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I want to mount a machine gun on my car

MACDRIVE

MACDRIVE

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Feb 17, 2006
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Clovis, California
Just like the James Bond films where he has that tricked out Lotus with the machine gun that pops out of a hidden compartment. Of course mine wouldn't be using real bullets; I was thinking blanks, or something that would give a scary muzzle flash. It would pop out of a compartment from under my truck lid.

Why you ask?

I'm tired of tailgaters folks. :mad: If the speed limit is 45mph, I'll probably drive 35mph. Why so slow? Because the way the stop lights are timed around here, if you drive the speed limit, you'd better be prepared to slam on you brakes when the light turns yellow followed by a rapid change to red.

I've lived in this town all my life; I know how the stop lights act at various times of the day. I know that it's pointless to accelerate to the full speed limit; because if I do, I'll be hitting the brakes hard before the intersection. And by doing so, I'd just have to wait at the stoplight longer before it turns green, as opposed to just driving a little slower and waiting at the stoplight for less time.

I don't drive slow all the time, it depends on where I'm at and at what time of the day. A lot of times if there's a full block between stoplights, I'll accelerate briskly up to the speed limit and then take my foot off the gas pedal. By doing so, I can coast all the way to the stoplight and brake gradually and easily. You would be amazed at how much fuel that saves; not to mention the wear on your brake pads and rotors.

I'm surrounded by idiots on the road that think they need to race to the stoplight; because if they don't, they're thinking they're missing out on the chance to catch the green light. I can tell you from experience though, it never happens; they're always there waiting for the light to turn green at the stoplight and I always pull up along side them a few moments later. :cool:
 
Tailgaters...

Greetings!
I'm sorry, but I don't know where Clovis California is, but I know exactly how you feel. I live in a relatively small town in Indiana and people incessantly tailgate here. When I'm on my motorcycle sometimes I just want to pop a cap in one of these cornheads! I probably wouldn't, but I dream about it. Believe me, I am not a nut case, just another victim of an stupidly accelerated society. What's the hurry?:mad:
 
you know your windshield washers are kind of like machine guns.

try using them when when someone tailgates you. it'll most likely drive that person crazy if he/she cares about the cleanness of his/her car. :)
 
CanadaRAM said:
Trunk mounted paintball gun....
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Not suggesting the submitter is this way, but I wonder how long it would for take for someone who has done that to show up on America's Dumbest Criminals as the first car they test it on is an unmarked cop car.

You know, maybe if we all drove junkers so that we didn't have to worry about the paint and all, some car mounted paint ball guns could be a lot of fun.

Would love to see the folks here in Colorado go for the last person making the left turn on the red arrow and stopping everyone else from going.... woot! :)
 
Something like a fully automatic roof mounted potato gun, but it shoots marshmallows. I'd buy one those, maybe two.
 
A friend of mine keeps a bucket of ball bearings handy. Anyone happening to tailgate him gets a handfull of ball bearings tossed back at their windshield. Works wonders. I'm not suggesting that you do this, but it is quite effective.
 
DZ/015 said:
A friend of mine keeps a bucket of ball bearings handy. Anyone happening to tailgate him gets a handfull of ball bearings tossed back at their windshield. Works wonders. I'm not suggesting that you do this, but it is quite effective.
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Thats going to get the cops called on you real quick.

To the OP, you live in California, where, from my experience, the best drivers exist. Californians, especially Southern Californians (which your city doesn't quit fit into), drive fast. If you have lived there all your life, this should be the norm. Just drive like you have been, although driving under the speed limit can get you tickets at times if I am not mistaken.
 
Tsk, you americans. Always thinking of the biggest, most expensive way of doing things.

Take a leaf out of Britains book; just stop your car (blocking 2 lanes of traffic at least) and start a good old fashioned punch-up.
 
Counterfit said:
Usually only on a freeway, and then you usually have to be doing 20 under.
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I drive the posted speed limit on the freeway because I know I won't have to stop every 3 minutes. It's just around town that I drive below the speed limit.

Now if the damn city council would spend a little money and get all the lights synchronised, that would be an entirely different story. That way I could be going through 6 green lights before having to stop as opposed to stopping at every light.

And another thing: driving fast around town just displays a message to the world that you're a nervous trit and that you're uncomfortable driving your car.

It's the real cool dudes like me that are relaxed in their car and are enjoying the nice drive. :)

That's why if you're a person that races from red light to red light, I'll consider you as being an un-cool person and I'll frown on you.
 
MACDRIVE said:
...I've lived in this town all my life; I know how the stop lights act...

...I'm surrounded by idiots...
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Idiots because they haven't lived there all there lives?

You drive 35mph in a 45mph zone and complain because others don't see why you drive so slowly, would it bother you to follow somebody doing 25mph for no apparent reason?
 
mpw said:
Idiots because they haven't lived there all there lives?

You drive 35mph in a 45mph zone and complain because others don't see why you drive so slowly, would it bother you to follow somebody doing 25mph for no apparent reason?
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Exactly what I was thinking.
 
MACDRIVE said:
I actually drive 25mph in a residential neighbourhood and it pisses a lot of people off.
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Doesn't answer my question though, would you get pissed off following someone at 25mph in a 55mph?

If it did, how you gonna react when they point a handgun out their window at you?
 
mpw said:
Doesn't answer my question though, would you get pissed off following someone at 25mph in a 55mph?
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25mph in a 55mph? That just flat out would never happen around here.

If it did, how you gonna react when they point a handgun out their window at you?
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Are you saying I need to drive the same speed as everyone else or fear getting shot?
 
mpw said:
Idiots because they haven't lived there all there lives?

You drive 35mph in a 45mph zone and complain because others don't see why you drive so slowly, would it bother you to follow somebody doing 25mph for no apparent reason?
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well it depends if it's inside town or outside

if i see a resident driving slower on some street for unknown reason, you can bet on it that i slow down as well since very likely there is good reason to do so


it's like that in the street where i'm living where there are 2 points where i always slow down considerable even nearly stopping because of the dangerous corners and non residents always breeze through it at the speed-limit

though around here city speed limits are actually around 31 mph anyway with few exceptions for main streets ( 38 mph... how great.. but they have reduced those streets anyway) and lots of 30-zones (19 mph limit) for living areas
the latter ones reduced the amount of injuries/deaths so much that it is becoming the dominant speed limit for towns, cities
 
geese said:
Take a leaf out of Britains book; just stop your car (blocking 2 lanes of traffic at least) and start a good old fashioned punch-up.
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Without full-body kevlar armour, a helmet, and a rest every 15 seconds?
 
mpw said:
Still avoiding an answer then. :rolleyes:
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If I pull away from a stop and accelerate to 35mph and I can clearly see the light turning yellow 400 yards down the street, what's the point in accelerating all the way to the full 45mph? I'm still going to have to stop anyway.

You're thinking I drive like this to be a nuisanse to people; that simply is not true. I drive the way I do because it makes sense. BTW, what I said earlier about driving 25mph in a residential area, that's the posted speed limit!
 
aLoC said:
People who drive below the posted limit cause accidents.
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As do some that drive over the limit, on the limit, travel as passengers, are pedestrians, eat carrots and have tiny twitchy noses etc. etc.
 
MACDRIVE said:
If I pull away from a stop and accelerate to 35mph and I can clearly see the light turning yellow 400 yards down the street, what's the point in accelerating all the way to the full 45mph? I'm still going to have to stop anyway...
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There'd be little point obviously, but that's not what I asked, 'cause it's not what you were talking about earlier.

...You're thinking I drive like this to be a nuisanse to people; that simply is not true. I drive the way I do because it makes sense...
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I never thought that's why you did it actually, you gave (and then modified) your reasons, and I accept them as you give them. However my point was it makes sense to you, but not to other road users. Just like their actions bother you only because you assume you understand them.

I'm not going to say you need to modify your driving style, but I wouldn't go talking about how crap other road users are in such absolute terms when it could be your actions provoking them, albeit unwittingly.

And you still didn't answer the question.
 
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