I got called an ***** again

High revs must mean going fast, right?

Jumping out into the road and yelling is a good way to get hit by other cars, you tend to lose self awareness when yelling and moving fast.

sjd

 

Some people can't stand others being successful or happy. Just move on and let them live in their misery.

 

Does your middle finger still work?

 

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/speeding-ticket-in-a-bugeye-sprite.522434/

All the best,
Andrew.

 

I've had this happen numerous times in a variety of cars where I stick the car in a gear where it sounds great, and those around me assume I'm doin' 9,000 mph

Once, in my own neighborhood, I'm doing 22 mph in a 30 zone, woman runs down her driveway and into the street screaming at me to slow down. I stop, roll down my window and tell her I'm doing 22 in a 30 and she screams, "MY CHILDREN ARE PLAYING IN THIS STREET!!"

I remind her that's what back yards are for and she says,"BUT THERE ARE ALLIGATORS IN THE LAKE BEHIND THE HOUSE, THEY CAN'T PLAY THERE!!!"

I told her to move to Minnesota. She didn't think I was funny. I didn't care. I don't drive past her house anymore if I can avoid it.

D

 

I think this is a matter of zooming out. You're able to drive your son to school in a Ferrari – not doing anything wrong. They are risking their safety (and their dog's) to scold strangers. I can only imagine how unhappy that kind of person is.

 

Great story.

My development has a main road with a 30mph speed limit. Possibly even a little too high. Lots of kids and pets running around and at night deer. I drive very conservatively in the neighborhood usually lower than the limit. The Moms on my street love me because I am obviously cautious. When I am in my truck no one ever notices but when in one of the Ferraris even very sedately in a high gear everyone acts as though I am going too fast.
Now the moms in their SUVs are typically going 40-50. I have had them pass me on residential streets.

 

I roll through my neighborhood at 1500rpm and haven't had a problem so far (13 years). My 360 (tubi headers, 200cell cats, tubi muffler) is loud enough that a friend told me he heard it from inside a house (windows/doors shut) as I rolled past, even at 1500rpm.

My neighbors are remarkably tolerant of me.

 

I think most people can be very tolerant as long as they know you're making an effort to be considerate.

In this case, the woman deserved a middle finger in response.

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I do maybe 1500rpm to 2k max in 3rd or 4th gear in my and most other neighborhoods.....its the noise the gets bad reactions so keeping the rpm low really seems to help

 

I don’t know if you saw the YouTube video which is Similar but worst to what happen to Damon of DDE (Daly Driven Exotics) where he drove through a neighborhood with his Lambo SVJ and end up getting ganged up by the neighbors, threatened him and even broke his windshield, long story short, Damon sued and he won.

 

Random question: Who considers where they live to be a positive "car culture" location?

 

As tempting as it is to give someone the finger all it shows is that they got under your skin which validates their actions. There are two things you can do that will irritate them even more:

1. Smile and wave. Remember the goal of the comment is to irritate you and if that fails then they are a failure.

2. Give them a thumbs down. This one is absolute gold. I've done it a ton of times and it is always met with shock and confusion. The thumbs down shows you disapprove of them and there is no real coming back from it. Try it, you'll never go back to giving the finger.

 

If someone tells me to slow down and I'm already going slow I'll shift to neutral and rev the engine a couple times and give a thumbs up.

 

Just say STFU

 

I drove mine to a local In and Out this morning. On return a guy passed me in a Honda Prius and beeped his horn four times.

I looked over and saw his hand out the window -- with a big thumbs up. Made my day!

 

Yes I Have Had Several Situations...recently I was driving my 360 in my neighborhood going no faster than I do in any other car....About a 1/2 hour later A neighbor comes walking up my driveway to yell at me for driving to fast in the neighborhood...His wife told him he did not witness...He said I have a 1 year old...I was like you let your 1 year old in the yard alone...lol I then said where is your house we can pull up my dash cam footage...when we did I was going 38 mph...The Headers/Green Cats/Tubi exhaust makes it sound like I am speeding...lol Similar **** happens in my c8...Stupid Karen's

 

You should have thanked them for their service on the Karen patrol.

 

Or KMA

 

Well, the good news is your 308 shifts easily into second gear!

 

One thing to consider. Many of those morons are armed and willing to shoot you for no reason other than they want to do it. Flipping the bird used to be a right of driving but now, I hold my gestures and avoid eye contact with the angry mob. If they hate me because I'm driving a magnificent Ferrari, then I pity them.

I like the idea of thumbs down, but I'm going to stick with "make no contact with the crazy people" method.

 

I make it a point to stay below the speed limit in my community.
First, because they are my neighbors. Second, because it's a Ferrari and we dont need any more haters. Third, leaving the neighborhood, the car is usually still on fast idle & hasn't warmed up sufficiently. Lastly, I grew up playing in these streets (the community is circa 1930-40) and it was fun bicycling in the street or riding unpowered go-carts downhill. Granted back then getting out of the way of a VW microbus was easier than today's Soccer Mom in her Hellcat, but still.

Haters? "Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave"