Things that piss me off #263754245

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
11/10/2015 at 12:52 • Filed to: None

People who won’t take up the slack between cars. I’m not talking about getting right up someone’s ass so that you get a new car if they roll back, I’m talking about those who see a red light ahead, so they immediately brake, and come to a stop with a couple carlengths between them and the car in front. Then, they proceed to creep ahead a few feet, and stop again. Lather, rinse, repeat until about a carlength away. Then, start to creep into that gap as soon as the light is green, but not actually accelerate until the car in front is long gone.

Look, there’s nothing wrong with leaving a gap. It gives room if the guy in front rolls back, it allows room to pull out and go around if something happens, and (biggest for me) is allows for smoother and faster acceleration of all vehicles that are stopped, by allowing you to start rolling sooner. Theoretically, if everyone left a few feet, then everyone could start rolling as soon as the light went green, and everyone could accelerate at a uniform pace much faster than the way it is now.

But that’s not what these people are doing. What they are doing is idiotic, and I AM SICK OF THEM. Kindly go fornicate yourselves with dry cacti, slackers.

Rant ends, you may now resume your day.

DISCUSSION (11)

OPPOsaurus WRX > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/10/2015 at 12:59

I leave an appropriate amount of room. When people stop right on my ass I move up a few inches and wait for them to do the same, then I move up again and see how many times they will do it too. I hate people being right on my ass, especially when I was on the WRX.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > OPPOsaurus WRX
11/10/2015 at 13:02

Like I said, I have no problem with that. It's these too-much-gap-leaving indecisive-creepers that I'm pissed at.

jariten1781 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/10/2015 at 13:03

Meh, as long as it doesn't cause issues with access to the left turn lane it doesn't even register on the 'shitty driver' scale for me.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > jariten1781
11/10/2015 at 13:10

It's just the "what, stopping already? well, seems pretty premature, but not worth getting worked up over... wait we're moving again? ok, you must have realized your mistake. no wait stopping again. moving, stopping, moving, stopping lather, rinse, repeat, light goes green, then: uh... it's green... you can do more than creep now..." cycle is really annoying to me. I come to a red light, I park myself a fair distance from the person in front, and I wait. All this fiddling around and still being miles away is stupid. Though, to be fair, one of the reasons I was getting annoyed was because my engine hadn't warmed up enough and was still idling high enough to be straining at the brakes pretty hard.

for Michigan > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/10/2015 at 13:20

Isn’t that what neutral is for? Just shift out of gear and no more fighting to stop/keep the car still.

for Michigan > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/10/2015 at 13:21

Never experienced this until I moved to Ohio. It’s most frustrating when they block the left turn lane.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > for Michigan
11/10/2015 at 13:25

Yes, but it's not so much fighting to keep the car still, it's that it's jumpy getting on/off the brakes (since more force is needed) to take up the slack every time they decide to creep up a couple feet further.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > for Michigan
11/10/2015 at 13:26

This more than anything. Right turn as well.

for Michigan > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/10/2015 at 13:53

That makes sense. My Fiero is the same way, but I usually let it warm up before I leave and I haven’t driven it much recently.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > for Michigan
11/10/2015 at 14:08

I give mine around 30 seconds to warm/circulate the oil, but that's it. Apparently the only things that are bad in cold starts are driving immediately and beating a cold motor. So I'm told, anyway, and I haven't busted anything yet...

BigBlock440 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/10/2015 at 14:29

So I’m told, anyway, and I haven’t busted anything yet...

And you won’t. These are things that make the difference between 300,000 miles and 400,000 miles. Unless there’s a hugely fatal flaw, the only thing that really affects an engine (outside of overheating, head gaskets, and over-revving) is oil. Keep the oil changed and use the appropriate stuff and any engine should make it to 200k almost regardless of conditions it was driven in.