[blueovalfan68]

Happens every time I pull the car out here in northern Virginia. I live near a university, so there are a fair amount of immature drivers in both nice cars and mufflered beaters that want attention. People also seem to think its a good idea to tailgate me as well, which I gesture for them to move back for both of our sake (tailgating just seems like the norm in this area). While those things are annoying, the vast majority of my interactions are positive with the "thumbs up" or short conversation at red lights that I never fully hear. Those interactions make up for the annoying people so I never arrive back home feeling irritated when I drive the car.

Same experience as you.

Im also in Northern Virginia (Fairfax) and am glad that I rarely deal with idiots. The tailgating is annoying, but like you said, just is a thing around here.

The only time I ever really recall someone being dumb was this kid in a corvette (C5 I think) who kept trying to bait me into racing and revving at him. Nope dot com. Just smile and wave. Eventually sped off doing double the speed limit of whatever road I was on at the time.

Typically, no one cares about my car. But those that do, it has been positive. Thumbs up, asking about year/engine etc. I see so few classics on the road around here, so I’m glad that a majority of interactions are positive.

 

[MikeyMike]

I also deal with this quite a bit. It's mostly younger $h1theads in late model Chrysler crap and fullsized pickups. It's typically the over-revving at stoplights followed by bat-out-of-hell acceleration off the line (don't forget the slow, sideways "gunfighter" look before the light turns green). Also, it's common for these needle d1ck$ to rapidly accelerate when they see me coming up from behind. I assess that our cars are seen as "intimidating" and proof that we possess a "man card". In fairness to the psychology behind this behavior; I believe anyone who exhibits this behavior is displaying their own insecurity and desire to be seen in same as manner as they perceive us. The reality is that modern cars with computer controlled 7 to 10? speed transmissions and fuel/spark control are waaay faster than our warmed over 60's era V8s. I can maybe do 0-60 in 7 seconds! The other down side is the moron who talks your ear off while your getting gas about the "supposed" car he once owned ("65 Boss 429 with nitrous") and crap like that. Again though, it ultimately stems from admiration of our worldly possession and the aura/reputation that accompanies it that they don't posses, but wished they did. I don't bother to acknowledge these people but it is humorous! Most people who do make an effort to get my attention are giving a thumbs up or its kids waving in the back seat.

 

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[Rufus68]

It sometimes happens to me. I just give a smile and wave. Usually I get some sort of approval (like a thumbs up or smile) in return. If the light is red, their window might drop and they usually ask if the car is all stock or something like that.

 

[Pittbull]

Doesn't do anything to be mean, nasty, flip off, ignor or any other form of dis. to these people who are ultimately just trying for your attention. It's car culture, it's what we've all grown up with, seen on TV and we should be thankful it's still alive. In the planned dystopian future this will be all but gone. If all goes according to "plan" there will be nobody cruising like we do, just zombies in electric cars. What are they going to do at a light, rev up the hummm, make their Tesla whistle louder?
I get young people once in a while who do this to me, just brings a smile to my face. They're not going to get me to race unless they are driving something worthy and it's a safe place to do so and then its still just a hunded feet at best. Most likely they'll just get a smile and a nod and they move on satisfied. The real obnoxious ones with the donkey dick muffler on their Honda who bounce the rev limiter will at best get a blast from a V8 with open headers, which has the intended effect and everyone moves on with a smile.

 

[MidnightExpress]

Friends around town and myself will use a one or two throttle blip to say hello when we see each other or drive past each other's house. Most of our vehicles have a unique exhaust note so we can tell who said "Hi"
I guess some could see it as obnoxious, but we're not trying to challenge a drag race or anything. It's like honking, just a beep-beep with the loud pedal instead of the horn.
I have been rev'd on by the Yahoo's that overdo it and I've had people give a "nice car" rev too.
I've considered installing one of those "intimidater" fake nitrous purge kits that uses co2 for the boy racers that want to over do it at stoplights. Just to see the look on their faces.
(Before letting them take off as I continue normally)

 

[chillininnh]

Boy I'm glad I don't have to endure that idiocy here in Central NH. When I go for a drive it's typically down a quiet two lane rural highway which mitigates the behavior I'm gonna guess. The locals in town have seen me cruising around for YEARS at this point so the blue bomb is old hat lol.

 

[JMPsat]

Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave! You don't want to get labeled as the a**hole in the old Mustang.

 

[Dsmless]

Happens all the time when I cruise around to go get groceries. Mostly from the newer s550 mustang crew. I like to rev back and semi wave, if I end up at a light with them I will rev, and get them going for a race but when the light turn I just let them take off like if they are about to win the Daytona 500.
My daughter asked me if the newer mustangs were badass but I told her, anyone can buy a new mustang, but not anyone can build up a older mustang and for the effort we respect them.

 

[Kjsmitty]

I’ve had a few strange occurrences and only a couple of a young kid doing something obnoxious near me to get my attention. Most are thumbs ups or waves of approval.
I feel my best instal was the forward and aft dashcam. As others have mentioned it’s the poop heads that either tail ya way too close or speed up then slow down in front of you in order to get ya to do something stupid- or just test your resolve etc. I just back off and record it all. I’ve worked very hard to have what I have (build what I have) and nothing irritates me more than when someone purposely adjusts their behavior/actions just to mess with something someone else has because they don’t etc.. I’ll stop there.
Lastly, I feel I need to repent as last week a coworker and I took my 65 out. He wanted to see how the aftermarket/modified suspension was etc. We took a nice 8 mile drive and on the way home the 18 year old in me saw an open road and gave him a quick 1st to 2nd gear roll-on pull from the light. It was over quickly and I didn’t think too much of it but we were in a 45mph area. No other car around us but when I reviewed the dashcam footage I realized I hit 79mph. So I was the idiot. “Nothing to be proud of Rusty” came to mind…
(Movie quote from National Lampoon’s “Vacation”)
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[ozarksgent]

I don't know what it is, but it seems every time I drive my Mustang now, every single moron in the area comes out of the woodwork and drives like a flaming ahole. I'm not talking about people that can't drive. I'm talking about every moron that feels the need to pull up next to me and rev their car. I drove to a nearby town for Friday night hangout at a hamburger joint. On the way over I had a kid in a Audi SUV with the mufflers deleted pull along side me and rev it up with his exhaust next to my open window. I had a redneck in a beat up pickup start reving his motor and then flew by me. Then on the way home, two kids in some supercharged thing started bouncing the motor off the rev limiter and yelling stuff that I couldn't hear over their motor. And finally on the drive home, a Tesla Model 3 kept driving next to me and hammering throttle to zip ahead of me. WTF? I'm 57 years old with grey hair. I drive like Ms. Daisy and don't rev my motor at all. Before I painted my car, this happened a couple of times, but very rarely. Now it seems to happen every time I drive my car. I would happily sit down and b.s. about cars all day long with these people. But all they're doing with throwing revs and driving like aholes is to hurt my ears and piss me off.

Anyone else getting this kind of response when driving their Mustang?

This happens to me on a regular basis. I never take the bait (anymore, that is....since I got a nasty ticket a few years ago...). And I'm an old guy with grey hair too. I'd say it was just young guy with too much testosterone but I've had young women do it as well. And they're not driving anything "special", just run of the mill Hondas, Toyotas and particularly pre-bankruptcy Chevrolets. You know, the boxy generic transportation cars that look worn out 10 minutes after they leave the dealership. It gets pretty old; I like the old iron but I don't have anything left to prove!

 

[Pittbull]

I’ve had a few strange occurrences and only a couple of a young kid doing something obnoxious near me to get my attention. Most are thumbs ups or waves of approval.
I feel my best instal was the forward and aft dashcam. As others have mentioned it’s the poop heads that either tail ya way too close or speed up then slow down in front of you in order to get ya to do something stupid- or just test your resolve etc. I just back off and record it all. I’ve worked very hard to have what I have (build what I have) and nothing irritates me more than when someone purposely adjusts their behavior/actions just to mess with something someone else has because they don’t etc.. I’ll stop there.
Lastly, I feel I need to repent as last week a coworker and I took my 65 out. He wanted to see how the aftermarket/modified suspension was etc. We took a nice 8 mile drive and on the way home the 18 year old in me saw an open road and gave him a quick 1st to 2nd gear roll-on pull from the light. It was over quickly and I didn’t think too much of it but we were in a 45mph area. No other car around us but when I reviewed the dashcam footage I realized I hit 79mph. So I was the idiot. “Nothing to be proud of Rusty” came to mind…
(Movie quote from National Lampoon’s “Vacation”)
-Drive safe

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[Klutch]

Funny, I never have this problem around Colorado Springs. My car is a 1970 Mach 1. It's Calypso Coral or, as I call it, "Road Cone Orange" so it's not it's subtle. Apparently, there are a lot more "Fast and Furious" punks up north.

 

[Ronstang1966]

Funny, I never have this problem around Colorado Springs. My car is a 1970 Mach 1. It's Calypso Coral or, as I call it, "Road Cone Orange" so it's not it's subtle. Apparently, there are a lot more "Fast and Furious" punks up north.

Probably because many are tourists and most of the locals are probably stoned.

I love Colorado Spring BTW.

 

[Tool Vulture]

I just mostly get horn toots, waves and thumbs-up's .... only had one guy in a late model Mustang get on it by me, but afterwards he waved at the stoplight as he turned off. Had several guys at stoplights start conversations with me. Its all been really friendly interactions.

 

[Maxum96]

Funny, I never have this problem around Colorado Springs. My car is a 1970 Mach 1. It's Calypso Coral or, as I call it, "Road Cone Orange" so it's not it's subtle. Apparently, there are a lot more "Fast and Furious" punks up north.

Sometime when there's a good car event down there, I'll have to bring my car down and we can go cruising. I think a Calypso Coral Mach 1 and a Grabber Orange Boss 302 running together would make a good looking sight.

 

[7tsportsroof]

I'm 67. Doesn't stop them.

 

[cougar70]

I was tuning my Holley Sniper and there was a big hill. I was trying to give it a lot of fuel, but not too much. I was trying to keep the Sniper in closed loop and learning mode. As I struggled to basically not give it too much fuel I was aware of another vehicle behind me in the other lane. I guess I was racing with an old lady in a Nissan Armarda and won the race without even trying.

Also, people will follow my Cougar to see the turn signals. Later model Mustangs with LED sequential conversions are very guilty of this. They know how much better the Cougar's sequential lights are.

 

[Ronstang1966]

They know how much better the Cougar's sequential lights are.

Better looking for sure but that original sequential module you can keep. I bet you have replaced yours with a newer digital one, huh? I had the sequential tail lights in both my 66 T-Birds and the panel with the motors, cams and point style contacts were funny to say the least. Plus they were noisy.