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Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Tailgaters
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Wed, 17 September 2003 03:56
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Ok, this morning I had to drive my mums subaru liberty over to windsor to the aami there so they could fix it after it was rear ended on saturday by some woman that wasn't paying attention to the traffic infront.
But anyway, while driving all the way over there from Petrie, (I tried to stick to the more "side roads" so I could keep it @ 60 as I didn't want to go too fast and wear out the tyres because it's way out of alignment, I still couldn't believe the amount of people still tailgating. I better mention now, it's a very obvious smash at the rear with the bumperbar flattened out and the whole boot area is pushed in.
You'd think they'd notice this and keep back incase it had been smashed because of some tailgating dickhead like themselves.
But I guess that is what makes tailgaters, they don't think of that. Even with the obvious infront of them. 
I hope that brought some amusement to someone.
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Location:
Canberra
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August 2003
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Re: Tailgaters
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Wed, 17 September 2003 06:51
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A couple of my mates do it and it bugs me...they are always paying me out for driving like a 'granny' (their only basis for this call is my following distance, not the rest of my driving  ) . Out of the three of us, I am the only one who hasn't spent thousands repairing my front end recently 
Squid
91 GrpA GT4
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I supported Toymods
Location:
sydney.au
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Wed, 17 September 2003 09:34
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your friends are morons
tailgaters should be shot
i saw 2 pulsar SSS's on the eastern distributor last night boxing in and tailgating (like 5 cm i fuckign swear) this poor guys on his red p's in an excel (looked like his mums car)
he was freakin, we rock past, see this shit, and started abusing the fully sik lebos in the sss's to piss off
they then started to tailgate us! (mission accomplished) and we then slowed to 60 then 40 then 20
now they are going nuts and yelling and shit (Sooooo funny)
dropped it to 2nd and punched it and theys was gone
the look of releif on the guys face in the excel though, poor bastard
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Location:
Adelaide
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June 2003
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Re: Tailgaters
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Wed, 17 September 2003 10:28
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i can understand the dudes in the pulsars logic........does anybody like excels???
i got sideswiped by a excel drvier (legally my fault...but he was obviously speeding) could have meant the difference between hitting me and not but the cops cant (or could not be fucked trying to prove that) this excel had MOMO wheel, Knob (i think thats the thing that sits in the drivers seat), ful sik universal seat covers and some interior neons or something..
it was fully wrotten off and my DADS car was fixed $8000 damage (fuck i love insurance).....
-back to tailgaters-
yea i hate em...
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Location:
Bundaberg, Qld.
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Wed, 17 September 2003 12:13
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 all tail gaters suck!! 
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March 2003
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Re: Tailgaters
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Wed, 17 September 2003 13:08
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if you need a new bumper or some rear damage caused by some idiot kids at a supermarket with a trolley and dont want to pay for it, pull up your handbrake on tailgaters.
They wont ever do it again.
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 02:00
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Yeah I usually down gear any idiots who do that to me. You notice that they never ever do it again.
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Location:
Mornington Peninsula
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September 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 02:11
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That's the great thing about my car and tail gaters. I've got a dodgy brake light switch, the return spring has lost some of it's spring so the you have to give it a slight tap for the lights to turn off. If someone is tail gating me then I leave the brake lights on then dump the anchors on them and then take off when they get close to me. After that they stay their distance!
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 02:14
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my cars have always had a tow bar - I'm perfectly happy to let them slam into the back of me. large hole in their radiator/intercooler/fan - plus they have to pay for my damages. and with a radiator like that, they wont be able to drive off 
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May 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 03:32
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IF ANY SINGLE one of u tell me that you have never tailgated before, I will know that u are lying...
i hate tail gaters, but at the same time, am guilty of doing it. (NOT all the time of course)
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 03:41
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yeah
usually only l-platers tho 
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Location:
Perth
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May 2003
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 04:00
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yeah i do when they are hogging the right lane and people r over taking them in the left but most of the time its old farts that dont have a clue your behind them then theres the aragnt fcks who just sit there "cause they can" i hate them bstrds i usually get in front then do it to them
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 04:02
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yeah
my main issue is with "swedish roadblocks", where 2 people going below the speed limit happily putter along side by side, blocking all the traffic behind them.
of course, when I tailgate I have my feet in kart/f1 car positions, so if they do brake I'm not gonna hit them
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Location:
c'town, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Location:
NSW Engadine
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 11:53
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in reference to "swedish roadblocks", whenever were goin along the freeway and dad has the cruise control on, you should see him go nut when he comes across one.
"fuckin get off the road ya fuckin dickheads"
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 13:13
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| Les wrote on Thu, 18 September 2003 13:32 |
IF ANY SINGLE one of u tell me that you have never tailgated before, I will know that u are lying...
i hate tail gaters, but at the same time, am guilty of doing it. (NOT all the time of course)
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Oh yea, I know I can't deny it. There's even situations that I want to do it, well one really. That being on the way home when I come off the gateway onto dohles (CBF'd getting the spelling right right now), road, they have setup two lanes. The left lane ends further up, and it's very obvious it does.
Now, I keep as close as I can to the person infront, as I am really sick of the tards that scream on up in the left lane to push in once it ends further up, thus causing the right lane to get even longer and slower. They don't even wait for an opening or courtesy, they'll make a space. I hate those people and never let the inconsiderate dicks in. *The end of the line is back there fudgepackers*
Other times is when I'm behind someone slow, then a bit further on I reduce my speed too then back off when I get a feel for the speed they are doing if I can't get around. Sunday drivers on a wednesday piss me off. Or when the car infront decides to take off in 5th or something, (real slow off the lights).
But yea, this thread is about those tailgaters that do it as part of their drive no matter the situation.
Heck, I've even brake tested a dickhead once and caused him to lock his brakes, and the idiot didn't get the message and that actually encouraged him to see how close he could tailgate me then. I gave up and changed lanes. Thing was, we were the only cars on a two lane each way street. Morons I tells ya.
Mmmm.... Now I think on it, I wonder if obsessive tailgaters are those people that just HAVE to park next to a car no matter where you park to get away from the general crowds (totally empty spaces 1km from the shopping center), to use your car as first, a guide to park within the space, then two, as a guide to see how far they have to open their door before it hits your car. You all know those, usually a van or 4wd. You park way way away from everyone else and there are like 10 empty spaces each side of you, but they just HAVE to park right next to you.
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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May 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 13:16
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| 79rollaboy wrote on Thu, 18 September 2003 21:53 |
in reference to "swedish roadblocks", whenever were goin along the freeway and dad has the cruise control on, you should see him go nut when he comes across one.
"fuckin get off the road ya fuckin dickheads"
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Oh yes, that's the only thing I hate about cruise control, you have to always be resetting it due to some wanker making you slow down.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 13:16
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yep
had that problem before with a van
I was gonna yell at the guy, then I realised it was his 6 year old daughter who'd done it.
ah well, was only a minor dent
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Location:
Mornington Peninsula
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Thu, 18 September 2003 22:19
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People who sit below the speed limin in the right hand lane beside someone who is equally as slow. I tend to tail gate then. I'm not too close but i'm definatly not the requied 2 second distance. But they are breaking the law in the fact that you are required to keep left unless over taking.
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Location:
brisbane
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August 2003
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Re: Tailgaters
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Fri, 19 September 2003 11:39
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left foot soft on the brake, right foot on the go'er. they'll hit the picks and you cruise off
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Membership Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Tailgaters
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Sun, 21 September 2003 08:42
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Yeah I can't stand the pricks that don't keep left. I admit i do tailgate them.
My tailgaters solutions are.
1. A bloody big tow bar makes wonderful holes in radiators.
2. Just hit ( with the left foot) the brakes so the lights come on. It freaks ppl out when you accelerate away with the brake lights on. I'm lucky with my beast you can here the brake light switch engage.
With a car with a tailgate and rear quaters that are quite rare I've had to become weary of tail gaters. i don't want the thing written off.
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