stealthstylz
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Older cars promote road rage?stealthstylz
@stealthstylz
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Oct 13, 2008 13:28:30 GMT
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I've experienced it to a degree. I've got no problem with people overtaking when i'm doing the speed limit (as long as its safe to do so) and I let people out at junctions all the time (though noticed a lot of people don't even concentrate and sit their while i'm stationary flashing the lights at them without moving). However as soon as somebody tail gates me or cuts me up thats it lol. I once travelled 3 miles doing 10mph cos some cock in a bmw came flying down our street (a 40mph limit) doing at least 90, and then sat 2 foot off my bumper.
Also caused a car to crash who tried to go around the outside of me on a roundabout in the wrong lane, so I booted it and kept level with him and he ended up mounting the kerb and hitting a lamp post lol.
Matt
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Oct 13, 2008 14:00:45 GMT
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I think it has got more to do with the perceived image of the owner the car is projecting. I've driven a tatty '90 e30 touring (bog standard) for two years with no incidents whatsoever, changed it to a tarted up black one with a bigger exhaust and tinted rear lights - immediate result!
Within the last month I've already had so many encounters with various tw@t-o'sauruses that I'm seriously considering selling the thing, buying a great dirty old Jeep Cherokee and treating all racers as annoying but easily crumpled pests that they are.
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Last Edit: Oct 13, 2008 14:01:10 GMT by casper8r
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Oct 13, 2008 16:12:49 GMT
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^^^ Some truth in that. Whatever I drive, people sometimes seem to drive like pillocks, though the Merc and the 2CV were excellent for attracting the sort of people who assumed I was travelling at 0.00005mph and therefore just pulled straight out in front of me.
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1986 Citroen 2CV Dolly Other things. Check out my Blog for the latest! www.hubnut.org
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Oct 13, 2008 16:46:44 GMT
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Never had a prob with the old stuff at all, just one tit in a Megane Sport trying to undertake the Amazon once (he lost - what an idiot). Far more hassles in the rare times I drive modern stuff. A lot of it is to do with location also: London, much arseh0leness. Out here in Cambs it's better but not perfect.
If there's a tailgater I amuse myself by a little left-foot braking, just enough to make the light come on and not slow down, and watch them panic/get mad/get the f*k away a bit ;D
As per nobody and scooters, you want hassle, ride a motorbike. Again here in Cambs its better, in London I had to 'explain' things more than once.
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'66 Amazon <-> '94 LS400 <-> '86 Suzuki 1135 EFE
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Oct 13, 2008 16:53:35 GMT
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Ive found attitudes different with the different cars ive had. When I had my maxi's people seemed to drive with the attitude of 'if its old it means if i cut him up he'll just let me in'. That was not the case, if i held my ground and did not let them in they soon realised that the driver didnt actualy care if there was contact, after all it was a shed! The MG Maestro tended to get people trying to race it all the time, the lada just made people smile/laugh so road rage was the last thing on their minds! The Chevette is a different case though, I'm always getting let out in traffic, its as if its go some sort of 'right of way', there seems to be a different kind of 'respect' towards it compares to any other car ive had. In most cases its moron drivers being morons, and not causing road rage as such, just driving in the sort of mannor that causes roadrage.
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Raoul Duke
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Older cars promote road rage?Raoul Duke
@raoulduke
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Oct 13, 2008 18:45:34 GMT
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When I had the Lada, I genuinely believed that all the tail-gaters and aggressive overtakers were just reacting to the sight of my car - booting it and surprising them was fun, mind.
Then when I got my Mk3 Cav (which wasn't that old, at the time), and noticed the exact same behaviour, I realised that my choice of car had nowt to do with it. The people who gave me grief would have given it even if I'd been in a brand new Merc - it's just the way they're used to driving.
Don't under-estimate the difference in area, either - there's an immense contrast between the way people drive round here, even in the bigger towns, and the way they drive back 'home' in the southeast.
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...a redder shade of neck on a whiter shade of trash...
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Oct 13, 2008 19:36:22 GMT
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when driving my 16v mini I had to concentrate so much on driving the thing I rarely had chance to notice other driver's behaviour. generally they weren't around long enough for me to look at them anyway ;D
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kabman
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I drive a DB9, a Nissan PAO or a ratty off-raod Beetle - you couldn't get more contrasting cars - but don't find it makes a difference. I used to get wound up by other people's driving but now I just go with the flow (it helps that most of my cars are bog slow anyway). Why care if some anonymous blandmobile pushes in a queue ahead of me? I'm sure it has more to do with your own attitude. I used to work with a lad who drove the same car as me (BMW Mini), partly covering the same route and at the same time of day. I lost count of the number of times he'd come in in the morning ranting about some run-in he'd had and somone cut him up or tried to run him into a hedge or something. Somehow it never happened to me
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I have to say I havent really had any bad experiences while driving the Allegro. On the whole people just treat it as any other car. Ive had a few transit type vans pull out on me and then dawdle up the road at 15mph, causing me to slam on the anchors but I guess I can live with that. Public reaction is definately good on the whole with cheery waves and thumbs up and the occasional "OK" hand gesture, although I often get the odd "OK" sign turned on its side and waved with an up and down motion. Dunno what it means but I hope its a good sign!
The worst car evAr for being cut up/ignored was the mint MK1 fezza I had a couple of years ago. People would drive right up my backside, overtake, cut me up, pull out on me, not by the boy racer brigade but by EVERYONE. Mothers with babies, old farts, sales reps, everyone! Eventually it became so invisible that someone ran into the back of me at a roundabout. Great car to own and drive but other motorists made it a misery!
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1987 Maestro 1.6 HL perkins diesel conversion 1986 Audi 100 Avant 1800cc on LPG 1979 Allegro Series 2 special 4 door 1500cc with vynil roof. IN BITS. HERITAGE ISSUES.
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Oct 14, 2008 10:36:54 GMT
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Personally, I don't think aggravating tailgaters / dangerous overtakers / other idiot drivers is ever a good idea. Things can really escalate and who can say who the driver is, if there's four of his thug mates in there with him, whether they've stolen the car or whether they're carrying a gun? (I live in Nottingham - this is a very real possibility! ;D)
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Last Edit: Oct 14, 2008 10:39:37 GMT by BenzBoy
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Oct 14, 2008 10:46:57 GMT
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I seem to get let out of junctions ok, as far as i can tell i don't get extra abuse or people trying to pass me, but i don't drive a modern so its hard to compare, plus most of my retro's are more than capable of keeping up with modern traffic, so i'm not ever really in anyones way.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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