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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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GSdrums87 wrote:
meow wrote:
GSdrums87 wrote:Tan 2000 Mitsubishi Galant. GO!
And how to do you drive it? Fast? Speed limit speed? Change lanes frequently? Do you park in the closest spot to the door of the store or away from vehicles at the end of the lot?
10 over on the highway, usually left lane. Won't squeeze into a spot just for the sake of being close. Would rather park further to swing in and back out more easily.
You bought it from your mom or another family member. You never fill the gas tank up the whole way. There are most certainly fast food wrappers at the foot of the passenger seat. You've never washed it. The muffler may have a hole in it, but it's not worth fixing. Your next car will be a Toyota.
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shmenguin wrote:i don't categorically hate fast drivers (unless you're driving fast through a residential area - in which case, you're just a total peice of ****)

if you don't tailgate, weave, etc. and you're on the highway, go nuts.
You are going soft in your old age.
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meow wrote:
GSdrums87 wrote:
meow wrote:
GSdrums87 wrote:Tan 2000 Mitsubishi Galant. GO!
And how to do you drive it? Fast? Speed limit speed? Change lanes frequently? Do you park in the closest spot to the door of the store or away from vehicles at the end of the lot?
10 over on the highway, usually left lane. Won't squeeze into a spot just for the sake of being close. Would rather park further to swing in and back out more easily.
You bought it from your mom or another family member. You never fill the gas tank up the whole way. There are most certainly fast food wrappers at the foot of the passenger seat. You've never washed it. The muffler may have a hole in it, but it's not worth fixing. Your next car will be a Toyota.
Got it from a dealer with 20k miles on it. He got it from an estate sale, have had it for 6 years. Put $2,000 towards it and dad matched. ONLY fill up the tank the whole way; let it run to almost empty. No wrappers or other garbage in the car whatsoever; only hockey sticks and some CDs and iPod. I rarely do wash it. No holes in the muffler, but the exhaust pipe had a crack that I just got fixed, along with a new timing belt. Next car is either gonna be a new Galant or an Audi.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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2 out of 6 isn't bad....
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And I didn't know they were making new Galants
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Rylan wrote:
shmenguin wrote:i don't categorically hate fast drivers (unless you're driving fast through a residential area - in which case, you're just a total peice of ****)

if you don't tailgate, weave, etc. and you're on the highway, go nuts.
You are going soft in your old age.
having a kid has made me a little more tolerant of other drivers. i can't lose my cool and get all vigilante when i'm hauling valuable cargo. so instead, i adjust my expectations a little.

having said that...with this kid, i'm getting progressively more enraged at drivers in my neighborhood. and once she's old enough to go out and play, it's gonna get ugly.
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They might not be making new ones, but this car has been a beast, so I don't mind sticking with Mitsubishi.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Job applications. I sat at a table yesterday for a half hour basically copying info from the resume I sent the guy a week ago. Whats the point?
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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bumper stickers in general are lamesauce
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canaan wrote:bumper stickers in general are lamesauce
Agreed.
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I hate having anything on my car at all. I will eventually remove the nissan logos and altima from the back and just get it repainted
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Dear people who put price stickers on wrapped foods,

Please stop putting the stickers on the seams of the wrapping because when I rip the sticker off and it shreds the wrap, thereby requiring supplemental wrap from my kitchen, it makes me want to suplex you all into a vat of screaming death.

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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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shmenguin wrote:
Rylan wrote:
shmenguin wrote:i don't categorically hate fast drivers (unless you're driving fast through a residential area - in which case, you're just a total peice of ****)

if you don't tailgate, weave, etc. and you're on the highway, go nuts.
You are going soft in your old age.
having a kid has made me a little more tolerant of other drivers. i can't lose my cool and get all vigilante when i'm hauling valuable cargo. so instead, i adjust my expectations a little.

having said that...with this kid, i'm getting progressively more enraged at drivers in my neighborhood. and once she's old enough to go out and play, it's gonna get ugly.
lol I just remember us having a discussion on whether there is an ability to be under control of a car and still speed a little bit on the highway.

Completely agree about residential zones though. Those are areas that should be strictly the speed limit.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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The obese female comedian craze
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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But its always been there. Roseanne and queen latifah think you're a dumb wang.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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I vaguely work with a "I'm fat, deal with it" diva.
She's unbearable.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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The happy stick figure families on the back window of cars. I could give a crap less if you have 3 kids, 2 dogs, and a cat.
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The ******* who decided my apartment complex was great for riding around every 10 minutes on his motorcycle. May he get hit by a bus.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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FreeCandy44 wrote:The happy stick figure families on the back window of cars. I could give a crap less if you have 3 kids, 2 dogs, and a cat.
As opposed to the other ish people put on the back of their cars that you care deeply about?
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Actually saw a funny stick figure sticker on the back of a car in South Africa. Had figures of two kids and said,"My family". Then had a figur of him behind his bent over wife that said,"Making my family". Hilarious!
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the wicked child wrote:The ******* who decided my apartment complex was great for riding around every 10 minutes on his motorcycle. May he get hit by a bus.
HOW CAN YOU HOPE SOMEONE GETS HIT BY A BUS! That's terrible! Oh wait... motorcycle, not bicycle. Carry on.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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shmenguin wrote:i don't categorically hate fast drivers (unless you're driving fast through a residential area - in which case, you're just a total peice of ****)

if you don't tailgate, weave, etc. and you're on the highway, go nuts.
Agreed. We have one piece of crap here who has a lifted truck that insists on flying through our complex like he's **** Bigfoot trying to gain enough speed to clear 4 cars. While that's fine at the local fairground or arena, that's not cool when there are people walking their dogs or out running on our narrow roads.

I have more of a problem with those who insist on trying to wedge themselves into a small gap between cars than those who go 90+ in an open lane.
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I buy a bunch of stuff online typically because I can get a better deal on it. What I can't stand is the constant emailing from most of these companies. Mountain Gear, Steep And Cheap, and especially everything under the GAP/Old Navy/BR umbrella always seem to send out about 4-5 emails a day informing me of their sales. One email is more than enough.

I didn't check my mail since 10am yesterday. When I opened my email this morning, I had 78 unread. Of those 78, only 3 were important (my pay stub, my electric bill, and an email from my sister).
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PghSkins wrote:
FreeCandy44 wrote:The happy stick figure families on the back window of cars. I could give a crap less if you have 3 kids, 2 dogs, and a cat.
As opposed to the other ish people put on the back of their cars that you care deeply about?
I admit to having a clear white vinyl Pens logo decal.
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I have a Warrior Dash vinyl on my back window. It's maybe 4 inches wide tops. Aside from that, I have nothing on my car. I still haven't found a replacement license plate frame after my last accident.