Originally Posted by nelson249
Wierd thing about the Tempo is the very sight of that car on the road deeply offends a lot of drivers especially the BMW and the SUV crowd and they feel an instant need to brush it out of the way. I have been subjected to more general insanity behind the wheel of the "Red Menace" than I have ever had on the bike. Go figure!
I had just the opposite effect. My car has the older body style, but when it was new, the car looked like a CT state trooper's car(In CT, the state cops use factory body paint). I'd ride under the speed limit, and create a traffic jam because noone would pass me. If I was in the left lane, cars would flee to the right lane as if they were pulled by a tractor beam. I'd be on my commute home, and the car in front of me would slow down to 20 mph in front of the elementary school(in August!). The funny thing was that my car had alloy wheels, velour seats, pinstriping, a keypad, and a trailer hitch--not exactly the kind of things you find on a cop car.