Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Vaughn MacKenzie
TDR MEMBER
Well this past weekend I took a quick road trip to the Los Angeles area and had a little fun with some of California's finest.
Unless you ride everyone's hiney, the little Honda-cars keep cutting in front of you as they weave their way through traffic. Driving with an 1800lb flatbed trailer in tow, I was frequently getting cut off. Well just outside Victorville this one gal comes flying up there as I'm in the left overtaking an 18-wheeler. She miraculously sqeezes into what seems to be an impossible space so she won't have to take her turn in the queue to pass the semi. It seems the women were the worst offenders!
Well, that did it. I was a little grouchy after driving all the way to LA in one day. . . I turned to my buddy and say "should I have a little fun with her?" and he says "Oh yeah!"
As soon as traffic clears I nail it and pass on the right, whip over to the left and then take my time overtaking the next semi or 2. Then when traffic clears and I let her just get by me--I nail it again, sail past, and take my time passing the next truck. Luckily this happened on slight inclines so I could power my way past her even though she was going about 100. At first she seemed pretty annoyed, but then her driving manners improved markedly. She started using her blinker, and let others go first!!!About this time my buddy reminds me of the trailer in tow so I decided enough fun was had. I guess seeing a large smokey pickup with a flatbed passing you when you're going 100 could induce a little fear-driven compliance with most errant, discourteous drivers
The next day I was nice and left the trailer behind before reigning terror among the freeways of downtown LA. I laid on the horn at another offending female but was quickly reminded you can get shot for that, LOL. It was fun throwing my weight around and careening through traffic like one of them
I feel I deserve a couple points for coming home with no more dents or scratches than I left home with 
To keep this post in the right forum, I must say my 24-valve truck ran great and got good mileage on this trip. Averaged high 17s cruising a steady 75-80 (and a little bit faster) towing the flatbed. The DD2s did good at 6,000+ feet in some areas, not much smoke if you're careful on the throttle. The trip was a lot of fun, too, with traffic in eastern and western Nevada being a little lighter and the drivers don't cut you off (not counting Las Vegas). Great scenery in that state, especially the western side.
Vaughn
Unless you ride everyone's hiney, the little Honda-cars keep cutting in front of you as they weave their way through traffic. Driving with an 1800lb flatbed trailer in tow, I was frequently getting cut off. Well just outside Victorville this one gal comes flying up there as I'm in the left overtaking an 18-wheeler. She miraculously sqeezes into what seems to be an impossible space so she won't have to take her turn in the queue to pass the semi. It seems the women were the worst offenders!
Well, that did it. I was a little grouchy after driving all the way to LA in one day. . . I turned to my buddy and say "should I have a little fun with her?" and he says "Oh yeah!"
As soon as traffic clears I nail it and pass on the right, whip over to the left and then take my time overtaking the next semi or 2. Then when traffic clears and I let her just get by me--I nail it again, sail past, and take my time passing the next truck. Luckily this happened on slight inclines so I could power my way past her even though she was going about 100. At first she seemed pretty annoyed, but then her driving manners improved markedly. She started using her blinker, and let others go first!!!About this time my buddy reminds me of the trailer in tow so I decided enough fun was had. I guess seeing a large smokey pickup with a flatbed passing you when you're going 100 could induce a little fear-driven compliance with most errant, discourteous drivers
The next day I was nice and left the trailer behind before reigning terror among the freeways of downtown LA. I laid on the horn at another offending female but was quickly reminded you can get shot for that, LOL. It was fun throwing my weight around and careening through traffic like one of them
I feel I deserve a couple points for coming home with no more dents or scratches than I left home with To keep this post in the right forum, I must say my 24-valve truck ran great and got good mileage on this trip. Averaged high 17s cruising a steady 75-80 (and a little bit faster) towing the flatbed. The DD2s did good at 6,000+ feet in some areas, not much smoke if you're careful on the throttle. The trip was a lot of fun, too, with traffic in eastern and western Nevada being a little lighter and the drivers don't cut you off (not counting Las Vegas). Great scenery in that state, especially the western side.
Vaughn
