they hate you cause your car is red, not pink

Exactly what Im talking about...so im not the only one who got flipped off! (not to play down your story) but yeah it sounded like he just wanted to piss u off..:shakes head:

:bowrofl: rust bucket car vs a sports coupe....who will win? :roflpuke2:

No kidding. I was remarkably restrained in the face of such unwarranted douchebaggery because I did nothing back to this upstanding citizen.

thats called being the bigger person...im sure he will have nightmares of not being able to afford or buy a 370z. :icon17:

I have to say it's really classy when you guys don't race after being provoked. But if you look at it from their point of view, they probably hate that because the 370 is basically saying "I'm better than you, you're not even worth my time". I know, people just instantly form opinions about you based on what you drive. Since I've gotten my Z, nearly every single person has asked me, "so how many speeding tickets have you gotten so far?" Ummm, none, just because I drive a sweet car doesn't mean I'm always doing 60 in a 25...

I wonder if it has to do with the economy at the moment in which you'll notice more envious drivers on the road.

Less than 2 weeks after getting the Sonata 2.0T, my mom's car was backed into at her work place. Several years ago someone rammed their truck up against my mom's car.

With my car? Someone tailgated and switched lanes, which left me with a scar on my bumper. People either tailgate me or swing over to cut me off as I approach the light. Every week I encounter at least one stupidity. When I drive a different car, like the Xterra, I hardly notice these problems.

My dad encountered an elderly Crossfire driver who kept provoking him in traffic (his Z32 TT). They were in bumper to bumper traffic, and the driver wouldn't stop messing around.

I think some people are just bait and provoke you in hopes you'll end up pwnd.

I've been noticing this a lot lately, too. I haven't been hit, but I have watched people zoom around me and literally miss my car by inches. I never noticed this in my Maxima, which is a much longer car. I think people just like to pass the Z in a more aggressive way. I always try to scoot over in the other direction but it still pisses me off.

With me, 9/10 times it's been middle aged men in minivans...Apparently if I don't drop my clutch at a red light I'm not going fast enough for them. :confused:

I'm sorry I drive my car in a laxed manner when all the cars around me are soccer moms in SUV's and middle aged men in minivans.

i get the 'my weenie is bigger' type of behavior on the road too... my favorite was when i was turning into a parking lot, across a sidewalk... and i cut off a bicycle cop (female) who was patrolling... she stopped and looked in - i said sorry.. she smiled and said 'sweeet'.

not all haters i guess :)

None of this behavior is surprising. We live in a society of entitlement, and when people don't/can't get what they want, it's someone else's fault. Your car is a billboard for their jealousy. Add in the self-righteous twits who believe we should all be driving a Prius or taking the bus, and it's a pretty sad situation.

When I was growing up, my next door neighbor had three Porsches - a 356, a Carrera, and a 928. This was the late-70's.

The best lesson I ever learned from him was NEVER accept a challenge from some loser who wants to race you, it's always a lose-lose proposition.

If you really want to pizz these people off, do what my neighbor always did - drive slow and easy. Save the antics for track day. It absolutely drives the losers crazy. Nothing like revving engines with some guy in a '73 Camaro with Crager mags, glass packs and Hi-jacker shocks (god am I dating myself), only to turn right when the light turns green and watch as Johnny Hero has left 20 feet of Goodyear Polyglas rubber behind him.

It sounds like that's what most of you guys are doing, so obviously the strategy works.

It's not a racial thing, it's jealousy and self-righteousness pure and simple.

i want to know what the hell is up with mouth breathing rednecks tailgating me in a jacked up truck with hid's blasting rap music and wearing a baseball hat with a fish hook on the brim... seriously wtf

Since you're Asian (like me) they think that you are from the Fast and Furious movies haha

I had a cop pull me over one time just to check if the car was mine. no provocation or anything. wtf

What was his probable cause? lol