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And those of us stuck behind your slow ass want you to die!
As a bit of background- my vehicle is extremely old, and is on its second transmission. This tranny is a bitch of a thing, and was not assembled properly; I had it 'fixed' twice when it was under warranty, but it is no longer. When I take the car out for the day, before everything is warmed up, the transmission will stick on its first shift(s). I have to take the vehicle up to 35mph, and push it to about 4500RPM before it will shift. After this, it works fine. Getting that fixed will basically mean putting in a new transmission. Essentially, it just makes for about a 5-10 second pause in acceleration the first time I want to go above 35.
When I leave my apartment, I take a 35mph road to a state road with a 45mph speed limit. I can either take that into town, or I can hook onto the highway, speed limit 65, 70 if you don't want to DIE. It just depends where I'm going.
Today, I took the highway, and got stuck behind the Little Old Lady of Idiocy and Obstruction.
LOLIO crept down the onramp at 35, with myself and another car stuck behind her. When we finally got to the highway, she feared that we might rush around her (I wish, but I needed running room). So she did the logical thing! She staggered and weaved onto the white line... Helpful white line! Showed her exactly where she was going! And she stuck it there 'til the merge lane dropped off, and she was half on the shoulder. Dude behind me dropped back for running room, and floored it into the far left just to get around us. I couldn't accelerate without my tranny shifting yet, so I had to wait 'til we had a bigass gap on the highway and then red-line it around her. Tranny was NOT happy. Nor was the LOLIO granny. But for FUCK's sake, if you want to drive 35, get the HELL OFF THE HIGHWAY.
As a bit of background- my vehicle is extremely old, and is on its second transmission. This tranny is a bitch of a thing, and was not assembled properly; I had it 'fixed' twice when it was under warranty, but it is no longer. When I take the car out for the day, before everything is warmed up, the transmission will stick on its first shift(s). I have to take the vehicle up to 35mph, and push it to about 4500RPM before it will shift. After this, it works fine. Getting that fixed will basically mean putting in a new transmission. Essentially, it just makes for about a 5-10 second pause in acceleration the first time I want to go above 35.
When I leave my apartment, I take a 35mph road to a state road with a 45mph speed limit. I can either take that into town, or I can hook onto the highway, speed limit 65, 70 if you don't want to DIE. It just depends where I'm going.
Today, I took the highway, and got stuck behind the Little Old Lady of Idiocy and Obstruction.
LOLIO crept down the onramp at 35, with myself and another car stuck behind her. When we finally got to the highway, she feared that we might rush around her (I wish, but I needed running room). So she did the logical thing! She staggered and weaved onto the white line... Helpful white line! Showed her exactly where she was going! And she stuck it there 'til the merge lane dropped off, and she was half on the shoulder. Dude behind me dropped back for running room, and floored it into the far left just to get around us. I couldn't accelerate without my tranny shifting yet, so I had to wait 'til we had a bigass gap on the highway and then red-line it around her. Tranny was NOT happy. Nor was the LOLIO granny. But for FUCK's sake, if you want to drive 35, get the HELL OFF THE HIGHWAY.
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