Idiots on the freeway when I have my car out!!!!

[idrivemopar]

Not only does this have to happen when I am out doing some break in driving, but it has to happen right in front of me.

I took the RR out for some driving today and to visit some of the vendors that helped with the car or parts for the car.

So I leave the engine shop and I am behind this mid 80's Trans Am that left the body shop across the street. Well, he was driving kind of slow, but I couldn't get around him because of other traffic, so I end up behind him on the freeway. We get about 1 mile down the road and all of the sudden his glass T-top on the passenger side of his car goes sailing up in the air right in front of me and I am like holy crap, I couldn't change lanes, so I slowed down a bit, but there was traffic on my *** behind me. Next thing ya know, the top takes a jog off to the side of the road and hits just off the concrete and explodes! I really tensed up as I drove by where it hit, and I hear all sorts of stuff bounding off my nice paint. Stupid guy in trans am, takes next exit, but I couldn't get back over so I'm like what the hell so I took the next exit to look at my car. Fortunately, there are only some minor little scratches on the paint, and only two chips. Plus two marks on the headlight bezels and two on the windshield. I think the body shop can make them disappear when she goes in next weekend for final polish and I can fix the bezels, but geeze, if you have a car with T-tops, make sure the damn latches are set before you drive it!!!!

 

[bigmanjbmopar]

That sux! I would have hunted for him and made him pay up.

I love being out on the road cuz mostly the younger crowd and for some reason young girls more than the guys get in behind me and for some reason think i'm going to pull over to let them pass lmao they get a good 50 car lenghts on them in about 3 seconds lol and if they catch up they never tail gate again, my other favorites are the young couples behind me with the dude in the passenger seat,

I can see his gal holding her nose and blabbing his ear off about the 493's awesome smell lol the whole time he is just sitting there wishing he was driving because the look I give him I know must embarras him to no end lmao! Dude why are you not drivng?! those people get a massive burn out in their air intake, how's that smell now bitch?!
those are the dudes that hang their nuts up on the hook when they enter the house.

Never mind me man I have issues lol

 

[watermelon]

funny ^^^^

these mopars are babes magnets...and sometimes attract other things too...

 

[idrivemopar]

Well lets hope it starts attracting more babes rather then other stuff. It was pretty funny before this incident, and guy and his buddies in a new Camaro, rolled up next to me revved up the engine, and I just looked over and laughed. Next thing you know, he rolls down his window and says hey nice car what year? I just said its a 73, but your car is faster. So we are rolling about 20, and he starts to get on it, so I just stomped on it, and he actually had to play catch-up. If there wouldn't have been cars in front of us, I am sure he would have eventually passed me, but I think he was shocked that I got ahead of him.

 

[Sonny Black]

I have a problem with freeway drivers that Buzz me or "ride my A$$" ....or will not let me merge...little fart can cars that "want to play"...
or drift close to my car!....:eusa_hand:
my '63 has drum brakes, no power steering, nor power brakes only drives straight..yadaa yada..:icon_sunny:

 

[eagleone1983]

I try my best to stay in the car free gaps on the freeway, in Utah we still have those on the weekends. I guess for those in overly populated areas you're out of luck, no worries though we'll be joining you soon. It seems Utah is booming and crime is going up, I can't wait

 

[Cranky]

I have a few stories too about crap like that....one involves an idiot that tried to push me at 75 MPH all because I wouldn't race him. This guy pestered me for at least 10 miles and I had my pregnant wife in the car. He decided rather quickly to stop the madness when he saw that he was on the wrong end of a barrel. I don't take acts of aggression very lightly but what made my butt pucker even more was when I saw a spare tire from an 18 wheeler coming down the freeway going in the opposite direction. Saw it come over the divider wall and even bounded over a couple of cars. Surprisingly, no one seemed to really go nuts about it and no one crashed....at least not that I could tell as it went out of sight and I never did see a news report about any traffic fatalities. The list goes on to include shovels, ladders and all kinds of debris coming off of all kinds of trucks. Got to be on your toes all the time.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Unfortunate accident!
I might have done the same thing....

Sorry this happened to you.

Thank God it did not hit you smack in the frontal area.

 

[Bruzilla]

I don't have these problems on the highway. When I drive on I-95 or I-295, I do about ten under the speed limit, and I'll go even slower if I have to in order to get a couple of car lengths between me and the guy ahead. As for what other drivers want... I don't care. They want to pace, race, or hate, go ahead 'cause I ain't paying you no mind.

 

[Moparsmitty]

When I'm driving the Bel it looks and sound faster than 99.9% of the other crap on the road so I don't feel like I have to prove anything to anybody. Leave 'em guessing. As for all the debris on the road, it seems really bad in the early spring so I kind of avoid some of the worst roads. Like Cranky says, you got to stay on your toes. You never know what the cars in front of you might flip your way.

 

[Budnicks]

idrivemopar, sorry to hear that, sucks with new paint especially.... Hope all buffs out... I had just finished building a racecar, was on a road trip, to race at Sacramento Raceway, everything loaded in my truck... I had a guy a few cars in front of me "many years ago now", everyone hauling a$$ going like 75mph min. on I-80 East just past Fairfield Ca., in my truck & in the middle lanes, towing my just freshly finished racecar on an open trailer, a 8' step ladder came off this guys lumber rack, not tied down I guess, it landed & bounced around between a couple cars, 4 full lanes of cars hauling a$$, it bounced over & into a few & landed in the road/hwy right in front of me length wise, I tried to straddle it, my truck was pretty low, it caught on, tore the hell out of & popped my spare tire underneath, in the back & under a tire, then wedged under my trailer... Damn it was a ride I'll never forget, thank goodness for trailer brakes & people not running into me... I don't know how I didn't crap my pants, I'll never know... There was no catching the guy either, long gone, I fortunately got to the median in the center of the Interstate Hwy, luckily both trailer & truck were still drivable... It bent & tore up all kinds of stuff, under both my tow rig & my trailer... I feel your pain...

 

[Deleted member 214]

I was behind a contractor towing a flatbed full of concrete blocks in Dallas traffic when one bounced out. Lucky for me it shattered when it hit the ground so I hit gravel and not the block...

I was on the interstate in west Tesas following an idiot with a few empty five gallon plastic pails bouncing and blowing around the bed of his truck. I backed off about 50 yards but when one came out I was blocked and couldn't get out of the way. Shattered the grill on my Stratus. Good ending - the idiot pulled over, apologized, said to follow him to the next town where he went straight to the dealer, took out his wallet, and told the counterman to order me a new grill.