AK-47 Respect =). - YouTube

Oh so many times I have wanted to lean out the window and let a mag fly.

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2006 CL500
2009 C300 4matic
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Here, in Harford County, MD we have the Aberdeen Proving Ground as well as the Edgewood Arsenal. US Rte 40 connects the two. Some years ago M1 tanks would run up and down US40, generally with their turrets facing to the rear. I happened upon one of these, and running down the road at about 50 mph. The thought of tailgating never occurred to me. I gave it plenty of room.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

With an M1 you just have to slam on the brakes. The back end goes up in the air a bit and whoever is following you gets crushed when it comes down.

Drag Racing M1A1 tanks in Iraq part 2 - YouTube

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2006 CL500
2009 C300 4matic
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

haha that was awesome

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

It looked like the white car was trying to pass and the black car was weaving.

What's the movie in which Robert de Niro(?) is out in a 6.9 and pushes along someone just passed him?

Sixto
87 300D

Hahahahaha, hilarious!

Just when I thought that tapping the brakes repeatedly would work to give them a warning...

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

Not DeNiro . . . Robert Loggia in Lost Highway

Doh! That's why I couldn't find it. I'll take his sermon over flashing an AK47.

Sixto
87 300D

I've had that sentiment many times, but always when I was stuck behind someone. Seriously, if you're getting tailgated, it's probably because you're doing something wrong. Use the right lane for going slow, don't block the left, and respect the fact that there are people on the road who want to drive faster than you.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

What's the saying? It takes two to tailgait

Sixto
87 300D

Yeah I guess the other day I was doing something wrong when I had a Honda 6in from my rear bumper on a residential street...with a 25mph limit...and I was doing oh 40-42ish.

Way to slow it seems.

So I slammed on my brakes and stopped and let him pass me. Sadly he did not get to buy me a new rear bumper.

On one road in the marsh I tried an experiment once. I think some people are just programmed to lock onto you about a foot away. I had a car on my bumper and I wanted to see how fast I would have to go to satisfy them. I was doing 45 in a 40 and speed up, at about 65 they had an oh crap moment and backed off. Than I pulled over and let them pass, and they wouldn't go over 40.

I think some people never look at their speedo, they just lock onto the car in front of them. Once their in the lead they don't know what to do, see it on the highway all the time.

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2006 CL500
2009 C300 4matic
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I wish there was a switch I could install on both my diesels, to make them belch a nice cloud of black soot and smoke out the tailpipe on command - I've found that to be an excellent anti-tailgating device. When I have hit on the right conditions and was able to make either diesel belch a respectable cloud of smoke in a tailgater's windshield, it seems to freak most drivers out, and I've had some of them come to almost a dead stop.

It's like they expect black smoke out of a large truck or Cummins/Powerstroke/Duramax pickup - but it surprises the hell out of them when a supposedly "normal" sedan or Jeep Liberty does it.

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Just say "NO" to Ethanol - Drive Diesel

Mitchell Oates
Mooresville, NC
'87 300D 212K miles
'87 300D 151K miles - R.I.P. 12/08
'05 Jeep Liberty CRD 67K miles
Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club

You do, it's called the kick-down switch

Works best with Mazda Miata tailgaters who have the roof down

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Its also called over fueling.
Some of my friends over on the Oilburners.net website love to rig their diesels for this effect. The problem is that it attracts too much of the wrong attention, and cause people to lash out at all diesels, thinking them all to be dirty.
OTOH, I did enjoy smoking an obnoxious BMW convertible owner, ( that was probably a redundant description) one day many years ago.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Living up a canyon in Colorado, one of the worst things to encounter were the bike riders 2 and 3 wide riding up the hill.
Used to shift my old GMC diesel duelly into overdrive, bog the heck out of it, then, just when passing said idiots, clutch in and throttle down Nice big cloud o' smoke, and the exhaust exited to the right too.

Nowadays with tailgaters I just pull aside and let them go. Helps clear out the coppers ahead of you.

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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