Hi all,

Well, it was a beautiful day in the Bay today and besides an encounter with one reckless jerk (read on for details), it was a great day!

Now, on to the rant....

Earlier this afternoon, I picked up a set of black Samco hoses from ride123 (thanks, man!). As I hopped on 101 N near Grand Ave & Monster Park, traffic was fairly heavy but moving at about 65mph in the fast lanes. I had only been on 101 for a minute or two, when I looked into my rearview and saw this dark blur weaving in and out of traffic like crazy. As it got within a couple cars behind me, I could make out what had to be a yellow, prancing horse emblem on the nose of...yup, a Ferrari. It was an emerald green 456 GT to be exact.

I was in the #3 lane, and the 456 was coming fast in #4. Dude must've been late for afternoon tea or something cuz he was driving like a total a$#!? He was constantly tailgating and straddling between lines while trying to leapfrog EACH and EVERY car ahead of him. He finally got stuck behind this limo, which was apparently driving Ms Daisy and going about 50 in #4. #3 was blocked, but Mr. 456 kept aggressively swaying back in forth between the lanes trying to get the limo to move over. He jerked back and forth 10-15 within a 1/2 mile and finally did what I knew was coming. The guy pulled onto the emergency "lane" next to the center divider and just gunned it. The "lane" was noticeably full of dirt & debris, but the guy didn't care. He kicked up a cloud of dirt and rocks everywhere as he passed and cut off the limo.

After pulling his brain dead maneuver, fortunately, justice was served somewhat, and the guy got caught up in gridlock with everyone else as we hit the Downtown SF area. I tried to move up to get a look at the guy just to see who the fool was, but my exit was coming up. All I could see was that the guy had a red cap pulled down low over his face and mirrored aviator style shades (how cool!) The funniest thing was that the guy looked barely tall enough to see over the steering wheel....maybe it was Alex Zenardi! :LOL

Anyways, that was that. I just don't understand why jerks always drive the nicest cars though. I know not all guys w/Ferraris, Lambos, and other big $$$ toys are tools, but most of the ones I've seen lately on the road have been!

 

When youre rich you can do what you want, its easy!

 

Ha ha, thats a first for me at least...
All the Ferrari drivers I've seen on the road seem to cruise at speed limit.

 

yes
jerks act like jerks because they can afford to be one.

 

Saw a guy driving a yellow Panoz roadster around town today. Seemed nice enough. Weather was condusive for a topless drive about.

 

Sorry. Next time I'll slow down.

 

hey those are my Samco hoses! hehe. Oh well, I didn't need them right away anyways.

 

What's $1,000 fine for speeding and reckless driving when you can afford a $250,000 car? Besides, you probably know the judge anyway.

 

i think ppl who own really expensive cars fall into a few categories...
1. you got the car young, which means you grew up with lots of $$$ and have a sense of entitlement which leads you to believe that you can do anything you want and get away with anything... (and you spend your whole life this way and end up being the 40yr old driver who drives recklessly...)
2. by the time you earned enough money to finally buy that dream sports car you've been eyeing for the past 50 years, you're too old to really drive so you just like to take it along for nice slow sunday drives where you hold up traffic for miles, but hey! you're enjoying that car...
3. all the exceptions...


at any rate.. justice would have been better served if he got caught, got a ticket (minor detail for him) but! the ticket slowed him down enough that he ended up much further behind all the traffic that he so frantically passed prior to the incident....

 

It's so simple. Having loads of cash available to you means you don't need to be responsible for your actions.

 

Yeah, look at O.J. ---He's still looking for Nicole's killer on every Florida golf course he can find!!

 

yeah, pretty much. As bad/dangerous as the 456 guy's emergency lane pass was, I was more taken aback by his "look at me! look at me!" antics as he jumped from side to side in his lane trying to fill the rear & sideview mirrors of the drivers ahead. He was no more than a couple feet behind each car when he did that too.

Fortunately for him, he was too smart too duck in behind my ride or I would've given him a BIG brake check & collected an even bigger check from him. Then I coulda been ANOTHER jerk driving a nice car!

 

Sorry, but you can buy my red Samcos!

 

so you already have some, just wanted black or something? How much?

 

all those expensive cars come with a laminated ******* license

i would have blocked the guy in behind the limo and watched him cus and spit allover himself and laugh at him . but then the little puss might pull a gun so x that thought but it would be fun to just get im more pissed then he was.