Bad Judgment Call?

Cruising along in Grrretchen this weekend, enjoying the nice weather. There are some nice 2-lane roads up here in North Georgia for leisurely cruising.

During my cruise, I may have been a bit of a 'jerk'; you decide.

After a bit of driving on back country roads, a little BMW convertible creeps up behind and really starts riding my tail. I can see the jacked up stockbroker in my rearview mirror. He has slicked back hair and $700 shades, and keeps trying to look around my wagon to see if he can't get past me. I'm driving about 5mph over the speed limit and don't have any desire to go faster. He keeps creeping on me, and swerving a little to my right to get a peek of traffic ahead. The guy is clearly tailgating and being a general PITA. I don't know what his problem is. Perhaps he doesn't like the exhaust fumes of my non-emmission required dual exhaust Ford Big Block. Perhaps his ego can't stand being behind a station-wagon...I don't know.

After about 15 minutes of him bobbing and weaving and riding my bumper, we finally come to 4-way stop. That's when the idea hits me.

I place my left foot on the brake, and rev the engine up to about 2,500rpm with right foot. As the 400+ horses in the wagon begin their throaty roar, i release the brake and depress the accelerator all the way down to the floor board.

The twin trail of rubber was about 20 feet long, but more importantly the cumulus cloud of vaporized rubber rivaled that of an exploding Mt. St. Helens. I may have taken 1,000 functional miles of tread-life off of my tires, but the ******* in the beamer is going to smell like burned rubber until next weekend.

Was I jerk, or was I justified?

 

justified...nuff said!

shall we call you Odin or Loki ?

 

Regardless... WHAT FUN!

 

Justified. Odin with a bit of Loki influence.

 

Who cares! You smoked him!

 

Was I jerk, or was I justified?

BOTH..........But what fun! Best 1000 miles of tire wear in a long time. just don't make it a habit.

 

You're my hero!

 

I don't trust the driving public anymore - too many immature idiots with a chip on their shoulders and something to prove. Maybe my age is showing, but I've started pulling over and letting people pass me whenever this situation occurs (which is way too often). I guess my experience with 3 Corvettes got me to this point - someone would try to provoke a race and prove they had a car that could beat a Vette, and usually they would do something very dangerous in the process, like pass me in the exit lane, jerking back into traffic at the last second and cutting several people off in the process. I don't let these fools goad me into doing something dangerous.

Karma caught up to one of these idiots - he was riding my tail for what seemed like a long time, so I pulled to the side and let him pass. He floored it and roared by me. Less than 5 minutes later the same jerk was pulled over by the state troopers - I honked and waved and kept on cruising!

Now, I haven't always been this philosophical about driving - took nearly half a century to get this way! I've done things on the roadways that I'm not proud of, but I'm trying to be more Zen-like! What would Kung-Fu do if he drove?

 

We've all done some stupid things driving. But usually not nearly as stupid as most. And eventually we grow out of it. However there are those times when the child within outstupids those stupider than us!
Hopefully we still use common sense and safety during those stupid times. Hammer down! Pedal to the metal!

 

Did you check on the bmw site to hear about some station wagon!

 

Ya really think that dude is gonna tell anyone this happened. He was last spotted in an upscale wine bar drinking directly from the bottle!

 

HAHAHAHA!!!

 

Haha!