jealousy on the roads?

[Matt]

Shameless copying of a thread I saw on Pistonheads..but quite interesting

Does anyone get any sh1t on the roads 'cos of your cars? I'm in SW London and have got to say I've been quite suprised by the lack of hostility to the 968 & the wifes Boxster (hopefully this does not now curse me...)[]

You do get a few people who won't let you out of junctions, and a few van drivers who seem to think its funny to cut you up - but to be fair its not a significant increase vs the golf.

in my experience, there are two main groups of people who annoy me.

1. the max power brigade who seem to believe that their 1.1l Saxo with 2tonnes of stereo, a big chrome exhaust and its foglamps on will be faster/better handling than a thoroughbred sports car [&:] and feel they need to prove it by sitting as close to your bumper as possible []
2. the middle aged chap in the mondeo/avensis/primera/laguna/vectra (often estate) who refuses to pull over from the outside lane on the motorway when theres more than enough room in the middle lane. as a gap appears he floors the throttle, chucks out a load of smoke and lumbers along with an inperceptible increase in his speed..WHY? invariably once past aforementioned mobile chicane, at the next downhill section they come barrelling back past at 125mph in order to prove to the wife & kids that a diesel estate is faster than one of those poncy stuck up Porsche thingys..[][]

Anyone else get any hassle when driving their car?

 

[Elliot Davies]

I agree with you, you will rarely be let out of a junction when driving a Porsche.
This is very strange ! When im driving my daily car "Smart" im let out all the time.

You will always be "pushed" along the road by the max brigade and BMW 3 series owners, Did you know that a 3 series BMW will not start unless the fog lights are switched on []
Ive also noticed that foglights must be used regardless of weather by corsas and peugeots.

When im at the lights in the Porsche i always seem to have a nutter along side me that has something to prove, I just slowly pull away letting him race away and deposit his smog to the atmosphere, it makes him happy and look really silly at the same time.

Another thing ive noticed is that........ a baseball cap wearing driver cannot be seen to be wearing a seatbelt and their backs arent anywhere near the backrest.

 

[Mark_Bennett]

When im at the lights in the Porsche i always seem to have a nutter along side me that has something to prove

Perhaps you should look across at them, and put your work hat on...[]

 

[Elliot Davies]

It blows off with the roof down Mark []

 

[Guest]

When i had my BMW, nobody ever gave me way and never flashed me through. Other drivers would always try to get infront and cut me up all the time. The Golf GTi was normal. But the Porsche every one try's to race me and stick right up my bumper.

 

[Melv]

Attitude.......

Porker -rarely get let out of inside lane on m-way when indicating.....and it's a bugger to check in a LHD in full harness and racing seats

4x4 -occassionally get flashed out; especially by other 4x4's

Motorhome -often get flashed out.

4x4 or motorhome with car on trailer -ALWAYS get let out and back in again!!

Melv

 

[ian edwards]

Have very little problem on the roads.In my late 50s with hair very similar in colour to my arctic silver car I probably am not so much off a threat.If anybody wants to show how rapid their car is,let them go.What has a Porsche got to prove to anyone?Nothing.

 

[Kevin Cooke]

Guys,

As another City to SW London commuter for the last 10 years I find it depends totally on the car you are driving. My observations are:

When commuting by BMW NOBODY would let you in.

When I had Saab drop heads no matter how bad mannered my driving was I always got flashed out at Junctions and allowed back in when I'd created the 'extra lane'

Boxster S: Fairly neutral response but less pleasent responses than in a Saab and often had the boy racer brigade 'have a go'

996C4S: No probs what so ever, always get let in and never have problems with boy
racers.

Scooby WRX (wifes new toy). Perfect commuting tool, everybody lets you in and max respect from boy racer brigade. Only get to race other Scoobys.

VFR800Vtec (regular commuting tool). As 0-100mph is 7 secs no probs with boy racers, the occassional white van man closes the gap when filtering and believe it or not occassional have problems with new 'sports cars' in particular Boxster owners who think they own the whole road and sit on the doted line meaning I need to go right onto the wrong side of the road to overtake (i.e going up the West Hill at Wandsworth)

 

[John Sims]

To some degree The Max Power Reader was one of the reasons I changed my 944 Lux for a Turbot. Whilst the Lux had the edge (probably) it wasn't significant enough to prove a point. Not that I was inclined to race but if I was "pressing on" and the idiots thought I was "up for it" it could get to be a bit of a stale mate. Not the best impression one wants to give of a Porsche.

The Turbot is so devastating (now that it has been breathed on) that the difference in performance over your average Saxo/Nova/Pug etc. is so great that, while "pressing on" again, you are there and gone before Base Ball Cap Boy can even think about mounting a challenge.

If there is a down side, it is only that you move up the food chain. BMW M3 Coupes and the like. C'est la vie.

As far as other road users go:-

Articulated lorry drivers are fine - they are profesionals after all. All other panel van drivers and the like are generally complete tools and will go out of their way to make life as uncomfortable as possible.

BMW (& now Audi) drivers, it's nothing personal about the Porsche thats just how they treat all other road users.

Mr Personal Crusade To Ensure Nobody Exceeds The Speed Limit on Motorways - should be dragged from his car and shot. He is far more of a danger to other road users than those of us who might massage the limit a little.

 

[2alexcoo]

ORIGINAL: John Sims
Mr Personal Crusade To Ensure Nobody Exceeds The Speed Limit on Motorways - should be dragged from his car and shot. He is far more of a danger to other road users than those of us who might massage the limit a little.

Exactly. They think sticking to the speed limit is all that matters and excuses all their other bad habits.

Back to the original question - suprisingly few probs so far. The odd tool in some automotive aberration like a Ford Probe or Vauxhall Nova wants to race, but I just let 'em go.

I do try and be nice to other drivers - for example, I like to watch the look of surprise on someone's face when I let them out of a side junction. Especially if they're a cute blonde in a new Mini []

 

[Kevin Cooke]

Skirt or car.

 

[2alexcoo]

both, ideally, but either will do[]

 

[Guest]

I've found that other Porsches show mutual respect and I don't really have problems with Audis or BMWs. What I do get is VW Golfs and similar up my backside. Generally, I let them go. After all, as someone said earlier, we have nothing to prove.
My biggest irritation is people who hog the outside lane regardless of whether or not the middle lane is empty. A lot of the time you get the impression that they are absolutely terrified of motorway driving and shouldn't be on there in the first place. It's very hard to make progress and leads to temptation to 'undertake'.

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: Matt

Does anyone get any sh1t on the roads 'cos of your cars?
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North London based and have had a few jealous bastard scenarios over the past 7 years of Boxster ownership but on the whole not too much aggro although there was a bad spate of car jacking back in 2001/2 which made one feel slightly more aware []

[8D]Now my daily drive gets me into zero trouble cause it's so classless MINI Cooper "S" all ages generally from push buggy to zimmer frame approve

 

[Guest]

I get this to a lesser extent, most bad boy max powers see my lowly MG and think its a Rover 45 with a body kit, how wrong can they be, not Porsche material but with a 2.5V6 with plenty of torque and tight handling it surprises more than a few who've shelled out plenty more for their metal.

On the plus side the Rover 45 roots mean that all the silver haired folk let me out []

There again I'm out in the sticks so the pace of the roads around here is a little less hectic.

Mike

 

[John H]

OK, let me vent my personal hate ...

Young mothers with infants on the front passenger seat, in rearward facing baby seats. In either a big BMW or some turbo-diesel hatchback, invariably driving too fast, with 99% of their attention focused on the puking little sprog, and 1% looking at the road.

I was rear ended by one of this species once, who rammed her 5 series BMW estate into the Golf GTi I was passenger in, as we sat at a set of traffic lights. "I was too busy looking at baby to see the lights" she told us, as if somehow this made it all OK. I seriously considered punching her!

John H

 

[Matt]

very funny site taking the pi55 out of the boy racers in their Novas - the forums seem to be quite amusing with a bit of baiting going on as well....
(warning - it does contain swear words for the more sensitive amongst you[])

www.barryboys.co.uk

matt

 

[John H]

... and if you like the above, try the truly wonderful American version ...

"Bryan's Rice Boy Hall of Shame"

http://www.riceboypage.com/

 

[Buddy]

Where to start? Some days I drive a single car transporter ( usually carrying a damaged Porsche ) I've noticed that I get cut up more often carrying a Porsche than anything else. Got no reaction but admiration from young ladies when carrying a Ferrari. The thirty something ladies who hog the middle lane of the motorway in line astern. Often the same group when I'm driving the 968 so that I can't move over from the Mini driver at my rear flashing his lights. The young dad with wife and kids who wants to race off the lights in his Toyota Corolla. I could go on & on.

 

[Jane Smart]

ORIGINAL: Elliot Davies

It blows off with the roof down Mark []

To fix that, you put a bit of elastic going from one side of the headgear to the the other, under your chin........you look like a plonker, but it keeps the hat on![8D]

Jane[]