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Confusing Hand Signals
I was driving Harmon to the Chicago Auto Show today and came across a few people giving me hand signals.
Some of them I know what they ment, for instance I stall my car on Michigan Av. and got the wonderful finger from the rich guy in a black lexus. Thats always fun
. The incedent I'm really confused about was the the first incident. I was in Cruise Control going 72 down the IN Toll Road, and a guy right before an exit tried to pass me, I looked over as most drivers do and and he gave me this shoulder/hand gesture that seemed to say what do you want? Then he sped up, almost seeming as if he were to punch it and go for the exit so I slowed down, so did he, then he gave the thumbs up while nodding his head, but he had a real p-offed look in his face. Then he sped off into the sunrise, not getting off at any of the next 5 or so exits.
Can somebody enterprit this for me?? I didn't know how to act in return.
BTW the Auto Show was fantastic, I even answered questions for the people sitting in the MINIs and I think sold a few and I don't even work there!
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Mikey
Some of them I know what they ment, for instance I stall my car on Michigan Av. and got the wonderful finger from the rich guy in a black lexus. Thats always fun. The incedent I'm really confused about was the the first incident. I was in Cruise Control going 72 down the IN Toll Road, and a guy right before an exit tried to pass me, I looked over as most drivers do and and he gave me this shoulder/hand gesture that seemed to say what do you want? Then he sped up, almost seeming as if he were to punch it and go for the exit so I slowed down, so did he, then he gave the thumbs up while nodding his head, but he had a real p-offed look in his face. Then he sped off into the sunrise, not getting off at any of the next 5 or so exits. Can somebody enterprit this for me?? I didn't know how to act in return. BTW the Auto Show was fantastic, I even answered questions for the people sitting in the MINIs and I think sold a few and I don't even work there!
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Mikey
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Originally Posted by ChiliCooperS
......Some of them I know what they ment, for instance I stall my car on Michigan Av. and got the wonderful finger from the rich guy in a black lexus. .......
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That's the only time I've stalled my car in two weeks, I think I was slightly nervous, it was my first time drivng in downtown chicago, and I in any city with a manual tranny!! I'm still struggling with the 1-2, it's not very smooth.
Edit: I felt like I needed mickey finns after that insane rush!!
Edit: I felt like I needed mickey finns after that insane rush!!
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Originally Posted by ChiliCooperS
That's the only time I've stalled my car in two weeks, I think I was slightly nervous, it was my first time drivng in downtown chicago, and I in any city with a manual tranny!! I'm still struggling with the 1-2, it's not very smooth.
Edit: I felt like I needed mickey finns after that insane rush!!
Edit: I felt like I needed mickey finns after that insane rush!!
And if you do stall it,don't get in a flap.Just start the car,get rolling again,then go.If their in that much of a rush,they should have left earlier
It's always those idiots in a black lexus... same thing happend when I was teaching my wife how to drive stick. She stalled three times one after
the other cause the idiot behind us in a lexus kept honking at her and it
just made her panic.
So I stepped out of the car and did a open arms big bow...like TADA~!
I don't think he knew how to react to that and just shut up.
my wife stalled a couple more times.
Don't let them intimidate you.
the other cause the idiot behind us in a lexus kept honking at her and it
just made her panic.
So I stepped out of the car and did a open arms big bow...like TADA~!
I don't think he knew how to react to that and just shut up.
my wife stalled a couple more times.
Don't let them intimidate you.
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[QUOTE=ChiliCooperS]
I was driving Harmon to the Chicago Auto Show today and came across a few people giving me hand signals. Some of them I know what they ment, for instance I stall my car on Michigan Av. and got the wonderful finger from the rich guy in a black lexus. Thats always fun. The incedent I'm really confused about was the the first incident. I was in Cruise Control going 72 down the IN Toll Road, and a guy right before an exit tried to pass me, I looked over as most drivers do and and he gave me this shoulder/hand gesture that seemed to say what do you want? Then he sped up, almost seeming as if he were to punch it and go for the exit so I slowed down, so did he, then he gave the thumbs up while nodding his head, but he had a real p-offed look in his face. Then he sped off into the sunrise, not getting off at any of the next 5 or so exits. Can somebody enterprit this for me?? I didn't know how to act in return.
Some of them I know what they ment, for instance I stall my car on Michigan Av. and got the wonderful finger from the rich guy in a black lexus. Thats always fun. The incedent I'm really confused about was the the first incident. I was in Cruise Control going 72 down the IN Toll Road, and a guy right before an exit tried to pass me, I looked over as most drivers do and and he gave me this shoulder/hand gesture that seemed to say what do you want? Then he sped up, almost seeming as if he were to punch it and go for the exit so I slowed down, so did he, then he gave the thumbs up while nodding his head, but he had a real p-offed look in his face. Then he sped off into the sunrise, not getting off at any of the next 5 or so exits. Can somebody enterprit this for me?? I didn't know how to act in return.__________________________________________________ ______________
They both were saying the same thing in different ways. Lexus: He was confessing that he was a number 1 Idiot for buying the Lexus instead of a MINI. Toll Road: He shrugged his shoulders because he doesn't know why he didn't buy a MINI, Thumbs up because you did and p-offed look because he should have, Sped off, do to dissapointment and guilt.
It sounds like you were in the slow lane which at 72mph is the correct lane in Chi town.
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A couple months ago, I was in my MINI traveling south on the DC inner loop. I was in the lane second from the left doing about 70-75. I came up behind a pinkish colored sports coupe of some sort (didn't catch the make/model), turned on my blinker, and started to pass. As I moved into the left lane, the other car started to swerve into the left hand lane to pass the car in front of him, he noticed me coming up fast in the left hand lane and swerved back into his lane. Right after he did this, he started waving and making all kinds of hand gestures aimed at me. Thinking he was upset at me, I flipped him off. As I passed him and the car in front of him, he then came up behind me. I moved over to let him pass. As he passed, he gave me a thumbs up, and after he passed, waved me forward. Now what my cynical (former) New York mind interpreted at first as him being, <ahem>, "rude" to me (you wouldn't believe all of the hand gestures that are used in NYC to tell someone "F--- You"), he was actually waving 'hey, nice car' and 'let's go'! Oops! It took me a few seconds to figure this out. We then raced each other down to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. 
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I work on the street everyday, with traffic whizzing by as close as 2 feet away and going 50 mph, so I've seen a few things, but one sticks out as being the coolest.
A lady had stalled her car in a traffic lane and couldn't get it started. As she repeatedly cranked her engine over with no success the dude in the car behind her (not a lexus this time) kept laying on the horn. She continued to try to start hers until she realized it wasn't going to go. With the guy still honking behind her she calmly got out and walked up to his window. In a very sweet voice she told him that if he wanted to go and try to start her car, she would be happy to get in his and honk the horn!
A lady had stalled her car in a traffic lane and couldn't get it started. As she repeatedly cranked her engine over with no success the dude in the car behind her (not a lexus this time) kept laying on the horn. She continued to try to start hers until she realized it wasn't going to go. With the guy still honking behind her she calmly got out and walked up to his window. In a very sweet voice she told him that if he wanted to go and try to start her car, she would be happy to get in his and honk the horn!
Originally Posted by kenchan
It's always those idiots in a black lexus... same thing happend when I was teaching my wife how to drive stick. She stalled three times one after
the other cause the idiot behind us in a lexus kept honking at her and it
just made her panic.
So I stepped out of the car and did a open arms big bow...like TADA~!
I don't think he knew how to react to that and just shut up.
my wife stalled a couple more times.
Don't let them intimidate you.
the other cause the idiot behind us in a lexus kept honking at her and it
just made her panic.
So I stepped out of the car and did a open arms big bow...like TADA~!
I don't think he knew how to react to that and just shut up.
my wife stalled a couple more times.
Don't let them intimidate you.
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Originally Posted by CoopLex
Maybe its just the idiots in Chicago... I own a Black Lexus and a MINI and a Black BMW does that make me some kind of jerk?
Originally Posted by mbabischkin
Well that all depends on how you act when you're behind the wheel of that black Lexus now doesn't it?
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Originally Posted by CoopLex
Generalizations being made by anyone define the real fools. If ones personality changes by the mere fact of what one is driving then I truly feel sorry for that individual and anyone who may subcribe to that notion.
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Seems that when many people get behind the wheel of a car that think they are insulated to the world around them and do some really stupid things. I was getting the MINI washed yesterday at a touchless wash. It was sunny and above freezing so the wash was crowded. There was a elderly Italian guy in line ahead of me in a older ford. He entered the wash, the entrance door closes and I assume his cars is being washed. The door opens and he's out of the car at the far end of the wash making gestures in my direction. I get out of MINI and ask him what's the problem. I can't hear him so I walk into the wash area and the wash starts to activate. I get soaked, jump out of the wash and it stops. The guy does not understand that he has to drive into the wash, position his front tires on a track to start the wash. I explain what he has to do and direct him from behind, (I'm way outside the wash yelling instructions) till his tires are in the correct position and the wash starts.
So I'm walking back to MINI and the guy in the Land Rover right behind me (with his kid beside him) is giving me all kinds of F*** you hand geatures. I just helped the old guy, I'm soaked and somehow I have iritated the gentleman in the Land Rover. Sooo I walked straight to his window and suggested he roll it down so we could discuss the situation. He rolls the window down and it's amazing, he turns into a perfect gentleman. I told him I thought he was gesturing me over to commend me on helping out the old guy. He agreed and I got back into MINI. Unfortuneately the old guy had used his wash and mine while he was in the wash and I was left with no wash and stuck at the front of the line. I had to leave the car and go back to the cashier but that's another story.
So I'm walking back to MINI and the guy in the Land Rover right behind me (with his kid beside him) is giving me all kinds of F*** you hand geatures. I just helped the old guy, I'm soaked and somehow I have iritated the gentleman in the Land Rover. Sooo I walked straight to his window and suggested he roll it down so we could discuss the situation. He rolls the window down and it's amazing, he turns into a perfect gentleman. I told him I thought he was gesturing me over to commend me on helping out the old guy. He agreed and I got back into MINI. Unfortuneately the old guy had used his wash and mine while he was in the wash and I was left with no wash and stuck at the front of the line. I had to leave the car and go back to the cashier but that's another story.
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AIRMINI,
That was awesome that you helped the old guy! I learned the lesson about the person in front of you using your wash when a not-so helpless person backed up instead of driving forward upon exiting after their wash and used my wash too!
Anyway...you were the hero for the day to some old guy and that's all that matters.
As far as what the thumbs up means? Who know, but you know what really pisses people off when they make gestures at you? SMILE AND WAVE. Gets them every time, plus like someone else mentioned they are mad you have a MINI and they don't! BTW that was a beautiful explanation of the gesture MINIROX
That was awesome that you helped the old guy! I learned the lesson about the person in front of you using your wash when a not-so helpless person backed up instead of driving forward upon exiting after their wash and used my wash too!
Anyway...you were the hero for the day to some old guy and that's all that matters.
As far as what the thumbs up means? Who know, but you know what really pisses people off when they make gestures at you? SMILE AND WAVE. Gets them every time, plus like someone else mentioned they are mad you have a MINI and they don't! BTW that was a beautiful explanation of the gesture MINIROX
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I've been confused too
I got the strangest hand signals the other day. I pulled off my street onto a more crowded street, and I had enough room but probably could have waited for a bigger gap - anyway, the hand signals....
The guy I pulled out in front of pulled up next to me and started making all these complicated gestures - like 15 or so. So I put my passenger window down and he repeats the miming gestures while telling me what he was trying to mime - "Are you stupid, high, or f*ked up?" I decided not to give a smartass reply because he was a rather large black man in a bling SUV and I live a few doors down from a major LA gang...
His gestures were pretty creative though
The guy I pulled out in front of pulled up next to me and started making all these complicated gestures - like 15 or so. So I put my passenger window down and he repeats the miming gestures while telling me what he was trying to mime - "Are you stupid, high, or f*ked up?" I decided not to give a smartass reply because he was a rather large black man in a bling SUV and I live a few doors down from a major LA gang...
His gestures were pretty creative though
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Every so often, when somebody honks, for some reason, the vehicle in front of me thinks it was me honking, when it was someone behind me. When I get the annoyed expressions or the flipping of the bird signal, I love to wave and smile, nod in agreement, and "pretend" to be oblivious! It drives them CRAZY!
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