Intrigue was a W-body, same as Grand Prix and Lumina, etc. Alero was an N-body, same as Grand Am and Malibu.

Just wanted to say...I am NOT here to stand up for every idiot truck driver. And there are some, we know. But IF you understood the motivations (not you, zakany, I know you’re with me here), it might make a bit more sense to you. I have seen stuff that made me SHUDDER it was so fucking stupid...one time, on a run from…

Yup that’s all we want...if everybody would either get the lead out and pass quickly, or hang back when they see an overtake happening, we could all be a lot happier, it seems. Also, with regard to dawdling alongside big trucks...along with the obvious hazard of being crushed if the driver has to jink lanes suddenly…

Yeah that’s good. When I was learning to drive they used to say one second for every ten miles per hour of speed...but I suppose that changed as traffic got heavier and brakes got better.

You left out the part where I said (for like the 12th time) that I could get that pass done very quickly if timed right, except usually someone jumps over there right at the critical moment and screws it up. That’s all I was saying.

Well...it’s like I’ve been saying. Most don’t wanna know, they just wanna be mad. Fair enough. I’m tired of explaining too.

What is? I’m lost at the moment.

Yeah looked like it started well into one of those moments where traffic was suddenly compressing due to something going on up ahead, and this Toyota driver didn’t get the memo...

Cabovers are great on narrow roads and in tight docks and stuff. But yeah, they aren’t as safe, are a bit of a maintenance problem, they ride shitty, they are hot even when the A/C works well enough(because you’re over the engine), they are difficult to get in and out of, etc. Every driver wishes his truck could…

No. And they can’t see your brake lights either. If they are broken, get them fixed. LOL

OK good. I was talking about interstate highways. Not state highways. But I’m glad you bothered to at least look. Good stuff.

Let me ask you one more serious question. Almost everybody wants to get where they are going as fast as possible, within reason. And yet, things that are beyond our control conspire to limit how fast we can do it...but even so, most of these things only make a very small difference in our travel time, because usually…

Not sure if this was directed at me, because it’s not what I said. I said that one has to WATCH and see the subtle differences between how my truck is running and how the truck I want to pass is running...if they are so evenly matched that I am only slowly overtaking him. I have to take note of whether he accelerates…

Yeah apparently...I’m the dumbass...sorry. These responses are getting so broken now I can’t follow who is saying what about what. I apologize. You can punch me in the dick if you see me...

I agree with you completely...thoughtful drivers try to plan the pass so it happens at a moment when they have the advantage...you CAN help, by paying attention to what’s transpiring, and not being on his left right at that critical moment when he needs to make the move...because 90% of the time, right when you’re…

Ok, you said it, so it must be so. I only have FACTS on my side. Damn, you win....

I did not know that. Haven’t driven anything that new. I’ve been lucky for the most part, had powerful engines and lowest govern was 72, but most 75+...the worst was that Century Cabover I described earlier...that was a dedicated beer account and that truck was under 400 hp and pulling 50,000 lb loads daily, in…

Yes we’ve been through all this. You probably don’t understand WHY it’s happening, and you don’t care. Because YOU are the most important thing happening on the highway today, right?

It’s better if you can see at least another semi’s worth of road in front of it too. My informal observations put maybe 95% of drivers too close to me when they come back into my lane, so that if the shit hits the fan suddenly just as they come over, I couldn’t avoid them...if I have a strip of road between, I’ll take…

Yeah often in big cities there’s a kind of passive-aggression that takes place around turn signal use. You put it on and people accelerate to keep you out. So it’s almost viewed as “giving away your hand” to signal before changing lanes, unfortunately...