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Re: You're all maniacs (allegedly)!!
« Reply #1 on: 01 February 2017, 19:42 »
I've been driving like Miss Daisy, but then again we have just got the car, so taking it easy!  :smiley:

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Re: You're all maniacs (allegedly)!!
« Reply #2 on: 01 February 2017, 20:35 »
http://www.vwroc.com/forums/topic/18077-why-do-most-gtd-owners-drive-like-complete-idiots/

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Andy_r had it spot on. I drive quickly mainly due to there not being enough hours in the day but I don't drive like a tw@t either. I drive at the same speed in my wife's car but in that it seems like I'm driving like Miss daisy. 
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Re: You're all maniacs (allegedly)!!
« Reply #3 on: 01 February 2017, 20:39 »
VWROC and R owners at its finest

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Re: You're all maniacs (allegedly)!!
« Reply #5 on: 02 February 2017, 07:51 »
Lots of snobbery on that site, but early days before the R was here, there was a lot of GTD bashing by GTI owners here and there's a much smaller performance gap. Off the line the R is massively ahead of both the GTI and GTD due to a complete lack of tramping/wheelspin. Once moving though - a GTD driven hard keeps up with an R that isn't being driven to the max.

As someone who's had both GTD and R, I do prefer my R, but if my GTD didn't have tramp-happy Bridgestones (or if i'd binned them early), i'd have been happy with my DTUK'd GTD.

Nutters drive all sorts. A bit of generalisation here, but most nutters I see are driving newish Audi A4 2.0TDIs or old BMW 3s, old Astras and old Corsas. I find the oblivious most annoying on the road - those who drift across a 2 lane roundabout and back again -cutting a straight line through it, without really considering what they've done or who they've cut up to do it and are astounded when someone blasts their horn at them for it - and those types drive all sorts.
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Re: You're all maniacs (allegedly)!!
« Reply #6 on: 02 February 2017, 08:48 »
Tis a shame that some (not all my any means) "R" owners think that anything less than an R is peasant fodder.

Wonder what the people that drive "proper" sport cars (thinking the exotica supercars etc)  think of "R" owners - wannabees !!
There's nearly always someone who drives something faster.

For instance, my 2 nephews own their own very successful business called "Tuning Developments", and they specialize in tuning mainly Japanese cars of varying vintages and their forte's are Toyota's They have a number of "demo"cars  including a track only Celica GT4 heavily modified with just under 900hp, a modified GT84 with just under 500hp and their sleeper (and every day car), a battered up old Toyota Corolla, with an engine and running gear transplant from a GT4 running just under 450hp but in a car weighing nothing. this thing eats Porsche's and BMW M cars for breakfast and the look on the drivers faces when an old Corolla blast past them from the lights is most amusing. Like I said, there's nearly always something faster.

In any case, whilst I am sure there are nutters driving GTD balls out, there's a far share of GTI and especially R owners doing the same thing. There's one that lives near me that's had his Lapis Blue R for about 18 months now, but has been parked up for nearly 6 months. Reason being he's banned. He was a constant tool and an annoyance in our area as we have a dual carriage way near us, but it's 30mph only, reason being it's a built up area and there are 2 primary schools along it's 1½ mile length and a number of pre-school nurseries, as well as an old peoples home. He was constantly seem hammering his "R" up it at ridiculous speeds, and was finally caught last autumn when the Police had a campaign to catch speeding drivers and (from what I heard form a good friend that knows him), was caught and banned for doing 86mph in a 30 zone !!!

See, it's not just GTD owners.....now don't get me started on Audi and BMW drivers... :laugh:
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Re: You're all maniacs (allegedly)!!
« Reply #7 on: 02 February 2017, 09:56 »
He was seemingly complaining that he was being outpaced by those crazy GTD boys. Perhaps he should have bought a Micra if he wanted to drive like granddad ;-)

No, I suspect the problem (if there is one) is that GTD drivers are more likely to be company car drivers and you tend to make "rapid progress" when you are a high mileage business driver, even when its your day off.

I've calmed down a lot now I am old, but I used to bomb around for work all the time 6 days a week. Didn't matter if I was driving an Escort or a Cavalier, its pedal to the metal all the time and you curse the amateur drivers who only turn a wheel once a week. You didn't need to have the fastest car, you were always actually the driver going fastest at all times.
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Re: You're all maniacs (allegedly)!!
« Reply #8 on: 02 February 2017, 15:35 »
He was seemingly complaining that he was being outpaced by those crazy GTD boys. Perhaps he should have bought a Micra if he wanted to drive like granddad ;-)

No, I suspect the problem (if there is one) is that GTD drivers are more likely to be company car drivers and you tend to make "rapid progress" when you are a high mileage business driver, even when its your day off.

I've calmed down a lot now I am old, but I used to bomb around for work all the time 6 days a week. Didn't matter if I was driving an Escort or a Cavalier, its pedal to the metal all the time and you curse the amateur drivers who only turn a wheel once a week. You didn't need to have the fastest car, you were always actually the driver going fastest at all times.

Company car owners also don't have to worry about fuels costs.

Adriver aiming for 40mpg in a GTD is going to be able to drive it a lot harder than one in a GTI or R trying to maintain 40mpg.
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Re: You're all maniacs (allegedly)!!
« Reply #9 on: 02 February 2017, 16:09 »
No, I suspect the problem (if there is one) is that GTD drivers are more likely to be company car drivers and you tend to make "rapid progress" when you are a high mileage business driver, even when its your day off.

"Making progress" in a car does not mean that you're driving like a maniac - in fact for advanced driving, you are encouraged to make progress safely - and not all company car drivers drive like maniacs. There are too many people on the road who drive poorly and don't pay any attention to anything outside of their box...
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