Please Race Me?

Doive wrote: this is a democratic country

Only just

Unfortunately people's views of any non-mainstream political party are either 'loony left' or 'racist' and the BNP get tarnished of old. Democracy in Britain is the democratic process of not expressing your views publicly if they might offend the liberal majority.

Back to thread though, if you have an M3 and don't take it on track is there justification of having that much power?

Racing cars on public roads should never be condoned. It is dangerous, juvenile and down right idiotic. Invariably its the innocents who are wiped out in things like this and the baffoon behind the wheel of the 'racing' car usually walks away with a slap on the wrist. When I lived on the IOW I helped recover a few cars after racing went sour. Mainly, though not always a hot hatch driven by a 17-18yr old with an immortality complex. The worst was an old XR3i. Four lads, all under 20, were killed. The car had no tax, no insurance, no MOT, 4 bald tyres, loose steering and a catalogue of other problems. None of the lads were wearing seatbelts either. They were racing another car, an XR2i. The police had to find the Fiesta, which was about 10 miles further down the road, the driver and occupants of that car had not realise their mate's had been in an accident, they just thought that the other car was 'too slow' to keep up with them.

There was an idea floated of putting the wrecks of these cars on trailers and parking them outside schools and colleges as a 'gentle reminder' of what might happen if the kids insist on racing each other. The idea however was squashed due to parents and teachers thinking it would have been too gruesome for the kids to have to see.

Personally I would have done it, cos it might bring it home to a few of the idiots that they are not immortal and it can so easily happen to them.

Racing is foolish, selfish and stupid if done for 'fun' on a public road. Keep it to the track where its regulated and if an accident does occur, there are ways and means to deal with it.

Well it's happened again.Twice in 1 day,second time the t****rs looked like they were trying to remove my rear bumper before over taking into oncoming traffic.Was in a 30 zone and I had to brake so there wasn't a smash,and yes I was doing 30.Starting to think I should have just kept the Golf now.
Will be seriously thinking about trading in over the next couple of weeks.

micky_h wrote: Well it's happened again.Twice in 1 day,second time the t****rs looked like they were trying to remove my rear bumper before over taking into oncoming traffic.Was in a 30 zone and I had to brake so there wasn't a smash,and yes I was doing 30.Starting to think I should have just kept the Golf now. Will be seriously thinking about trading in over the next couple of weeks.

Agree, though not with the VW angle. None of 'em seem to give a rat's rear that 9 times out of 10 I've got 1 or both of my daughters in the car with me......which b4 anyone starts to have a go is exactly when I religiously stick to limits and watch my driving even more than usual.

I find people go out of their way to cause bother when they have an inferior car.

Theres a set of lights near where I live with two lanes....one left/straight on and the right hand lane just straight on which then goes back to one lane app 200 yards further up.

I was in the right hand lane doing 40mph maybe slower (40 limit) and a guy Id seen well behind in his Skoda fellatio estate seemed to be coming up on the inside quite quickly as the road merged back into one then decided to shake his head and wave his fist as if Id done something wrong.......he wouldnt discuss it with me when we got to the next set of light which were on red as he went through them when I got out of my car.

Oh and Cinq/Scecentos are the worsth cars for trying to race....Im too old, I just smile and indicate to let them by.

Looks like I won't have this prob much longer-just taken deposit on the car.

Praktisk wrote: falkster wrote: he wouldnt discuss it with me when we got to the next set of light which were on red as he went through them when I got out of my car. Probably just realised he needed a change of underwear when he saw you getting out of the car.

TBH I was only gonna give him a bollocking and lecture him about the short falls of road rage.....personally having started to drive a bit more recently I have noticed a massive change in manners on the road.....people just dont have any and thats what it all boils down to.

I wont let anybody in anymore because no-one will ever let me in. When I do get a touch of guilt and let someone in they never acknowledge.....Even a little movement of the head....bit like a tick but that would do!!!!!!

Sorry

Myself, I do drive quickly. Although when I catch people up, I never sit close up behind. Whats the point? You just ask for trouble, get stone chips on the front of your car and you will probably arrive at your destination slower as you have infuriated the driver in front and he would probably drive slower as he is trying to prove a point to you.

Personally, I feel unsafe driving at 30MPH. Unless in built up areas, and where alot of people, not to mention schools are, I always keep with the flow of traffic, keeping a decent distance behind the car in front.

If a boy-racer lines up next to me at the traffic lights, I let them go. Who knows who maybe watching? Who knows what they have under thier bonnets? and who knows what thier driving is like? Once you are infront, you feel the need to drive faster and maybe more recklessly than them to get away. Whats the point in that?

If someone gets very close up behind, then I do as I said in my previous post, although it depends on where you are. On country roads, it is rare that I have anyone close up behind as I do tend to press on a bit, but the same applies, if I come up behind anyone, I do so without scaring the wits ot of them and overtake them giving them plenty of room and not cutting them up.

Motorways... I again, feel unsafe driving at 70MPH in the car. In the truck I have no choice, thats all it will do. At 70 I find you overtake a car, only to be overtaken by the same car 2 miles up the road, you get people struggling to pass you, you get other cars pulling out on you, you get people speed up while you are trying to overtake, it goes on and on. I feel more comfortable at 85MPH where you are overtaking practically everything, but not at a silly stupid speed which frightens others. You do still get overtaken, but who cares? The ones who hog the middle lane really do get my goat! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! These are the people who cause accidents, as they are plain oblivious to anything but keeping between the slow lane and the fast lane - NO MATTER WHAT! I even see it at 3-4am when nothing is about. They just will NOT get over.

RANT OVER!

Oh, I have never felt the need to get out and slam a driver about his "driving". I have hardly ever had cause to blow the horn either. Except to people who slow down and turn up a side road without indicating. There are bad drivers, obviously. But why get heated up about someone elses problem? Stay cool and calm.

That'll be me. Wouldnt be seen dead in a scoob though, if that was in the offing it'd be the Mitsu Evo.

Looking around at minute but narrowed to either higher mileage lat 90s E39 523 or mid-90s E34 525/530.

Whatever I get I'm planning on 18months before upping to E46 M3 or E39 M5.