scooters Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 deleted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Yeah, that 240 Torslanda is quite the weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I would've thought it was the BX GTi - good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooters Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 despite wanting to be able to do this in the Torslanda....sadly....it is probably the most underpowered can I have EVA OWND it was in the BX Gti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Thought It might be. If I was said sales-rep I would be honoured to be wasted by such a conveyance as yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 It's amazing how many folk will not be overtaken, and stay taken, by an older car. Up to Aberdeen and back today, lost count of the incidences of such senseless behaviour. I take great satisfaction from using the Roadcraft methods to get ahead, and stay ahead. After all, it's a 125,000 mile 1.6 Meg I'm using... Itry to take pleasure from everything in life: it's a hell of a drag if I don't. Actually, the greatest is doing something I love doing, then having someone ask how I did it. And having the chance to show them. I swear I'm not an egotist...honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Itry to take pleasure from everything in life Good for you, me too! Enjoy the small stuff and you'll find life is a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 You can't really go wrong in an old shitter for the traffic light Grand Prix. The possible outcomes are: 1. £300/month + final payment of £6000 man wins. He gets back to work and says "You should have seen me zoom past this car on the way here, he put up a fight but I beat him in the end. It was a 15 year old banger" 2. £300/month + final payment of £6000 man loses. He gets back to work and says "This knackered old banger beat me earlier" In either scenario, all his colleagues point and laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Yaah. Good 'ol BX. keep it up Scoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I'd love to have the chance to take pleasure in something like this but nothing I've ever driven has been able to get the better of the modern euro ncap bland mobiles! Obviously when I'm piloting one of my proper old skool cars, I really don't expect them to power past anything, I don't own them for that purpose so I'm not disappointed. In fact they don't even inspire me to drive them quickly & that's fine, I just let the world get on & pass me by! However, when I've been in something more modern & supposedly with a bit of poke to it, I'm continually left frustrated by it's inability to pull away from average Joe in his boggo Focus or Astra or whatever, or even get left behind by him when joining a fast road & then only overtaking several minutes later once I've built up enough speed (looking like I'm merely retaliating which I'm not & annoys me no end.). These cars can go fast once I'm already travelling a fair lick & I can force them to go fast but I really have to work it whereas everybody else seems to have a turbo boost button in their car (or does everybody just thrash their cars as a matter of course?!) on even the must mundane of vehicles. I don't begrudge moving over for something exotic or souped up which is obviously faster but I begrudge not being able to get ahead & stay ahead of everything else. My Fiesta was a sheep in wolves clothing, it was little more than a basic Fiesta with big bumpers! My Alfa was fun but it was still made to look silly by Billy Boardroom in his 5 Series! Mum's Saab looks nice but it really doesn't drive well, I have trouble to keep up with, overpower & stay ahead of....well most things! I've never owned anything that was quick from a standing start but I'd really love to! Undetaking - that one really boils my blood, I try to stop it from happening but usually it's someone in a BMW, Audi or Mercedes (i.e. German) & there just doesn't seem to be any way of stopping them from humiliating me. I'd love a car which can stop that from happening & wipe the smug, superior look from their face! Anybody recommend anything at the shitey end of the scale that can make Mr German rep mobile look silly?? I'm hoping mum's Supra turbo would be just the ticket for winning the traffic light grand prix & making anybody other than the Porsche & Aston owners eat my dust but unfortunately until we can stop it overheating it can only be used for local trips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Ah yes, 'newer car syndrome' as I call it. Nothing quite like wiping the smug look off some twerp's face as you sail past them in some old banger. You don't always even need a faster car. Takin people by surprise at the lights then slowing down when they eventually come past you or if you have someone in a Subaru (or the likes) behind you and leaving a gap in front before nailing it and catching the one behind unwares is always a good laugh. Yes, they have a faster/newer/'better' car but they can easily be made to look stupid for a short while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I cannot condone this type of behavior. (I'd add a smiley face to try to take the edge off my comment, but I don't know which one to use) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Very childish, but I do find surprising modern bigger posher cars quite enjoyable.They don't seem to find it quite as funny as I do though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooters Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 you don't even have to go looking for it - this morning - A90 between Edinburgh and Fourth Bridge - coming out of Edinburgh there are a couple of lads in a new Gowf FSi 1.6 2 cars in front of me (I'm behind a ford) - won't move over despite struggling up the hill - eventually pulls over to let the ford past - doesn't like me overtaking him though and proceeds to race me in a determined effort not to let me pass them - obviously a dual c so no overtaking issues - - and as they have a slower car they can't keep up - incidentally I'm not racing them - just cruising at speed - Anyway after about 3 miles there is a long streach of 50mph so I slow down and pull into the inside lane with the bridge coming up - dangerous road - lots of junctions and slips and a ruddy great bridge - speeding not a good idea - as i slow into the speed limit area the muppet brothers overtake me and hoon it through the speed limit area at 80mph wierdly gesticulating and laughing as they overtook me....the driver obviously has a very small willy as he doesn't like to be overtaken by an old car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 You can't really go wrong in an old shitter for the traffic light Grand Prix. The possible outcomes are: 1. £300/month + final payment of £6000 man wins. He gets back to work and says "You should have seen me zoom past this car on the way here, he put up a fight but I beat him in the end. It was a 15 year old banger" 2. £300/month + final payment of £6000 man loses. He gets back to work and says nothing, because his ego is deflated. He restores it by taking his frustration out on someone else. In either scenario, all his colleagues point and laughEFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 To take the subject further you need to be riding a secondhand sportsbike and encounter a French, former Manchester United goalkeeper in his SL600 on the M60. I'm sure the weight of his girlfriends silicone implants didn't help either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 There was a story on Pistonheads where one of the posters with an old 911 who was being constantly mocked by his A5 TDi colleague. Obviously since the Porsche is old, it will be slow as everyone knows old cars lose BHP (it was on Top Gear). This eventually led to a 1/4 run where VAG boy was predictably annihilated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Imagine how satisfying it is to nip past someone in a 2CV. They really don't like that! Frustratingly, they'll often come sailing past moments later... (not a lot I can do to stop them with only 29bhp). I often get people at traffic lights by simply easing off as I approach. They're sitting there because they rushed, I stay in second and use momentum to leave them standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I often get people at traffic lights by simply easing off as I approach. They're sitting there because they rushed, I stay in second and use momentum to leave them standing. I try do that if I can in the Saab but that's because of the point I made that pulling away from a standing start is not one of it's strong points & also because the car is incredibly easy to stall when moving off / I'm paranoid about the clutch cable breaking again / I'm a lazy sod.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 1.8 VVC engined Metro. Perfect for this sort of jolly. I picked one up from Hull and drove it all the way back to Kent. I only wanted the engine for mine and strip the rest for parts as it was cheap and tatty. The body was terrible, every panel was dented, the rear arch had totally rotten out, bits of trim were missing and it was filthy. But bloody hell did it fly! Acceleration from 70 is fantastic- as one modern Golf driver found out -twice- as he started tailgating me. Take that Mr. Flash bollocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Depending on who you believe Ghengis Khan and Arnie share something in commonWhen playing Conan in the excellent first Conan movie ( not the pish sequal) Arnie (Conan) is asked what the greatest pleasure in life is and he answers with a quote nicked from Ghengis: "To crush your enemies, to grind zem into de dirt and to hear ze lammentation of the vimmin" I disagree - for the greatest pleasure in life is to bumble up the motorway in a 20 year old high performance car that doesn't look its best and when Mr C0ck in his VAG Eurobubble tailgates you - show him what "No CAT" really means...... I must grow up sometime! I completely agree i took the piss out of a guy in a bmw m5, when he sneered at my little snot green (kawasaki green) mk4 escort little did he know it was a stripped out rs turbo running 24psi of boost, he tried to race me but got very embarassed he couldnt catch the little shitbox lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Spoiled quite a few people's day when in my daughter's Saab.Bright yeller, typical 'hairdresser' car buy jeez can it shift when it's poked.My C5 hasn't a cat in hell's chance against it, foolish to even try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leonard Hatred Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Maybe the people in the other cars aren't actually racing you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Maybe the people in the other cars aren't actually racing you. Have to agree with this. If you drop a gear and boot it away from someone behind you it isn't really a victory. Even if they are trying to go faster than you they won't be prepared for you suddenly accelerating so you'll leave them behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Last time a BMW tailgated me, the 2CV threw its alternator retaining nut at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 My greatest pleasure in life is reading endless internet forum threads which are another version of OMG ALL NEW CARS R RUBBISH & R DRIVN BY COCKS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Whenever I'm driving my TVR Chimaera I can guarantee some boy-racer will try it on, I'm past the stage of really giving a shit about cars, speed and image (he says driving a TVR) The Lexus LS400 always susprised a few with its brisk starts but to be totally honest I find it underwhelming on the motorway for a 4.0, a modern Turbo Diesel is quite a torquey devil in disguise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 To be fair having thought about my greatest pleasure in life its probably making smells at work at my counter then calling someone over to look at something then piss myself as they recoil in horror and wretch, never fails to make me laugh, its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 OMG ALL NEW CARS R RUBBISH & R DRIVN BY COCKS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 OMG ALL NEW CARS R RUBBISH & R DRIVN BY COCKS. I thought we all knew that already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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