Hilarious episode with a beemer

[jm_burns]

I remember a time when Volvo drivers(not BMW's or Audi's) seemed to be the problem, perhaps the 940 has a memory

 

[Black Country Ste]

Funny but I wouldn't dream of doing anything like that.

We all hate Middle Lane Morons, those who pointlessly drive in lane two when the inside lane is clear and there's nothing ahead to overtake in any reasonable distance. I was driving home from London one evening, six or seven years ago. After joining the M5 there was one such MLM doing 65mph on an otherwise completely empty motorway - it was literally he and I. As I overtook I saw the driver was texting. I wouldn't do this again but decided to play a little game with him. I finished overtaking, moved into lane one and dropped off so he would overtake. I pulled out, passed again and moved in. I overtook one more time and, having had my fun with no acknowledgement from the driver, carried on my way.

As I did my rear view mirror filled with flashing blue lights. I don't know how much Plod saw of my game but they saw as much of his driving. I hurt my throat from the laughing as they tugged him.

 

[Luddite Joe]

Maybe the reason why the BMW driver was in such a hurry in the first place, was because he was trying to get away from the last Volvo he encountered.

 

[theclaud]

Well, I thought it was funny, you bunch of miserable old sods!

Having followed drivers who have deliberately or thoughtless endangered me whilst on a bicycle, and observed to my great satisfaction how pathetically terrified they are - of little ol' me, an unarmed medium-sized woman of not-very-imposing demeanour on a bicycle - the thought of this muppet's escalating terror as he attempts to escape from Big Psycho-Mickle pleases me greatly. It's always heartening to be reminded that bulllies are cowards.

 

[Crackle]

I once rang a bloke up who cut me up on a rdbt. He had his number on his spare wheel. Something kitchens. His cheery voice chnaged when I asked why he was driving like a dick and holding his phone to his ear. A long way short of Mickle's inventivness though.

 

[PK99]

Well, I thought it was funny, you bunch of miserable old sods!

Having followed drivers who have deliberately or thoughtless endangered me whilst on a bicycle, and observed to my great satisfaction how pathetically terrified they are - of little ol' me, an unarmed medium-sized woman of not-very-imposing demeanour on a bicycle - the thought of this muppet's escalating terror as he attempts to escape from Big Psycho-Mickle pleases me greatly. It's always heartening to be reminded that bulllies are cowards.

A different view of the (biased) information given in the first post, is that the OP failed to observe correctly when turing out of the junction, other driver got the hump and the op really did behave like a psychopath.

How often do we have cyclists on here saying drivers turned out in front of them having misjudged their speed?

Remember, some bullies are not cowards they ARE psychopaths. I hope you do not follow one of those!

 

[screenman]

Would this have happened if the other vehicle was say another Volvo? Also although we never will I would love to hear the other drivers views.

 

[GrasB]

Would this have happened if the other vehicle was say another Volvo? Also although we never will I would love to hear the other drivers views.

I always remember what a police officer once said to me about people pulling out & then complaining about someone over the speed limit - "Just remember, that could have been me in pursuit of the car in front after committing an armed robbery!"

 

[Bollo]

A few weeks ago I was waiting at some lights in Basingstoke in the mid-life crisis car (0-60 5sec - 160 odd top speed) when I saw a maxed out peugeot pass the other way, do a U-turn and then pull up next to me, engine revving, young driver and friend trash-talking out of the window. I look across, I smile.

The lights change! He lights his front tyres, fighting the torque-steer. There's blue smoke front and back as he flies of the line, his dump valve squeaking like a distressed chicken. I gently pull away, changing early until I reach the specified speed limit of 50mph. He's off down the road somewhere, why should I care. I eventually drove past (still at 50mph) while he was waiting to make a U-turn to go back the way he'd originally been going. Judging by the smell he'd probably spaffed £4 on petrol in the effort.

Sometimes just letting it go can be fun.

 

[JoeyB]

A few weeks ago I was waiting at some lights in Basingstoke in the mid-life crisis car (0-60 5sec - 160 odd top speed) when I saw a maxed out peugeot pass the other way, do a U-turn and then pull up next to me, engine revving, young driver and friend trash-talking out of the window. I look across, I smile.

The lights change! He lights his front tyres, fighting the torque-steer. There's blue smoke front and back as he flies of the line, his dump valve squeaking like a distressed chicken. I gently pull away, changing early until I reach the specified speed limit of 50mph. He's off down the road somewhere, why should I care. I eventually drove past (still at 50mph) while he was waiting to make a U-turn to go back the way he'd originally been going. Judging by the smell he'd probably spaffed £4 on petrol in the effort.

Sometimes just letting it go can be fun.

Is it a TVR?

 

[Brandane]

A few weeks ago I was waiting at some lights in Basingstoke in the mid-life crisis car (0-60 5sec - 160 odd top speed) when I saw a maxed out peugeot pass the other way, do a U-turn and then pull up next to me, engine revving, young driver and friend trash-talking out of the window. I look across, I smile.

The lights change! He lights his front tyres, fighting the torque-steer. There's blue smoke front and back as he flies of the line, his dump valve squeaking like a distressed chicken. I gently pull away, changing early until I reach the specified speed limit of 50mph. He's off down the road somewhere, why should I care. I eventually drove past (still at 50mph) while he was waiting to make a U-turn to go back the way he'd originally been going. Judging by the smell he'd probably spaffed £4 on petrol in the effort.

Sometimes just letting it go can be fun.

Must admit to quite enjoying doing similar to the Corsa chav types, but I do it on my 10 year old 600cc bike, which cost less than £3k a few years ago. It will still do 0-60 in about 4 seconds though, if you don't mind shelling out £120 for a new back tyre every few thousand miles.

 

[Bollo]

Is it a TVR?

No, because then the story would have begun "I was returning from the garage when....."

 

[GrasB]

Is it a TVR?

0-60mph 5s?... could be anything Audi S3, BMW M135, Golf R! that's SLOW... my performance car is wound past 100 after 5s... that's 100mph

 

[Bollo]

0-60mph 5s?... could be anything Audi S3, BMW M135, Golf R! that's SLOW... my performance car is wound past 100 after 5s... that's 100mph

Agreed, but then I drive like a grandad TBH - 25 years driving and a few cars around 300bhp but no points ever. I'm either lucky or careful.

It's a very slightly modded Porker Cayman S. Most BMW M's would see it off but it handles like a dream (not in my hands, but I've been driven on track by somebody who knows what they're doing). It'll see off your average boy racer tho' if I could be bothered.

 

[GrasB]

Agreed, but then I drive like a grandad TBH. It's a very slightly modded Porker Cayman S. Most BMW M's would see it off but it handles like a dream (not in my hands, but I've been driven on track by somebody who knows what they're doing). It'll see off your average boy racer tho' if I could be bothered.

I don't even bother playing in my CanAM. It does dawdling about mode nicely & insane-hyper-pysco mode is simply epic. In between is a little challenging as there's so much power & torque but so little weight a blip of the throttle to 80% at 3000 rpm in 3rd & you're past 100mph in a second or two .

I just let boy racers embarrass them selves & let the engine burble in menacing disapproval. You can see people pissing them selves with laughter as the fart-box screams off down the road & it just simply nonchalantly burbles off the line in a "like I have ANYTHING to prove" kind of way.