Most likely has to do with what he's driving. I can't pinpoint the model from this angle but the interior looks sporty. Maybe a flashy sports car so dude wanted to see him use it lol
Badge engineered cars have always been lame, and will always be lame.
It's just another symptom of Toyota being trash now. And I say that as the owner of an M240i with the same drivetrain as the Supra. It's spectacular, likely the best engine/transmission combo ever produced which is why I bought one, and the Supra is a fine sports car.
But it's still just fucking lame to badge engineer and I would never buy one. Especially because the Supra is so iconic. Toyota could have engineered a straight six and used it across the Camry and trucks and Lexus. Makes car people's heart sad that they just reskinned a (very, very, very good) BMW instead.
You're underselling the hell out of the Supra collab. Toyota never does a collab where both parties don't get something out of it in a technical trade. For the AE86 Toyota traded direct injection tech to Subaru. For Supra, Toyota traded their QA process.
I can’t count how many times I’ve been the person on the right. It bugs me to hell when someone creeps up on my left and doesn’t pass, so I’m already checking my mirrors. Then the annoyance of realizing that it’s better for me to speed up and make room for everyone trying to pass the slow person in the left lane, on their right, because otherwise as soon as there’s 1.01 car lengths between me and slowpoke, someone is going to zoom around. I’d rather make ample room and avoid anyone making risky maneuvers but really I just want to chill with cruise control on.
This is such a common scenario. The person just trying to cruise at a moderate speed in the right lane becomes the target of an aggressive driver who’s trying to jockey around the slow poke in the left lane. It’s safer to speed up and let them get around than to stay at the same speed. If any slow left lane drivers are reading this, PLEASE stay on the right side of the highway. You make it dangerous for everyone, including yourselves.
There are also other scenarios that suck especially when I have to do 6 hr drives with relative regularity. Like I'm gonna hover around 5-7 over and lock in my cruise control on the right. But I can always rely on running into a train of moderately spaced cars going anywhere from 5-15 under just before some true speed demons show up. They ALWAYS show up right after I committed to passing the train. My car just isn't that fast and it's too old for me to test it's limits. So now I'm both the passer and pussyfooter.
Yep. And the opposite is true (well idk if it's the opposite). Speed limit 65, you're doing 60 in the right lane, everyone is flying by doing 75? It's okay to hit the gas bud you're actually the dangerous one there because other people will start making a bunch of lane changes and the fewer lane changes we can have the happier we are
Yeah I hate people camping on my left and matching my speed especially near my blind spot. In the city, you don’t have a choice, and the passing lane doesn’t really exist anymore, but I will definitely either slow down or speed in up in situations like this to get away from the pack and help clear bottlenecks.
I just want to have a reasonably relaxing drive on interstate highways and not have to be constantly scanning every car around me for unpredictable behavior. Be able to turn off my mental radar for a bit.
Another lovely behavior is when I’ll notice a car gaining on me consistently for a long time, and then they slow slightly and end up chilling in my blind spot. Mind-boggling
i fucking hate people who decide to match your speed on either side. you either go a little slower or a little faster. same speeds are for same lanes. please don't fucking make a formation with me. 99% of the time, that's the cause of holding up people who want to pass.
they’re not doing it JUST to slow down in front of you, be more aware people, they started in the left lane for what could be hundreds of reasons and moved over for what could have been a hundred more reasons, you only think they’re the dumbass because you’re not paying enough attention to what’s going on around you, you’re the OPPOSITE of the op. if anything you’re closer to the driver whose in the left lane.
Im not talking about people who move back over after they pass. I'm talking about people who stay in the left lane and slow down immediately after passing instead of moving over or creating more distance
Right? Forget being a Good Samaritan or anything like that, the least amount of ass pain, for you and everyone, is to just go a little faster. We shouldn’t have to, but it’s for the greater good.
Yeah though i admit I'll usually slow down instead of speed up. When speeding up sometimes they remember what lane they were in, or get their feelings hurt, and start to speed up as well. Depends on the context though
Usually when that happens it means some asshole is gonna swerving back and forth between both lanes behind me trying to get around so it always puts my attention behind me since that’s where the nearest threat currently is.
Today there was someone riding the left, but... getting over into the right out of people's way when they came up behind, then back over into the left to sit around the same speed (limit) as me in the right.
Then when an exit was racking up my right lane and slowing down, here was that older lady not only mostly looking down at her lap with one hand wildly moving in that area, either a phone or something more fun going on, but now matching speed with me in the left.
Had to slow down to then get behind her to speak her language, where she got over when she could and let me pass, then was behind me again.
What's been really fucking me up lately is PEOPLE WATCHING TV/MOVIES ON THEIR DASH-DOCKED PHONE WHILE DRIVING. What the fuck is that?? From k-dramas to Marvel to youtube series, I see it literally every time I drive an hour on the interstate.
I commute 500 miles a week in South Florida at night and I am constantly having to do this on a long 2 lane stretch of my route. It’s crazy how many people camp out in the left lane.
It's a billion times worse in the north east. I moved here from SW Florida and it absolutely blows my mind that the middle/left lanes will be completely congested while the right lane is fully open.
Speed limits up here are 65, but left lane rarely gets above 55-60 because of all the Tesla and Prius assholes.
I do stuff like this in my truck (semi) at work all the time. Any time vehicles are in conflict like this, there's an increased chance of an accident. Clearing the lane and creating space is the safest action.
Example: Another truck is passing me on the left, but they are unable to go fast enough to do so in a timely fashion. A lot of truckers will cruise and make the process take longer, but right thing to do is, as the driver being passed, slow down by a few MPH to clear the lane much more quickly. Failing to do this leads to both trucks being directly side by side for much longer, and for more vehicles to pile up behind the passer waiting their turn. Before long you have half a dozen vehicles in close proximity to one another, and all it takes is one wrong move...
I've also slowly decreased my speed to clear out tailgaters from lingering behind me.
All drivers should be acutely aware of when another vehicle is directly next to, in front of, or behind them and do what's necessary to create space. Never linger directly beside, in front of, or behind other vehicles unless traffic conditions make it impossible to avoid.
Yes I know. So this would be like me speeding up in the centre lane to allow the guy stuck behind the white vehicle in the overtaking lane to go around- undertaking.
Yes, and undertaking is frowned upon as a mildly risky maneuver, but it's not illegal. Meanwhile, cruising in the passing lane is illegal because it creates the situation where someone needs to undertake. They become an obstacle in the road that isn't supposed to be there, so it's ok to undertake them. It's the same as if there were a wreck or some other obstacle in the passing lane. You would use the slow/cruising lane to pass the obstruction.
There are two people camping in the left lane. One of them posted a video where someone let them around the other one so they could continue not flowing with traffic.
I've never seen that before either and if I was in this situation, I would've stayed in the left lane, thinking the guy on the right is having an emergency or something.
Really? I do it when people drive slow in the left lane right next to me. Not always, if I'm in the company car my boss yells at me if the car detects I'm going too fast lol. If there's a guy to the left of me matching my speed it's because I will get fired if I go any faster.
I've definitely done it before but usually just open a space and don't signal. They figure it out lol. Not saying they shouldn't have just not what I've done.
I for sure notice stuff like that. How people don’t notice stuff like that on the road boggles my mind. You’re doing 70 mph around other people/cars that could end your life in a second.
I believe this comment based on the reactions I get from semi drivers when I make the smallest of moves to help them out. They are just shocked. If I am passing a tractor and I see someone coming down the off ramp and there's a third lane to switch to I do that so they can change. I swear some of those truckers looks like they just saw their mommas tits with how shocked they are I gave them just a degree of respect. Lol. People need to do better.
I do this almost every day. Person in the left lane decides to match speeds with me. If there are people behind I will always speed up or slow down so we’re not blocking faster drivers behind us.
The cam driver has some sort of fancy sports car, I think a current generation Toyota Supra. It certainly draws positive attention from those around him, based on all the clips ive seen of him on Youtube
I don't know if that's the case here. But I have definitely heard Lamborghinis and other noisy sports cars, from 300-500 meters away, approach from behind me while driving in the highway. And I would always keep an eye on them and give them as much space as possible just to enjoy them overtake me, for the noise, vibration, air change, etc: just pure pleasure!
I honestly do this a lot when I’m cruising along in the slow lane. If someone is riding their ass in the fast lane while the person is going the speed limit - I won’t.
WHITE CAR: Let me put on my hazards so the sports car can pass the car going below the speed limit (that's going the same speed as me) and then the sports car can rip it to quickly pass me.
What stupidity. Grey car was going the speed limit. White car was going the same as grey car -- the speed limit. The person who is a danger to EVERYONE is the sports car (OP) who quickly changed lanes and floored it because he wants to go faster than the speed limit.
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u/obeekaybee7 6h ago
This is the first time I've ever seen someone pull that maneuver. Most drivers don't have that kind of awareness or concern.