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Why do people drive slower when going uphill? - Is it like, more difficult, or something? - Is it that they aren’t in good enough shape perhaps? Yes!! That’s it…

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Old 04-08-2015, 02:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Why do people drive slower when going uphill?

- Is it like, more difficult, or something?
- Is it that they aren’t in good enough shape perhaps?
Yes!! That’s it… the drivers of other vehicles are actually SO obese that their cars are literally not powerful enough to propel their great density to greater altitude.

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uhh ok?
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Maybe gravity?
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Z drivers must be getting younger and younger every year
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thought this was a how to take off from steep standstill in a MT car without crashing into the car behind me cause i suckarse at driving by osbornsm thread.
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step1: ...



never mind.
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I remember my first hill
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i think we all do..
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thought this was a how to take off from steep standstill in a MT car without crashing into the car behind me cause i suckarse at driving by osbornsm thread.
Thiswasmoreofapeopleareterribleatdrivingrant.

I'm just "not terrible enough" to notice how crap everybody else is.

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Z drivers must be getting younger and younger every year
What's this got to do with Z drivers?

I'm talking about every vehicle that can't seem to compensate for a slight incline.
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yah, i noticed this especially on expressways when i have my cruise set.

i wonder wat it feels like in san fransisco though... probably launch off the ground at every hill top. lol
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hey.............shut up you aren't funny
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hey.............shut up you aren't funny
you had to push your 370z up the hill cause you suckarse at MT?
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they go slow up because they make up the time on the way back, going down.
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