SFML320

Ok, first off I know it's dangerous and shouldn't be done. Besides, I'm getting old.

(Only person in the car) I was entering the freeway when an Acura TL tried to pass me from probably more than a car lengths behind from the right. He probably thought he could pass a big SUV with ease, wrong. The GL picks up rather fast if not as quick as ordinary sedans. The lane merged and he ran out of room and cuts me off, I had to brake pretty hard (no ABS though.

I would have let it go but he kept brake checking me (probably thought I tail-gated him to closely??). I followed him from a distance but he couldn't lose me, the GL picked up to 100mph without really stressing too hard. Made a couple of lane changes. I felt the GL held together pretty well. Not speeds I would like to be at for a long duration though. Either he intended to exit or he figured the GL was equally matched to his TL and knew he couldn't lose me, the morning commute drama ended.

After breaking 3K miles, this was my first hard run (over 4500rpm) in the GL and I was impressed. Now back to taking advantage of the luxury features rather than performance.

KA8

Ha it's always a bad idea to let yourself out on a road rage but sometimes it's hard to not lose it. There are plenty of dumb drivers to **** you off.

DaCeptak0n

Yea, I came to something similar with a Cayenne S. I more or less left him with his tail wagging between his legs, Read on through my kill story.

The GL450 is a beast in pick-up and handling. I can only imagine the tricks the 550 is pulling and can pull off...

axchung

Road rage? In NYC that is just showing the proper courtesy...

StevethePilot

I've already been chewed out for trying to pass on the right once and nearly getting cut off (on this forum, no less!) and finding out how well the assistive braking works, but a couple of days ago I was going along taking my daughter to work when the road went to one lane for construction. Seriously it was about 200 feet and then back to 2 lanes but there was a serious backup, so we're haltingly going along for about a quarter mile, get up to the "must merge" point and I'm going along with the "your side, our side, your side, our side" dealie when some gal in a Mini (A MINI!) decides she doesn't want me in front of her for 100 feet and tailgates it up to the guy in front of her to keep me out. Well I nearly crushed her because I had trouble seeing her, below my window line! (Okay, that's the excuse I gave my kids.) I gave her the big-wave-on ("Hooookay! You go first, glad you won that one!") and was ready to just let it go when she decided to brake check me for no reason (I wasn't even close to her). Sorry, but now I have to go around you on the other side of the intersection and show you that a 5000lb CDI can out-run your little "Sport" Mini. I'm too old for this, too, and okay I didn't do 100mph because the kids were in the car, but seriously - a Mini versus a GL? That's a DOA for her, for sure! Some people never took physics in High School, I guess.

So my point? I can sympathize.

STP

Chicky Monkey

Alert to all other drivers on the road:

Respect The GL

Stumblefoot

StevethePilot preparing to overtake the Mini

jhcicco

Good one!

Nevada Jack

Great one Brian....LOL

StevethePilot

HA! THAT'S GREAT! I want one of those!

oknish

For some reason, I just don't feel the rage when I am in my GL.

LEOSOPHIE

I Can't Wait For Breakin To Be Complete And My First Escalade!

Danno4x4

I experience this kind of crap from time to time as well...

Funny thing is, when I am driving my Jeep, no one seems to want to try anything... when someone tries throw a wrench in the traffic zipper they always back down... I wonder why?

Maybe its just because they look at all of the armor and the scrapes and dents and realize that 37 inch tires versus sheetmetal is a losing proposition...

jhcicco

WOW!!

Nevada Jack

I'm the same nish...because I know I can dust anybody who gets in my way and with this monster scare the hell out of them...LOL,LOL

Nevada Jack

Incredible stuff danno...how did you get out of that last situation?

oknish

So what do you do for fun, Danno? And is that Jeep 4 x 4?

Chicky Monkey

Alright Danno,
I had to join in....

my photos aren't quite as good as yours though!

I'll find some better ones tonight and post....

dunderhi

I'll add a don't try this at home warning.

On a highway trip to the mother-in-law's, I had a Honda S2000 that decided he didn't want to be behind me when traffic got tight. He passed on the right and cut me off. I came awfully close to hitting him. Anyway, we moved through the traffic, and he decided to drop me quickly once the traffic freed up. Although he still had plenty of speed left in his car, he lost his nerve and backed off at around a buck and a quarter. The GL handled that speed very well, including in the bends. The misses was reading a book and didn't notice what was going until I started to slow down. Then again while we were in Europe in the SL, she never noticed when we were cruising along at a buck twenty.

oknish

You really have to watch your speed in the GL. It is so quiet and moves so effortlessly that you can easily forget how fast you are going. And passengers really don't feel a thing

Carl Lassiter

Me too. I always used to think similar thoughts when Prius' would cut in close in front of me in my "G-tank."

Danno4x4

Sorry for the delay...

Jack, I just kept driving straight... The front wheel comes down... eventually.

Nice pics Lisa... I have always been an FJ40 fan as well... I assume you guys probably regularly frequent the Rubicon... I do that trail every year.

By the way, Happy Turkey Day from the Bay Area... We took the GL from PHX to SFO yesterday... 23 MPG average, at 80 MPH.