Crazy things that have happened to you while driving your Cruze

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phpsteve

Discussion Starter · Jul 17, 2014

Well I'll start this off with ride home yesterday. A Turbo Diesel Truck is driving in the passing lane going up a 2 lane hill at a relatively low speed. Me and some other cars were in the right-lane and just went around him because he wouldn't move. Well he must have picked me to hate because when I got to the top of the hill where it goes down to 1 lane, I saw black smoke behind me.. he gunned it probably between 85-100 to get up to me and then tried to cut me off. I held my ground and he had to get behind me. Then of course he is riding my butt..I drove normal.. then there is a short two-lane section up another hill. I figure he will just blow past me and that will be the end of it. Nope.. he continue to ride my butt then back off then ride it so I drop her down and pass the few cars and get back in my lane. It's a 45mph zone.. I ended at about 62.. look to my left.. Cop Car sitting just off the road in a nice hiding spot. I figured I would get pulled over but then I look back again and see the truck doing like 100 and passing in the oncoming lane. Then I see the cop lights light up. So I slow down and the truck catches up to me and we are going down the hill now.. His wife or whatever points out the window laughing at me like I'm going to get a ticket and then passes me. So here comes the cop.. I wait to see who he wants.. He stayed in their lane and picked them.. but it isn't over yet.. Now they know it is them so they slam on the brakes and cut into my lane.. I had to almost come to a complete stop.. the cop had to slam on his breaks too.. so I back off and let the cop go ahead and pull them over. As I drive by they yell at me and I just wave. I figured while "I" felt I had a reason to pass the cars.. "to get some distance from the nutjob".. the cop saw the bigger Ahole of the two. One who was doing 15 over.. or one that was doing 50 over and causing danger to the vehicles he cut off and could have had a head-to-head accident with.

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Merc6

· #30 · Jul 24, 2014 (Edited)

Reason #2578 of why I don't need a intake or Forge BOV. People would assume I was doing BOV salutes all day when I am shifting gears and try to race me. All I want to do is get to point B in the most gas efficient manner.

The BPV is louder if you resonator bypass and remove the foam prefilter. Inside it's not as noticeable bout outside all you hear is spooling turbo and the sound of air moving.

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Merc6

· #32 · Jul 24, 2014

phpsteve said:
I think that you could look at people wrong and they will want to race or do stupid crap when you are out and about. I remember once a neighbor was drunk and got upset that his friends .. girlfriends.. daughter wouldn't put shoes on so he got in his car.. drove backwards up 2 one way streets and almost backed into a police car. He hid hid his vodka in a water bottle but there was no escaping his lunacy .. what a moron.. haha

Maybe he thinks they won't search the car within arms reach? It's only becomes gray area when it's a tailgate full of beer cans untill you fail a blood, breath, or urine test. Screw a water bottle when you can just *walk* around with a grande Starbucks coffee cup with lid on it.

*walk as in putting 1 foot in front of the other successfully. Not responsible for public intoxication charges and those txt messages you sent to your ex all night and your s/o finds them.

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Merc6

· #33 · Jul 24, 2014

It completely slipped my mind what I saw yesterday. I was riding along the expressway for 271 between brainard and chagrin when I saw an explorer spinning out into the grass. No cars actual hit her, she must have floored it in the rain with a donut on the back axle. My cruise control was set to about 67 and she was doing more than that before the spin out.

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Merc6

· #36 · Jul 25, 2014

I wish we had adaptive CC for that reason. I never use it because I can't stay in CC for more than 2 mins. Even setting it at 56 mph in a 60 mph zone I need to pass someone during non traffic daylight hours.

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