work, spent 2 months with a shitty courtesy car worth 20% of his actual car. Car finally returned and there are rattles and doors don’t close properly.
You
Can
Not
Win
I drove a 14 year old Hyundai and I would drive aggressively because I could play the game of “who cares more about their car”, I would never lose.
Sounds about like my '86 S.A.Ab. 900 SPG. Thing was a tank. A fast tank, but a tank nonetheless.
The Swedes always did build things rather sturdily…
- Blinker
- Mustn’t
- Work
Blinkers on BMWs are not included in the basic package.
Blinker subscription must’ve expired.
This is literally the first time I have ever seen someone say “mustn’t” on the internet
Did you think it wasn’t a real word and google it?
I live in the hope you did.
Not today Lemmy grammar Nazis…not today.
A true grammar Nazi would obviously know that it is a proper contraction. No true Scotsman and all that ;P
I didn’t, I know it’s a word in British English, I just wanted to say it’s rare and I haven’t seen anyone say it on the internet
Also yeah, I’m not a native language speaker
(And what do you mean by the nazi part? Why would you call anyone a nazi over something like a word?)
Grammar Nazi is an english term that means someone who is very strict about using correct words and punctuation.
It is meant to be humorous. It does not mean they are a Nazi.
Ah sorry then, I didn’t quite get that (as said I’m not a native), just wanted to point out a fun coincidence since we learnt that word a few months back in English class
Thanks for telling me
My pleasure. Hope your English studies go well.
similarly shan’t became a go-to-word among my clique in high school once we learned it.
It looks less weird when not capitalized
Mustn’t’ve
It’s out of blinker fluid.
When I didn’t have health insurance and needed a cane to walk I would play this game with shitheads that drove up into the crosswalk. Do it, mfer, my spine is more expensive than your car.
Dash cams. They cost very little compared to what a crash can cost.
I often wonder how many people self incriminate with a dash cam.
You only ever hear about people catching others with a dash cam lol.
I bet people hide it when they’re at fault
Oh dear, look at that, it’s a recording error. Third one this week. Oh well …
Yeah, you know, these cheap SD cards are so unreliable…
Back when I used to visit the roadcam subreddit you’d regularly see people either posting incidents where they were at fault. Those were always fun threads. The other thing I saw a lot was scammers massively speeding and denying it in the comments after someone calculates their speed from the video.
What they don’t tell you is it’s completely allowed to not care about your slightly nice car also.
I like to have a stress free experience on the road. So I do my best to be accommodating while also being predictable (don’t break traffic rules to be nice you’re gonna get someone killed).
Thing about it is, when you drive the shitbox you think you’re at an advantage, but the shitbox is an outlier. Try buying a car you trust as much with your liability ins…damn.
Meanwhile if you have a car that’s still kinda worth something (or you save money, btw you’re an outlier and good for you, I’m bad at it) and you have insurance, it’s just a pain in the ass not a crisis.
Oh sweet summer child.
Someone smashes up your beemer and you have to fix it or lose all its value. That single accident dings its resale value.
Someone smashes up my shitbox and I pocket the damage estimate.
I drive a ford and I listened to limp bizkit.
If my lil truck gets fucked up, I find another one in similar condition and hope the 10k I’m ahead on it is enough.
Registration is cheaper than my Corolla was.
Problem is with your 14 year old Hyundai, you probably don’t have full coverage, so your insurance is going to pay to fix his BMW, you are going to pay to replace your Hyundai, and your insurance rates are going up.
If you get hit, the other party’s insurance pays, not your own.
correct but your premiums still go up
Why would anybody in their right mind not have full coverage with a shitbox car? It’s kinda the whole point.
Well the car is worth $500.- the repairs cost $2000.- . So the car is totaled. Here is your $500.- K bye.
Not everyone can afford it.
I drive an old Toyota pickup with almost nothing still attached in the factory way, I doubt I’d even notice if someone hit me.
I miss my '87 yota… 2WD long box, 5 speed hooked up to a 22r. Hands down the best $400 I ever spent honestly. It was fully painted in bed liner and had two different side mirrors, one of which disappeared while parked at a friend’s house over night, and a rusting box patched with spray foam (which always had moss growing out of it, no matter how much I cleaned or cut away). Sad times:
