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KrazyinKS

(291 posts) Thu Jan 4, 2018, 12:39 PM Jan 2018

Just an observation about people with expensive cars- [View all]

My daughter lives near Orlando, I am here in south central Kansas. In Florida there are some very expensive cars on the road, in a conversation with her yesterday she was complaining about someone with an expensive Italian car that ran a stop sign in a parking lot and she had to stop to keep from running into him. She and her husband agrees that people with expensive cars don't seem to think the same rules apply to them.

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Just an observation about people with expensive cars- [View all] KrazyinKS Jan 2018 OP

The laws of physics do apply to them but they'll have to learn the hard way. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #1

Sadly, some of them learn by losing their 18 year old just-graduated-high-school Ilsa Jan 2018 #46

Do you really have to stop at that parking lot stop sign? Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #2

Stop signs aren't mandatory unless they are on a wooden post snooper2 Jan 2018 #3

i have heard that dembotoz Jan 2018 #5

People have poor memories when it suits them LanternWaste Jan 2018 #41

OH, if it were only people with expensive cars HAB911 Jan 2018 #4

A woman with a Lexus once explained to me that the most expensive car should have the right away. FSogol Jan 2018 #6

Did you point out she drives a rebadged Toyota? ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #25

HA!! a good one.. I keep asking BMW M-3 convertible owners mitch96 Jan 2018 #53

Oh wait, now I see the fender vents! ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #59

A doctor I worked with always bought Toyota Avalon mitch96 Jan 2018 #60

It's absolutely true ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #66

Ask her what she paid, then claim your 20 yr old Ford F150 cost Ilsa Jan 2018 #47

There have been studies over the past 5+ years that support your observation Blecht Jan 2018 #7

I'll go with a Labovian observation. Igel Jan 2018 #13

In my experience, yes absolutely lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #8

Expensive cars gave way to me when when I drove my "beater" 1973 Chevy Suburban SharonAnn Jan 2018 #10

Similar Story! ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #27

In my part of Florida, the really big pickups are the problem. Blue_true Jan 2018 #50

Yes! Totally. I have an asshole rating system, based on type of vehicle: lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #69

You live in So Florida??? mitch96 Jan 2018 #61

nope - NoVA. lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #68

Love riding my motorcycle thru NoVa mitch96 Jan 2018 #70

Yeah, lots of trees considering how suburban/urban it is. lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #71

Lots and lots of people from all incomes think the rules don't apply to them. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #9

I believe the rules are the same. Punishment for breaking the rules,however, is another story. DrDan Jan 2018 #14

The rules are different with respect to representation. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #16

perhaps you can provide an example . . . I am having a difficult time following your claim DrDan Jan 2018 #23

I was clearly talking about the rules of the game and representation on a bigger scale. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #24

that is really a stretch - the rule is the same - stop at stop sign . . .period DrDan Jan 2018 #26

It's not a stretch at all. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #29

the rule is consistent - at a stop sign, stop DrDan Jan 2018 #30

It's not practically consistent if it's not applied consistently. kcr Jan 2018 #48

seems to me the punishment/enforcement is the issue - not the rule DrDan Jan 2018 #49

I rarely stop at stop signs in parking lots. MissB Jan 2018 #11

do you think you might be painting with a bit of a broad brush? DrDan Jan 2018 #12

If you've ever driven in westchester county, just north of the Bronx and yonkers, you know OP is rig lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #18

I agree it may be a valid observation, but what is the point? MGKrebs Jan 2018 #22

Ken Wins (Breaking Bad) lunamagica Jan 2018 #15

Best laugh I've had in weeks: LOL! Ken Wins! lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #17

Breaking Bad had tons of comedic moments like this lunamagica Jan 2018 #19

Right from the start, crashing the rv in his underwear, the droll look on his face lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #20

Brilliant! Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2018 #21

What's the difference between a porcupine and an Audi/BMW/Mercedes? GoneOffShore Jan 2018 #44

would that really work? mitch96 Jan 2018 #62

I'd say that about drivers of pickup trucks mainer Jan 2018 #28

In Johnson County, KS, (home of the "Golden Ghetto"),,, lastlib Jan 2018 #31

and yes, the road DID come with it!" Codeine Jan 2018 #33

I live in the West central part Alwaysna Jan 2018 #67

They're just not paying attention ecstatic Jan 2018 #32

Not many expensive cars in my neck of the woods ... GeorgeGist Jan 2018 #34

I don't know about that, but I assume everyone is going to MineralMan Jan 2018 #35

That philosophy has served me well gratuitous Jan 2018 #43

LOL at the Volvo-driving hipsters. MineralMan Jan 2018 #45

Old joke. The difference between ... Whiskeytide Jan 2018 #58

Exactly. I don't trust anyone when I'm driving. xor Jan 2018 #55

Living in South Florida bluecollar2 Jan 2018 #36

Amen to that... So Fla where using a directional signal is a sign of weakness mitch96 Jan 2018 #63

Look up the old internet joke about BMWs and porcupines crazycatlady Jan 2018 #37

A porcupine has pricks on the outside! ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #52

There's Florida, but there's also different parts of Florida... Sancho Jan 2018 #38

Having fairly recently been bar-hopping in Key West OriginalGeek Jan 2018 #39

Whenever I see a car parked illegally TexasBushwhacker Jan 2018 #40

Central Florida does have a touch of classism. Baitball Blogger Jan 2018 #42

I was leaving a work lunch with two co-workers some years ago when a woman rzemanfl Jan 2018 #51

People with more money have an easier time paying pesky tickets. xor Jan 2018 #54

Again, so true mitch96 Jan 2018 #64

This thread offends me Poiuyt Jan 2018 #56

*Found the stop sign running jerkface* xor Jan 2018 #57

Curious parkerMcDavis Jan 2018 #65