People who use the brake pedal as a switch.
People who use the brake pedal as a switch.
ddavidv wrote: People who feel the need to tell you their small block Chevy has "four bolt mains".
it usually followed up with "Siamese............
Klayfish wrote: Why, just why?? <img src="http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo257/nhram10/004.
To me, this is stupid, but by no means as stupid as the hellaflush/stance community. 
1) "Fully built"
2) Energy drink stickers
3)"Wait, you don't drive an AWD car for the winter?" 3a) "I run worn out all seasons all year because I have AWD that makes me invincible in snow" 3b) "It's the states fault I went off the road, I should sue!"
4) My boss feeling the need to tell me about how terrible Saabs are and how I'm an idiot for fixing mine any time it's on a lift for any reason ("I'm measuring for custom wheel adapters" "Why did you buy this POS again?"), and how Saab owners are broke and homeless. Despite over half of my coworkers driving them....
ddavidv wrote: People who feel the need to tell you their small block Chevy has "four bolt mains".
Well, if your blocks were cast out of magnetic Cheddar, then you'd want all the help you could get 
fidelity101 wrote: gassers with stacks.
You, sir, are dead to me now. Stacks rule, especially on big-block Chevies because you get that jaunty angled short-n-long look.
In reply to Knurled:
People who don't use turn signals drive me nuts! Women doing their makeup while driving. People who don't pull over for emergency vehicles.
Almost forgot, explain to me why people, especially women, think everything and everyone will move faster or get out of their way when they hit the horn. My wife thinks its some kind of safety barrier that stops other cars from hitting you.
Every inbred yutz and their dog that lists their mass produced appliance as "rare".
1996 Dodge Neon, rare twin cam model. 1985 Dodge Lancer, rare turbo model. 2002 Subaru "bug eye", ultra rare!
Iusedtobefast wrote: My wife thinks its some kind of safety barrier that stops other cars from hitting you.
So does mine. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so damned scary since I'm usually in the passenger seat. There were a few times when I was driving that I had to go full evasive to avoid hitting someone (or being hit as the case usually was) and afterward she would ask why I didn't honk the horn at them? Um, because I was too busy saving our berkeleying lives!
Driving down the local interstate, in the left lane, booking along at 70 trying to pass a few folks before we hit the uphill section into West Linn. As we near one of the on-ramps I watch the cars coming onto the freeway as I do to ensure nothing stupid happens. As I approach I keep scanning across to the onramp and the other cars on the road and I notice a silver Audi hauling butt down the on-ramp, it will end up on the freeway just as I pass the end of the on-ramp blend line, so I speed up a little just to be safe, but I don't have any room ahead of me. I see in my peripheral vision as the Audi switches across two lanes in one step and appears to keep on going and getting closer to me, so I head to the left side of the lane to give them room to correct for their upcoming screwed up lane change and as I glance again I see they aren't slowing their lane changing progress and I realize that they want to be right where we are.
At this point I should point out that we're driving on a clear, sunny day around mid-day. We're driving a bright white '01 Highlander that has just been washed with our headlights on. I've been in the left lane for quite a while and my speed has been fairly constant with a safe distance to the car in front of me. We aren't exactly hard to see if you bothered to berkeleying look over your shoulder when you berkeleying change lanes.
So back to the oncoming Audi sideswipe and they are now about to land their car's driver side door into my right front bumper. I'm already on the left edge of the lane, slowing down and only have the run off lane to go before I hit K-wall. They haven't figured out that I'm there yet, the wife freaks out at this point because I've now landed full into ABS and I'm diving for the run off lane hoping its relatively clean. Luckily at this point, the Audi realizes they screwed up and slow up on the lane change enough to get everyone clear before finishing their move and hauling ass up the road. As soon as I'm clear, I put my foot back into it since I know the cars behind me are way too close for comfort and I AM PISSED, the adrenaline is surging. I take a few breaths to clear my head and I start to back out of it since it isn't worth it at this point, we don't have enough power to catch them up and anything I'd want to do would be admissible in court.
This all happens in a matter of seconds, but it seems like forever.
After a few holy-E36 M3s! and what the berkeleys!? The wife turns to me and says, "Good job honey! Great driving. You should have honked your horn at that jerk!"
Ok, a couple more........
People who allow their little "punting" dogs to ride on their lap while driving. Hey, I know you like your rat-sized dog, but it never learned the rules of the road, and obviously neither did you. It just may do something to distract you---- put it in the back, or leave the pooch at home!
Apple stickers--- Hey, I have an Apple computer and it works just fine, but I see no reason to broadcast to the world that I bought brand X instead of brand Y. Does this make me more hip? Smarter? or just a sheep? Brilliant marketing by the Apple folks, but more annoying to me than energy stickers, or Calvin peeing stickers.
and ad of course the classic----- a BMW car is a Bimmer-- a BMW bike is a Beemer! 
This one is misused so often that fighting the losing battle isn't even worth it.
ddavidv wrote: People who feel the need to tell you their small block Chevy has "four bolt mains".
Wait isn't that necessary. Aren't there both 2 bolt main 350's and 4 bolt main 350's? So if I was describing my engine build I would need to say I started with a 4 bolt main block?
a BMW bike is a Beemer!
Weird. I always thought it was an advertisement that the B-hole is open for business.
Please add: People who slow excessively to make a turn that could easily be taken at 30mph. "DON'T berkeleyIN FLIP IT!"
Iusedtobefast wrote: Almost forgot, explain to me why people, especially women, think everything and everyone will move faster or get out of their way when they hit the horn. My wife thinks its some kind of safety barrier that stops other cars from hitting you.
Hahaha my mom does the same thing. Me and my dad know that it's better to keep your hands on the parts of the wheel that let you turn the car, and avoid the accident.
BumBers.
Joe Gearin wrote: and ad of course the classic----- a BMW car is a Bimmer-- a BMW bike is a Beemer!
I've read this a million times and haven't the slightest clue how/why it makes sense. The cars and bikes are both made by the same company, BMW. Why would you pronounce the nickname of the car differently than the bike?
Perhaps cars made by Suzuki are SOO-zees, while the bikes are called Soo-ZEES. Oh yeah, that makes no sense, either.
If anyone, anywhere can give me a REAL, VALID explanation for this phenomenon, I'll be glad to use the proper terms. Until then, I will just assume that the two different pronunciations are from sheer pomposity.
BMW V6s.
Piss poor visibility in damn near every car built in the past 10 years.
Swank Force One wrote: BMW V6s.
Just wait, before long they'll be here......
Swank Force One wrote: BMW V6s.
Jaguar V6s.
In reply to yamaha:
sarcasm is rather rough on the interwebs sometimes.
pilotbraden wrote: Piss poor visibility in damn near every car built in the past 10 years.
Yeah, spent several hours with my Dad and his Girlfriend at the recent auto show trying to find a car that had good visibility for her (she has monovision)
Pretty much only the Mazda 3 and the Golf GTI had decent rear visibility and usable space. Of course the GTI is German and therefore off the list (Dad's A4 POS has soured them on any modern Germanic stuff).
EvanR wrote:Joe Gearin wrote: and ad of course the classic----- a BMW car is a Bimmer-- a BMW bike is a Beemer!I've read this a million times and haven't the slightest clue how/why it makes sense. The cars and bikes are both made by the same company, BMW. Why would you pronounce the nickname of the car differently than the bike? Perhaps cars made by Suzuki are SOO-zees, while the bikes are called Soo-ZEES. Oh yeah, that makes no sense, either. If anyone, anywhere can give me a REAL, VALID explanation for this phenomenon, I'll be glad to use the proper terms. Until then, I will just assume that the two different pronunciations are from sheer pomposity.
Taken from the BMW Car Club of British Columbia:
So just why is a BMW car called a 'bimmer' not a 'beemer' or 'beamer'?
The answer in part lies in knowing some BMW history and what came first.
All real BMW enthusiasts know that BMW got a big start on two wheels, what many call the real BMWs.
In those days, BMW motorcycles were quite active in racing, and one of their competitors at the track was often the BSA bikes.
Well as things would have it, a track slang developed, and the BMWs were usually referred to as 'beemers' and the BSAs were referred to as 'beesers'.
So, of course for any true enthusiast, there is no way that a BMW car could be called a 'beemer', so they were called 'bimmers'.
Unfortunately, in the US and Canada, and perhaps other countries, there was a time (kind of still is) where for various reasons, a BMW owner was considered an upwardly mobile person, and of course due to the fun in driving their BMWs most all of them had big grins on their faces.
Hence it is little surprise that the non enthusiast types out there incorrectly labeled BMW cars and their owners as 'beamers' or 'beemers'.
EvanR wrote:Joe Gearin wrote: and ad of course the classic----- a BMW car is a Bimmer-- a BMW bike is a Beemer!I've read this a million times and haven't the slightest clue how/why it makes sense. The cars and bikes are both made by the same company, BMW. Why would you pronounce the nickname of the car differently than the bike? Perhaps cars made by Suzuki are SOO-zees, while the bikes are called Soo-ZEES. Oh yeah, that makes no sense, either. If anyone, anywhere can give me a REAL, VALID explanation for this phenomenon, I'll be glad to use the proper terms. Until then, I will just assume that the two different pronunciations are from sheer pomposity.
BMW bikes used to compete against BSA bikes. BSAs were called "Bizzers". When the cars came along, a lot of folks didn't want to be associated with motorcycle culture.
Fast forward from the 1960s to the 80s, the cars became a yuppie icon, and we kept doing it to see whether or not you were talking to an enthusiast. Before then, it was just another "funny lil' foreign car". I can still remember guys asking me if my E3 was made by "British Motor Works".
EDIT: Must read entire thread before posting. Off to write that 50 times on the chalkboard..
pilotbraden wrote: Piss poor visibility in damn near every car built in the past 10 years.
I've felt like a broken record saying this: I'd much rather be able to avoid an accident entirely than merely survive one. A big part of that avoidance is being able to see the E36 M3 all around you.
But I guess when your situational awareness ends at your cell phone, you want a metal cocoon around you rather than a lot of glass you'll barely glance out of.
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