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poopshovel wrote:

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!"

I can't stand slow turners or close talkers. They tend to be the same people.

And on the "you need AWD for the winter!!!" argument...

I was an AWD advocate until I took a ride in fellow GRM'er MA$$hole's old MS3 with Blizzaks. He was able to go anywhere my WRX with Continental Extreme Contact DWS all seasons could go without issue. I got to really put my own Mazda 3's Blizzaks though the real world test during the blizzard this past weekend. The car was a BEAST in the snow, and quite possibly better than my last WRX!!!

yamaha wrote: In reply to Knurled:

I need it explained, in detail, why this is not awesome:

Old Gassers with injection are 12 kinds of visual badass.

wbjones wrote:

Travis_K wrote:

poopshovel wrote: People in the fast lane who shouldn't be. Texting and driving. I hardly ever see it up here. Went to Atlanta last weekend and was SHOCKED at how many cars I passed where the driver was staring at his/her lap or driving with their forearms holding the phone with their hands. E36 M3 is terrifying!

I once saw someone doing that but with a laptop computer.

me old school.... I've seen folk driving down the interstate reading the newspaper

Same here.

poopshovel wrote:

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!"

This, I laughed out loud at.

Things that annoy me about autos today:

1) DWA or Driving While Asian. It should be the same as a DWI/DUI. I'm sorry if you are Asian, but the majority of people from that region of the world are absolutely horrible at driving.

2) People who don't use turn signals. I'm pretty sure every car has them standard.

3) Energy drink stickers, shocker stickers, "My child is a super douche student at turdwiler elementary" stickers, "My dog is smarter than your infant child" stickers, political stickers, stick figure family stickers.

4) Outlines of tracks your car has never been on or near. I.e. Nurburgring.

5) Truckbrotards with massive stacks, lift kit, and never seen anything but pavement.

6) Like others have said Apple Stickers and the term shooting brake.

7) Riding my ass in traffic. Where in the eff do you think I am gonna go or do you think you are going to go? There are thousands of other morons going 20mph on I-495 with absolutely no outlet to drive fast. Why do you feel it is necessary to be 3 inches away from my car and your imminent death?

8) Hybrids/electric vehicles.

In reply to Knurled:

I am 99% sure he was talking about gas trucks with exhaust stacks........

And I have never heard velocity stacks referred to as just "stacks"

Joe Gearin wrote:

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'.

That is the gayest berkeleying E36 M3 I've ever heard in my life. I'll just call them "self-important douchewagons" from now on and save myself the embarrasment of mispronouncing the gay nickname.

stick figure family stickers

I'm seriously a worthless piece of E36 M3 if I don't make some little stick figure sniper stickers to put on other people's vehicles.

Douchebags parking their douchemobiles at an angle taking up 2-3 parking spaces.

The "foam" type steering wheels covers. They just seem like spounges for all the gross crap you were touching 10 minutes before you got in your car.

I've found DD'ing an old, paid off commuting appliance + Go Pro has made me a much happier day-to-day driver.

Old age has tempered my attitude to what others choose to do with their vehicles. It's your time and your money, as long as it doesn't impact my safety on the road, I could care less.

yamaha wrote: In reply to Knurled: I am 99% sure he was talking about gas trucks with exhaust stacks........ And I have never heard velocity stacks referred to as just "stacks"

I've only ever heard of them referred to as "stacks", especially on Gassers and A/FX cars.

I suppose this is just a case of crosslinked chains in the hard drive of automotive terminology. Yes, exhaust stacks on any pickups are lame.

I just noticed that the image I linked is a small block, not a big block. Shame on me! The BBC had two different intake port lengths, so for equal runner lengths you needed to have stacks of different lengths, and they had to splay out so they would clear each other.

Penance picture to fix things:

DirtyBird222 wrote:

poopshovel wrote:

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!"

This, I laughed out loud at.

This ranks right up there with Cancertitties and Manhands.

Modern interstate entrance ramps are designed to allow one to ACcelerate to an appropriate merging speed; not to coast into a 65 mph freeway at 45 and expect everyone to get out of your way because you can't think 15 seconds ahead.

Conversely, modern interstate exit ramps are designed to allow one to DEcelerate after leaving the freeway to an appropriate speed/stop. It is not necessary to slow to 50 mph one mile before your exit. Why?!?!

SilverFleet wrote:

poopshovel wrote:

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!"

I can't stand slow turners or close talkers. They tend to be the same people. And on the "you need AWD for the winter!!!" argument... I was an AWD advocate until I took a ride in fellow GRM'er MA$$hole's old MS3 with Blizzaks. He was able to go anywhere my WRX with Continental Extreme Contact DWS all seasons could go without issue. I got to really put my own Mazda 3's Blizzaks though the real world test during the blizzard this past weekend. The car was a BEAST in the snow, and quite possibly better than my last WRX!!!

Plus a million. My Mazda 3 is GOD AWFUL on all seasons in the snow.

Adrift wrote: Modern interstate entrance ramps are designed to allow one to ACcelerate to an appropriate merging speed; not to coast into a 65 mph freeway at 45 and expect everyone to get out of your way because you can't think 15 seconds ahead. Conversely, modern interstate exit ramps are designed to allow one to DEcelerate after leaving the freeway to an appropriate speed/stop. It is not necessary to slow to 50 mph one mile before your exit. Why?!?!

QFT. There are quite a few ramps around the Boston area that don't allow for this, however. It isn't a big deal, since half of the time the interstate is stopped anyway.

In reply to Rufledt:

I thought you just just had designer parking lots snaking around the city......with all the people looking for their pants

Adrift wrote: Modern interstate entrance ramps are designed to allow one to ACcelerate to an appropriate merging speed; not to coast into a 65 mph freeway at 45 and expect everyone to get out of your way because you can't think 15 seconds ahead.

except for those piss-poorly designed ones that are decreasing radius turns.. hard for most people to continue accelerating as the turn gets tighter

wbjones wrote:

Adrift wrote: Modern interstate entrance ramps are designed to allow one to ACcelerate to an appropriate merging speed; not to coast into a 65 mph freeway at 45 and expect everyone to get out of your way because you can't think 15 seconds ahead.

except for those piss-poorly designed ones that are decreasing radius turns.. hard for most people to continue accelerating as the turn gets tighter

I'd be lying if I said I hadn't passed on the inside on those...a couple few times. Your nuisance is my little gift from hay-zeus.

I was behind a van at a red light today. It had the largest stick figure family on the back window INCLUDING 4 dogs (2nd of which had halos and angel wings). I had to fight the urge to back up my car to get a good running start at careening it into theirs.

Spoolpigeon wrote: I was behind a van at a red light today. It had the largest stick figure family on the back window INCLUDING 4 dogs (2nd of which had halos and angel wings). I had to fight the urge to back up my car to get a good running start at careening it into theirs.

People who piss and moan about cars with poor viability that have never driven a truck with a utility box.

poopshovel wrote:

wbjones wrote:

Adrift wrote: Modern interstate entrance ramps are designed to allow one to ACcelerate to an appropriate merging speed; not to coast into a 65 mph freeway at 45 and expect everyone to get out of your way because you can't think 15 seconds ahead.

except for those piss-poorly designed ones that are decreasing radius turns.. hard for most people to continue accelerating as the turn gets tighter

I'd be lying if I said I hadn't passed on the inside on those...a couple few times. Your nuisance is my little gift from hay-zeus.

I never said that I didn't like/even love 'um ... just that most drivers don't seem to handle them very well ....

even worse are the berkeleying idiots that STOP at the end of an entrance ramp ...

Maroon92 wrote:

SilverFleet wrote:

poopshovel wrote:

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!"

I can't stand slow turners or close talkers. They tend to be the same people. And on the "you need AWD for the winter!!!" argument... I was an AWD advocate until I took a ride in fellow GRM'er MA$$hole's old MS3 with Blizzaks. He was able to go anywhere my WRX with Continental Extreme Contact DWS all seasons could go without issue. I got to really put my own Mazda 3's Blizzaks though the real world test during the blizzard this past weekend. The car was a BEAST in the snow, and quite possibly better than my last WRX!!!

Plus a million. My Mazda 3 is GOD AWFUL on all seasons in the snow.

depends on the terrain where you live ... the mountains here ... on the occasion that we get more than 3 - 4" ( 2010 & 2012 come to mind ... couple of 12"+ snows) your all seasons better be brand new ... and I guarantee you wouldn't make it up my drive without

a: snow tires ( not m+s ... but real snow tires)
or
b: awd ... even then snow tires ensure that you don't tear up the gravel base under the snow ( BTDT)

wbjones wrote: even worse are the berkeleying idiots that STOP at the end of an entrance ramp ...

Even worse are the state highway departments that actually put STOP signs at the end of their acceleration lanes... Pennsylvania, I'm glaring at you!

Knurled wrote:

I like it!

The stick figure families on the back of SUV's and Minivans just indicates how many mouth breathing idiots that person's family consists of. It's like a spotter's guide for small herds of stupidity.

7 stick figure people on your van? 7 more useless people bumbling about being dumb and wasting air.

Somewhat related: I once saw a Honda Odyssey that clearly stated in about 12+ different ways that the sow in the driver's seat gave birth to triplets. Vanity plate, plate frame, stupid stick figures, about 6-7 other decals all over the car's windows, a steering wheel cover, and 3 sets of booties hanging from the rear view. Also, she almost hit my car when she veered into my lane while talking on her cell phone, probably talking about how she plopped out triplets.