Saturday, September 13, 2014

Toyota and their drivers

Well, I might think Jan is just a silly, robotic, phone-answering ninny who is trying to get people in to buy a Toyota. And I think their commercials along those lines tend to show off the part of the gene pool that should have had more chlorine dumped in.

But what really irks me is the actual drivers of those Coronas and Highlanders and Camrys and Tundras.

I think there is an IQ test given to all buyers of new and used cars. Along side the financial one that separates those of us who drive Chevys and Fords and Dodges from the Audi and Mercedes and BMW crew. And I shan't even mention the Maserati, Lamborghini, and Porsche elite (which I just did, to make a point).

But the folks who drive the commoner cars, like he abovementioned Chevys, etc, along with Nissan, VW, Kia, Hyundai, and Honda, are also separated by my idea of an IQ test. Those with common sense drive some of these cars and those with little or no ability to reason drive Toyotas. At least that is what it seems to me.

Or maybe I am just seeing things out on the streets of Collin County Texas. And maybe other people see other drivers doing stupid things, and I have, but the vast majority seem to be driving cheap ass cars from Japan.

It always seems to be a Toyota that slows down to make me wait to make my turn into traffic.
I have seen Toyotas turn left from the right lane and conversely, turn right from the center or left lane.
The parking leaves something to be desired. The lines in the grocery store lot are not supposed to be straddled, are they? Or a halfway pull-through that takes up two good spaces. I have learned to park away from those people.
Do Toyotas come with turn signals? Or if they do, do their drivers know how to use them?
The car that slows down my lane when I am trying to make time is usually a Toyota.
I have been passed, several times, by Toyotas going 20 mph over the limit in a school zone with blinking lights warning about the limits.
Most of the Toyotas that fly past me are waiting at the light when I get there.
The only accident I have had here in Texas was a Prius that rear-ended me at a stoplight. the driver got out of her car still talking on her cell phone and asked what the hell just happened. I drove away, her engine was sitting on the ground. That was after the policeman came to take our statements.
Then there was the lady in the Camry on Central Expressway. She was smoking, talking on her cell, and it appeared she was putting on makeup. When I leaned on my horn, she just flipped me off and took another drag on the cancer stick. Oh, she was going 15-20 mph slower than the traffic around her and she was in the middle lane.

"Oh, what a feeling! Toyota."  from their commercials back in the eighties

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