How's Clifton these days? That's my old backyard.

 

In an S2K, the best thing to do is ignore these guys. In VA, we're over-run with pickups sporting dual-exhausts, which apparently qualifies the driver for NASCAR or something. They are major a-holes and don't understand the concept of power-to-weight ratio. I love dusting them in my Outback XT, they never expect it (the car is a major sleeper). But in the S2K I feel too vulnerable and I think they focus too much attention on the car. Better to let them pass me and get a little joy in their life.

One thing I can't stand is a truck like that bellowing out the exhausts on the highway. I have been near these guys while they lay on the throttle, producing a lot of noise but little forward motion. I would pass them just to escape the caucaphony. It's friggin pathetic.

Craig

 

I did that to a 911 back in my Camaro days. I rev'd on him at a light. He must have thought I was a complete fool. The light turned green. He blasted off while I slowly followed him. I had the advantage of just having come from the other direction, and knew there was a cop ahead.

I know it was cruel. But I still get an evil chuckle thinking about it.

 

cruel indeed, but oh well.

 

I forgot to add my favorite redneck taunt to my post above....I was drivin down the boulevard in myrtle beach and a redneck drives past and yells (in the "git-r-done" voice) "Revvv it up spyder boy!" I almost rear ended the car in fron of me i was laughing so hard.

 

I had two guys in a Hyundai with a huge wing, 18" chromes, and a fart-pipe you could shoot a pumpkin out of, revving me at a stop light. I looked over, raised my eyebrows and smiled. Sometimes just the knowledge that I could own you is satisfying enough.

 

Yea, I am in Orlando and I can tell you there are a large amount of hicks in Florida. I am from NY and never had a problem. A lot of rednecks are just ignorant and have no clue what a S2000 even is, they just see the "H" and know it's a Honda, and that calls for harassment. The funny thing is if you put a Ford plaque on the back of your car they probably would comment on what a nice car it is.

 

gees, I grew up in Maine, so I got taunted by them all the time. and that was when I was driving my Ford Taurus SHO.....oh (*&$%$, I was one of the rednecks.

 

Ha a couple of month ago I was going to go pump some gas so I was approaching a light that was green, then I saw a hyundai that was at the same light not going anywhere. Well I kinda knew what they were up to as soon as I got a car length near them they burned some rubber down the road. But me I just turned right into the gas station which was a block away from the light, betcha they must of felt like fools as when they turned around they actually saw me pumping gas....


Another story was one that happened yesterday night. Theres this one road where I "use" to take to my gf's house that has 3 red lights. With each red lights there would always be someone who will try to race me regardless even if I was the behind someone else at the light. But lucky me got to the front yesterday, and an f-150 was right next to me. The guy kept on inching up while revving his car but I wasn't going to have any of that. So when the light turned green I slowly cruised while he burned rubber all the way down the road, he must of felt so cool when no one was even racing him. Apparently at the next light he got behind me and started to tailgate me and what not, trying to get me to race him I suppose, but I ended up having to take a left to the girlfriends house instead, he must of felt like a big idiot then....Now I remember why I never go that route to my gf house as I go the other with no lights at all although a lil bit longer......

 

Worst experience with a redneck ever:

On our June (???) Mid-A S2Ki cruise we were down in Haymarket, VA. Apparently this area is not very developed yet and there are a lot of 'rednecks'. We got many angry people in pickup trucks giving us the finger and screaming obscenities at us. But, the worst part of the day was that one asshole in a pickup truck going the opposite direction was angry at us and he held his head out the window and was shaking his hands at his and yelling obscenities ... He must have not been paying attention to the road because he came into the oncoming traffic lane. He forced my friend off the road into the shoulder which was full of pebbles ... and my friend lost control of his car while trying to correct the oversteer he was now in and when flying across the road onto the other side, and landed backwards in a ditch. Had there not been a ditch in the road he would have gone head on with a telephone pole or a tree. And the worst part was, the guy saw all this happen and he kept driving ... He could have killed my friend and would have probably gotten away with is.

I was told when I moved down to VA not to go south of the Fairfax County border because you enter the "Deep South" where they don't look too kindly on minorities (like me) or import cars. Maybe its a stereotype, but my experience in haymarket on the cruise was so negative that I'd be wary of living in this area.

I have to say though there were some really nice people in Haymarket that were admiring our S2000s and had very nice things to say about them when we were all parked at our meeting point (a Sheetz gas station). So obviously its not everyone who is a hater.

As far as pickups with exhausts, I hate the ones that are old, falling apart ... and have smoke coming out of their exhausts. I've nearly choked to death from some rednecks that thought it was funny to box me in and sit in front of me and blow exhaust smoke at me.

on rednecks that are haters.