I don't think it's "Z haters" in particular. The 350Z is a little car. It's not imposing. People, in general, are dumb and their first thought is, "he/she is smaller than me, they'll slow down/move/get out of my way".

I got my 350 last July. Before that I drove a Corvette and I got the same "attitude" from other drivers in it too. It's a small car. Most sports cars are and here in Texas where Suburbans, Expeditions and F350's are the most common vehicles on the road... well, you can guess.

Small Car = Drive Defensively. As I was saying earlier, MOST accidents, regardless of who's "fault" they are present an opportunity to be avoided by EITHER driver. So, even if it's not going to be "your fault", be on the look out for a chance to AVOID that accident.

 

indeed ur right we don't like accidents!!

 

Also for those that are having fueling issues.. I recently replaced the shutter valve in my gas tank underneath the fuel pump. It's a easy repair that can be done by anyone with experience.. now I can pump more than 1 gallon lol.. also anyone know if our fuel pumps are inaccurate or faulty? I had a check engine light for high voltage sending to my fuel pump. I unhooked the battery and it was gone so I'm kinda confused but whatever it works fine..

 

responses like this are not doing anything for you, just making you look like a bigger douche. i know for a fact that in NC there are road signs (just like here ) that state left lane is for passing only. if you was cruising in that lane you are just as wrong. sucks you had to learn your lesson with a scratched car but i guess you deserve it: especially seeing your attitudea about it with your posts.

 

Your story was really hard to follow....how did both your drivers side and front bumper get damaged?

 

lol sorrie if I'm not detailed enough I am bad at writing stuff like this lol.. he just came into my slow lane when I was approaching the exit. broke my driver side parts. not sure.. seems like I must've hit something while getting off the side of the road. This guy was trying to run away and he saw I was on the phone calling the police. so he decided to pull off

 

Well you sure showed him.

 

Yup, there are whole bunch of them out there, it makes me sick..

 

Well said. Nobody enjoys being held up or slowed down. Even though many people resort to tailgating to express their desire to drive faster than you, I believe that many tailgating situations can be avoided if drivers in general paid more attention to their surroundings.

Like clark pointed out, most people lose a large chunk of their courtesy the moment they get behind the wheel. Its easy enough to realize that the guy in front of you is driving too slow, but it somehow becomes difficult to relate to the person behind you who might be thinking the same thing about you. It seems that many people develop an arbitrary standard around their own driving preferences, where anyone going slower than what they are comfortable with is slowing down traffic; but anyone going faster than they're willing to needs to relax.

Personally, if I was in the left lane trying to pass car A going slow and I notice car B going faster than I am coming up in my rearview mirror, letting car B pass me becomes top priority. Even if I have to slow down and get behind car A, the little effort that I put in would spare car B and myself a lot of potential hassle. Because now instead of car B tailing me cussing me out for slowing him down, hes already long gone and I can proceed to pass car A like I wanted to in the first place.

Besides nowadays you never know what kind of people are out there. Seems like something as simple as driving too slow in the wrong lane could tick some people off enough for them to bust out a gun and start shooting. Whatever lesson you might think you're teaching the guy by brake checking or blocking is not worth getting shot at.

 

I was trying to be a bit more diplomatic than that, but, uhhh, yeah.

 

i let them pass. I am sure you the OP have had people slow you down in the fast lane and you wish they would just move. So thats what i do, just move, the person is obviously in more of a hurry, which you obviously found out the hard way

 

lol

 

what he said PRIDE=FAIL, sorry to hear about the Z though!

 

WAT ?!?!???

 

I think, you think too much... you could have easily put an end to this by simply slowing down a bit and letting him pass you from the right (as that was his intention any away)... have fun with the repairs, just remember it could have been much worse

 

not that im happy doing this but i average atleast one brake chk every 2 days cause the damn tailgaters. like today when i was headin home from work i decided to stay on slowest lane on frwy but some idiot kept tailgating me when he could have switced lanes so i brake chked him.

 

I say freakin idiot drivers.. theres been so many incidents like this..

 

i'm with frankyB and all the others here who said the same.
now you won't have the Z for a few days and you get to have fun with the insurance company. all could have been avoided by letting him pass and he'd be out of your life. just gotta suck up the ego sometimes.

btw...did the police report state that he was at fault?

 

thanks to everybody for giving me a lecture about this. this has been a fun moment of expression on the forums. yes the police reported the accident as his fault so the other guy is screwed. yay for new paint job and whatever the damage is required to be fixed.

 

All I know is in California, everybody owns the road.