Dear lady in the beige late-90s Camry

"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno) 08/19/2014 at 18:41 • Filed to: None

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Just because you HAVE to be in the turn lane because it's your turn you need, doesn't mean you get to cut in front of my and almost sideswipe me in the process while I'm waiting my turn to turn.

Oh, and get off your fucking phone.

Sincerely,

The guy who leaned on his horn for 10 seconds then rode your ass until his next turn in the BIG BLUE TRUCK YOU COULD CLEARLY SEE

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 18:45

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Maybe she was too busy laughing at your (self-proclaimed) wimpy horn.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/19/2014 at 18:46

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Nah, because she didn't hear it until AFTER SHE CUT ME OFF.

I swear for Christmas I'm gifting my dad a fucking train horn.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 18:47

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I watched a black Jeep Laredo cut across 3 lanes right in front of me to get into a U-turn lane. Pissed my right off. Sure, he used his signals, but he literally just cut the wheel and veered over about 15ft in front of me today.

Buick Mackane > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 18:48

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I did not understand this at all.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/19/2014 at 18:49

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Those are the kind of people I just wanna drive behind leaning on the horn.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 18:51

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I just had to see how dinky the horn really is. Does it sound anything like this (skip to 1:58)?

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Buick Mackane 08/19/2014 at 18:51

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I was getting in the turn lane, Camry lady was still in front of me in the normal lane while I get into the lane and at THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND she cuts over in front of me almost clipping my front right corner. I lean on horn.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/19/2014 at 18:52

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Yes, that's exactly how it sounds.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 18:54

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K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 18:54

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I'm very passive though. I've only used my horn twice in 1.75 years of driving.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/19/2014 at 18:55

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IT.

NEEDS.

A.

DAMN.

TRAIN.

HORN.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/19/2014 at 18:57

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PSSSSSSH.

No way.

I don't normally use the horn in the truck because it sounds like it belongs in a smart car. But in the van and Saturn, game on idiot drivers, game on.

GhostZ > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 19:00

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This is what you need under your hood: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/ze…

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > GhostZ 08/19/2014 at 19:00

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Oh fuck yes.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 19:03

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It certainly does. Better yet, a caddy horn:

Or, of course:

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 19:06

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Well I've honked the horn for giggles, but for a situation that requires it, only twice.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 19:22

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Sigh, people are the worst. Especially when they think they haven't done ANYTHING wrong.

A few weeks ago I'm on the freeway in thick traffic travelling around 20MPH. 2 lanes in my direction of travel, I'm in the left lane. Dude in a blue Camry comes speeding up an on-ramp, squeezes barely between two cars in the right lane, and right in front of me at pretty much a 45 degree angle. Sure, he had his blinker on...but travelling twice the speed of the flow of traffic, you can't just not only cut the line on the on-ramp but also across 2 lanes of freeway.

I laid my horn on him for a few seconds - the idiot actually STOPPED, leaned out the window, looked towards me, and flipped me off. Right, buddy. *I* am the asshole here. Then he continued to be stuck in traffic just like the rest of us doing 20MPH. I'm sure he got home WAAAYYY faster than if he had just behaved like a civilized person.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > ZHP Sparky, the 5th 08/19/2014 at 19:40

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Fucking Camry drivers.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 19:58

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Is it broken? Our Trailblazer's horn was super fucking loud.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 08/19/2014 at 19:59

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Nope, It's always sounded like that.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 20:04

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That sounds like our Impala's horn after it broke... In the first 1k miles of being brand new. GM quality!

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/19/2014 at 21:34

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Man, Pre-1996 Camries looked better. They even had the option to go Super Touring!

http://maydaygarage.com/wp-content/upl…

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/19/2014 at 23:46

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Another cheap option is the horn off of an Escape. It is surprisingly loud, for how small the vehicle is. Mine scared the bejeezus out of me when the alarm first went off.

Philbert/Phartnagle > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/21/2014 at 05:27

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So you are road raging on little old ladies....

jalopniksucks > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/20/2014 at 20:39

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I own a 1992 Toyota Camry sedan and my step dad owns a 1992 Chevy Truck. Long story short, the 1992 Camry is an immensly nicer car when you compare the two. The 1992 Camry has a far smoother, more responsive transmission, and performs and handles far better while providing an interior that looks 20+ years more modern, and is built to much higher levels of refinement than comparable GM or Ford products at the time. In fact, Ford and GM admitted to USA Today that Toyota's 3rd Generation Camry was a surperior product in terms of engineering and even styling sophistication when they reverse engineered Camrys and compared it to their own products. Sadly, modern camrys aren't nearly as highly built, but in my experience, a 1992 Camry is one of the nicest, most over-built cars I've ever been in. It literally has a theater-quality Dolby surround sound audio system that takes a steaming crap on the Chevy trucks stereo system. The stamping process, NVH reduction technology, material and part tolerances and quality, are all better. You can ask veteran engineers from BMW, all other japanese car companies, and GM, especially Ford, and Chrysler about a 1992 Camry and they will most likely tell you it is one of the most technologically sophisticated cars ever made. Its non-synchronous transmission was state-of-the art. Hell, my 1992 Camry is more fun to drive than my mom's 2000 Impreza L coupe, which feels more cheaply made and doesn't perform any better. Additionally, the 1992 Camry's body shape was designed specifically to scare all other car companies because the stamping of the C-pillar was something no other car company was capable of. The Gen 3 Camry is regarded in industry as a benchmark that set the standard. Bob Lutz admitted the Japanese were building better cars. I like domestic cars, in fact I love almost all cars, but when somebody who is ignorant and doesn't use logic and instead ignorantly bashes on a car they know nothing about, I use the knowledge I've gained from being in my 4th year of Mechanical Engineering school to destroy their arguments. Now, please google "car: a drama of the american workplace" and get back to me lol. :p

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jalopniksucks 11/20/2014 at 21:26

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Just based on my experience, Camry drivers are in the subpar category of driving focus.

I drove my girlfriend's '98 Camry V6 a good amount. I never said it wasn't a good car, just most of the drivers are idiots. I actually enjoyed driving that Camry, until the engine decided it was done living at just 120,000 miles. Compared to my '94 GMC Safari and my dad's '04 Silverado which have 147k and 137k and are still going strong.

Also, yeah, really destroyed my three word argument. Kicked my ass.

Now tell me, was all that typing really worth it?

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > jalopniksucks 11/20/2014 at 22:24

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//burp

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > jalopniksucks 11/20/2014 at 22:28

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obvious troll is obvious

haveacarortwoorthree > jalopniksucks 11/20/2014 at 22:33

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Hope the next owner of this Camry has the seats steamed cleaned 2 or 3 times before driving it because this guy has developed way too close a relationship with the car.

ly2v8-Brian > jalopniksucks 11/20/2014 at 22:33

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'sophisticated'

That car is far from sophisticated. It was extremely basic design throughout, but that is why it worked. A woefully drab and uninspired design, but most buyers are uninterested in that. The interior is fully decked out in brittle cheap plastics, like all of it's competitors.

Now I don't like being an ass on here but come on dude.

Zoom > jalopniksucks 11/20/2014 at 23:53

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Camrys are the weakest designed, no frills appliance of a car. There is absolutely no exemplary engineering to any part of the car. It is the most basic, simplest design that could be attempted. No spectacular engine, transmission, suspension, hvac, etc etc etc. That in itself is also what makes it above average in reliability.

Ground breaking cars that stretch limits in performance, whether in speed, comfort, or economy, are stretching the limits of engineering. A Camry does none of this, and never will.