People driving up your ar$e grrrr!
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Think a lot of people might be missing the fact that I live in London. The roads are congested 80% of the time, and the minute there clear, whether it be 6am in the morning or 8pm at night, people instantly assume it’s a ticket to drive like a complete prat. If a cars going 10mph and the roads clear- I get the frustration, I too get frustrated. But if it’s 6am, first thing in the morning, freezing cold and foggy, relax abit! That’s my only issue here, there’s no need for it. I’m ived just finished work or home from the gym maybe I don’t want to travel at 1mph less then the national speed limit, just overtake me already
Hoofy said:
chan61922 said:
Hoofy not at all, 30 limit means do not exceed 30, doesn’t mean you religiously have to travel at 29.99 does it. I get the point some of you are making, I’m not travelling like a slug here, I’m talking about a few mph below the limit, cold or not cold. My rant is purely based on setting off first thing in the morning. It’s uncalled for, people have this idea in your head that if the limits 40 you must go 40 and above, and if the roads clear you have to make up some ground and even speed
Come on, if it's a 30, you know everyone will expect you to do 30 give or take 1mph. You stated you do 5mph under the limit. That's 25 and if it's a clear road and safe to do so, then doing 25 is going to get people's backs up.55 in a 60 (single carriageway, national speed limit signs) is fine, because it's a smaller percentage down from the limit.
(And yes, I will try to do exactly the speed limit if it's safe to do so unless it's a NSL.)
Edited by Hoofy on Friday 7th February 12:19
The problem however is that 30 mph in a 30 limit may not be within the capabilities of whatever happens to be behind the wheel.
If there is queue of traffic `behind' a slow moving vehicle, whilst the traffic in front has moved off out of sight, there are no prizes for guessing which is the `problem; driver.
The speed limits are already set low, as a compromise between allowing reasonable progress to be made, by the widest spectrum of vehicle / driver capabilities.
Anyone who cannot even travel at, or maintain the low set limits in force at present, needs to carefully consider whether they are suited to `drive' a vehicle on public roads, Perhaps getting a bus might be the safer option for such people? Such drivers, can fail the driving test, for failure to make proper progress.
ElectricSoup said:
I was doing some speed or other in a 20 the other day at 7am (really quiet road, no kiddies around), and had a Yaris (!) so near my back end I couldn't see his lights. So I adjusted to 20 specially for him. Rage rage rage.
I just stay at 20.... Some months ago on the way to work they had setup a camera van on one 20 stretch .... I'm in plenty of time. The posted limit is 20. Dont see why I should go any faster than the posted limit to suit someone else..... The distance is so short and has traffic lights. Doing 40 would probably make no difference....Some people are just di##heads..
t out of it exceeding the speed limit gets a brucey bonuschan61922 said:
people have this idea in your head that if the limits 40 you must go 40 and above, and if the roads clear you have to make up some ground and even speed
No, people just don't want to be held up needlessly.By your own admission you don't get the same treatment in your other halfs car so either;
a) you drive like a dick in your "tuned turbo"
or
b) your car is not suitable for day-to-day use if its causing that much of a hindrance to "constantly have every idiot flashing"
The vast majority of people (unless enthusiasts) will not know the difference between something sporty or your run-of-the-mill car so the argument they are victimizing you/wanting to race because your drive a particular make/model is rubbish.
Anything modern and "tuned" should be able to out accelerate most cars to the speed limit, even at part throttle while cold, without falling to bits. Likewise it should be transverse speed bumps with having its bottom ripped off.
What car is it anyway out of interest?
u33db said:
Grammer/language aside though, hes not wrong!
There's many occasions where it isn't feasible/possible to drive at the speed limit though. Aside poor weather conditions/ice on the road, what if you're a van, towing a trailer, using a space saver spare wheel etc? Can't do the full car limit in those circumstances, and yet still people will tailgate you, or not overtake despite clear route to do so u33db said:
No, people just don't want to be held up needlessly.
By your own admission you don't get the same treatment in your other halfs car so either;
a) you drive like a dick in your "tuned turbo"
or
b) your car is not suitable for day-to-day use if its causing that much of a hindrance to "constantly have every idiot flashing"
The vast majority of people (unless enthusiasts) will not know the difference between something sporty or your run-of-the-mill car so the argument they are victimizing you/wanting to race because your drive a particular make/model is rubbish.
Anything modern and "tuned" should be able to out accelerate most cars to the speed limit, even at part throttle while cold, without falling to bits. Likewise it should be transverse speed bumps with having its bottom ripped off.
What car is it anyway out of interest?
Skipped all the dross to this, and I agree.By your own admission you don't get the same treatment in your other halfs car so either;
a) you drive like a dick in your "tuned turbo"
or
b) your car is not suitable for day-to-day use if its causing that much of a hindrance to "constantly have every idiot flashing"
The vast majority of people (unless enthusiasts) will not know the difference between something sporty or your run-of-the-mill car so the argument they are victimizing you/wanting to race because your drive a particular make/model is rubbish.
Anything modern and "tuned" should be able to out accelerate most cars to the speed limit, even at part throttle while cold, without falling to bits. Likewise it should be transverse speed bumps with having its bottom ripped off.
What car is it anyway out of interest?
If I sit behind a slammed supra doing 25 I'll overtake as soon as I can, and if you slow down even more for potholes that the rest of us either drive round , or over, I'll start getting pissed off.
It's clear that you are the problem, like it or not.
I'm not sure I understand this.. OP drives 5mph to not stress his engine when cold and requests everyone over take. OP states he doesn't want to go over 3000RPM in case his 550 foot-pounds (pounds-feet..) blows the engine/transmission/danger to manifold. OP states his car doesn't like changing gear when the car is cold.
I can't name a car that's geared that low that 30mph in 2nd or 3rd gear wouldn't be absolutely fine at less than 3000RPM. More to the point, I wouldn't say that the car would produce the stated torque if driven gently unless OP suffers from Binary Throttle Syndrome, or OP's car uncontrollably shoots off like a rocket at 3000RPM. Both my economy geared diesel and my old V6 petrol can muster 30mph at less than 3000rpm in second. About 2000 and 2500rpm respectively.
OP, what car is this?
I can't name a car that's geared that low that 30mph in 2nd or 3rd gear wouldn't be absolutely fine at less than 3000RPM. More to the point, I wouldn't say that the car would produce the stated torque if driven gently unless OP suffers from Binary Throttle Syndrome, or OP's car uncontrollably shoots off like a rocket at 3000RPM. Both my economy geared diesel and my old V6 petrol can muster 30mph at less than 3000rpm in second. About 2000 and 2500rpm respectively.
OP, what car is this?
RazerSauber said:
I'm not sure I understand this.. OP drives 5mph to not stress his engine when cold and requests everyone over take. OP states he doesn't want to go over 3000RPM in case his 550 foot-pounds (pounds-feet..) blows the engine/transmission/danger to manifold. OP states his car doesn't like changing gear when the car is cold.
I can't name a car that's geared that low that 30mph in 2nd or 3rd gear wouldn't be absolutely fine at less than 3000RPM. More to the point, I wouldn't say that the car would produce the stated torque if driven gently unless OP suffers from Binary Throttle Syndrome, or OP's car uncontrollably shoots off like a rocket at 3000RPM. Both my economy geared diesel and my old V6 petrol can muster 30mph at less than 3000rpm in second. About 2000 and 2500rpm respectively.
OP, what car is this?
Guessing its a Trolls Royce, a Trollota or a Trollvo.I can't name a car that's geared that low that 30mph in 2nd or 3rd gear wouldn't be absolutely fine at less than 3000RPM. More to the point, I wouldn't say that the car would produce the stated torque if driven gently unless OP suffers from Binary Throttle Syndrome, or OP's car uncontrollably shoots off like a rocket at 3000RPM. Both my economy geared diesel and my old V6 petrol can muster 30mph at less than 3000rpm in second. About 2000 and 2500rpm respectively.
OP, what car is this?
GoodCompany said:
RazerSauber said:
I'm not sure I understand this.. OP drives 5mph to not stress his engine when cold and requests everyone over take. OP states he doesn't want to go over 3000RPM in case his 550 foot-pounds (pounds-feet..) blows the engine/transmission/danger to manifold. OP states his car doesn't like changing gear when the car is cold.
I can't name a car that's geared that low that 30mph in 2nd or 3rd gear wouldn't be absolutely fine at less than 3000RPM. More to the point, I wouldn't say that the car would produce the stated torque if driven gently unless OP suffers from Binary Throttle Syndrome, or OP's car uncontrollably shoots off like a rocket at 3000RPM. Both my economy geared diesel and my old V6 petrol can muster 30mph at less than 3000rpm in second. About 2000 and 2500rpm respectively.
OP, what car is this?
Guessing its a Trolls Royce, a Trollota or a Trollvo.I can't name a car that's geared that low that 30mph in 2nd or 3rd gear wouldn't be absolutely fine at less than 3000RPM. More to the point, I wouldn't say that the car would produce the stated torque if driven gently unless OP suffers from Binary Throttle Syndrome, or OP's car uncontrollably shoots off like a rocket at 3000RPM. Both my economy geared diesel and my old V6 petrol can muster 30mph at less than 3000rpm in second. About 2000 and 2500rpm respectively.
OP, what car is this?
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