I think the size of the car has a lot to do with it. Since I started driving the Daewoo I think people just expect it to be slow, even thought it's overpowered with 105 hp under the hood. The responses have been noticeably different. That's in a good way.

I once had some idiots driving a foot behind my bumper in deep sloppy, slush and snow. Seriously, I was sliding all over the place and wouldn't go any faster. So I steered my wheels into the deeper parts of the mess causing it to splatter up onto their windshield. Then they started honking at me! :D Ah..HaHaHa!! Idiots. All they had to do was back off. :rolleyes:

RH77 -

Ha ha. I was thinking about this last night but wanted to be environmentally correct, so I was thinking some kind of dry ice mechanism. Hrrrmmmmm, maybe just a water injector that squirts water onto the outside of the exhaust, aka presto-steamo ?!?!?!

EDIT : If the Seafoam is considered emissions clean, it is a much better solution. 2 for 1!!!!

CarloSW2

I still like dreaming about retractable paint-ball guns. Spring is here, so that means more motorists being impatient/cutting me off. People will cut me a break when it's icy, but not when the roads are simply wet :rolleyes:.

Suction Darts
 

A friend has long suggested suction darts that stick to an offender's vehicle -- just point, shoot, and if you see a car that has more than 3+ darts -- you know who to avoid (that is until they stop and pull them off) -- but 3 in a trip is baaaaad.

You can always install a windsheild sprayer setup on the rear :) Hit the button and any annoying tail gater gets a quick shot of spray. It might just create more road range, but oh well.

Went to a car show yesterday with my mileage disgrace of a vehicle - didn't hot rod a full tank of gas and got 13.5mpg when I usually get 9mpg (450hp though :D ). 77 year old car not EPA rated.

Anyway- back on topic, I drove back behind some friends who had OLD (stock) cars, Ford Model A's etc. Top speed for the pack was 45mph in a 55mph zone, 70 miles of 2 lane back roads of FL and AL. Seemed like no one got angry and the roads we traveled had a decent shoulder so we went far right so cars could easily pass. ALL cars passed when we gave them the oppurtunity.

When I go far right in my Insight or Corolla I just get treated like I'm some drunk and they hang behind me even though they can clearly see around it's OK to pass. Not so much of a problem in the Geo, I guess it just looks like a POS.

Peakster -

Even though you are talking about 007 style retractable paint guns, I am going to be the "sobered voice of caution" on this because in California, you can't have anything that looks like a gun in your car. Back in the mid '80's, they had just enacted this law. I was coming off my midnight shift at UPS as a loader. I had a "Laser-Tag" toy gun and I was a little punchy from just getting off the shift. When I was making a left turn, I pointed it at car that was making a right turn onto the street I was driving. She ducked hard into her seat. I thought "oops" and finished my left turn quickly. In my rear view mirror I saw her pull a HARD U TURN. She was chasing me!!!! I drove my getaway car, a Datsun B210 Honeybee, as fast as I could, which isn't very fast at all, and she caught up to me. Finally, I got cornered in a dead end street, so I did the only thing I could. I pulled the laser tag gun out again. She immediately spun around and zoomed away. A few weeks later I got a letter from the Police department in that area, telling me there had been a complaint. I went to the Police department and showed the officer my "gun". He gave me a sarcastic look and said not to do that anymore :o .

CarloSW2

I just got back from the annual mustang car race/show i go to every year at this time. I kept my speed around 62-64 and "camped" out in the right lane and i stopped counting how many cars blazed past me after 30 minutes! a few times someone would get caught behind me but mostly i was alone there.

Holy cow cfg83, that is one of the craziest driving stories I've ever read :eek:! Did you get in trouble with the company too?