[Sgt Ed]

Originally Posted by logdog

You owe me a pair of underwear. I was the one standing on the concrete traffic control divider on the east side of Rolling Acres Road near the Comcast store waiting to cross the road just after 1100 am today. You left the Petco parking lot which is marked right turn only and proceeded to cut left at a pretty high speed, bounced across the first concrete divider separating traffic on Rolling Acres and continued across the second divider where I was and raced into the Comcast/Starbucks parking lot. It's a good thing your German convertible has a solid suspension because it got a good workout today. So did my bowels when you nearly ran me over.

If it is the Specific German cars I think of it is going to cost them bundles of $s. Granted they are the best handling stuff out there but the suspension is actually very weak. Normal driving is high $ to keep bushings, shocks and sway bars intact. Payback will be expensive.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by larbud

Beemer,Hands down!

The German Leopard 2 is a very popular vehicle at the moment.
Bit of a gas guzzler though!

[mikempp]

When you buy one of those German cars they have mandatory classes on how to drive that way.

[CFrance]

My Audi was a lemon. Coolest looking, sturdy lemon. I miss it; I don't miss all the $$ we dumped into it repairing the mechanics.

[RICH1]

He was celebrating his 8 year Drivers License renewal…

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

Not excusing the driving, but the much of the fault lies with the Florida DOT or whoever is doing the construction on that job. It's the slowest, most disorganized and dangerous road construction project I've ever seen. It should have been done months ago and it appears it will be years before it's finished.

Ain't THAT the truth!

Florida does a whole lot of things right but road construction and repair is decidedly NOT among those things.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by CFrance

My Audi was a lemon. Coolest looking, sturdy lemon. I miss it; I don't miss all the $$ we dumped into it repairing the mechanics.

German automobiles are generally known for excellent workmanship and reliability. There are some glaring exceptions, such as your Audi. A friend back in college had a Karmann Ghia sports car, which was basically a Volkswagen beetle in a slightly spiffier suit of clothes which was repair-prone in the extreme. Added to that it was decidedly NOT a winter car, having one of the most anemic cabin heaters I can remember, and in Minnesota that meant being uncomfortable probably six months out of the year. It did look good though, and in the vernacular of the time was a "chick magnet".

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by logdog

You owe me a pair of underwear. I was the one standing on the concrete traffic control divider on the east side of Rolling Acres Road near the Comcast store waiting to cross the road just after 1100 am today. You left the Petco parking lot which is marked right turn only and proceeded to cut left at a pretty high speed, bounced across the first concrete divider separating traffic on Rolling Acres and continued across the second divider where I was and raced into the Comcast/Starbucks parking lot. It's a good thing your German convertible has a solid suspension because it got a good workout today. So did my bowels when you nearly ran me over.

This reminds me of what you should do if you are being chased by a bear:

One guy said you should throw some crap in his face.

The other guy asked, "Where do I get a handful of crap?"

The first guy responds: "Oh, just reach back. It'll be there."

[toeser]

"Netherlands, California, Quebec, California, Texas, Turkey, Minnesota, Panama Canal, California, Illinois, Turkey, Maryland, Germany, Florida, New Mexico, The Village of Amelia and now The Village of Hacienda East."

Wow !!! That would be a different life than mine.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by VApeople

This reminds me of what you should do if you are being chased by a bear:

One guy said you should throw some crap in his face.

The other guy asked, "Where do I get a handful of crap?"

The first guy responds: "Oh, just reach back. It'll be there."

A friend of mine had a rather unorthodox sense of humor. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area between Minnesota and Ontario has a lot of bears, and a stunt that he pulled occasionally when camping up there (probably not too many times, for obvious reasons) was to drag a dead fish about 50 yards or so from the woods to the campsite and then bury it under his friend's tent. According to him it led to a couple of interesting nights. I never did know if I should quite believe him or not, as he was prone to exaggeration.

Probably not as dangerous as it sounds though. Black bears, unless a female with cubs, are pretty timid creatures. As dad used to say, the only part of a bear that you're apt to see in the woods are the hindquarters as it runs away from you. Banging a couple of kettles together and yelling as loud as you can would drive even the hungriest bear away from the camp.

[Larchap49]

Originally Posted by photo1902

Where this incident was alleged to have taken place is not part of the construction project on 441.

This particular part of Rolling Acres has been a problem for years. People exiting the shopping center were Target is, and cutting across to the shopping center where Starbucks/Xfinity is located. As fast as the road crews replace the stanchions, they get mowed down.

I’ve seen at least three accidents at that particular location.

Too much to expect using a little common sense and installing a two foot wall. Then everyone except the monster trucks would have to go around. Naaaaah that would just be too logical

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

When Fritz needs a coffee, he needs it NOW!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by Larchap49

Too much to expect using a little common sense and installing a two foot wall. Then everyone except the monster trucks would have to go around. Naaaaah that would just be too logical

Maybe so, maybe no. Although I've never seen what the OP described, I've seen plenty exiting Rolling Acres Plaza (where Target/Petco is located), then use the turn lane (going against traffic) to access Rolling Acres to 441.

[bark4me]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

Yes, I too saw them working a few days ago. Wonder if the prison sentence for killing an innocent road worker is more than killing a villager ? Now it has me thinking, could this be the very same German convertible sports car that pulled into 466 Publix a couple months ago around 6 p.m., at a VERY HIGH rate of speed, several of us coming out of Publix JUMPED as it squealed by, the guy "literally flew" into the disabled spot in front of the liquor store, did not bother to open the door, but actually JUMPED out of the driver's seat over the side of the CAR ! Looked at least 55, so must be in good shape, and RAN into the liquor store maybe "Fritz" needs his alcohol as much as his caffeine ????

Did he not realize that spot was for physically handicap people not mentally handicap?

[bark4me]

Originally Posted by logdog

You owe me a pair of underwear. I was the one standing on the concrete traffic control divider on the east side of Rolling Acres Road near the Comcast store waiting to cross the road just after 1100 am today. You left the Petco parking lot which is marked right turn only and proceeded to cut left at a pretty high speed, bounced across the first concrete divider separating traffic on Rolling Acres and continued across the second divider where I was and raced into the Comcast/Starbucks parking lot. It's a good thing your German convertible has a solid suspension because it got a good workout today. So did my bowels when you nearly ran me over.

Why were you in the center median? Where there is no crosswalk? Appears you would of been contributory to your demise