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Originally Posted by radroach
Since I've come home to memphis I've been spending days making christmas deliveries (honey, no tofu) in my car, and frustratingly have been dealing with lots of tailgaters in traffic, lots of Dodge RAM's and toyota monstrosities, also uninsured and unlicensed motorists talking on their cell phone behind me, every single light. Some are pushing up close to my car before I even get moving in 1st, and then ride me through 2nd if I try to shift slowly before 3000 RPMs. I can't take much of this, and I can see them glaring at me through the back window and it frustrates me.
I think I need a clever bumper sticker, perhaps a picture of Jeremy Clarkson with his bulldog eyes staring back at them. Any hints or tips?
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I'm sorry for your frustration - I've noticed that I tend to get a lot more tailgaters in this car than I did in my '04 Carolla - the majority of which always seem to be a guy driving a truck.
I even had some douche in a Toyota Tacoma cut me off the other day when I was stopped at a light in the left-turn lane - he was behind me and when the light went green he floored it and cut me off diagonally and took the first right-hand turn not even a half a block after.
The biggest frustration for me is when people do this in stop-and-go traffic. I've had a few people come to a hard stop absurdly close behind me because they're not paying attention to what's going on with traffic; that sort of stuff used to not phase me much, but in my FR-S (my first new car) it does get me upset - like other have said if it's a case where you can't move over for them, or they're intentionally doing it despite you driving well above the speed limit - it helps to stop looking in your rear-view mirror and turn up the music.