In my experience, the serious "Monster Truck" guys are pretty decent
people (mechanically misguided, but otherwise good folks). It's the
yahoos with a clap-trap half-arsed jack-up job and a pair of $12 "turbo"
mufflers who are the jerks.
Chris
>Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:52:14 -0700
>From: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.cx>
>Subject: Re: Other cars "challenging" you...
>
>Yes, the bigger the vehicle, the more it seems to offend them.
>Sometimes when I'm driving on the Interstate, and I pass someone, they
>speed up and then re-pass me, even though I'm going the same speed the
>whole time. Invariably, its a truck or SUV. I almost had a redneck get
>in a fight with me at a gas station because I was inside paying for my
>gas (which took a while, there was a long line) and left my car at the
>pump where he wanted to refill his jacked up truck. There's definately
>something about these cars that gets certain people really worked up.
>It's pretty weird, I can't understand the mentality at all.
>
>Skye
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