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Trucks. Pillocks in trucks.
Go down the A14 and have a look at the junction between the A510 and the A6116 heading towards Kettering. See that inch deep, 20 foot long track of rubber on the road in the outside lane? That's mine, that is. Came off the front nearside wheel when some hitch-hiker murdering grunt pulled his artic. out when I was several metres behind him at an obscene speed.
You should have seen the smoke.
You should have heard the swearing.
Go down the A14 and have a look at the junction between the A510 and the A6116 heading towards Kettering. See that inch deep, 20 foot long track of rubber on the road in the outside lane? That's mine, that is. Came off the front nearside wheel when some hitch-hiker murdering grunt pulled his artic. out when I was several metres behind him at an obscene speed.
You should have seen the smoke.
You should have heard the swearing.
I'm afraid I find it hard not to play up for the crowd! So often I pass cars and see the driver tell all his passengers to "check out this motor coming up from behind", then pull over to let me past and wind down his window for a listen. It'd be rude not to!! Wouldn't it?!?!?!?
quote:I had an experience once with a 'Geezered up' Nova! He was right up my arse on a dual carrigeway, I was in third gear and when the car in front of me moved over I floored it! I was certainly not hanging around, but when I looked in my mirror, this little Nova was still glued to my rear end. In fact if we had been in seperate lanes he may have even edged up alonside me!! I did pull away eventually i'm glad to say, otherwise I might have traded the Griffith in for a RS turbo with 'Pioneer pull-out and pepperpot alloys!!!!'
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I too have had the Clio 172 experience. Me, 4ltr Griff, 30 limit went to deristricted, I squeeze throttle in 4th expecting to leave him, eerr, no, blip the throttle, 3rd gear, peddle to the matting, 4th gear the same and blow me, he wasn't as far away as I would have expected, not as fast granted, but not as slow as you think, Scoobies do the same to some extent. I think it's time for some mods, or a 500.
I havent experienced this to much in my TVR's but in my work lorry,a 12.5 tonne Mercedes Unimog i sometimes get Assholes crawling all over the back of me when I'm at my top speed of 50,so to get rid of them a drive with my foot on the Exhaust brake on for a few seconds which lets out an allmighty ball of Black smoke in their faces.lol,this soon makes them sit back a bit and i feel i have done them a favour as they can see more of the road ahead from a little further back.
Just hope it isnt any PHers and if so it was an accident,honest guv
Simon
Just hope it isnt any PHers and if so it was an accident,honest guv
Simon
Further to my previous posting, my son (18 just) also told me this evening about a mate of his, similar age, who has a nitrous oxide (or whatever it was) cylinder on top of the transmission tunnel of his 206 with an easy to reach valve if he needs it.....maybe thats what you're up against...short engine life but great fun whilst the engine lasts!!!
>> Edited by Ford Prefect on Wednesday 17th April 02:02
>> Edited by Ford Prefect on Wednesday 17th April 02:02
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Trucks. Pillocks in trucks.
Go down the A14 and have a look at the junction between the A510 and the A6116 heading towards Kettering. See that inch deep, 20 foot long track of rubber on the road in the outside lane? That's mine, that is. Came off the front nearside wheel when some hitch-hiker murdering grunt pulled his artic. out when I was several metres behind him at an obscene speed.
You should have seen the smoke.
You should have heard the swearing.
Yeah, but James, you want to change those two fronts anyway
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there was an advertisement some time ago for a car, can't remember the marque.
It showed a greyhound trap, with five dogs leaping out to chase the rabbit. In the sixth trap, there was a cheetah, sitting comfortably and watiching the dogs depart. The tagline said something about not needing to try too hard (the cheetah was always going to go faster, so what's the point in racing?).
I generally take the same attitude with boy-racers, but I do like the corner trick below!
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"The Audi S4 Quattro. Nothing to prove"
I liked that ad so much, I rang Audi and they arranged for the agency to send me a poster-sized copy free of charge.
Mmmm - as regards the 4l Griff I too used to have this problem Mate of mine is a big Nissan nut and I was getting frustrated after a while that I could not get him off my bumper and when I used to pull over he would scream past in his GTiR. Of course his car did eventually go bang but it was still annoying.I was also finding that accelerating above 70 I was not leaving things for dead.So ? Upgraded to a Cerbie 4.5 and now it is with great pleasure that I leave most things in my wake if they want to play silly buggers.Best yet is the man in an Escort Cosworth who decided he would pull over to let me past and then he floored it when I got side by side- so rather than rag it away I just stuck side by side with him to ***mph and when he started to flag - dropped a cog, gave a wave and floored it...stupid, immature...but great fun.This was all on the continet of course.
We're all mad aren't we? But I prefer to let the car's presence do the talking. I did all by boy racer stuff when I had a Cavalier SRi and moved up in the maturity level when I got my first TVR which I found brought out the better driver in me.
We all know we can out-blast the jap and german offerings off the road which explains why TVRs fly the British flag with pride. But in the end, one's own safety must come first. We've all done some mad things in our cars, but the bottom line has to be that we can live another day to enjoy the marque. Wouldn't you agree?
We all know we can out-blast the jap and german offerings off the road which explains why TVRs fly the British flag with pride. But in the end, one's own safety must come first. We've all done some mad things in our cars, but the bottom line has to be that we can live another day to enjoy the marque. Wouldn't you agree?
I've often thought about doing something silly, normally when I'm being held up. But I came across a tragic story of a copper who loved his Chimp to the point where he broke the same law he was supposed to uphold even when off duty. He tried overtaking a car on a busy junction and lost it running into the path of on coming vehicle. Wrote off his body, his life not to mention the car he was trying to sell all at the age of 23.
He's been pensioned off and has tried to end his life because of his injuries. By all means enjoy your car, make some noise with the exhaust, burn up the boy racers when you need to - only play it safe and let the marque to the talking when it pays to be sensible.
He's been pensioned off and has tried to end his life because of his injuries. By all means enjoy your car, make some noise with the exhaust, burn up the boy racers when you need to - only play it safe and let the marque to the talking when it pays to be sensible.
If I want to 'loose' someone and I'm not sure I'll get a good run on them I watch my speed carefully and think about what gear they'll be in for a quick getaway (say 50mph = 3rd gear, which tops out at 70-80 in most cars). So at that speed I make sure I'm in second. Best is at 70-80 when most people are changing into 4th gear, just leave it in 3rd. Gives you a nice run on them.
Last Night in Cheltenham I was noisily progressing round the Inner RingRoad and having some fun with the pondlife in Saxo's and Nova's, when all of a Sudden there was a much deeper Rumble ahead.... A huge expanse of Light metallic blue was waiting at the Lights ahead, a 4" Pipe and the Word SKYLINE written across the Back... little red R was also visible....
Well that Pissed on my Fireworks didn't it
Cheers
Matt.
Well that Pissed on my Fireworks didn't it
Cheers
Matt.
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Last Night in Cheltenham I was noisily progressing round the Inner RingRoad and having some fun with the pondlife in Saxo's and Nova's, when all of a Sudden there was a much deeper Rumble ahead.... A huge expanse of Light metallic blue was waiting at the Lights ahead, a 4" Pipe and the Word SKYLINE written across the Back... little red R was also visible....
Well that Pissed on my Fireworks didn't it
Cheers
Matt.
Did you win then
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