Heck no, if I'm in the passing lane I'm actually passing.
I get the most honks where RT 2 and 495 meet in Littleton, MA. I come around
the cloverleaf at 35mph and accelerate as fast as I can onto 495. If I can
merge immediately I can be at 65mph by the top of the hill which isn't
screaming acceleration but is a steady increase. So what happens pretty
frequently is that I'm in the right lane, pedal to the floor speeding up as
fast as I can. The next 2 lanes over are generally busy so whomever was behind
me is staying behind me to the top of the hill which is only about 1/4 - 1/2
mile.
So at least once a week I'll get some jackass who absolutely can't wait. They
always act the same. They'll start weaving back and forth in the lane, then
they'll pull right up onto my back bumper, then they'll back off and lay on the
horn. I always give them a friendly wave at that point.
As soon as theres an opening they SHOOT by me usually with the horn blaring and
middle finger raised. Then I'll watch as they bob and weave through traffic
only to inevitably get cutoff by some slow moving truck or something. They work
so hard and gain so little...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:34:43 -0700
From: "Gabriel S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!
To: LT Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mercedes mailing list
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hey curt, do you drive slow in the fast lane? Maybe that's whats
pissing
people off...i know it gets under my skin
On 9/27/05, LT Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There is a word for your new method of driving -- maturity (sometimes
> called
> "getting older").
>
> On 9/27/05, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > The mindset of most of the driving public baffles me. I've been
> commuting
> > with my 240D manual for 2 1/2 years now 80 miles a day largely
highway.
> > Lately in an effort to save fuel I've been cruising at around 65mph
and
> > trying to ease up to that speed. Whats really crazy are the people
who
> will
> > honk the horn and flip me off and then fight their way over into
the
> passing
> > lane. Quite often when I get off the highway I'm right behind a guy
who
> 20
> > minutes earlier was totally pissed that I was holding him up. Whoa
he
> sure
> > saved some time there.
> >
> >
> >
> > -Curt
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> 1977 240D
> 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle
>
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I realize I am working with a very small data set, but I seemed to get
better fuel economy running 80 mph than I did running 65 mph when I was
coming back from the last OkieQ. [Speed limits kept getting progressively
slower as I drove north.]
