I think my MS3 is a road rage machine...
 

Ever since I got my MS3 back in August i've noticed quite in increase in people pissed off at me on the road...not because i'm driving like an asshole but just because reasons i don't quite understand...

few months back had a guy wanting to fight me in traffic because i hesitated MAYBE 1 full second at a green light because i had something splash on my dash and I was wiping it off...a few weeks ago i had a woman lay on the horn that was in the lane next to me, when i looked over she was waving her hands all over the place at me (I was maintaining my lane)...and this morning I was driving down a road I always do to go to work and this truck who was pulled over on the side of the road that i drove around drives up next to me at the stop sign and is all pissed off, ZERO clue as to why.

Anyone else has some assholes on the road experiences?

Yes, but I don't think it has anything to do with the car.

We are simply surrounded by assholes.


It kinda like dealing with my bipolar ex-wife. She just randomly goes off the deep end....and I have no clue why. It took me years to accept the fact that I will never understand (and neither will she).

1. Grow a beard
2. Wear a shirt that says "Satan is my spirit animal"

Zero people will rage at you.

hahah...already have a beard...shirt comes next

and yes I think the comparison between road ragers and ex wives is spot on lol

I find the opposite to be quite true...I have had many complements regarding my car while randomly driving usually about it sounding good or being faster than they expected

I did get a compliment by 2 old ladies when i was parking at the gym a little while back. They used words such as "sexy" and "awesome"...not kidding

You showed them how large the hatch area is when the seats are folded down I hope:headbang:

"aye gurrlll, i'll show you my back hatch if you let me in yours"

Im all about equal opportunity ;)

Probably talking about the beard.

i believe you are correct...dam...hindsight is 20/20 i suppose

Honestly, I felt like people raged at me a lot more when I had my Corolla. I would pass someone in that thing, cruise control on, swear it wasn't more than 10 seconds later I'd see them do some stupid maneuvers and start riding my ass...I'm guessing in their mind it went something like, "A 100 horsepower Corolla passed ME??"

For the most part, people seem to leave my Mazda alone. Except for when I'm in the south because it's a pretty obviously Japanese car. Then I'll get muscle cars revving their engines and riding my ass. Overall though, I think it's Mazda3 enough to fly under the radar. The only thing different I noticed when I bought it was, even with the stock intake and stock exhaust, people on the sidewalk's heads would turn and look at my car from the noise these things make. I had never seen that happen before in my life, probably because my previous cars were so quiet. Of course, now that I have my aluminum intake where even with the smallest throttle input, I can hear the sound of my turbo echoing off of everything. Pleases the inner ricer.

yea i live in south carolina and both the guys that got pissed off were in trucks so that makes sense

I never had really any issues in my 2001 corolla or the rsx i had after that but yes i have the corksport sri w/tip and love the sound it it makes

go VTA and afterfire and report back. Always a good time.

the nice thing about an ms6 is how boring it looks, no one even looks twice at it, until you crush some yuppie scum in his bmw. 3 series that is. lol

I actually had a Road Rage incident the other day, this guy is a 2005/2006 cobalt was weaving in and out of traffic and started riding my ass. I checked up on him a little because well Florida I don't trust anyone on my ass. A little down the road we where coming to a light and the guy in front of me had to stop a little abrupt which made me stop fast and the guy in the cobalt at this time on my ass almost rear ended me.

He follows up by getting in the lane next to me and trying to run me off the road (not going to happen, just stayed in my lane and i was like Hit me I dare you (tons of witness'es)). We get to the preceding light this guy is in the 3rd lane over from me and proceeds to get out of his car and comes up to my car and tries to open the door multiple times (wife was in car) obviously door was locked.

Threaten him with my carry and that was the immediate end to that.

Of course swearing and language was had.

All i all first incident I have ever had with road rage.

I do get Honda fags with there Folgers coffee can that try to race me all the time, not worth the gas.

that shit i hate...dam "tough guys" trying to attack someone that's sitting down and strapped into a seat belt...

They're not so tough when looking down the wrong end of a barrel. :biggthumpup:

true that...good thing i got my CWP

people will go ballistic on you no matter what car you're in. once the adrenaline kicks in, the brain shuts off.

I find that I rage more than people raging at me. Though I did have some prick in an Acura ride my ass back from Charlotte one evening after I took my fiance' to the doctor. For about 5 to 10 miles I would slow down so to block his faggot ass with the slow lane traffic. When the slow lane would clear I would obviously beat his faggot ass to any point on the road I wanted and proceed to merge infront of him and slow has ass down to 20 under.

He finally took his exit as he was flipping me off. I waived. Fucker knows whats up now.

haha...sounds like something I would do...i do enjoy busting peoples balls who are driving like complete fucktards...for some reason i tend to get more pissed off at people driving piece of shit cars doing like 20 over and weaving in and out of traffic than someone with a decent sports car driving similarly...not quite sure why that is..i guess i'm a hypocrite :drive:

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I have no patience for people in the left lane on a closed access highway not actively overtaking another vehicle. Pass or GTFO. I give them ample time, don't ride their ass, but I will grab 4th and pass them WOT ~100mph on the right with a single finger salute raised high. Maybe these people have met me before?

Sadly, they still have no fucking clue what they are doing to piss you off.

I like to get in front of people that piss me off...downshift...and gun it while yelling "smokescreeeen"

When someone is road raging out on you, blow them a kiss. It really gets them mad.

I have the same issue: people drive like assholes around me because I'm in a bright red car with a loud exhaust, even when I'm granny shifting and not double-clutching.

I should instal the aerobatic smoke that planes use when people ride my ass. True smoke screen


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Same here -- this drives me absolutely nuts. It's also one of the few reasons I'll be a backseat driver as well, telling whoever I'm riding with to get out of the passing lane.


I've had a few scenarios like OP is describing. Just a couple of weeks ago I was cruising along in the right (exit only) lane on the highway, when someone flies up behind me flashing lights and honking for 5 seconds then whipping around into the lane left of me, flipping me off as they drove by. I was baffled....

I get this kind of shit all the time from people. Usually it's some asshat that thought it was necessary to immediately occupy the 10 feet between me and the car in front of me, even though there is absolutely no one in front of them in their lane, they aren't exiting the freeway anytime soon, but they just HAD to be in that lane at that moment. Oh, and dickhead can't you see there's no one behind me for a mile? So then they get in front of me and start slowing down, so I whip around them and do exactly as they just did to me and they lose it. It's as if their asshattery is completely legit, yet if someone even remotely tries to be as asshattish they go all postal. Brake check bitch.

People, in the US at least, are such poor drivers that I long for the day of self-driving cars to get these idiots off the road. I could go on and on about that things I hate. Fuck it, I'll go on and on.

-- Not accelerating to freeway speed on the acceleration ramp
-- Almost stopping on the freeway to exit said freeway
-- Not keeping up with the flow of traffic
-- Changing lanes when it's completely unnecessary
-- Being a straight line hero (fast when the road is straight, but slams on the brakes calls home to mommy when there's even the slightest curve). I actually sing "You're a straight line hero, you can't take a turn, you're a straight line hero..." to the tune of Jukebox Hero when I'm behind one of these jerk munches
-- Edging into my lane, actually into me, when they want to change lanes, as if it's my responsibility to let them over when they waited until the last minute to get over
-- Driving on my ass with their bright lights on...and they have no idea they are doing it
-- Speeding up to try and keep me from going around them
-- Coasting from light to light because, you know, they are the only people on the road and no one behind them has any interest in getting through traffic lights in a timely fashion
-- Easing through turns at intersections, with say a 5-10 gap between them and the car in front
-- Not getting up to the speed limit, but absolutely no fucking way in hell are they stopping for that stop sign or red light

Man, I'm angry now. What's worse is I see most of this stuff on a daily basis here in Los Angeles.

I drive my MS3 on the nice days and a plain ol' stock Toyota Rav4 on the lousy days...it's interesting how drivers behave around each. With the Rav4 I get cut off and people try to accelerate past me (it has a 267hp v6 and does 0-60 in 6.5s which is fast for an SUV in its class so they usually find out the mistake pretty quick lol) and just generally treat it like an old person is driving. The MS3 though everyone leaves lots of room, doesn't try to cut me off and generally expects me to drive like an asshat (even though I don't). It's just shocking that changing vehicles but not my driving habits at all results in such difference behaviour from other people on the road.

Dude I feel for you, Florida Drivers are notoriously bad. Ill add a few more to that list.

People who make a right hand turn onto a 2 lane roadway and immediately go to the FAR fucking left lane.

At a 2 lane intersection to turn left, and your sitting next to another car and they decide that they want to again, Go to the far fucking left lane. Almost hitting your car.

People who think its a great idea to put 3 car lengths in front of them from the other car and precede to inch up for the duration of the light. You couldn't really move the whole way up...

The one that you already mentioned that pisses me off is captain slow in the passing lane and when you try to go around him on the right side he fucking speeds up...

There's a dickhead I encounter on my way to work that drives a matte green dodge magnum (it has a 3 foot "dubstep" sticker on the side of it, no joke) that seems to get personal pleasure out of tailgating me. I made the mistake of pulling on him one of the first times he did it (left his ass) and now he wont stop. I live in Atlanta so its not like I can go above 50mph on the way to work anyways. I can be in the farthest right lane.. and there he is...There is a solid 3/5 chance that the douche is up my ass on my way to work. These days i just drive normal and dgaf... I'm going to love my life the day he gets pulled over.

I have many, but my biggest (especially from the days of driving a REALLY slow VW):
People who pull out in front of you on a 2 lane road, then turn off at the next block. So you've forced me to brake, TWICE, because you are too damn impatient to wait the 3 more seconds for me to pass.

I was driving down the interstate the other week and I was in the middle lane of a 3-lane highway and i noticed i was VERY QUICKLY approaching the car in front of me (minivan). I moved over and this bitch was at a COMPLETE STOP in the center lane of the interstate with her blinker on trying to cross the right lane in order to make her exit...i look in my rear view and see her slowly creeping across the right lane and onto the exit. Next thing I see is a car demolishing the back end of the car that had to stop to prevent from hitting this lady.

She had no clue that she sent at least 2 people to the hospital and totaled 2 cars...dammit now i'm angry

Had a woman in an suv tailgate me while i was on my bike while there was stopped traffic infront of me she moved to the right lane with less people flying by and flipping me off and turned a corner and cop got her hahaha

In PA, most of the tuners who see my car give positive acknowledgement. Hondas don't bother. Mustang and pickup drivers are the wackos who act aggressive and macho.

exactly...most people dont mess with me...i did have a guy try to mess with me in an eclipse (the really ugly ass early 2000s body style) all it took was a quick mash on the gas and the turbo to spool and he looked over and was like "no, no, nope nevermind" haha nice guy though

I think my MS3 is a road rage machine...
 

Coming back to Florida from pa somewhere in South Carolina super early in the am road pretty much empty aside from a few others driving home I am doing about 80 85 I quickly approach this vw in the far left passing lane. I slowed down hoping they would move over they didn't so I flashed them a few times to move the fuck over and this jack ass slams on his brakes. I wasn't on his ass luckily. I drop it into 4th and go around on his right side. I come back in front of him to pass another car that was in middle lane and this guy speeds up rides my ass with high beams on. Mind you I had my wife and my two dogs with me and wasn't going to do stupid shit. So I move over to middle lane to let him pass he follows me still with highs on. At this point he got left smelling nothing but exhaust.


Can some one really get that butt hurt for flashing head lights to move over.


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