Is it just because my car is black or do drivers not see the G?
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From: NorCAL
Originally Posted by G-girl
THANK YOU! some idiot did that to me too once... at a Jamba Juice... hot summer night last summer, I was standing next to my G and some idiot parked next to me and then started hitting on me! I just gave him the dirtiest look, and told him to park somewhere else!
Originally Posted by rocaveli
Dude the G's brakes have saved my *** at least 10 times, like hardcore ABS-kicking-in, stopping 1ft from the other person type ****. It really is driving in the bay area that does this to ya..
lol today i was doing 43 mph while it was still pretty bright out and i come around this curve to see a deer on the side of the road, so he jumps right in front of my bumper running almost in the same direction as i was driving...those brakes pretty much saved my life, he was a huge ****
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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve312
lol today i was doing 43 mph while it was still pretty bright out and i come around this curve to see a deer on the side of the road, so he jumps right in front of my bumper running almost in the same direction as i was driving...those brakes pretty much saved my life, he was a huge ****
that's scary!
Originally Posted by sfgr415
yea...but your car doesn't fit the image of cars they like...you need to swap out the volks for chrome and you need to have bass you can hear blocks away.
Originally Posted by G-girl
that's scary!yeah, lets just say had I looked away for that second just assuming he would stay put (as I had expected) he would have been in my windsheild
but yeah with all the gun laws lately the number of deer here in connecticut is insane...just wish hunting season was here already
lol jk but seriously its pretty dangerous out here
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I can't imagine seeing a deer running next to you... I did see a mountain lion once... but not when I was in my G. That was scary because I didn't know if he was going to jump in front of me.
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From: Walnut Creek
Originally Posted by g35 chippie
One a week?!?! I had 10 on my beat yesterday alone! And I investigated 138 in 2006. Multiply that by the number officers in my office. I call that job security. BTW, we have this wonderful form called a DMV DS427. It is a DMV driver's license re-evaluation form. For those people that come to a complete stop in the fast lane of the freeway when we are trying to pull them over because they just passed a patrol car while I was doing 70 MPH. Among many other fumb duck moves. It means the DMV sends them a nice little letter that says they have to come to the DMV and retake every portion of their driver's license exam.
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From: San Francisco
Originally Posted by calcul8
Yesterday on the way to the Wings meet, driving towards Ocean, when this red M3 just zooms out on my right from the 24hr fitness garage. G35 + ABS brakes for-the-save!
That is the exact intersection where someone made a left in front of me from the right lane
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honestly, I am not sure about the color have something to do with it. I have a dark blue 04 coupe and few times in the past, some cars just didnt' see me. I mean for some drivers change lane without look at the rear mirror. I agree some of them on the cell and pretend nothing happend. I would suggest NEVER drive side by side with a big truck or SUV. Otherwise, when they change lanes, they would think the G just too small to spot.
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From: San Francisco/San Mateo
Glad your car's okay. About the guy turning left from the right lane: That was exactly how my '95 (also black!) integra was totaled in Oakland at 9 in the morning. It was some old guy making a left from the center lane of a one-way street with three lanes. I was in the left lane. Even worse, his insurance had just expired a month before. My insurance just issued me a check for the loss, because the repairs would've cost more than the value of the car. Damn Bay Area drivers!
These days there seems to be more and more cars trucks on the roads, just like negative mentioned you basically have to drive in a defensive mode and always looking out for the other driver that potentially is talking on the cell, not paying attention, so busy that they don't know there is a car next to them before changing lanes. And again there are just those people that don't even give a damn to even look behind before making a changing lane, those i see alot of unfortunately.