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So I'm sitting at a light on my way to work this morning, pooped from a three-day weekend that included hours of car waxing and lawn mowing in our lovely desert heat, when a new Dodge truck pulls up in the right lane next to me.
I'm staring straight ahead in a daze, so when the light turns green I just kinda putt-putt forward. But the truck driver takes off like a shot, his intent unmistakable.
Well, the juvenile in me awoke the commuting sluggard. I put my foot down, kept it in first gear until I'd passed the truck, then shifted to second and eased up. The speed limit was only 45.
At the next light we ended up side-by-side again. The roof of my car kept me from being able to see up into the cab of the Dodge, but I could see the guy's left arm resting on the open window sill. So I reached out my right hand and gave the guy a thumb's up. He reciprocated.
When the light turned green I let him go. He crossed my path and got into the left-turn lane, while I motored on straight. All in all, a nice little encounter.
But dang, whoever said those Dodge trucks launch well was right!
I'm staring straight ahead in a daze, so when the light turns green I just kinda putt-putt forward. But the truck driver takes off like a shot, his intent unmistakable.
Well, the juvenile in me awoke the commuting sluggard. I put my foot down, kept it in first gear until I'd passed the truck, then shifted to second and eased up. The speed limit was only 45.
At the next light we ended up side-by-side again. The roof of my car kept me from being able to see up into the cab of the Dodge, but I could see the guy's left arm resting on the open window sill. So I reached out my right hand and gave the guy a thumb's up. He reciprocated.
When the light turned green I let him go. He crossed my path and got into the left-turn lane, while I motored on straight. All in all, a nice little encounter.
But dang, whoever said those Dodge trucks launch well was right!