Originally Posted by Rudy-S2k,Mar 14 2010, 02:43 PM

Well I was driving around town yesterday with the top-down. It was drizzling/misting very lightly, but coming from the Jeep community, it was no where near enough to make me even think about putting the top up since it was pretty much mist. I love the open air way too much and wipers weren't even being used so I hardly considered it "rain".

Anyways, as I was driving I got the usual looks and points along with all the fan-boys driving civics and integras giving me thumbs up and the like. But, as I was turning onto a street some douche in a modded VR6 Jetta comes haulin' by with his GF and shouts, "PUT THE TOP UP N***A IT'S RAININ'!" Now, mind you this guy is probably the whitest dude I've seen in the whitest town I've ever been in. He has a backwards fitted cap and is playing rap music with a sticker that says "Thug" on his back window. I really dislike kids like this and while it's their choice to dress/act/whatever that way, if you're gonna drive by me shouting like you're hard... at least be decent enough to stick around for the retort. I proceed to instantly be a little ticked and I mash the gas, catch up to him (his gf's face was priceless when she realized her bf's little Jetta wasn't going anywhere) and I ask him where the film set for Malibu's Most Wanted II is at because I'd like to meet the cast. He starts talking smack, I flip him the bird, blow a kiss to his gf, tell him he's not gonna do a damn thing, and continue on my way.

That story/vent aside, does it seem like more people will tend to try and cut you off, race you, and overall just disrespect you more while driving when you have your top down? It seems like as soon as I lower the top everyone now has something to prove to their buddy or girlfriend and starts riding my ass or driving like a moron around me.

I know it can't just be me that gets this...

Originally Posted by smartidiot2122,Mar 17 2010, 07:53 PM

this reminds me of that video of the rednecks heckling the guy in the bmw z4

anybody think so?

Originally Posted by METATRON,Mar 18 2010, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by justind,Mar 21 2010, 10:56 AM

haha op i wouldve done the same thing
what is everyone on this forum like 50 years old or something?

Originally Posted by doug44,Mar 21 2010, 10:29 AM

The thing I worry more about with an exchange like this is not what will happen at the time but what will happen to my car when it is sitting somewhere the next day, week, etc and this little pecker boy sees it, keys it, or worse.

What I have found is when I stopped making my own problems I stopped having most of them

Originally Posted by fladdamS2K,Mar 22 2010, 04:51 PM

Saw both negative and positive attention when my S was my Daily Driver. Unfortunately, we seem to only focus on the bad, particularly when some asshole in an MDX with his goldigging hag tried to run me into a jersey barrier by not letting me merge into traffic. And if slowing to merge in, looking and signaling to get over is considered a provacative act, then I guess I am guilty.

I just don't get some people..it's like they have something to prove. But, I've also gotten many thumbs up, waves and accolades which outweigh the bad. A guy I worked for used to have a Ferrari 550 Maranello and he said people used to flip him off on the road. I guess the bad experiences are directly proportional to the amount spent..

I know one thing, in my Hybrid...I don't get a second glance and merging is never an issue.

Originally Posted by alex s,Mar 18 2010, 08:58 AM

more often than not, people who wear their hat backwards are retarded... case in point: