2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X: Getting My Jollies During the Morning Commute

Agreed, especially when said motorists are in the left lane going 5-10 mph under the speed limit and leaving 3+ car lengths between them and the car in front. Had one of the aforementioned in front of me last weekend.

slow motorists suck, but if they can barely drive slow and not crash, why would you want them to drive any faster? the problem in the US is its too easy to get a drivers license. in finland, which is an extreme example, you need to practically be a rally driver to pass, lol.

huyracing

I'v herd of the "drivers ed" classes in Finland. you've right, you have to practically be a rally driver to pass.

In Baltimore, the speed limit in a lot of places is 55. Come on! 55?! I think the speed limits should be raised to something more reasonable, like 90. or more.

I hate slow and fast drivers. The only good pace is the one I'm setting, lol. Don't slow me up and don't tailgate me.

Sounds like we have a coupla Top Gear fans here. Agreed, Finland driver's ed is rad.

One day I was wine tasting in the Santa Cruz mountains, and my friend was the DD that day with his E90 330i. He was going painfully slow and I resisted the urge to tell him to speed up. Eventually, this Prius caught up to us and I finally got to say, "Dude, you'd better speed up or you're going to get passed by this Prius." Thankfully, he did speed up and pulled away from the hybrid.

The worst is seeing someone in something supposedly sporty such as the Mustang pictured here, Porsches, and even M3s. Who are these people? Go get a Solara and putt putt in the right lane already.

haha, i agree that dual lane on/off ramps can be tremendous sources of fun. i'd also point out that there's a certain stretch of PA turnpike in a rural area of PA that may, in fact, be the most perfect stretch of highway ever created... major elevation changes, several changes in direction, no places for cops to sit, and often lightly traveled...

...assuming of course that it was a closed private course, i might suggest that double the speed limit is both possible and thrilling in a few german cars i've driven through.

Caroline, is it the inside line or the outside lane of that 90 FWY on ramp that has that horrible lip? Almost feels like you'll bend a rim.

desmolicious,
Are you talking about the 90 FWY from 405 south or from 405 north. In any case, I take the latter and hadn't noticed one, at least on the inside lane.

It's the 90 FWY on ramp from the 405 N. The inside lane is the one to take, the outside has a rising seam that is truly horrible.
Unfortunately most people are on the inside lane, going sloooow. Of course.

...7 miles from work? I never get past 3rd gear on the way to work...........for 45 miles.

One rainy morning I was driving my 1999 Wrangler Sahara to work and as I approached a decreasing radius on-ramp an incompetent fool in a C5 glued himself to my back bumper. Until we actually got on the ramp- at which point he slowed to a crawl and I left him behind. Moron. He deserves to be sentenced to drive an Aveo slushbox for the rest of his miserable life. Still, one of my favorite incompetent driver stories involves a mullet-head in a late '70s Z28 who tried to keep up with my '73 Bavaria on a twisting two lane one night. I left him waaayyy behind until we got to a long straight stretch- where the doofus thought he would finally catch me. Poor guy, he didn't know that there were two huge frost heaves about 300' past that last corner. Watching the huge showers of sparks as the Camaro's oil pan/front crossmember slammed into the pavement-twice!-was priceless.

^^ Heeheehee, mullet-heads in muscle cars just make me chuckle.

I love getting a chance to take a fun run up GMR, but every day I have the opportunity to enjoy the greatness that is clover-leaf onramps. It is frustrating when you have a slow driver ahead of you blocking the fun. I agree 100% that it is too easy to get a license in the U.S. We spend all our time teaching traffic laws (which everyone ignores) but almost no time to actual car control. Sad state of affairs.

That SN95 v6 Mustang needed to slow down because they were terrible handlers.

I like the purple fingernail :)

I've always found the most fun in cars that can FEEL like you are driving them on the edge through the apex and still lay down full throttle as soon as you clip it. I love driving the Porsche Boxster, but it pretty much never feels like you are driving them on the edge (except when it had snow tires on it, and I found the edge much sooner than what I was expecting).

One of the problems I'm finally growing old enough to realize with alot of modern performance cars is that their edge unvolves such ridiculous quantities of speed that they feel boring during regular driving. A car that can feel exciting when you want and can settle down when you want while not involving complete idiocy is always nice :)

Joe

Hey caroline I also use walgrove ave. on my way to SMC. But that curve is very dangerous. once while driving by a car slammed into one of the houses and it was a terible accident. Keep your cool and always drive safe.

auto_guy

auto_guy,
Thanks, but yeah, I don't get too crazy. I don't drive faster than my skill level. I think I've seen that accident and I wondered how fast that person must have been driving that corner to wind up in the house.

"I think I've seen that accident and I wondered how fast that person must have been driving that corner to wind up in the house."

The law of natural selection won out, I'd think.

Hmm...strange. I used to hustle my V6 Mustang around. Even had fun with an X5 4.4i on S****t before. Maybe the one in front of you was a 5 year old rental.