[Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by Simple Man

Just as bad, the person who walks up "Hi, I'm out of gas, and I need to get home, and I have no money"

I used to get that when I filled up in Benton Harbor, MI. Sometimes just walking to my car from a regular store.
About 15 years ago, I was filling up in South Bend just below the state line, and this dude pulls up on the opposite side of the pump from me. He walks over to me and delivers the familiar song & dance but tells me he lives in Indianapolis. I stop what I'm doing and walk around to the back of his car to check the license plate: It has a 71 prefix. Me: "umm, sorry buddy"
He quietly gets back in his car and leaves. LOL

[SRR]

I work at a parts counter. My peeve is the number of people who don't know what they drive or pile all their crap on the counter only to say Oh, I forgot my wallet at home.

[67post3spd]

Originally Posted by 72projectbird

My automotive pet peeve? Cars that don't use keys anymore. Can someone tell me why anything short of a race car needs a push button start? I hate them!

Kinda embarrassing being in church for an hour with the car key in your pocket and the preacher announces someone left their car running. And yep its yours!

[The Champ]

Originally Posted by 72projectbird

My automotive pet peeve? Cars that don't use keys anymore. Can someone tell me why anything short of a race car needs a push button start? I hate them!

There were no keys for cars "back in the day".

One of my favorite features of my latest car purchase is the fact it's keyless.

No digging for the keys to open the doors or the trunk. Just walk up to the car and push the button and doors are unlocked or trunk opens. When you leave the car, no need to dig out your key fob to lock the doors, just press the button on the door when you shut it.

No inserting the keys into the ignition. Just jump in and push the button.

Really, it's a much more convenient system. It did take me a week to "adjust", but I love it now.

[Bob Rutledge]

I really like my 2014 Ram 1500. The one thing I don't like is the shift "knob". When in a hurry and I back out I start turning up the radio, the fan, seems like I turn everything before I get to the knob to put it in drive..

[mviker]

Originally Posted by Mill67

Most of ours here have a mute button, I always mute them!

Me too. In this day & age, we are marketed to darn near 24 hours a day. I can't stand being treated as a life support system for my wallet. I mute whenever possible.

[mechanickeith]

Todays pet peeve,,,, Yesterday the car in front of me, going down the on ramp to I-10,,going 35 Mph,,,,I-10 traffic flowing at 70+ Mph,,,, this idiot stops at the bottom of the on ramp & was waiting for a break in traffic so he can merge!!!!!!!!!!!

[mviker]

Originally Posted by mechanickeith

Todays pet peeve,,,, Yesterday the car in front of me, going down the on ramp to I-10,,going 35 Mph,,,,I-10 traffic flowing at 70+ Mph,,,, this idiot stops at the bottom of the on ramp & was waiting for a break in traffic so he can merge!!!!!!!!!!!

Folks like that makes ya wish sometimes that you had a cowcatcher on the front of your car.

[Greg Reid]

My automotive pet peeve is people who stop for a flashing yellow signal. I got chewed out by a lady once who was on the 'red' side of the flashing light intersection because I did not stop for my yellow like everyone else was doing. She literally pulled her car out in front of me to block me and started yelling at me...."YOU STOP! YOU STOP!"
Our gas station just seems to show weather and sports news on those screens and the volume is pretty low. I actually listen to them sometimes but I can hardly hear it from cars coming and going.

[67drake]

In no certain order-
Headlights that stay on after I get out of the car
Interior lights that stay on after I get in or out of the car
My wife's Toyota has no key lock on the passenger door or trunk-WHY!
A radio that I need to take a night school class at the local tech college to use
I like bench front seats,do they make them anymore?

[trophy421]

Originally Posted by mechanickeith

Todays pet peeve,,,, Yesterday the car in front of me, going down the on ramp to I-10,,going 35 Mph,,,,I-10 traffic flowing at 70+ Mph,,,, this idiot stops at the bottom of the on ramp & was waiting for a break in traffic so he can merge!!!!!!!!!!!

My peeve is similar to this but a little different. I have noticed that a lot of younger drivers make no attempt to merge into the traffic flow, they expect the traffic flow to adjust to them and let them in. I have no issue with trying to accommodate merging traffic in heavy traffic, but they should at least make an effort to merge properly. Maybe they aren't being taught the art of merging?

[geeteeohguy]

Metering lights at the end of freeway on ramps. The whole concept of an on ramp is to gain speed to match the speed of traffic for a safe merge. Metering lights cause accidents. While we're at it, another pet peeve is lack of character. Too many bozos walking around out there with an entitlement attitude that think they own the world simply because they exist. They feel they have the right to behave badly and not be called on it. Hogwash.

[Sirrotica]

Since to original post is about C stores how about the people that pull up to the pumps, fill their cars up by paying at the pump. Then they leave the car in front of the pump to go inside to get their snacks. GRRRRRRRR

Never paying attention that there are other people are waiting to get to the pumps to get their fuel.

[Greg Reid]

Just thought of another one...People that turn their emergency flashers on because it's RAINING.

[FirebirdHank]

People in the left lane doing exactly the speed limit even though people in the right (slow) lane are passing them up.

People who get right on your back bumper even though you have cars in front of you and are passing cars in the other lane.


The guy who has to get in front of you to take the next exit even though there is no one behind you.

Other drivers in general!

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 67post3spd

Kinda embarrassing being in church for an hour with the car key in your pocket and the preacher announces someone left their car running. And yep its yours!

You need to find a church with shorter sermons...

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 67drake

My wife's Toyota has no key lock on the passenger door or trunk-WHY?!

Cost savings. Saves the piece price of the lock cylinder (and associated hardware) at the locations other than driver door.

Originally Posted by 67drake

A radio that I need to take a night school class at the local tech college to use

Agree! I almost have to pull off the road to adjust the radio or heater.

Answer the phone while it's hooked up to the truck radio? It's not happening.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Sirrotica

Since to original post is about C stores how about the people that pull up to the pumps, fill their cars up by paying at the pump. Then they leave the car in front of the pump to go inside to get their snacks. GRRRRRRRR

Never paying attention that there are other people are waiting to get to the pumps to get their fuel.

I see this except they don't pay at the pump.

I usually can pull up, fuel up and be gone by the time they come back out.

K

[Greg Reid]

Hands free phone systems that tie into the sound system. They are a convenience but I hate it when there is something that I am really trying to hear on the radio and just at that moment, a phone call comes into my wife's phone.

[72projectbird]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Agree! I almost have to pull off the road to adjust the radio or heater.

Answer the phone while it's hooked up to the truck radio? It's not happening.

K

This brings me to my next pet peeve:

Where did the buttons go? I don't hate touch screens, but I like my buttons. Why does everything have to be a damn touch screen?

Not only that, but why does every car need a damn entertainment system in the dash? It makes it incredibly hard to change the head unit down the road. You're basically screwed if the factory entertainment system controls the HVAC or other systems. I don't want a damn tablet in the dash!