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  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Hey, it's better than gabbing at the water cooler!
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    Hey I post on evenings and weekends, plus what are you doing here posting during the work hours.

    Busted!!!!!

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    :P
  • euphoniumeuphonium Member Posts: 3,425
    Retired. Not Busted!!!, but Broke. :D
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Didn't bother me personally, because I was in the right lane minding my own business. But he came up fast in the left lane, closing in rapidly on a Suburban, whose driver in turn was blocked by a Subaru in the left lane, not going much faster than right lane traffic.

    I heard his "Jake brakes" come on. This is on the "old" side of a divided highway, with narrow lanes that follow the lay of the land, with minimal shoulders. The speed limit is 55 and that certainly is appropriate for large trucks. He was trying to push it.

    Ok, the Subie driver shouldn't have been hanging in the left lane, but that doesn't excuse the trucker.
  • mark156mark156 Member Posts: 1,915
    I'm driving across country on a 1,800 mile drive... while driving in Oklahoma today, I'm doing 70 (speed limit) in the right lane minding my own business. Two young girls in a 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity that has seen much better days (torn head liner, damage on every fender, etc). Also, it had a 14 day drive out tag in the back window!

    Anyway, these young girls are staying pretty much right next to me when out of the corner of my eye I can see another vehicle coming up very close to the Celebrity's bumper. All of sudden, police lights start flashing and the siren squelches really loud.

    What does the girl do, she slows down and starts coming over on me! I have to hit my brakes and swerve into the emergency lane. I didn't honk at her because I know she was scared to death with the policeman pulling up and scaring the daylights out of her. The policeman was driving a new Chevy Tahoe with the police package.

    Mark :sick:
    2010 Land Rover LR4, 2013 Honda CR-V, 2009 Bentley GTC, 1990 MB 500SL, 2001 MB S500, 2007 Lincoln TC, 1964 RR Silver Cloud III, 1995 MB E320 Cab., 2015 Prevost Liberty Coach
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    Ok running some errands this morning and saw these things.

    1.) At the post office the van in front of me at the drive up mailbox pulls up to the mailbox and puts their van in park. They spend about a minute getting their stuff ready to mail. All the while holding up a small line of cars that had their mail ready for the mailbox.

    2.) Leaving the post office I got behind some yahoo from Iowa who refused to make a left turn as long as someone was driving towards them. Didn't matter that the car coming was more than a block away on a 30 MPH road they just sat there and waited for that car to clear.

    3.) Came to a 4-way stop with one car in front of me waiting for a funeral procession to pass. No problem until the procession finished passing and this guy still stayed stopped waiting for the car that was way, way behind the procession that obviously wasn't part of it (no headlights on and no "funeral" flag like the other cars) to come to a complete stop at the 4-wat stop.

    4.) coming out of the bank onto a 4 lane road I was waiting for traffic to clear. Well the last car in the left lane suddenly slowed down and made a quick change into the left lane and hesitated like they didn't know if they wanted to go straight or turn. Come on guy make a choice and do it so other people can go.

    and 5.) After my last stop I was coming out of the parking lot onto a 4 lane divided highway at a light. As I am into the left turn I noticed a Lincoln in the left lane of the road I am turning on facing me. Yes she was facing the wrong way and I am still trying to figure that out. There are no driveways past that intersection so she didn't make a left turn by accident. The medium was a raised cement medium so that she most likely would have gotten stuck jumping it. And the road was dry so she didn't spin out. How she got into that position is beyond me but we all sat there as she tried to turn around.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • euphoniumeuphonium Member Posts: 3,425
    In situation (1) it is the same driver who pulls up to the drive in teller and takes the extended minutes to fill out his/her deposit slip.

    What you are required to understand is this: These types of people are very much more important than the rest of us. Their high born position dictates that we submit to their behavior. And they get away with it until we have the testicular fortitude to stop them. Do you have TF? :mad:
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    Yeah I was tempted to put it in low gear and push, but Mentok the Mindtaker wouldn't like that to much.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    In the first instance, an RV towing a Jeep Grand Cherokee was waiting in the median to turn left. Problem was there was heavy traffic going in his intended direction and the Grand Cherokee was sticking out and completely blocking the left lane in my direction. He should have gone a block to the next intersection (signalized) and made a U-turn on the green arrow.

    In the second instance, a Corolla in the left lane was slowing gaining on an older F-150 in the right lane. As the gap between the two vehicles was getting increasingly small, a Mazda MPV "threads the needle" in a tight swerve from the right to left lane directly in front of the Corolla.
  • oldharryoldharry Member Posts: 413
    My observation is that little old ladies, looking THOUGH the steering wheel are driving just about 15 mph. What seems to be the problem is; they start to speed up, then their transmissions shift and the wheels slip. They immediately back off the gas, un the rans shifts down again. They then begin to speed up, and the process repeats.

    :mad: Stay home till the working people get to work, you old ***people***!

    Harry
  • whahappanwhahappan Member Posts: 69
    So I'm coming up to a red light in the right lane, intending to make a right turn. There's another car ahead of me in the left lane. Just as he is getting to the stop light he swerves into the right lane. There's nobody else at the intersection yet, no apparent reason for the last minute lane change. He's going straight, so me and all the other cars now have to wait the entire red light, as he's blocking us from making a right on red.

    Now I know I shouldn't have, but I start making gestures to the effect of "Hey, I wanted to make a right on red, what did you change lanes for?" I know, kinda hard to get that across in gestures.

    Of course, he takes offense, can't understand why I would be upset, continues to stay put even when the light turns green holding up all the traffic behind me, and gives me the finger as he finally goes on his way.
  • marsha7marsha7 Member Posts: 3,703
    And, to make it worse, those 2 little old people are probably on their way to the Post Office, during lunchtime when all working folks sacrifice their lunch to buy stamps, and they will waste 45 minutes at the ONLY open postal clerk trying to decide if they want the fat or skinny Elvis stamps...can't they go at 10 am when no one else is there???...they ARE retired, it's not like they punch a time clock... :confuse: :mad: :shades:
  • lords1lords1 Member Posts: 13
    whahappan
    "As he's blocking us from making a right on red."

    Well if he's FIRST, then you HAVE to wait. I agree that he shouldn't have cut you off, probably without a turn signal I'm assuming, BUT, if he beat you to the first spot, well, WHY should you be mad at him when he has the RIGHT to go STRAIGHT and wait the ENTIRE light?

    I personally would NOT have gotten upset about that. I get mad about people at a green light that sit to let a person in instead of GOING at the light. If you do this, then you have NO RIGHT to be angry with him. People that continue to stop at a green light are blocking traffic also.

    I've posted this, but I will post again about it. One time, there was 2 lanes going the same direction and the third lane that was a right-turn-only lane. There's a gas station driveway that's right by the right-turn only lane, but a little before the stop line. Anyway, in heavy traffic, meaning all lanes were clogged, this person in front of my husband and I decides to let this Suburban in. But, this Suburban doesn't want to go right, he or she wants to go straight, meaning EVERYONE had to wait, not just until the light was green, but until someone in the second lane had enough room to let this person in. WHY O WHY people do this so just 1 person can go? I take offense when people that have to YIELD to us, DON'T and people that do have right-of-way DON'T follow the law. The law states that you are NOT suppose to block an intersection. The Suburban that pulled out WAS blocking an intersection and the person in front of us was ONLY thinking about he or she in the Suburban, NOT of WHOLE ENTIRE LINE of traffic that was BACKED up because of these 2 selfish people. That's the type of things I feel people should get mad about, not just because you can't turn right on red because the person in front of you beat you to the first position in line. I am mad about the people that ONLY EVER think about the people coming out. It's NEVER about the people BEHIND you, EVER, it seems.

    Just Friday, a roadway was congested. The light turned green, we were in the right lane. The first person goes like they are suppose to by law. The second person decides to just sit there at the green to let this van in like the light isn't green or something. That's the type of things that get me mad. This van could have been let in at a RED light. Green means GO!
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,676
    Everyone else is supposed to have their stamps delivered by their home postman -- or buy them online. And 10 o'clock is when I stop by the post office to check the box so don't send them then!!!

    In some cases getting out for an errand is their only joy of the day for many older folks, especially those who live alone.

    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • gee35coupegee35coupe Member Posts: 3,387
    We even have "blue hair" defenders here. Geez.
  • euphoniumeuphonium Member Posts: 3,425
    "I want some stamps please" said the little old lady at the P.O. window.

    "Yes Mam. What denomination?"

    "Oh my God. Has it come to this? Well, I'll take 12 Episcopalians, 12 Catholics, 15 Methodists, 18 Lutherans, and a dozen Mormans."

    Merry Christmas :)
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,676
    Great!

    Merry Christmas to everyone too.

    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,676
    Lightly here... Everyone has a right to use the roads, grin. We'll all be old/older some day.

    I agree that some of their driving habits are, well, poor. But some of them drive amazing cars suitable for the kyfdx, "I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) today!" #8740, 5 Dec 2005 6:54 am discussion too!

    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • carlisimocarlisimo Member Posts: 1,280
    For me it's not just old people. When I see any driver with their face up against the wheel, their hands both at the 12 o'clock position, and their eyes just barely peeking over the cowl, I steer clear.

    As usual, I blame the tall people, scourge of civilized society. They whine and complain, and now you have to be tall to see anything out of a modern car. Just you wait... I won't make the mistakes Napoleon made!
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    As usual, I blame the tall people, scourge of civilized society. They whine and complain, and now you have to be tall to see anything out of a modern car.

    Oh I don't know about that, there are some cars that do not cater to the tall. I for one cannot fit into a 3 series BMW without someone using a crowbar to get me wedged in. And I won't even consider trying to fit into a Mini Cooper.

    Just you wait... I won't make the mistakes Napoleon made!

    His only mistake was using a French army. :P

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • carlisimocarlisimo Member Posts: 1,280
    Actually... you should try the Mini.

    My coworker (6'4") has one and he loves it. Apparently all he ever bought used to be F-150s (which he didn't like) but he had trouble finding a good fit for him.

    In the Mini, he has plenty of headroom, and he's become quite a speed demon.
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    I don't know about that, the thing looks awfully small (looks like it will actually fit in the truck of the Caddy). But since there is a Mini dealer nearby I might drop in for a look and try it out. I'll let you know when I do.

    But to be honest I don't see how I could fit in it since Edmunds says that it has 0.8 inches more head room and less leg and shoulder room than the 3 series and I was overflowing the seat in that one.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    And, to make it worse, those 2 little old people are probably on their way to the Post Office, during lunchtime when all working folks sacrifice their lunch to buy stamps, and they will waste 45 minutes at the ONLY open postal clerk

    It would be interesting to hear the seniors' perspective on all this. Perhaps they would say that workers should buy their stamps some other way or on Saturday morning and use their lunch hour to eat their sandwich, work more and get ahead. Workers coming in to post office at noon time cause seniors, many of whom appear to be frail, to stand longer in line also. That seems inconsiderate.
  • gee35coupegee35coupe Member Posts: 3,387
    And leave standing in line for the strong younger people. or maybe they should have a "old folk time" where they give discounts to the seniors like grocery stores do. That would get em all to come in at some off time and stay out of the way. Nothing gets them seniors movin' like a discount. Fixed income and all.
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,688
    "This van could have been let in at a RED light."

    Wait, you mean to tell me that you've finally ceded this point.... that it is conceivably not inconsiderate to let someone into a roadway on a red light? I am shocked, but impressed.
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,688
    I cannot vouch for your situation, but the Mini really does have a lot of room in it. Heck. A friend of mine has a classic Mini ('60 something.... way smaller than a modern one) and it feels roomy to me (6'), but I am fairly tolerant of driver space. I'd rather be a little squeezed than be too far away from the wheel.
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
  • lords1lords1 Member Posts: 13
    xwesx
    "That it is conceivably not inconsiderate to let someone into a roadway on a red light?"

    I NEVER said that it would have not been inconsiderate. I said they COULD HAVE at the red light, meaning it wouldn't have affected my husband and I because when the light is green, that means GO. It's WORSE when the light is green and the person is let in than when the light is red because you are stopped anyway, but it's still RUDE as HELL to ONLY think of the people that have to YIELD or STOP to the people on the roadway. It is MUCH WORSE in the situation that when the Suburban was blocking the whole line when the light was red though, because the Suburban was blocking the roadway for a LOT LONGER than the 4 seconds at the green that we were delayed. I NEVER said it was considerate to let ANYONE in at ANY light on the roadway when a that person has a stop sign or yield sign they should be obeying. It IS still VERY INCONSIDERATE to people BEHIND you. You are ONLY thinking of the guy or gal at the gas station, but not of the people that would like to go at the green light. Even if the light is red, you aren't suppose to let someone in from a place of business or at a stop sign or yield sign by LAW. I can tolerate(not meaning that it's not rude, because it IS), a person letting someone in at a red light as long as it's not blocking the whole line like what happened to my husband and I, but I am NOT tolerable of someone being let in at a green light. That makes me angry. Green means GO! As I said before, the car kept the brake on to let the van in instead of going like the first vehicle did. That's just WRONG! If you have to be that inconsiderate to the people behind you, I say at least do it at a red light as long as it's not going to make someone block the entire line of a right-turn only lane to be able to turn right on red possibly like what happened to my husband and I. My husband was driving, so he didn't bother to honk. I WOULD have kept my hand on the horn if I would have been driving. I would have even gotten out of my car to ask the person to back up that pulled out, out of consideration for ALL the people behind me as well as myself. I bet he wouldn't have done it. People are SO SELF ABSORBED that they can't see they are blocking people for "THEIR" place in the line of traffic. I NEVER, EVER, do that type of thing, EVER. I think of OTHERS and be considerate to people BEHIND me. Sure, I will let someone in if they have their signal on and ONLY think of them, but NOT ALL THE TIME like you all seem to. I don't let in EVERY person that needs to be let in. You all seem to do this. To NEVER think of others behind you. I do both. I think of the people that need to get into my lane as well as the people behind me by following the law that states "I" have right-of-way to someone that is NOT EVEN on the roadway. You all seem to NEVER consider the people behind you, I DO!
  • marsha7marsha7 Member Posts: 3,703
    I'll take a sheet of the fat Elvis stamps, since I could stand to lose a few pounds myself...but no peanut butter and banana sandwiches for me... ;) :shades: :P
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    ...post I just skipped over? ;)

    I thought the horse had already been beaten beyond recognition. :P

    Meanwhile, today, we had our first HEAVY SNOW, Man (3 inches) -- I was impressed; "Storm Team Coverage" on the local news show and all! The road surfaces were mostly just wet.
  • mark156mark156 Member Posts: 1,915
    Lords1, would you want to read your own long post? I just skipped it. I can't imagine it was any different than the other 1,000 word posts from before. :surprise:

    Mark
    2010 Land Rover LR4, 2013 Honda CR-V, 2009 Bentley GTC, 1990 MB 500SL, 2001 MB S500, 2007 Lincoln TC, 1964 RR Silver Cloud III, 1995 MB E320 Cab., 2015 Prevost Liberty Coach
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Let's take the next exit and find another road! :)
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,688
    LoL.... yeah, no kidding. I knew it was too good to be true. I read the first sentence and thought, "Oh, right, that's what I get for giving her any credit!"

    hahhaa..... I wish I had something juicy to report regarding the thread's topic. Everyone just seems to be behaving themselves for the most part lately.

    The weather is supposed to turn sour here a bit as temps rise up from -30F to ~+25F in the next 36 hours. That will be fun if we get the "mixed rain/snow" that is predicted. With the ground solidly frozen for at least 24" down, any rain that falls will soak the icepack on the roads and then freeze into a nice sheet of ice that will stick around for the rest of the winter. It is only trecherous on >0F days because it gets sticky below that, but that's when the majority of drivers will drop to ~45mph on the highways and I will have to start dealing with the inconsiderates who find 46 in the left lane while passing another driver going 45 in the right to be acceptable. :sick:
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
  • mark156mark156 Member Posts: 1,915
    xwesx, I can't imagine temperatures like you are having. I've been to Anchorage, which is mild in the winter they say. I was raised a southern boy where we rarely have snow more than a few inches and an occaisionally ice storm.

    We did have 14 inches of snow in 1968 when I was a kid and it was fantastic and SO much fun. As and adult, I think my reaction would be quite different.

    Perma frost is something I never did understand.

    Mark
    2010 Land Rover LR4, 2013 Honda CR-V, 2009 Bentley GTC, 1990 MB 500SL, 2001 MB S500, 2007 Lincoln TC, 1964 RR Silver Cloud III, 1995 MB E320 Cab., 2015 Prevost Liberty Coach
  • redmaxxredmaxx Member Posts: 627
    Oh I don't know about that, there are some cars that do not cater to the tall. I for one cannot fit into a 3 series BMW without someone using a crowbar to get me wedged in. And I won't even consider trying to fit into a Mini Cooper.

    I can't even fit into an Accord. My knees scrape the wheel. 6' 2"
  • euphoniumeuphonium Member Posts: 3,425
    I think I remember being married to you - very briefly. :(
  • carlisimocarlisimo Member Posts: 1,280
    "I can't even fit into an Accord. My knees scrape the wheel. 6' 2" "

    I can see this happening; the Accord's seat always seems rather high. But there is plenty of space for most tall people. It's a proportion thing... my knees hit my Sentra's wheel and I'm just 5' 7". Not to imply you're a freak of nature or anything...

    Back to inconsiderate drivers for a sec:

    I was turning left. Two left turn lanes, I'm on the inside. Just a few dots separating the turn lanes within the intersection. You can probably guess by now that the guy in the outside turn lane cut his corner and forced me to swerve into the intersection... I honked but that was the end of it.

    I know that when it's dark and wet, it can be hard to see lane lines and markers, but it wasn't wet at all and the lines aren't old. Maybe I should just take advantage of beaterhood and let them hit me...
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,688
    Oh, this one is constantly a problem for me at one intersection here in town. Part of the problem is that the "dotted lines" wore off several years ago and have yet to be repainted, and the other part of the problem is that the vast majority of drivers really have very little idea on how to properly turn (or don't care, or both).

    For some reason they feel like they must make as direct of a route as possible out of the turn and begin their turn the moment they start to enter the intersection rather than pulling into the intersection first, then turning a smooth arc such that their vehicle ends up parallel with the intended (and proper!) lane of travel as they leave the intersection.

    In this particular intersection, you risk being creamed by a turner if you are stopped in the front of the left turn lane on the receiving end of the intersection and if you are on the inside left lane of the sending end. I'd estimate that I am nearly hit 3 times each week, but I am stubborn and I refuse to degenerate to heathen turning.

    It is especially bad during the winter when the majority (bad turners) etch a pseudo-lane into the snow pack and then blindly follow it like cattle. :sick:
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,688
    Mark,

    I am sure you cannot imagine it, but it is not as "bad" as you would suppose. Honestly, I would take -20 through -40 preferentially to a +25 or even +40 day with 100% humidity and a 5-10 mph breeze(hmmm.... great lakes region??). The wet cold is just bone chilling. Dry cold simply requires an extra layer or two.

    Anchorage is indeed "mild." Their winters only get to -20+ as a rarity and the temps are typically above or near 0 between November and February. That's downright balmy!!! ;)

    I was raised in NE Oregon. Winters there were mild, though the wind could be very chilly, and we usually had one good snowstorm a winter (typically early Feb). The snow would accumulate to about 12" or so the first day, then be a gorgeous glistening white for a day or two. After that, we would get a howling wind (35-45mph) come up overnight and it would drift the place shut. Anything manmade literally disappeared! Roads, etc., were totally unrecognizable from the natural landscape save for those that were accompanied by utility lines. We would almost always get a couple days off from school while the DOT crews worked to open the roads back up.

    Nothing like that here. School is cancelled at temps colder than -70 (which is never) or the rare instance of a midwinter rain (like the one we could possibly get tonight) that slicks the roads up enough to prevent school bus operation.

    -Wes-
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
  • whahappanwhahappan Member Posts: 69
    I know what you mean about left turns. I had to make a left turn today, then get into the right lane to turn into a shopping center. Of course I made the left turn into the left lane of the highway, then put on my right turn signal to change into the right lane to prepare to exit.

    The impatient woman behind me made her left turn into the right lane, and tried to blow by me. When I signalled and moved into the right lane, she swerved into the left lane, and floored it past me.

    If she had just made the turn properly in the first place, she wouldn't have had any problem. It seems very few people know (or care) how to make a left turn properly onto a multilane road.

    I used to have to make a left turn almost every day from a multilane exit ramp with two left turn lanes onto a 3 lane road. Can't count how many times I've almost been sideswiped by oblivious drivers crossing into my lane :sick:
  • jipsterjipster Member Posts: 6,296
    While merging onto I-65 the car behind me cut thru the painted merging line and then instead of waiting for me to get over...accelerated quickly... pulled even with me... causing me to have to ride on the shoulder for a few seconds before he was out of the way. :mad:
    2021 Honda Passport EX-L, 2020 Honda Accord EX-L, 2011 Hyundai Veracruz, 2010 Mercury Milan Premiere.
  • black_tulipblack_tulip Member Posts: 435
    I am sure that this is not the case here, however, sometimes I have no choice but to act like the offending party in your example.
    Case in point: traffic moving briskly at a 70 mph pace, and Mr iforce v8 in front of me is nearing the end of entrance ramp at all of 50 mph! Fortunately I was following him at a distance, so, when I saw an opening, I had no trouble zooming up to 75 mph and getting in. Last I saw him, Mr ifv8 was slowly coming to a stop!
    Of course, I don't cross over any solid lines illegally.

    I learnt my lesson when I was following a Corvette down the entrance ramp at 45 or so mph. At the last moment, the Corvette sped up rather briskly and merged, whereas I, with my 4 banger automatic, had a fun time. :cry:
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    We had a pretty bad snow storm yesterday and had to fight the "I won't drive more than 10 MPH" crowd mixed with the "I have an SUV with 4 wheel drive so I can still do 10 over the limit" crowd. But thats not my story.

    As I was shoveling snow off my driveway I noticed my next door neighbor shoveling his. His and his wifes cars were parked on their driveway covered with snow. When he got to the two cars he used his snow shovel to clean the snow off his cars. :confuse:

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • shiphroshiphro Member Posts: 62
    Inconsiderate to say the least:

    I'm commuting to work this morning in 4" of snow. While that much snow shouldn't be a big deal, it is a Big Event here in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

    I'm driving along the PA Turnpike (toll road; two lanes in each direction) but the snow plows must have taken the morning off because there's 3" of snow between tire tracks and at least 4" between lanes.

    I'm in the left lane in a rental Dodge Stratus moving with traffic at about 30mph. There's a Dodge Neon next to me in the right lane. She/He's coming up on traffic and decide to stab their brakes rather than applying gentle pressure. I notice the back end of the Neon creep into my lane as it starts to pass the front end. Of course, I've got plenty of room in front of me so I give the Stratus some gas.

    I pull about 5' in front of the Neon as the driver panics, spasmodically overcorrects and winds up sideways with the front end in the left lane and the back end in the right lane. I checked the rearview and the Neon didn't get creamed. But it took a while to get straightened out and moving again.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    His and his wifes cars were parked on their driveway covered with snow. When he got to the two cars he used his snow shovel to clean the snow off his cars

    That's a good idea. Snow brushes only work well if snow is one inch or less. I did same in past with older cars and suv.
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    Its a good ideal? First off it was a light powdery snow, one sneeze and he would have cleaned off his car. Secondly I wonder how he will explain those scratch marks on the car to his wife.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    Its a good ideal? First off it was a light powdery snow, one sneeze and he would have cleaned off his car.

    TV news shows said that Chicago area got 10 inches of snow. Of course, one must use a plastic shovel. I would agree that it would be pretty reckless to use a metal shovel such as one has for the garden. If you ever have to clean 10 inches of snow off of a car or suv, a snow shovel makes sense and you have to be very careful.
  • docnukemdocnukem Member Posts: 485
    Just do multiple passes with the snow brush. Even a plastic snow shovel could scratch the finish. It's more work, but less heartache in the end.
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    we didn't get 10 inches 5 or 6 maybe but not 10. Some areas south of the lake do get more though.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,688
    I use a shop brush (one of those wide headed, long-handled push-brooms) to clean mine off. It works quickly, but I would guess that on an unmarred finish, it would probably leave surface scratches as well. A shovel does not sound like a good idea to me at all - they're just not the right shape to get all the snow off with the least effort. They'll take the bulk of snow off, but not nearly as fast or as easily as a shop broom.
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