Driving like a moron
Driving like a moron
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andburg

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8,674 posts

196 months

Saturday 13th June 2015
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White Golf R DS15 DLC

Overtook me about 9:45 southbound on m1 between 39 and 38, well over 110mph driving like an absolute lunatic, then came off at 38, over the roundabout and sat in hard shoulder of slip road.

Came flying past again seemingly with a red astra in tow between 38 and 37, undertook me using the hard shoulder again seemingly over 100mph before flying off into the distance.

Keep you eyes peeled guys, soon to be found wrapped around a tree!

soad

34,491 posts

203 months

Sunday 14th June 2015
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Unfortunately, most appear to be driven by fking idiots.
Wannabe racing drivers, eh... rolleyes

StuB

6,695 posts

266 months

Monday 15th June 2015
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Did you complain to BIB?

Martin_Hx

4,023 posts

225 months

Monday 15th June 2015
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Unfortunately i fear many of these cheap lease Golf R's are driven by people with little experience behind the wheel of something properly quick, the electronic gizmo's will only keep them on the road for so long...

andburg

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8,674 posts

196 months

Monday 15th June 2015
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I did try to report to 101 but after 3 minutes i gave in and when i got home checked to see if there was any other way of reporting it either via an online for something but no joy there either, at least not for south yorkshire police who appear to be behind the times!

Edit: just checked the reg and must have remember it wrong as dvla seem not to locate it! Strange as i found it rather idonic the last 3 could be an acronym for driving like a



Edited by andburg on Monday 15th June 12:31

james_tigerwoods

16,344 posts

224 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Maybe nicked? My neighbours was stolen a few weeks back and it, too, was seen in the local area being driven like a moron.

It's never been seen since either...

giblet

9,135 posts

204 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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I've seen more MK7 R's on the road than I've seen MK6 R's and MK4 and 5 R32s combined. Funnily enough a fair few of them were being driven in a tttish manner including a chap in a red one who was seemingly doing laps of Leeds city centre on Tuesday evening. Chap who lives on my mates street has a solid metal post protecting his MK7 R at the exit of his driveway, another chap whose MK7 R I see on the way to work seems to be parking it away from his house. Given the amount of stories I've read about them being stolen I'm not surprised.

GOG440

9,298 posts

217 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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My dad saw a white mk7 R overtaking a car on the bend by the papershop at hightown despite there being parked cars on both sides and it is pretty narrow there anyway.

Deano_BMW

430 posts

213 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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giblet said:
I've seen more MK7 R's on the road than I've seen MK6 R's and MK4 and 5 R32s combined. Funnily enough a fair few of them were being driven in a tttish manner including a chap in a red one who was seemingly doing laps of Leeds city centre on Tuesday evening. Chap who lives on my mates street has a solid metal post protecting his MK7 R at the exit of his driveway, another chap whose MK7 R I see on the way to work seems to be parking it away from his house. Given the amount of stories I've read about them being stolen I'm not surprised.
Not sure if its the same one owing to the sheer amount of them ive also seen but i have clocked a red R a couple of times being driven like a bit of a tt. Not seen the driver but it was the usual accelerating quickly straight up to within a cats whiskers of the back of other peoples cars then dropping back only to repeat a few times before overtaking aggresively in places that arent really opertune

gemini

11,352 posts

291 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Or BiB themselves?

andburg

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8,674 posts

196 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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so what we're saying really is a large proportion of immature / inexperienced drivers who normally would spend £300 a month on a shopping car have taken advantage of stupidly low lease rates for these and are driving them like they did their trolleys?!?

I'm sure we'll see similar happening shortly with 208's given the low rate leases available on the 208 gti now!

I suppose we're lucky that VW have seen fit to supply the Golf R with an engine that implodes within 1500 miles!

gretsch drummer

622 posts

184 months

Friday 19th June 2015
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giblet said:
Chap who lives on my mates street has a solid metal post protecting his MK7 R at the exit of his driveway
This chap doesn't have a black ford 4x4 type thing as well does he? I drive past a black R with bollards on the drive every day. Does look nice any how.

giblet

9,135 posts

204 months

Friday 19th June 2015
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gretsch drummer said:
This chap doesn't have a black ford 4x4 type thing as well does he? I drive past a black R with bollards on the drive every day. Does look nice any how.
Nope, this one is white with team dynamic alloys.

giblet

9,135 posts

204 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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I'm sensing a theme here

andburg

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8,674 posts

196 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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yes they definitely appear to be driven by shadier charachters

ubbs

707 posts

244 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Horrendous crash involving a golf r and Audi s3 racing each other in a 30 zone Bradford apparently, cctv doing the rounds on Facebook,

giblet

9,135 posts

204 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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ubbs said:
Horrendous crash involving a golf r and Audi s3 racing each other in a 30 zone Bradford apparently, cctv doing the rounds on Facebook,
Doesn't suprise me.

giblet

9,135 posts

204 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Footage has even shown up on an ITV article - http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2015-06-30...

I frequent Barkerend Fisheries regularly and have seen idiots driving st seriously stupid speeds on that road plenty of times. Shame about the Merc, always looked good whenever I've driven past.

ubbs

707 posts

244 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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andburg said:
White Golf R DS15 DLC

Overtook me about 9:45 southbound on m1 between 39 and 38, well over 110mph driving like an absolute lunatic, then came off at 38, over the roundabout and sat in hard shoulder of slip road.

Came flying past again seemingly with a red astra in tow between 38 and 37, undertook me using the hard shoulder again seemingly over 100mph before flying off into the distance.

Keep you eyes peeled guys, soon to be found wrapped around a tree!
Has karma gone full circle? red golf r crashed into a wall and the driver legged it but came limping back to retrieve a "package" from under the drivers seat, all over the news I'd do a link but I'm not at advanced stage yetsmile

giblet

9,135 posts

204 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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