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[T3] BAD SQUAREBACK WEEKEND ROAD RAGING story


I had a really crappy weekend starting Thursday evening , 
the day was rough and crappy for me , I missed a local VW meet.

Thursday afternoon after a long busy tense day working on 
these big grey ships , decided to go staight home since I 
missed the VW meet , I was still driving moderately slow for me,
none of that 80 - 90 mph stuff, at a light I waited until it 
turned green, then after I passed the intersection, a car 
dangerously passed me on the right side , right on the
bicycle lane , it was an old GM front wheel drive junker.
I blew my horn indignant of what occurred, the response was
the two young female occupants gave me the finger so 
I decided that 55 mph was no longer my speed limit, I caught 
up to the car at 80 mph which seemed the max speed of the 
blue smoking junker, I stuck out my finger to communicate my
hurt feelings . Eventually we met at a another Highway light 
where I quietly showed them my finger and stuck it up my nose.
They seemed to be laughing all of this time , they stuck their 
middle finger up their nose and laughed too , I guess I was 
laughing with them until the driver said that they had to pass 
me up because my car looked slow and cartoonlike like it was
from the looney tunes and that it was also geeky like me, the
truth really hurt, they called me geeky........

They were in position to turn at the intersection where it
leads to a California State Prison, I asked them if they were 
meeting someone at the big house , they said yes and I said 
"it figures " , " Tell your mom I said hello" , that did not
go well  to them so they both gave me the finger as they 
turned towards the Prison.

I was looking forward to a weekend of working on a project 
Fasty and marble tiling a bathroom, it did not happen, Friday
was a day off (incl Sat and Sun), I was called to urgent work,
I had to come up with some electronic parts and deliver them 
directly to a Gov airport. So off from San Diego to Coronado 
Island . As I sped up down the freeway I did very good rate of
speed and then I heard a snap crackle and pop come from my
new Metal sun visor I just got from Australia. One of the 
four visor mounting screws snapped it's head off and made the 
visor flop alittle from the air lift so I slowed down to 60,
the Coronado bay bridge was ahead , this is a very high bridge
with alot of nasty wind blowing, no way to turn back and had
to get the part to the Heloport on time. My teeth clenched with 
every flop and screech the visor made with the wind, I made it 
over the bridge and was happy to make the delivery and shake some 
important hands, I did not want to go back on the bridge so 
I decided to go along the STRAND ,( a highway wide strip of land
that leaves the Island city and base ) I thought all was good 
and clear , I decided to enjoy the ride at 50 MPH, down the 
middle of the several mile strand it was busy with fast traffic,
then a gust of wind blew and tore the sun visor off the car, 
it was almost surreal to see the nicely painted chromed trimed
viso fly off, in what seemed in slow motion, whipping 
round and round like a boomerang from the land down under,
fitting for it's origin. Staring at every movement and 
molecule of it's being I braked off the road and into the sand .
I watched in horror as 5 or 6 luxury cars from the wealthy 
City of Coronado (Jaguar, BMW, Lexus , a Caddie , Mercedes some I
do not remember) , the worst possible grouping to damage with
a heavy steel boomerang, I watched in with my eys bugging out as
the wipping metal missed every car it threatened with a 
direct hit, kind of like looking a scene from the matrix.
The visor landed spinning and sliding woth little damage.
I will not put this back on the car , I think I go too fast for it.


It was probably not as scarry or bad as the story of the 
guy with the engine lids though. 

Other things happened this weekend but most memorable was when 
my family was cruising to a Baptism of a nephew, we were in 
6 cars (big family of 8 and their spouses and children)
I was in the middle and I noticed a giant pot hole ahead of me 
and I barley avoided it but cause and old beat up mini van 
to swerve and honk , the driver pulled out what seemed like a gun 
and pointed it at me but I later learned that it was a pipe, 
the driver then tried to scare me off the road by swerving 
quickly into my lane several times, his wife was screaming 
very scared. My sister honked her horn consantly at a light 
I explained to the guy that I had to swerve but that I was 
going to call the police with my cell phone I notified 
him that he was surounded by my family , he showed me his 
Piece of pipe that he brandished like a gun and apologized,
my sister was behind him still honking and yelling terrible 
profanities only heard from drunken sailors. This annoyed 
the driver so much that during the ride down the road , he 
started to swerve into her car but missing her several times,
I think he thought that she was not family . We all honked
at this point and at the next light he left his vehicle 
with pipe in hand and walked toward my sister's Cabriolet,
my entire family got out to confront him and threatened
jailtime for him , sorounded  by what seemed 30 people 
he smiled and apologized. We followed the same route to 
the highway as he did and he must of thought we were 
following him because he was going fast and we did not want to be 
late to a Baptism, he suddenly exited the highway by 
jumping over a curve to the exit , it seemed that his 
suspension was damagewd by this because his tire popped 
and the wheel angle looked crooked. What a fool!


Off my mind now .


LEON MARTINEZ

SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA

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