Pushed out of the way ....... not !
Discussion
Just thought I'd start a new topic regarding something that happend to me today, its not the first time and I wondered what other PH'ers experiences are
Travelling back home along M62 looked in rear view mirror to find a Kia Pride in my boot, quite surprising really as the boot was empty when I started out
So I duly gave it the right foot and sure enough Kia dissapeared into a tiny dot, imagine my surprise when in traffic later it's back bustin a gut at a tad over 95 to try and push me out the way again, this continued for about half an hour until I turned off for home (never did get past though !)
Is this a common thing or do I just attract Kia's
Hey. If a car, *any car*, actually want to travel faster than you on the motorway. LET IT PAST.
Just because my car can do 165mph doesn't mean I intend to do that speed. If I want to travel at 85 and a Nissan Micra wants to do 90 .. so what? Why hold the guy up? I hate it when they don't pull over myself...think about it..its not a race.
Now who does get my goat is the ones who deliberately accelerate as you approach from behind to *try* and stop you from making a perfectly safe overtake.
Just because my car can do 165mph doesn't mean I intend to do that speed. If I want to travel at 85 and a Nissan Micra wants to do 90 .. so what? Why hold the guy up? I hate it when they don't pull over myself...think about it..its not a race.
Now who does get my goat is the ones who deliberately accelerate as you approach from behind to *try* and stop you from making a perfectly safe overtake.
Should have got someone to take a picture. I'm sure even Kia would be amazed one of their perfectly sculpted and detailed supercars made it to 95mph!
I'm sure that engine is no longer with us.
Had a non-GTI golf sitting on the engine of the 360 in summer. Constantly tried to over-take me but couldn't find the speed to get by. Dropped a gear and floored it. No more Golf.
>> Edited by maranellouk on Monday 23 September 08:15
I'm sure that engine is no longer with us.
Had a non-GTI golf sitting on the engine of the 360 in summer. Constantly tried to over-take me but couldn't find the speed to get by. Dropped a gear and floored it. No more Golf.
>> Edited by maranellouk on Monday 23 September 08:15
I think P7ULG is right... it's the "my car is as fast as your car" syndrome.
I seem to attract clapped out Nova's and Metro's (hey, I only drive a Puma)... and on Friday coming out of the Dartford (bridge) tolls, there was an Aston Vanquish. Muggins here knew he wasn't going to get in front, so duly admired the exhaust note... yet the lowered, blacked out Escort XR3i had to have a pop...!
why?
I seem to attract clapped out Nova's and Metro's (hey, I only drive a Puma)... and on Friday coming out of the Dartford (bridge) tolls, there was an Aston Vanquish. Muggins here knew he wasn't going to get in front, so duly admired the exhaust note... yet the lowered, blacked out Escort XR3i had to have a pop...!
why?
To the two guys in the blacked out Escort on the M4:
I hope your kids walk backwards.
How anyone can shoot past me (at possibly 120?), swerve across me (inches away
) into the inside lane and half onto the hard shoulder, slow right down and overtake me again. Your fcukin right I pulled off and waited 'til you were right out of the way.
Arses.
I hope your kids walk backwards.
How anyone can shoot past me (at possibly 120?), swerve across me (inches away
) into the inside lane and half onto the hard shoulder, slow right down and overtake me again. Your fcukin right I pulled off and waited 'til you were right out of the way. Arses.
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So I duly gave it the right foot and sure enough Kia dissapeared into a tiny dot, imagine my surprise when in traffic later it's back bustin a gut at a tad over 95 to try and push me out the way again, this continued for about half an hour until I turned off for home (never did get past though !)
Exactly what is your problem?
You're driving along in car A, car B wants to be past - maybe he's in a hurry. So you decide that you've got an expensive sports car and smaller cheaper cars shouldn't overtake you, so you accelerate off then hold him up again further down the motorway?
This kind of driving gives TVR's a bad name.
Why not just let him past? I use a Cinqucento as daily transport and keep the Cerb for weekends and track sessions. I find it really irritating, that having wound the car up to a reasonable speed [like 85] folks who were previously travelling slower want to floor it. Inevitably you catch up again, then they floor it again. Problem/challenge with driving a small car on the open road is you have to build up to speed then keep it there, and if some sod won't pull-over and you have to slow, it takes ages to build up enough momentum to get past. What's the problem letting a smaller car past? Maybe he's got something quick in has garage too. My beat-up Cinq doesn't carry "my other car's a TVR sticker", or "I'd rather be riding my GPz1100". Why assume the driver of a small car wants to play racers if he wants to pass? Maybe he's in a hurry?
WB
WB
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P7ULG - saying my electric windowed van's slow eh ???
It was as fast as anything on the M1 southbound last night..6-up
Horses for courses but don't confuse the two.My TVR can't carry six but your Sharan cant do 150mph or 0-60 in 5 sec.
I don't think the point of it is "I have a fast car and no one has a right to overtake" its the way people drive faster when they see a sports car.
Just an update as I seem to have attracted a bad driving attitude here, I wasn't trying to stop him getting past. Kia only caught up to me when I hit traffic, had he got past, it would only have been up to the car/s in front of me. I just wondered why he sat on my back end trying to push me out of the way, never really experienced it in other cars but seems to happen a lot in the TVR once in traffic.
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The ones that get my goat are the ones that want to sit on your bumper, so you pull over to let them pass as has been said, then they pull over as well and continue to sit on your bumper. WHY? Lots of middleaged men do this.
Yes. I hate these people. I want a LED sign in my rear window that I can put messages on. Primarily..."only a fool breaks the two second rule...you ****"
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One word 'vectra' nuff said!
I have a Vectra courtesy car at the moment, very strange it is too, everyone gives you a wide berth like you are going to swap lanes erratically and brake late etc.
Worst thing is that I have to keep looking at the rev counter so I know its still running!
Matt.
YES! Totally agree.
There's nothing better than a clear road but when that's not the case, why sit up the arse of the car in front?
You don't get to your destination any quicker. This is the reason that we get 'shockwave' jams. It'd be great to be able to sit every driver in the country down and just explain the logic behind it all. Do you think it would make a difference.
Funny, but I've often wished for an LED display that I can use to write a message to the driver behind me. Perhaps there's a market for the 'BackTheF**KUp 3000'
There's nothing better than a clear road but when that's not the case, why sit up the arse of the car in front?
You don't get to your destination any quicker. This is the reason that we get 'shockwave' jams. It'd be great to be able to sit every driver in the country down and just explain the logic behind it all. Do you think it would make a difference.
Funny, but I've often wished for an LED display that I can use to write a message to the driver behind me. Perhaps there's a market for the 'BackTheF**KUp 3000'
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