...but it sure was fun!

On way to Anchorage yesterday, came up behind a huge out of state motor home, towing, of all things , a big Humvee. (Alaska, 1948???) going 50-55 in a 65 zone. No problem, passing lanes ahead.

Behind that rig was an old, grey Subaru, with grey-haired, pony-tailed, wire-rimmed-glasses driver. Then a Blue something sedan, then me in my Ram 3500 with overhead camper.

Grey effer, on coming to a passing lane section, would pull up in the left lane just short of the left rear of the road whale and hang there, preventing us faster drivers from passing.

Third time the Subaru SOB did it, I wasn't having it, and accelerated hard (love that Cummins!), despite a double yellow, but it was a sufficient straightaway with no oncoming. Blue had the same idea and crossed the double yellow on the left just in front of me as I came up, so I went right, into the right lane the road whale was in. We simultaneously blew the doors off that Subaru, Blue slightly ahead of me!

Hard behind the roadwhale I cut that miserable POS off with a pickup length to spare, as Blue cut back in front of me, then into lthe right hand lane in front of the motor home. I had speed up, and passed Blue also, and as I went by he gave me a big grin and thumbs up.

Had we planned it, it couldn't have gone any smoother, Blue and me.

Hell, we weren't even mad. Or I wasn't, anyway.

That old Hippie didn't even give us the courtesy of the finger, probably too busy checking his Depends. Ok- he might have been younger than me....

My wife, who always gives me chit about my driving (then does the same herself, or faster), just looked at me and said "Served him right."

But then, she hates Subaru drivers anyway.

I'm bad... I know it...

Nothing like a little road rage!

I said I wasn't mad... and I wasn't. It was cold and deliberate, and it just sorta evolved...and that's a danger.

I didn't say I lacked the vengence gene.

Still... we could have scared the sorry bastard enough for him to swerve into one of us. Not good.

Was ya carryin?
People only do stuff like at, when they be carryin ya know.

Well, duh!

Still wasn't my best moment, ya know?

Besides, I wasn't stopping and no way is a fuggin Hippy Suburu gonna mess with a 3500 crew-cab Ram carrying a 3,000 lb camper. Not til he dogs me for 100 miles... unless the dogs or I have to pee sooner.

I be a bully.... I should be ashamed.

Check back with me on that. Not kosher, but it was fun!

Yeah, gotta love the power of those Cummings. My truck will get with it, if I mash my motor.

Oh yes, las thanks for sharing your story.

My Ram is old *(2003) but it will do at least 110 ( a month or so back, without the camper on it - would not have done it without new Michelins 2 days old on the truck, vs the cord-showing old tires))

Considering this thread- you don't want to know, but 13 in a row is my record to date... We have a law here that says you MUST pull over if you have stacked up 6 behind you...

I really hate people who won't pass the lead car going 10 miles under in perfect conditions and an empty oncoming lane of sufficient length.

I did resist the urge to slow down in front of them to 15 under.....

That was me in Subaru

Oh, sorry. Well , not really, but can I buy you a new Depends?

This

I'm a Subaru driver... a pearl white Outback, 4 cylinder, tan beige leather interior. Just needs a rainbow colored soccer ball magnet to be complete.
That said, I hate Subaru drivers, they HAVE to be the moral imperative "keepers of the speed" on the small highways we have around here. Bastards!

I drive my best to get around every cluster of idiots that clump together and stay away from said "clusters", I believe sheeple like to drive like that, in a herd, but that's where stupid stuff happens.

Okay, off to get my manicure now...

I got a buddy who seems to always be looking for motive or purpose in what other guys drive. Funny thing is that he drives what he drives to project an image. Constantly thinking out loud about what others think of him or what others are thinking as they drive down the road.

It's a funny thing. I've called him on it and he knows it's true. Admits it on his better days.

Me? I see others on the road. Don't (mostly) know them and don't care what they think. About anything...

I commute 60+ miles one way to work. In a Subaru. 45 miles or so on the interstate. Speed limit is 70, and I mostly set the cruise there, get in the right lane, and let everyone pass me. Til I come up to a truck that has a GPS watcher that limits them to 65. Then I pass in the left lane and if things are busy there might be from 3-5 vehicles crowding behind me for the time it takes me to pass.
Don't care what they think either.

I get the rep that Subaru and Prius drivers have. It just doesn't fit the Subaru and Prius drivers where I live.

And there's also this point;

About half way to work there is a guy I work with who passes me on a regular basis. He's usually out of sight in a few minutes on fairly straight level roads.
30 miles later I'm usually a couple of cars behind him in the turn lane for our facility.

Right^^^^^

But do you pass doing 70 or do you stomp it down and get on outta the phooking way?

What did he do, sit down and have breakfast somewhere?

So, you're one of those slow passing fuggers.

See chapter 9. "When you pass, pass! Don't dawdle! Then get the hell back in the right lane."

Whenever I'm driving and my blood pressure spikes, there's almost always a Subaru or some kind of mini-van involved.

I am that...

IQ check should go hand in hand with a DL issue.

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Is it your minivan? Are you the problem?

I owned a Subaru back in the 80's, before Subaru drivers became a defined thing. I just bought a Crosstrek for a daily driver but not until I realized that VW's are what the pretentious bastards are driving now.

The only thing missing on my car is a coexist sticker:


...and anyone who chooses to interfere with the flow of traffic irritates me.

Laughing.

So commies get participation trophy driver's licenses in AK?

We used to spend a few weeks in Oregon every year. I'd get so frustrated with Subaru drivers. They'd go about 45 in a 65 until a passing lane came up and then they'd floor it and try to keep you from passing. I always told my wife it was just another liberal trying to control us.

Bb

It's a straight up math thing. Most aren't going to go fast enough to make any real time difference in a 30 mile drive. The difference between 70 mph and 100 mph at the 30 mile mark is around 8 minutes.
75mph vs 70 saves a minute and a half.
80 mph might save you 3 minutes, or cost you 15 minutes and a couple of bills.

But everybody knows this stuff. Many drive based on how they "feel".

And to save that 3 minutes at 80mph there is no braking for cops in the median. No braking for curves, exit ramps, entrance ramps, or slow passing bastards like me...

As I said, I'm usually a couple of cars behind him in the turn lane at work...

My pard drives an older beater Subaru, but he ain’t a “Subaru driver”.
😉

Don't guess I am either.

The buddy mentioned above drives either a Tundra or a Wrangler. He's had the Wrangler since 2010 or so, and the Tundra since 2013.
I've had the Subaru since February and it's got more off road miles than both of his...

As mentioned, he and a lot of others drive to project an image.

We had a 4 cyl Legacy wagon for about ten years. It averaged three miles a day off road. It saw 85 mph on the freeway every night and morning. When I came home from work, it often carried a couple five gallon cans of gas or diesel in the back. Or 50 lb salt blocks, or sometimes 500 lbs of bagged pig feed or grain for horses and cows.

I wonder if I qualify as the "typical Subaru driver".

Agreed.

My primary is a paint-peeling, '95 Taco. The image I try to project is I don't give a chit what other people think.

Nope, simple math, you can't buy much time in short distances.... BTDT. If a few minutes is an issue then you can try it, but generally these days I drive much less aggressively and just leave 5 minutes early.

NOW on LONG trips, speed makes up time, thats a given. But for most commutes, an hour or less, you simply are not going to gain much. Well unless you are doing 120 passing folks doing 60...

On a long trip velocity does make a difference.

But to even attempt to average 75 on most interstates is frustrating. Even in South Dakota the idiots will beat you down...

I generally run 60 on the two lanes here. Curves, hills and all. Could run faster, but no need, and the limit is 55. And I pass a LOT of people. If I catch you, I pass you. Mainly because the truck likes 60 a lot better than 55. Less shifts for little hills and the like. Most folks will run 55 to a bit over, but they hit the brakes at every curve, let velocity drop going up hills, ride the brakes down hills, and slow down to gawk at things or answer their phone. And I rarely see them behind me when we get to town. I am gaining more than one would think. Dad rode with me a couple times, then he shows up at the house talking about how 60 mph makes a quicker trip if you can do it. Also, in town, the speed limit is 35. Most run that or below. If you run 37 to 39 or so, you can hit all the lights on the main drag green. It is obvious that most people never learn this.

These are the bassturds that get under my skin.

The only thing worse than a Subaru is a Dodge Mini van. If it's got a handicap plate on it you are guaranteed to be doing 5 to 10 under the speed limit and they will not get out of the passing lane. Don't get me started on folks who will not use their cruise control and can't find one speed to go in.

kwg

Heck. Guys - Mike even rode in (and named my '90 3500 Chev "Jumper" )- a little problem with worn king pins and tires..

Guaranteed he doesn't care what he rides in.....

I'm always surprised at the number of people who don't use cruise control when they could, and their speed wobbles up and down by 5-10 miles per hour. Which means I have to come out of cruise until I can pass.

My FIL claims he gets better milage if he doesn't use cruise. I suspect this is based on a one-of test in eastern Montana where he lives, and involved strong head and tail winds, and high speed (no speed limit at the time).

Don't have a mini-van, never have, never will. Just not my kind of vehicle. I would get a Dodge Ram p/u before I'd get a mini-van of any kind.

Around Tennessee they're known as "Les-Baru"- - - -most of the gals who bat for the other team drive them!
Jerry

You got 8 big balls under the hood, sometimes you just have to use them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6amRqbEj4rs

Going solely of your posts on this thread, you sound exactly like the kind of subaru driver that other posters are lamenting. Self righteousness and all lol.

First dead people I saw as a kid was on a two lane highway. Found out later, someone tried to pass a string of cars and didn't make it. They went head on into another string of cars going the opposite direction. What a mess. Cars, people, debris...terrible. People who have to sort out that kind of mess have my respect.

Glad it worked out OK. Stay safe out there.

About ten years ago I was driving my daughter to college. We were stuck behind a couple of girls in a Honda Element. It had one of the blue stickers with the yellow = sign on it. I laughed and said, why did they put a Subaru sticker on their Honda?
My daughter rolled her eyes at me and said, dad, that sticker means gay equal rights.
Me- but why are they on every Subaru I see?
Her- A lot of lesbians and gays like Subaru's. Myself, I'm a Jeep girl....

Just has to go up hills and have brakes. And no breaks.

8 minutes is the difference from me being late to work or not.
Joe Birkenstock in the butchmobile is late......

Remember today's axiom.

"What is the point of being grown up if you cannot be childish now and then".

I drive a lot, 60k+ business miles annually. Some freeway and lot of country/city roads. The worst places for me are coastal towns and the top of list is a coastal town with a university. Lots of older retired folks that don't give a damn what time they show up mixed up with 19-20 year old late for class students all in the same place at the same time. The farm implements have scaled up in size much faster than the country roads have so that's a problem for farmers and travelers. I give the tractors and combines as much room as I can because I don't see me winning in a collision no matter who has the right of way.
As for speeding, you have to do it over a long drive to make any difference. Bad luck with the lights will take away what 15 over for an hour will gain. I just go with the flow mostly, but that dick that speeds up to keep somebody from passing will burn in hell.....

Agreed on the last sentence. Along with them that pass at 1 mph over what the slower vehicle is doing, because BY GOD they WILL determine how fast you will drive on THEIR road. Even though state law says you can do 10 over posted limit when passing. But then again, I guess them drivers (lot of them just happen to drive subarus) know whats best for everyone. That's why they join unions and vote socialist.

Not to rain on your parade or to call you out in any way, but one must consider consequences of passing on a double yellow.

My Dad came around a corner in his lane on a highway in Southern Utah. Coming at him was two cars - one going in the opposite lane and one in his lane. He tried taking the shoulder to get out of the way and avoid a head on. It cost him his life, and the other drivers that caused all this kept driving.

I have done foolish driving too, so I am not better than anyone else. But his accident has modified how I drive.

Don’t see a lot of Subaru drivers in my part of N. TX.
If you go to Austin, though, you’ll see a lot of big ole bull dykes driving them. And in the DFW you’ll see the metrosexuals man bun types driving them.

What you do see here are a lot of fuggin wetback drivers. They’re usually in a mid 90’s Chevy pickup with a Dallas Cowboys sticker on the tailgate or a 90’s Chevy full sized van that’s loaded to the Gill with other fuggin wetbacks.

And you can always tell it’s a wetback driver cause they always drive at least 5 or 10 mph under the speed limit thinking they won’t get stopped by LEO and they won’t ever pass anyone on the road.

One of these days I’m gonna buy me a big ole one ton diesel dually with big ass pipe bumpers all the way around it so I can drive around and run all of those fuggers off the road. 🤠

That made me think of National lampoons Christmas vacation. When Clark gets the station wagon stuck under the log truck.