No but surprising it was a lady in a bmw.

 

Definitely agree with you guys on this. I am 23 but look like a 16 yr old and have an '08 37s and the looks and mean mugs I get are priceless. Thats where 20% tint and 50 on the windshield comes in handy, just roll the windows up so they can't see anyone. As far as bad driving, smh you guys should take a trip up to NYC and drive through the five boroughs for a few days. It absolutely amazes me how many horrible drivers there are here.

 

I've had the opposite in Chicago. I now know what hot women go through - I get random dudes just talking to me about the car or telling me how nice it is.

 

Ive only ever had one bmw 3'er fanboy see me car and then drive about 90 miles per hour to catch up to stop and try revving it up by me. I left him be as he just looked like a douche and he took off again. Just ignore them. Some people i dont give the satisfaction of a compliment by looking at their car. They dont deserve it.

 

its not the car. its sh*tty humans. human race is an epic fail. people suck. i see the same stupid **sholes on the road whether im in a corvette or a 79' rustbucket pickup. if they are not doing stupid sh*t to me, its someone else. people = sh*t for the most part

 

i freakin' agree 100%

 

i ignore them and drive on not worth my time or gas for that idiot on the road..

 

dude, I just was on the way home and then see 2 *******s in a old *** pickup saying some **** to me... If not the traffic I swear I would go out and beat the crap out of em....

 

That's where I'm at #HARLEM!!!!!

 

yes this happens to me here in spokane as well.. i have a g37xs 2012 and a lot of guys in their little ugly hondas always try and race me at stop lights. im only 20 years old as well and i do sometimes get dirty looks from people.. maybe it is just a jealousy thing but who knows. haters gonna hate. nothing we can do about it.

 

I don't think my car instigates road rage; in fact, I really enjoy some chill tunes and cruising. Then again, today I was merging onto I-95 and could hear the exhaust slowly amplifying the purring note and couldn't resist putting the pedal down to hear the motor scream.

 

You Got that Right, pedal to the floor to hear that sweet sound!!!!

 

I agree with Black Betty and JjasonSU, people who experience road rage are usually provoked.

Tailgating - this could be an a-hole bad driver, but usually it's people who want to see what type of car you're driving. It's surprising how many people don't know much about cars.

 

There are some people that get instigated, others are just naturally stupid... A few months ago, I was driving normally at a decent speed, not even close to the speed limit, when out of nowhere I hear a deep throaty exhaust tone very close to me. Next thing I know, I see what looked like a Shelby GT500 (new ones) in my rearview mirror and he is right behind me; I was on the left lane and noticed no one occupied the right lane for at least one block both in front of us, or behind us. I was still on 3rd gear at the time, so I hit the gas a little and shifted to 4th... he still was behind me, but now I noticed it was an older man (looked in his late 50s maybe) with his wife in the passenger's seat, he also had a big smile in his face. So I hit the gas a little more, shifted to 5th and he followed suit as I heard his V8 rumble... Next thing I know, we were doing about 85 mph without even noticing it, and even though he had plenty of room, and of course the right car to pass me, he never did. I then started slowing down because I did not want to hurt anyone or get a ticket, which he also did. We then each parted our own ways as I had to turn onto a different street. It actually felt pretty cool and put a smile in my face the rest of the day. But this has to be a unique story, because what I get almost daily is stupid dumb people thinking that I want to race them. Sorry our exhaust sounds like that naturally when I drive and your 4cyl Civic just doesn't...

I also had an older guy at the red light driving a newer Camry V6...(yeah... a Camry), he turned and kept looking at me. When the light turned green, I expected him to hit it hard and I just thought I'd let him go... but he didn't. He stayed behind me for a few seconds, then caught up to me and kept looking at me and gave me this weird smirk and gunned it... well, long story short, that one day I did not feel like taking it, especially from a Camry...

And as many have said before, I also get the nasty envious look, as if I didn't deserve the car somehow.

As lopez13jesus said earlier... "haters gonna hate. nothing we can do about it."

 

I had a 2007 G35 Coupe for 4 years, and am now in a 2011 G37 Coupe, and almost daily I come across people who want to race, or simply "get ahead" of me.
I will be driving with the flow of traffic, and because my lane is moving a little quicker, I will pass someone who is in the lane to my left. Now once that person notices what I am driving, they HAMMER their gas and zoom pass me only to have to hit the brakes because the car ahead of them isn't travelling as fast as my lane. This happens all the time. And not from BMW's or, usually, Audis, but from cars like Aveos, or a Toyota Matrix, and especially from minivans.

Regarding the minivan, it's again daily that I come across a pent-up dad in a minivan who decides he needs to race me.

I think the whole phenomenon is akin to the Bull and the red cloak myth. People see our car, and need to prove SOMETHING, whatever that "something" is, I have no idea. And this isn't me speaking from on high with any kind of snobbery because quite frankly, where I live, the G37 is the low man on the totem pole when it comes to nice cars. I see Ferraris weekly, more Porsches on a daily basis than I can count, Lambos here and there and Aston Martins when I'm lucky. Bentley GTs are commonplace, and BMWs and Audis can be found in dozens and dozens on my daily commute.

The problem these days is that they are stuffing more and more horsepower into cars that aren't sports cars. So now any idiot who can mash a pedal to the ground, can speed along in territory that was reserved for sports cars in days gone past.

I also find that women (and this isn't coming from a sexist tilt, but honest observation) that drive SUVs simply step on the gas until they have to hit the brakes, and that usually has to occur with a sudden violence. They drive a big, safe (for them) SUV and take no heed as to how to actually drive.
That isn't taking the onus off aggressive male driving, but is something I see more and more of daily...