Okay, this is slightly off topic but... Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Last week, I was out meandering down Greenway Parkway, a major east-west street in Phoenix, in my 2005 Prius. “Hmmmmmmmmmm,” it hummed quietly.
Then all of a sudden “BRRRRAAAAPPPPPP” - a kid in a mid-2000s Mazdaspeed 3 hatchback blows past me, glasspack muffler doing its obnoxious thing in the loudest possible way.
Hey, I was only going 5 under the speed limit! What’s your problem, dude?!?!
As the black hatch disappeared, I slowly (of course) plotted my revenge. Maintaining my mature but pissed-off cool, I accelerated… to the speed limit… and beyond. Yes! I’m speeding! In a Prius! +5 over speed limit! What an odd experience! “Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm!”
My mighty hybrid steed passes 19th Ave. Then 7th Ave. Wait? What’s that? The kid in his loser-mobile is caught up in traffic. YES! My moment is arriving! The proud Prius maintains its slightly illegal velocity as I weave in and out of traffic, maneuvering far more deftly than the inexperienced youth in his infernally noisy rust-bucket.
And then — yes yes YES - approaching 7th St., he’s stuck behind several cars and I make my move. Soon the sad little hatch-boy was beside me… and then behind me. “Take that, you punk!” I think to myself, stomping on the accelerator to rub his child-like nose into his utter humiliation. “Hmmmmmmmmmm!” hummed the Prius, savoring the sweet, sweet victory.
The moral of the story: Just because I'm not in my Ultimate Driving Machine doesn't mean I'm putting up with anything.
Last edited by AlanZ; 09-13-2016 at 11:12 AM.
lol. What mods were on his tuned Mazda 3?
ADD noisy muffler
DELETE driver brain
Eh,
I blow by people going below the speed limit during normal driving conditions.
Speed limits are so low that anyone who is going below them is going painfully slow.
I give them a little open dump wastegate, and wake them from their trance..
Im with the dude in the Mazda.
So you got upset that someone wanted to go faster than you at under the speed limit? And in a Prius?
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I have been passed by a Prius before.
If I had one, I would convert to rwd and swap in a tesla p90 drivetrain.
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