Traffic Light Grand Prix

[gforce]

What do you do when the spotty youth in his 1.2 corsa pulls up alongside at the lights whilst revving his engine & edging forward?
(assuming you are on an open road with no traffic)
Do you:
A : let him beat you from the lights, as you never rise to the challenge.
B : Scream off the lights to teach him a lesson.
C : Let him go for 100 Yards, then reel him in, proving your car is quicker and it doesn't matter who is initially faster from the lights.

[puggit]

Utterly embarrass them

[nervous]

you forgot

d: sagely shake youre head as if your above such matters and tut quietly to yourself.

[mybrainhurts]

I get out and let his tyres down....

[tonyhetherington]

A : let him beat you from the lights, as you never rise to the challenge.


I care about my car a whole load, and so do absolutely nothing when people do things like that (which, admittedly, isn't that often).

[bga]

I have a good chuckle at them, after all they can otu drag my current steed without revving the nuts off their engines

[dick dastardly]

E: Start giving him the coffee beans and then crap yourself and quickly stop when you realise your car is quite conspicuous and parked on the road over night.

[Raify]

Egg him on, make eye contact, rev my engine, nod suggestively to the road ahead and....

When the light goes green, and said chavette roars off in a cloud of clutch smoke, pull away serenly.

[Zod]

look at their heap of crap, look at my dashboard, look back, catch the idiots eye and do an exaggerated roll of my eyes to say, "No, I really do not feel the need to prove that my car is quicker than your 1.2 Nova".

[Rob_F]

Nail it.

Cheers,
Rob.

[Parrot of Doom]

Rev the engine like mad, and then turn left.

[mybrainhurts]

Flop it in reverse and shoot off backwards.....

[theaxe]

mybrainhurts said:

Flop it in reverse and shoot off backwards.....

'Back To The Future' styleee!

[dieseljohn]

I wish I could say I rise above it but I tend to set off fairly sedately and then blast past when the turbo kicks in.

I'll grow up one day.

Most people don't realise how fast my car is so I more often get reps in mid-range BMWs etc. trying to do the right-lane skip the traffic technique more than laxers in Corsas.

[ZR1cliff]

Well who wants some,well come on then who wants some ayyyyyyye

[Don]

nervous said:

you forgot d: sagely shake youre head as if your above such matters and tut quietly to yourself.

That's what I do.

[Don]

mybrainhurts said:

I get out and let his tyres down....

That's what I'd like to do.

[tomtom]

In my 'many' years of driving experience, the only person who has tried to race me was a 20-something female in a Cooper S. Normally I'd ignore it, but she was rather attractive so I made a point of leaving her for dead.

[lazyitus]

tomtom said:

Normally I'd ignore it, but she was rather attractive so I made a point of leaving her for dead.

Bloody hell. Did you shoot her or something? Thats a bit excessive don't you think?

[Harry Flashman]

Parrot of Doom said:

Rev the engine like mad, and then turn left.

Same. Rev it so the whole car rocks bodily on its springs, and then rumble off gently in a different direction.

Mind you, most chavved Imprezas could beat my humble S off the lights, so best not to race really. My car was built for burbling along, not drag racing.

>> Edited by Harry Flashman on Friday 6th January 17:02