Do you get people wanting to race....?

[Kaanarig]

Used to get quite a few in the LCR but dont get as many now, although when I do they are of a different type porkers etc. The most recent entertaining swift drive was with a Masariti 4200 and a DB7!
I was impressed by a clio 182 the other day as well nippy little thing!

i have been up against a clio 182 and damm they are quick around bends!!! was shocked with tht any maybe due to the driver bein abit of a nut case hehe

 

[cupralite]

I find people in Ford Focus diesels really think they are something special! As I drive a de-badged Leon Sport which just looks like a normal hatchback, I take great pleasure in burning these people off. Especially when they follow you along a road and, when the lights are on red, decide that they should pull into the outside lane, alsongside you.

 

[Madmile]

I always notice its the diesel rep mobiles pulling the fast speeds on the motorways, the big audi vw ones. As for things trying to race me i have to say its hardly ever happens these days.

 

[flashbsd]

only boy racers i get are the focus RS's, and i do pull away quite nicely from them without hitting 5th gear

Had a play with an m3 once, ok i know im going to get wasted, but its all about driving style, and I am a bit more daring

 

[flashbsd]

oh dont talk about those poxy TDCi drivers, the turbo word obviously means they are quick! they fact they have to change gear 3 times when im still in 3rd makes me laugh

 

[cojjer]

Only really had a couple of people have a go.

First took me a bit by surprise, as a black dude pulled up in some clapped out old Mazda, lights go green and he takes off. We hit traffic about 100 yards up the road so not a proper effort - I guess he won cos he was off the line first, both had a bit of a laugh about it anyway. Saw it again the other day - flippin' Mazda Familia gonna git you next time sucker

Second one was a chavved old Escort 16V - don't think so sonny

Disclaimer: I would never condone the act of racing on a public highway

 

[Daz_gibbo]

I always notice its the diesel rep mobiles pulling the fast speeds on the motorways, the big audi vw ones. As for things trying to race me i have to say its hardly ever happens these days.

Alot of time has passed for word to get around though hey!

 

[Fatal_Angel]

I had a Vauxhall Cavalier try and undertake me, but when i floored it i could see his jaw hit the floor and he was crying i think That'll teach him! Never mess with a Cupra R!!!!!


Also a modified fiesta with a boy racer and his stick girlfriend tried racing me off the lights, at times like that i had to show him up He didnt like it either

 

[Spanky]

Damn it, so it is just me then.............. maybe its the yellow !!!

 

[Eternal Rage]

All the time....

.... funniest thing was when i changed me car... my 1.6 looked identical to my new Cupra as was well known to a point. Mods were changed over the space of 2 weekends, so to people that didnt see it change it just "got quick" overnight....

....oh how i loved the "WTF" looks from the victims at start. Started off small, but getting bigger. Have beaten a Focus RS, Scoobs, CTR's, 330 BMW, Porker Boxter, and gave a Porker 911 a fright of it life when it repeatedly pulled alongside and couldnt overtake My car is crap off the line so i rarely bother off the lights, but from 40 on up to max i think the 20VT Leon is a top class sleeper all the way...

 

[Brummy]

my little 'red shed ' caused a few shocks one day , if you remember , Chris

 

[Russ_20vt]

I never really come across anything worth while having ago against , i think im just unlucky. MOst of the time its the usual corsas/saxos and general boy racer ****.

Although my luck changed the other day and i got to play with a new Astra VXR and it was dead even all the way up to silly speeds and this was with my ****ed MAF.


Is it just me though but with the mk3 ibiza Cupra no one knows whats under the bonnett, ive had so many people say "is it a 1.6?" or "all show no go huh". Little do they know hehe and thats whats good about the ibiza is look on there face when you fly by them and there thinking "what the **** is in that!"

Russ

 

[Pabs]

i don't usually have people challenging me - well once i had a mk3 golf try his luck but i gave up - but for good reason - the speedcamera caught him doing about 60 in a 40... well it flashed at him and i hope he got the ticket - he slowed right down as i cruised past him doing 40 afterwards - he was cursing

The most annoying thing about having a semi-sporty car is the n00bs on the motorway sit on your arse trying to push you along - and most of the time with slipstreaming effect they usually manage to keep quite close, no matter what car.

 

[Eternal Rage]

convo usually goes...

Them "is it quick?"
Me "pretty quick "
Them "Mines a 2.0 Litre, whats yours?"
Me "1.8"
Them "HaHaHaHa"

Vroooomm Tishhhh

->

 

[foxes]

young youts in golf gti's.
im always looking at them in the rv mirror.
i pretend not to notice them lining up next to me...then i always give them the chance to move off first. they must be dreaming
i pretend im just driving... then i unleash the power&whop them silly

guess what- they always seem to try it on again by lineing up on the 2nd lane again!!!

 

[Madmile]

Alot of time has passed for word to get around though hey!

Yep, i seem to get left alone, but i dont mind i just see how many mpg's i can do being a tight arse.

 

[traumapat]

convo usually goes...

Them "is it quick?"
Me "pretty quick "
Them "Mines a 2.0 Litre, whats yours?"
Me "1.8"
Them "HaHaHaHa"

Vroooomm Tishhhh

->

 

[CupraSteve]

....oh how i loved the "WTF" looks from the victims at start. Started off small, but getting bigger. Have beaten a Focus RS, Scoobs, CTR's, 330 BMW, Porker Boxter, and gave a Porker 911 a fright of it life when it repeatedly pulled alongside and couldnt overtake

i agree with some of your points, but a 911 would be able to pass with relative ease, so he obviously either wasnt in the right gear or just wasnt fussed about going past, all the others you mention are quicker car than the leon cupra so if you beat them the drivers cant have been up to much

some of them i could possibly see keeping up with them but beating? nah

 

[Eternal Rage]

i agree with some of your points, but a 911 would be able to pass with relative ease, so he obviously either wasnt in the right gear or just wasnt fussed about going past, all the others you mention are quicker car than the leon cupra so if you beat them the drivers cant have been up to much

some of them i could possibly see keeping up with them but beating? nah

I wasnt using it as a boasting, "look how big my **** is" post, simply that every man n his dog seems to want to play.

Beat the CTR outright, from the lights, beat the Scoobs, Beemer and Boxter from 60 on up o the motorway, and the 911 insisted it was gonna pass on the way back from a cruise, simgle lane, kinda tricky, but how he musta thought he was trippin when a convoy of seats were not giving in to bully tactics and stopped it getting past .... (my 20VT, Mrs' 20VT, Strikes APR'd 20VT Beeza etc etc )

 

[keithrann]

I have perhaps discovered that i get a few less races in my LCR as apposed to my CTR.

However, i still get a fair play with a variety of cars. It tends usually to be evos, stis, cosworths, ctrs, 172/182s and other small hatches.