A car you were surprised to keep up with

[willmagrath]

What car were you in and what did you keep up with that surprised you?

I was surprised when my standard 2014 M135i kept up with a 2010 C63 the other day.

[Xcore]

This is going to go well

[E63eeeeee...]

I was surprised my 640d kept up with an i3. Up to about 70, anyway.

[E63eeeeee...]

Xcore said:

This is going to go well

It is, isn't it.

[carlo996]

A McLaren 720s, I walked straight past it. Don’t know what the fuss was about/

[911Spanker]

Was driving a Fiat Panda 1.1 and a Golf R couldn't shake me.

[andy43]

Tesla P100D when I was driving a VW Caddy. Am I doing this right?

[sunnyb13]

M140i kept up with a Ferrari sf90

Edited by sunnyb13 on Friday 14th April 19:47

[willmagrath]

E63eeeeee... said:

Xcore said:

This is going to go well

It is, isn't it.

Already, you are right 🤣

[normalbloke]

I remember flying alongside the M6 and getting overtaken by many cars. Unfortunately I was in a Jetranger.

[don logan]

carlo996 said:

A McLaren 720s, I walked straight past it. Don’t know what the fuss was about/

I bet it didn’t see which way you went!

[AmyRichardson]

This only works the other way around, otherwise it's more than likely that what you're saying is "I came across a guy in a fast car who was just punting about whilst I was giving my stbox 100% beans."

[cerb4.5lee]

willmagrath said:

What car were you in and what did you keep up with that surprised you?

I was surprised when my standard 2014 M135i kept up with a 2010 C63 the other day.

Going the other way...I remember being surprised that a Megane RS kept up with me in the E92 M3 years ago(and I was trying my absolute best too!).

[juice]

AmyRichardson said:

This only works the other way around, otherwise it's more than likely that what you're saying is "I came across a guy in a fast car who was just punting about whilst I was giving my stbox 100% beans."

You're describing me....in my Jazz

[carlo996]

cerb4.5lee said:

Going the other way...I remember being surprised that a Megane RS kept up with me in the E92 M3 years ago(and I was trying my absolute best too!).

Did you like the M3, I can’t recall

[cerb4.5lee]

carlo996 said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Going the other way...I remember being surprised that a Megane RS kept up with me in the E92 M3 years ago(and I was trying my absolute best too!).

Did you like the M3, I can’t recall

I'd liked it even less after that experience to be fair!

[KTMsm]

AmyRichardson said:

This only works the other way around, otherwise it's more than likely that what you're saying is "I came across a guy in a fast car who was just punting about whilst I was giving my stbox 100% beans."

Exactly - it's rarely the car's ability and usually whichever driver is willing to lose his license for the longest

However I still smile when I think about catching up a Bentley Continental GT in my standard 2.0 P100 with my kayak in the back

He was determined that I wouldn't pass him so he gave it the beans on the straights but drove like a granny on the corners - the fact I came up behind him on an empty NSL shows I was driving faster but he just couldn't cope with being overtaken by a £1k pick up

[MikeM6]

The only time I have had this experience that (I can remember) was in my SEAT Leon FR (a slightly modified petrol one). I was behind a 997 that seemed keen to disappear, but didn't. I was quite surprised, but in hindsight, he wouldn't have had that much more power than me really, and we were were not going silly speeds.

[Monkeylegend]

Driving my Smart Brabus and kept on the tail of a Tuscan Speed 6 down several miles of windy back roads,

[Scrump]

Driving my campervan along the Wye valley last weekend and was overtaken by a GR Yaris, which disappeared around a bend in the road. Came around the corner and was surprised to find I had kept up with the Yaris and was directly behind it.



(it was stuck behind even slower traffic).