War on morons
- Thread starter Graf Orlok
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Unkillable2
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- Mazdaspeed 3 (True Red)
that's just ******* stupid and **** up!!! (argh)
mazdaspeedster3
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- Mazdaspeed3. 2008
Tigard, wow... I forgot Oregon pumps your gas for you. LMAO! Havent been in OR. since 99. I am in Detroit now so no worrys. Push that bumper out and wheel it. See what happens. I hit a dear in my uncles Mazda Tribute. He was all upset till I pulled the inner wheel well, stuck my leg up there and kicked out the bumper. Like new barring some minor scratches. You never know!
Bobospeed3
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- 2008 Mazdaspeed3 Metro Gray
Funny, when I first saw the post I thought, "Oh this guy must be in Oregon". Sure enough. When will the madness end? I just traded in my A6 for an M3 and all the Oregon Audi guys b**** about that law too. It's got to end eventually, right?
bummer indeed...:mad: it's getting bad out there w/ tards & mouth breathers. even when you're simply parked people will gladly ram their shopping cart into your car. some people shouldn't be allowed to reproduce. just for curiosity, how much was the estimate for bumper & paint?
Graf Orlok
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- 2009 Mazdaspeed3
Could happen unless you're really paying attention. I was hella remote last weekend and had to fill half a tank on 87 octane because that's all there was.
@KOSMOS, that looks familiar.
@mazdaspeedster3, maybe if I couldn't collect on the dude's insurance, the car weren't so new, and I wasn't so type A about it, I'd do something like that. His insurance is taking 100% and the car is already in the shop. They gave me a rental cobalt.(ugh) Besides, the quarterpanel got pushed and my tire's rubbing. Eff that.
@Bobospeed3, I traded my A6 in on this car. Don't you have the same ride?
@elgaspo1, the estimate came in a couple bucks shy of $1500.
03.5-dc-speed
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(chair)(chair)the mother f**ker in this picture well represents who would be pumping gas cause they aint s***, also stated as a knuckle-dragging mouth-breather!!! **** people with no respect for other people stuff!
sorry to hear about all you problems at the pumps.
sorry to hear about all you problems at the pumps.
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I too, was "informed" in Oregon on my roadtrip from San Antonio-california- washington state drive about the no pumping your own gas thing.
Funny thing was, I passed several stations trying to get out of tipping a full service station/reflective vest wearin employee. Started pumping, before the lecture came. Turns out, your not expected to tip either.
The guy across from me was getting his motorcycle filled up. After the 'cant pump your own gas lecture' he said "yea, they wont let you pump your own s*** here...you have to take a test or something".
I also heard that while they wont let you pump unleaded, diesel was ok for you to pump. I havent verified that however.
So, yup...as far as I know, it's Oregon and New Jersey that wont let you pump your own.. .
Wierd.
--Jason
Funny thing was, I passed several stations trying to get out of tipping a full service station/reflective vest wearin employee. Started pumping, before the lecture came. Turns out, your not expected to tip either.
The guy across from me was getting his motorcycle filled up. After the 'cant pump your own gas lecture' he said "yea, they wont let you pump your own s*** here...you have to take a test or something".
I also heard that while they wont let you pump unleaded, diesel was ok for you to pump. I havent verified that however.
So, yup...as far as I know, it's Oregon and New Jersey that wont let you pump your own.. .
Wierd.
--Jason
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whats funny, is when students from new jersey come to school in my area, and for the first time they go fill up their car, and wonder why noone is outside pumping their gas, or they will go into the gas station and ask for 40 in so and so car, and the clerk just looks at them, ok, so go put forty in it...
They have NO idea how to pump their on gas...
They have NO idea how to pump their on gas...
Totally sympathize on the damage. That's a cryin' shame. The complete, blind ignorance that some people drive with is astounding. I hope the repairs are perfection and that your tormentors suffer a justly painful end.
Parts of Long Island won't let you pump your own gas either, but its a township thing so all you have to do is drive five miles to the station the next town over...
I have family in Albany, OR... I do my best to gas up before I cross the border and try to make a mad dash for WA before I run out.
Usually can't make it if I have to run the whole state north to south (on the way to Cali or somethin').
I cringe every time I have to let anyone pump my gas.
Parts of Long Island won't let you pump your own gas either, but its a township thing so all you have to do is drive five miles to the station the next town over...
I have family in Albany, OR... I do my best to gas up before I cross the border and try to make a mad dash for WA before I run out.
Usually can't make it if I have to run the whole state north to south (on the way to Cali or somethin').
I cringe every time I have to let anyone pump my gas.
coololddude
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its just bad karma. you probably did not pay a hooker once or something.
i hate careless drivers!!!
so yesterday i posted commiserating w/ the OP about his bumper damage caused by a moron who didn't look where he was backing....today karma almost caught up w/ me, cause i have my own tale of woe & near-miss.
i drove out of my subdivision, came to a complete stop, getting ready to make a R turn onto the main road. saw an suv driven by a middle-aged indian woman [dot-head, not feathers], she had the R blinker on, indicating she was going to turn into the subdvision road from where i just came. i usually am very careful and ignore people w/ blinkers on, waiting for them to complete their turn before i pull out.
well you guessed it. i ass/u/me - d this woman knew what she was doing w/ her turn signal and drove off. sure enough, the soccer mom continues straight, and blinker be damned. came literally w/in a few inches of kissing bumpers. (gun)
i was able to stomp on the brakes and stopped halfway in the road; she swerved, changed lanes and continued straight. for a coupla secs i thought about catching up w/ her & regaling her w/ a few choice epithets, but decided if i did that she might just copy down my license plate and report things as she saw fit.
anyway.....happy friday to us all (drunk) & watch out for the idiots on the roads. they're growing like shrooms after a hard rain.
so yesterday i posted commiserating w/ the OP about his bumper damage caused by a moron who didn't look where he was backing....today karma almost caught up w/ me, cause i have my own tale of woe & near-miss.
i drove out of my subdivision, came to a complete stop, getting ready to make a R turn onto the main road. saw an suv driven by a middle-aged indian woman [dot-head, not feathers], she had the R blinker on, indicating she was going to turn into the subdvision road from where i just came. i usually am very careful and ignore people w/ blinkers on, waiting for them to complete their turn before i pull out.
well you guessed it. i ass/u/me - d this woman knew what she was doing w/ her turn signal and drove off. sure enough, the soccer mom continues straight, and blinker be damned. came literally w/in a few inches of kissing bumpers. (gun)
i was able to stomp on the brakes and stopped halfway in the road; she swerved, changed lanes and continued straight. for a coupla secs i thought about catching up w/ her & regaling her w/ a few choice epithets, but decided if i did that she might just copy down my license plate and report things as she saw fit.
anyway.....happy friday to us all (drunk) & watch out for the idiots on the roads. they're growing like shrooms after a hard rain.
Yes, you can pump your own diesel. Flash point is high enough that by law you're allowed to do it yourself, but most station owners still freak out when I try filling up my F250 here. Once they realize I have 85 gallons to pump they usually let me do it myself (eekfu).
The law is bulls*** but I'm used to it now. Usually service is fast but if you're at a station with really low prices you can wait up to 10 minutes before and after they start the pump. I just avoid those places when I can, and if I get really fed up I start doing it myself, it gets them over to my car really quick.
MikeHTally
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Yep, Elgas. Never trust a turn signal. The ditzy b*tch was probably on her cell phone and the signal had been on for miles.
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Exactly why I don't acknowledge blinkers or trust the person using them. What do people not understand about them. It's either watch out here I come you have to let me in or nah I'm just driving around with it on forever. Blinkers are not a weapon morons. I usually use mine after I change lanes just to fit in with the blinkers don't mean s*** anymore crap. I don't put myself into positions of needing people to allow me to get somewhere, I'm already there before they can hose you when you try to use them as intended. People who use 2 blinks when they're already halfway into the other lane cutting you off can drink ball sweat. BTW, it's nice to have a beater truck that everyone else has to worry about instead of me worrying about all the other morons trying to keep my car nice. But I keep mine off other people's s*** unless they wanna play games then it's on. Double meat front & rear bumpers 2 tone roll barred kraziness FTW! Balances things out. I'd be takin some lectures if I needed gas in OR or NJ. **** that full service mandatory s***! All kinda stupidity rolled up in that crap. That being said, sorry for all the moron inflicted damage posted upinheeya.
BillTheCat
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I live in FL, but recently did a road trip in my MINI Cooper S (The one I traded for an MS3 last night) thru NY/NJ/PA. Having spent my childhood in the NY/NJ areas, I was aware of NJ's ridiculous full service laws. But after spending a week in NE PA, Northern NJ and NYC, driving about a thousand miles in the process, I managed to only stop in NJ for gas ONCE.
I just don't trust the "professionals" to give a damn about my car & treat it properly. Not that it takes a lot of effort to do so.
Living here in FL with all the blue hairs & illegal immigrants from the 3rd world who learned to drive on the back of a burro, I won't even get started on turn signal usage... suffice to say that when I become Supreme Overlord of the Known Universe, there will be some changes made...
I just don't trust the "professionals" to give a damn about my car & treat it properly. Not that it takes a lot of effort to do so.
Living here in FL with all the blue hairs & illegal immigrants from the 3rd world who learned to drive on the back of a burro, I won't even get started on turn signal usage... suffice to say that when I become Supreme Overlord of the Known Universe, there will be some changes made...
