First off...let me just say that should you choose to read this, I cannot give you the five minutes of your life back!
Three lane highway, fairly busy, tunes bumping, windows down, top open (yes...I have the sunroof...
), and plugging along at around 78 mph in the middle lane.
Red car passes me on the left followed by a gray car. I move in behind the gray car and the three of us slowly pass the little bit of congestion...
The red car decides to slow down and the gray car just sucks right up on his bumper. My common sense tells me to back off the throttle. I do and put about 12 cars between me and the gray car. As with "most" supra owners, we try our best to avoid accidents, rock chips, and such!
After a bit, the red car slides over in to the middle lane. Great! Now the gray car and I can move along at our previous pace. Well, all of a sudden I see a flash of brake lights from the gray car. I thought huh....he must have dropped something...? Then he hits the brakes and locks them up! I'm like HUH!?!? And immediately move to my defense battle stations! You know...upright...both hands on the wheel... So, I raise both hands like "WHAT?!!?" and motioned him to move over.
So, he moves over to the middle lane, and I assume my kicked back, relaxed, cruise position, and begin to make my way by.
I get about six cars from him and he swerves in to my lane and double foots the brakes! Smoke everywhere, the car went sideways, and he almost slid off the road! I jam on my brakes and realize that my stock system isn't going to stop in time.
Just as he lets off and sort of regains control, I'm literally at his bumper. I drop it in to third for added braking and swerve on to the left shoulder to avoid him. Then we're side by side and he punches it to keep me off the road.
My right foot goes from a mashed brake position to mashed gas pedal position! So, here I am dragging this stupid low life on the left shoulder of the freeway praying that my ponies will pass him before he decides to do something really brainy!
Sure enough...I smoke passed him on the VERY narrow left shoulder. Now, I'm in front! What a relief!
I resisted the urge to play his game, again...preservation of the supra is priority! So, I slide over in to the middle lane looking for something to throw at his car. All I could find was my Brittany Spears CD and that just aint happening folks!
As he gets next to me, I politely motioned him to pull over so we could discuss what had just happened; but, he wouldn't even look at me. Probably a good thing because he looked to be at least 6'6 260 lbs...
I go on my way as he does his. The worst part about it is that I was embarrassed as to what had just happened. Isn't that interesting... I guess it's because I am the only Black MK3 in my area and there aren't many MK3's to begin with so all of the spectators will remember that event when they see my car.
I don't wish ill to anyone; but, I hope that there is an event in this guy's life that will not harm him.......but make him realize how much of a JERK he is!
All in all, everyone is ok including the Supra!
I wonder if I could've charged the surrounding drivers for that show...hmm...
Three lane highway, fairly busy, tunes bumping, windows down, top open (yes...I have the sunroof...
), and plugging along at around 78 mph in the middle lane.Red car passes me on the left followed by a gray car. I move in behind the gray car and the three of us slowly pass the little bit of congestion...
The red car decides to slow down and the gray car just sucks right up on his bumper. My common sense tells me to back off the throttle. I do and put about 12 cars between me and the gray car. As with "most" supra owners, we try our best to avoid accidents, rock chips, and such!
After a bit, the red car slides over in to the middle lane. Great! Now the gray car and I can move along at our previous pace. Well, all of a sudden I see a flash of brake lights from the gray car. I thought huh....he must have dropped something...? Then he hits the brakes and locks them up! I'm like HUH!?!? And immediately move to my defense battle stations! You know...upright...both hands on the wheel... So, I raise both hands like "WHAT?!!?" and motioned him to move over.
So, he moves over to the middle lane, and I assume my kicked back, relaxed, cruise position, and begin to make my way by.
I get about six cars from him and he swerves in to my lane and double foots the brakes! Smoke everywhere, the car went sideways, and he almost slid off the road! I jam on my brakes and realize that my stock system isn't going to stop in time.
Just as he lets off and sort of regains control, I'm literally at his bumper. I drop it in to third for added braking and swerve on to the left shoulder to avoid him. Then we're side by side and he punches it to keep me off the road.
My right foot goes from a mashed brake position to mashed gas pedal position! So, here I am dragging this stupid low life on the left shoulder of the freeway praying that my ponies will pass him before he decides to do something really brainy!
Sure enough...I smoke passed him on the VERY narrow left shoulder. Now, I'm in front! What a relief!
I resisted the urge to play his game, again...preservation of the supra is priority! So, I slide over in to the middle lane looking for something to throw at his car. All I could find was my Brittany Spears CD and that just aint happening folks!
As he gets next to me, I politely motioned him to pull over so we could discuss what had just happened; but, he wouldn't even look at me. Probably a good thing because he looked to be at least 6'6 260 lbs...
I go on my way as he does his. The worst part about it is that I was embarrassed as to what had just happened. Isn't that interesting... I guess it's because I am the only Black MK3 in my area and there aren't many MK3's to begin with so all of the spectators will remember that event when they see my car.
I don't wish ill to anyone; but, I hope that there is an event in this guy's life that will not harm him.......but make him realize how much of a JERK he is!
All in all, everyone is ok including the Supra!
I wonder if I could've charged the surrounding drivers for that show...hmm...
