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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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Why do people see our cars and have to act like total A$$. I was driving north on 59 in Antioch just going with the flow of traffic since it is a 2 lane road and around 3:30pm and alot of traffic. All of a sudden a Ford Lightning passes around some cars. I figure he is in a hurry to get home so I just keep doing what I am doing. We approach the light at Grass Lake Road and it is red and I am about 6 cars from the light. This guy, I guess in his early 30s, is behind me now. He starts to creep up until I can no longer see his front bumper in my rearview mirror. As soon as I look he starts to break-torque and spin his tires. I am thinking there goes my rear bumper, etc. if his foot slips. He does this for about 20 seconds.

Am I getting old (I know I am 47) but to me this was just childish. Fine go ahead and do this but not when your inches away from somebody's rear bumper. Have respect for the other people. His truck was nice to bad the person driving it was an A$$.

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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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Yeah, thats messed up. I think I would of stayed at the light a little longer or hesitated a tad whne the light turned green. Freak Idiots!!
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 06:16 PM
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i woulda thrown it in reverse and seen what he would do.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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Was that lightning red? I live real close to you, and I've up and down 59 in Antioch. I've seen a Red Lightning parked in front of a house on the street several times. People are idiots sometimes.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 08:43 PM
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It was a black lightning.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 09:03 PM
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I'm in my forties too and even when I was younger I wouldn't do this stuff. Maybe if the guy in front of me or on the side was one of my buds, but not to a stranger. What an *******.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 09:51 PM
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I actually saw a guy break a rearend doing something like this.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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That's when you put your car in park, get out of your car, and pull the frickin Louisville Slugger out from your back seat........ then act accordingly!
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Maybe it was the Lighting I saw the other day. It's plate read RN GM OVR. I wanted to bitch slap his mother.
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 07:38 AM
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lol.
funny stuff.
what a clown a** mother******

I hate fords, just thought I'd throw that in.
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 01:51 PM
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thats stupid. some guy in a 3rd gen did that...sweet sounding one on top of that. on a busy road in traffic stopped at a red light. he line locked it and probably smoked up for about 10 seconds. it was cool...but scary.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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I live near grass lake road...

Its a shame no one ever trys that stuff on me..
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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at the bowling green f-body meet a couple years back this idiot did a reverse burnout in his parking spot!
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