General Road race, oops! I mean rage.

[Ben R]

Don't you just hate it when people tailgate you? it's bloody rude & it's completely unnecassary. I was driving to work this morning & some bloody woman in a brand new Audi A4 came right up my arse, I'm talking bumper to bumper. We were in a 40 limit & I was doing a little more than that so I wasn't going slow & she still kept siiting off my tail. So as we pulled out on to the A10, there were 2 cars in front of me so I left it in 3rd & slammed my foot to the floor in every gear. I wont divulge what speeds we were doing publicly & I certainly don't recommend or generally condone racing on the public highway (I can feel the FF legal team twitching ) but sometimes you just have to say "B*****KS" to you matey! & give people what for. Hence I completely left this woman & her new A4 for dead. Now this isn't a snipe at women drivers but if it had been a bloke in the A4 he probably would've just said "oh he's a bit quick" & pulled in but this bloody woman even when I slowed for the roundabout she still had to come right up the back of me :bang: (pm me if you want to know how fast I got out of a standard Abarth, provided your not a police officer)

 

[Koa]

When i get tailgated i just slow right down, they generally get the idea that they are not gonna get a race or they are p***ing me off.

If they still carry on, I will slow down till i almost stop and when they try to pass i will floor it
doing a rolling start in an Abarth is pretty awsome and im yet to meet anyone willing to catch me up and try again...

If they did, i would just slow to a stop where they could not pass and i would get out and ask them if they wanted something. At the same time i would be taking a note of their registration plate

Tailgaters are extreme dickheads, and like you say Ben they are rude, especially when there's clearly a child in the car...

 

[The Negotiator]

OT I know but on the way from Cardiff--Nottingham recently there was a woman in a Hyundi Coupé. She had been close to me for miles and no speeding up or gradual slowing led me to pull away or for her to over take. We came to a 40 zone on the motorway so I slowed to 40 and she flew passed at 70 odd. A couple of miles later, I had caught up once again and went passed, pulled in infront, then she was happy sticking to me again. Another 40 zone but this time she didn't have chance to pass me before it went down into 1 (yes 1!!) lane. when we came out I got up to 70+mph very easily and she seemed to stay back, then went to the middle lane as did a BMW to overtake. FIne I thought, stopped looking back every few seconds. About 30 seconds later she finally appeared along side, she came along side, her rear wheel in line with my front wheel.

She then jerked left with no signal, no sign of a problem etc. and all I was left to do was stand on the brakes and she pulled into my lane, literally cms from the front of my car. As she had jerked into my lane (not smoothly like you change lanes, as if she had to go from lane 2 to lane 1 in one signal movement) first thing was brakes, mainbeam and horn, only the brakes saved us from a serious RTA. It was the worst bit of driving I have witnessed in my life. I have seen bad driving but usually at 0-40mph, it's likely to be just a prang etc. At 70+mph, it's likely to be death.

I still don't know what the **** she was doing, whether she forgot she was overtaking me, i was in her blind spot and she just jerked in because the BMW was wanting to go faster than her (though not tailgating her at all) or maybe she jerked to avoid something.

At this point I took my car a lot faster than I like to take it and pulled along side to give her the "WTF WERE YOU DOING" look and sat next to her was a 5-10 year old boy.

I have been involed in a climbing accident, a near death canal boating accident which killed somebody else, nearly in an explosion etc. etc. but this scared me more than those put together. She went closer than I could ever imagine!

Had to get that out of my system. I just wish she had explained to me why she nearly killed myself and my girlfriend.

 

[Stu DemonD]

Had mine up to around 140 on private test track [M45 ] - a bit more to go rev wise, but eased back when I saw cars ahead.....

 

[Dan]

Yep, bloody annoying. Like every1 else i brake when they get really close. Never tried stopping completely, will do next time.

 

[kev1]

A couple of months ago a guy in some G-reg cavalier (you just know by the state of it that it had no insurance/tax/mot) was tailgaiting me on a road in the middle of cental London. This guy thought it would be fun to drive within an inch of me and weaving from side to side as if to try and pass while I had my 9 year old son in the back. Eventually he overtook me on the wrong side of the road while smiling at me as he passed and then slammed on the brakes once he was in front of me!! After I had recovered from my heart attack I carried on but found myself behind him again in traffic(ARGHHHH).

Now,the good thing about driving in cental London is that there are loads of coppers driving around looking bored (You've got to thank those terrorists for something!!).

As it happened I pulled alongside a jam sandwich and I couldn't resist to tell the copper the following;
"EXCUSE ME OFFICER BUT I COULDN'T HELP NOTICING THAT THAT CAVALIER AHEAD OF ME WAS DRIVING ERRATICALLY AND I THINK I SAW HIM DRINKING A CAN OF BEER"
Needless to say the police went all "blues and twos" and further down the road I smiled at the rather worried looking cavalier driver as I drove past.

 

[joecinq]

LOL!, nice one kev

 

[Ben R]

Had mine up to around 140 on private test track [M45 ] - a bit more to go rev wise, but eased back when I saw cars ahead.....

HAH! I got 1mph more than yooouuuu! :nerner:

 

[StiloBoy]

Lol, not quite on the same scale! I had a race with a souped up 106 GTi last night! I was doing well in first gear and second gear...... damn short second gear! Grabbing for 3rd gear i was soundly blown away! Still made him think for about 6 second!

 

[Ben R]

I tell you what those 1.2 16v engines are blinding for what they are much better than the polo 1.2 3 cylinder loan cars we have at work.

 

[GhostWKD]

i utilise the left foot braking technique to light up brake lights when im being tailgated... seems to do the job

 

[Stu DemonD]

I have a Stilo, therefore my brake lights are on permanently - unless I use left foot to bring up pedal...

Yes, back into garage soon for more work.

 

[Pongo]

HAH! I got 1mph more than yooouuuu! :nerner:

heeheehee.. Off the clock (downhill admitidly) on the A55. in mine (oh and 8mpg was on the trip computer)

 

[thepottleflump]

I've done 125mph in France on one of their nice roads, had hardly even started and thought better of it. I can imagine hitting 140mph but would that be a genuine indication of speed? The 3 door is faster than the 5 door.

On a completely different note, I saw a new Rolls Royce for the first time on the M25 today, I can safely say it was the biggest most ugly car I have ever seen. I saw it first in the rear view mirror and thought it was some sort of American jeep **** take but as it went past I couldn't believe the size of the thing and weird neon strip rear light type effect...not good. Followed it for a while before easing off, looked like a very smooth ride, the body didn't seem to move just the suspension. To be honest it looked like a joke car I feel sorry for the guy in it, he must have a really small cock, but a very big wallet.

The other one I had today was the guy in a new Merc E Class trying to cut me out as I indicated, you know the sort of thing, I flick indicators on and he puts foot down. Pretty slow speed approaching the Dartford crossing, I just pulled across and put my car in a go on and hit me if you dare type position and he backed off. Typical fat Merc driver really - I hate people that stop you making a safe lane change by trying to block you for no good reason.

 

[Scorg]

There is always one driver about to dick things up for the day it seems. Either going too slow on a road (45 in a 60 limit, Windygate to kirkcaldy road which all fifers will know) where they are causing a danger to other drivers or the tail gateing.

On the way back from edinburgh, heading to the bridge from the city center had someone that was within inches of me. just tabbed the brake peddle enough for the light to come on. The driver behind got the hint then backed off.

I get some strange satisfaction from this, call it being the ex Rover owner syndrome if you will. When its a bmw tailgating, just slow down, keep it so your still faster then the inside lane, but slow enough to make them turn green

 

[1.8Stilo]

I had 130mph down the A1 a few nights back when it was rather early in the morning with no cars about so it was alrite! Pretty impressed with that for my 1.8!

 

[JTD Monkey]

Had mine up to around 140 on private test track [M45 ] - a bit more to go rev wise, but eased back when I saw cars ahead.....

My favourite bit of road. I had the Punto up to an indicated 110mph on there before her indoors noticed and started moaning...

I always find a sharp stab on the breaks works wonders. Childish, but fun.

Or using your washer jets tends to get on their nerves

I won't tell you what I did to a Portugese Truck driver once, but he'll think again about forcing someone into the central reservation by fortgetting to look when pulling out

 

[James M]

The best one I had, was some years ago when I was driving my Saxo at about a week old, I was obviously taking it steady, as it was being run in, but I pulled over on the dual carriageway to let some other cars joined.

This Mk2 Golf came hurtling up behind from nowhere, and before I had a chance to pull back in he undertook, the two chavs giving me all the usual s***e.

Anyhow, a couple of miles on, and there's blue flashers, and what do I see but the Golf on the embankment on its roof .

So of course I did the good citizen bit and pulled over... to make sure the police new just how he was driving , the funniest bit though was watching him furiously trying to remove his mods, with blood running down his face

 

[flashman]

I use to have a smart car, so every day i'd experience some form of idiotic driving. I honestly believe that people class them as mopeds (constantly being pulled out on etc) and quite frankly I would'nt risk stamping on the brakes in fear of being hit. All this changed today as i have just picked up my jtd stilo. well chuffed.

 

[Koa]

Well you should have had a Smart like this one then
Do we get some pics of the Stilo then ?