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Midntrdr Prowler Junkie Posts: 140 From: Shelby Township, MI Registered: JUN 2003	posted 10-21-2004 12:39 PM You must learn to pronounce the city name. It's Di-troit. NOT DEE-troit. If you pronounce it DEE-Troit then we will assume you are a fag from Toledo and here for the country Music hoe-down. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Detroit has its own version of traffic rules. Hold on and pray! The morning rush hour is from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The evening rush hour is from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning. Weekends are open game. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear-ended, cussed out and possibly shot. If you're first off the starting line when the light turns green, count to five before going. This will avoid getting in the way of cross-traffic who just ran their yellow light to keep from getting shot. Schoenherr can ONLY be properly pronounced by a native of the metro Detroit area. That goes for Gratiot too. Construction and renovation on I-94, I-96, I-75 and I-275 is a way of life. Just deal with it. If someone actually has their turn signal on, it is probably a factory defect or they are "out-of-towners." All old men with white hair wearing a hat have total right-of-way. The minimum acceptable speed on I-696 is 85 regardless of the posted speeds. Anything less is considered downright SISSY. Oh, and don't even think of allowing more than one car length between cars! The attractive wrought iron on the windows and doors in Detroit is NOT ornamental. "DO NOT get out of your car". Never stare at the driver of the car with the bumper sticker that says, "Keep honking, I'm reloading." If you are in the left lane, and only going 70 in a 60 mph zone, people are not waving 'because they are so friendly in Detroit.' I would suggest you duck. I-275 & I-696 is our daily version of NASCAR. It's not M-10, it's "the Lodge." That's not a lake, it's a pothole. If someone tells you it's on Outer Drive, you better hope you have a map. The left turn is simple. If you want to turn left, go a 1/4 of a mile past your turn, get to the left, then make a left, then make a right. NOW you have gone left. Enjoy Your Trip To Detroit!
jmcant1 Prowler Junkie Posts: 1037 From: DFW Registered: AUG 2000	posted 10-21-2004 02:04 PM quote: Originally posted by Midntrdr: The left turn is simple. If you want to turn left, go a 1/4 of a mile past your turn, get to the left, then make a left, then make a right. NOW you have gone left. I didn't understand the 'Michigan left' until my cousin moved up there. It is the single wierdest/stupidest traffic phenomenom I have ever experienced...
CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 From: Rochester Hills, MI USA Registered: JUL 2000	posted 10-21-2004 02:42 PM Oh, come on..............it's easy to understand.. I grew up with Detroit being pronounced "Dee-TROIT...with the accent on the second syllable. I hate it when I hear people say DEE-Troit. Schoenherr is pronounced "shay-ner". Gratiot is pronounced "grash*t". The rest of it is dead on! lol!
prowlrman Prowler Junkie Posts: 1724 From: Phoenix, AZ USA Registered: FEB 2003	posted 10-21-2004 03:07 PM AAHHHH...memories of home.....
Marty Usher Prowler Junkie Posts: 13833 From: San Antonio, Texas Registered: JUN 2001	posted 10-21-2004 03:13 PM Try understanding directions from Mapquest when all they had to say is "make a Michigan left turn"
halicat unregistered Posts: 13833 From: San Antonio, Texas Registered: JUN 2001	posted 10-21-2004 04:47 PM i grew up in st clair shores... the worst thing you could do was assume that a right turn signal ment "turning right " it really means "turning left, you idiot !"
ALLEY CAT Prowler Junkie Posts: 36093 From: Mesa, Az Registered: JUL 2000	posted 10-21-2004 09:01 PM I learned one thing in Michigan back in 2001,,,,,driving on the freeway and came up to signs that said: Left two lanes closed ahead, merge to the right now. I did,,,merged to the far right lane and got in the long line of cars backing up,,,,,,,while 1,648 more cars kept going by me in those two left lanes and arrived at their destination one hour before me Now I know,,,keep driving in the fast lane until you are in front of the other 4,000 people who obeyed the signs,,,,and piss everyone off Michigan Driving 101,,,lol.
pumpkin Prowler Junkie Posts: 7907 From: Las Cruces, NM, USA Registered: DEC 2001	posted 10-21-2004 09:20 PM Memories. Denby high. ------------------ Current mods: Mopar dual exhaust & front mudflaps; MacMotorsports Air Intake; Real Rod Air Patrol; Graphics by Balistek Designs; ($8) Chrome grille; Chrome tire valve-stem covers; Painted rear bumper lettering; Prowler Pro Gears; Synthetic Oil; Raybestos Ceramic Brake Pads; TGF Door Panel Inserts & Headrest Covers; SheepskinExpress Sheepskin Seatcovers; Grille Light; Pinstriping by Bo Boring; Painted Valve Cover; Window Tinting; Windshield Visor Banner; Front Bumper Removal / Relocation of Front Turn Signal Lights; Real Rod Transmission Cooler Cover, Sill and Carpet Covers, Aero Front Covers and Roadster Rear Pan, rear bumpers removed; rear mudflaps; painted calipers; Prowler Products by Gary Drilled Rotors, front and rear; Painted tach; Jay's Aluminum Billet Center Caps w/shimmers, Chrome Lugnuts and Chrome Radio Bezel Shimmer; Dash Rings; Windshield Wiper Arm Removal; Fender Trim; Speaker Replacement; Painted Plenum; Painted Radiator Crossmember; Painted Rear Mudflaps; Air Patrol graphics; Aluminum engine compartment support bars; PlasmaGlow 7-color LED Underbody Kit; Dash Designs Dash Mat; Airbrushed Rear Trim Panel and Painted Headlight Caps. More 'Pumpkin' photos . . . . . More cars and other stuff New pictures in Personal Scrapbook (02/23/03) "I may have to grow older, but I do not have to grow up!" "The Prowler is not a car to go from Point A to Point B. The Prowler is the Point!"
CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 From: Rochester Hills, MI USA Registered: JUL 2000	posted 10-21-2004 09:44 PM Bob and I grew up in East Detroit. He went to Pleasantview Elementary, Grant Jr. High (which no longer exists) and East Detroit High. I went to St. Peter's Lutheran, Oakwood Jr. High and East Detroit High. Our son and his family live just blocks from where we grew up (after we lived all over this country)...except they changed the name to Eastpointe. Believe it or not, we lived in a flat just a few blocks off of Outer Drive when we first got married.
Marc-Colo-99 Prowler Junkie Posts: 1614 From: Aurora, Colorado Registered: JUL 2000	posted 10-21-2004 10:27 PM While in "DaTROIT" for Dream Cruise don't do a burnout in front a a police officer. And if you do don't forget to say I'm sorry.
Ray unregistered Posts: 1614 From: Aurora, Colorado Registered: JUL 2000	posted 10-21-2004 10:32 PM quote: Originally posted by Marc-Colo-99: While in "DaTROIT" for Dream Cruise don't do a burnout in front a a police officer. And if you do don't forget to say I'm sorry. But can always make up for it to the group you are with by singing "Its Raining Men!"
Marc-Colo-99 Prowler Junkie Posts: 1614 From: Aurora, Colorado Registered: JUL 2000	posted 10-21-2004 10:40 PM Ray. aaahh thanks for bringing that up again. Did Bob ever buy ya that dinner you won for betting on me?
ALLEY CAT Prowler Junkie Posts: 36093 From: Mesa, Az Registered: JUL 2000	posted 10-21-2004 11:33 PM CJ - this school??? http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/eastdet/HS75th.htm What year graduated?
CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 From: Rochester Hills, MI USA Registered: JUL 2000	posted 10-21-2004 11:44 PM Yep! That's the one.........they've added on to the school since I graduated, though. Bob graduated in 1965 and I graduated in 1966 (I was 17).
ALLEY CAT Prowler Junkie Posts: 36093 From: Mesa, Az Registered: JUL 2000	posted 10-22-2004 08:27 AM Looks similar to my old high school,,,,they must have designed them all alike back then. Class of '64 This message has been edited by ALLEY CAT on 10-22-2004 at 08:28 AM

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