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[Sue M]

My father used to call the little old ladies, and men the Headless Drivers of Miami On i95 they'd be driving in front of you, and it looks from behind there's nobody driving. That was back in the day when they all drove the huge Cadillacs! And of course they'd be going 30mph in the fast lane!

[WEDFan]

Sort of, this level of stupid is hard to explain.
They will speed up the ramp, then when they get close to the "Merge" area they will all slow down to a completely stop. Most of them won't go until they have both lanes of the highway COMPLETELY OPEN, those of us who can drive and learned a long time ago what "Merging" was only need a normal sized space. The only problem is now your at a complete stop, trying to go uphill and merge successfully into 60MPH traffic!


Now wonder I generally go completely insane while driving!

Then you have the ones with the opposite problem... they come up the ramp and feel it's their God-given right to come onto the highway whenever and whereever they want. Now, I will always try to move to the left and let merging traffic come on, but sometimes the lane to the left is occupied. At that point I kind of expect the merging traffic to, well, merge. There's almost always a smooth transition available if they speed up or slow down just a little, but no! They just come up the ramp at whatever speed they've chosen and expect you to get out of the way. I've been given the finger when someone pulled out in front of me going 45 and I had to brake in order to avoid their back seat. :mad:

That's what I love about Florida. All flatland and no elevation. Of course, when you have to go hiking in New Mexico's mountains and you've live in 10ft. ABS, flatland Florida, that's when it sucks.

Having come from the Northeast and all the hilly terrain there, the first time I drove in Florida was a bit of a shock. Everything was sooooo flat. My friend and I got excited when we started up a hill at one point, only to realize that it was man-made in order to cross over a highway.

My mother is still telling me the horrors of when she lived in Maine. Trying to start her (manual) car on a side of a hill after a stop in snowing/ice conditions is something I don't want to do for a long time.

But you really learn how to drive when you have to deal with some of that stuff, and the manual transmission can have some significant advantages in snow and ice. Of course, there are always a huge number of idiots who forget how to drive in winter during the short summer break. The first storm always is a challenge trying to avoid the ones who forgot where they put their winter brains.

[Goofyernmost]

Ask her if the car ever froze to the ground after a freezing rain.

Hell, you don't need freezing rain for that. Just have a day when the snow is a little slushy and overnight your vehicle can be firmly glued to the ground. A little light rocking action will free it usually, but one is always worried that it will do expensive damage to the drive train. :D:

[200footdrop]

Ask her if the car ever froze to the ground after a freezing rain.

No, but her lock has frozen over a couple of times.

But you really learn how to drive when you have to deal with some of that stuff

I'm still trying to find a manual to learn how to drive. You would think it would be like trying to find the ark of the covenant.

[ktulu]

I'm still trying to find a manual to learn how to drive. You would think it would be like trying to find the ark of the covenant.

Find a Jeep.

[200footdrop]

Find a Jeep.

I have a jeep, and it's an auto. My cousin had one that was a manual, but she sold it to get a new car because the fuel line was leaking. :(

[hobie16]

I have a jeep, and it's an auto. My cousin had one that was a manual, but she sold it to get a new car because the fuel line was leaking. :(

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm, fix the fuel line!!

[ktulu]

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm, fix the fuel line!!

Seems like the cheaper of the two :)

[200footdrop]

It wasn't my decision to make. I just knew that was the final straw for the jeep with her.

[hobie16]

Jeeps are kinda like Volvos, very hard to kill. The old saying is, old Volvos never die, they just go to Santa Cruz.