Re: A4 yuppie scum in Boston

[David Lola <djl@alanex.com>]

Is it the A4 or the driving habits that make this person "yuppie scum?"
Where I live 75-80 is a bit pokey to be monopolizing the left lane.  Maybe
the guy just wanted to move on.

Brett Dikeman wrote:

> So, I'm tooling along on the Mass Pike out of Boston, minding my own
> business in a good, semi-law-abiding-mood(75-80ish) in the left
> lane(doing what one should in the left lane, passing other cars) when
> some yuppie scum in a new a4 1.8t(lic. plate and color not provided
> to protect the annoying) comes flying up.
>
> He sticks around for a bit, not going around into the rightmost lane
> or anything(probably waiting for "slow poke 5000" to get out of his
> way by merging into the lane full of traffic.)  I quickly got tired
> of his ability to apply armor-all to my rear bumper, so I floored it.
> The 115-ish HP difference between our cars solved the immediate
> problem of his little bumper-hugging habit.
>
> Grr.  Further proof there should be an ownership exam.  Great car,
> but lots of annoying drivers; half buy 'em for status symbolsin these
> parts(same ones are permanently afflicted with the
> rear-fog-light-on-24-hr-a-day-just-in-case-it-suddenly-turns-into-a-bl
> izzard syndrome.)
>
> Bah.  Such a waste.
>
> Brett
> 91 200q20v a la TAP
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