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Offline andykram

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Comical racers
« on: 12 February 2010, 19:59 »
A while ago I think we had a thread talking about the saddest cars to have a go at racing our GTis. At the time I posted because someone tried to have a go against me in a Citroen Picasso of all things!!!!
Now I don't usually get into trying to prove points against people who want to race me but today on the way home someone in a Fiat 500 had a go. Admittedly this was one of the Abarth versions but I'm afraid I succumbed and couldn't allow myself to be outpaced by a toy car, albeit quite a nippy one!!!!
Now there's a few more of us, who else has had a comical car "having a go" at you and your GTi?
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Offline herbie911

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Re: Comical racers
« Reply #1 on: 12 February 2010, 20:12 »
A Land Rover Discovery trying to outcorner me in a roundabout 3 weeks ago-----predictable outcome!
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Re: Comical racers
« Reply #2 on: 12 February 2010, 20:21 »
I had a funny one a couple of weeks ago.
Pulled up at traffic lights having just picked wife and kids up, bit of 40 mph dual carriageway going into a 30mph dual carriageway that then narrowed just up the road to single track.
Pug 206 GTI pulls up alongside me in outside lane, lights change and Pug guns it. I just dawdled along as I needed to turn off in a quarter of a mile.
Anyway, the Pug screeches off and a second or so behind him a BMW estate goes flying past me.
Couple of arseholes I thought to myself.

Got around the next bend and a large smile spread accross my face. The rep-mobile BMW was actually an unmarked police car and the guy in the Pug was getting a bit of a dressing down!!!  :grin:
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Re: Comical racers
« Reply #3 on: 12 February 2010, 20:40 »
I haven't really raced anyone yet, but I've come up short quite a few times whilst trying to outpace traffic on the highway. 
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Offline Snoopy

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Re: Comical racers
« Reply #4 on: 12 February 2010, 20:47 »
Quote from: Exonian on 12 February 2010, 20:21
I had a funny one a couple of weeks ago.
Pulled up at traffic lights having just picked wife and kids up, bit of 40 mph dual carriageway going into a 30mph dual carriageway that then narrowed just up the road to single track.
Pug 206 GTI pulls up alongside me in outside lane, lights change and Pug guns it. I just dawdled along as I needed to turn off in a quarter of a mile.
Anyway, the Pug screeches off and a second or so behind him a BMW estate goes flying past me.
Couple of arseholes I thought to myself.

Got around the next bend and a large smile spread accross my face. The rep-mobile BMW was actually an unmarked police car and the guy in the Pug was getting a bit of a dressing down!!!  :grin:
See thats what GTI drivers are suppose to do. Thats why VW used that advert for the mk2 of a red mk2 GTI sitting at a set of traffic lights with a white astra GTE16V sitting next to him. The astra driver leaning forward gripping the steering wheel watching the lights and looking angry. The GTI driver just sitting there calm and thinking idiot.
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Re: Comical racers
« Reply #5 on: 12 February 2010, 20:50 »
I remember when I had a MkV GTI when I lived out in Dubai and a local Arab tried it on in a Mini CooperS (great image by the way).  Unfortunately he nailed me - I'm guessing it was tuned up..

Back here in the UK I've had the usual brand of Nova boys with bean tin exhausts having a go - it's hilarious to let them think they have you and then just destroy them  :grin:
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Offline VWKev

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Re: Comical racers
« Reply #6 on: 12 February 2010, 20:54 »
Depending on what kind of road and how the drive is, I'll always make a note of making sure they see me laughing as I go past. I've had lots of various cars try it. Some are just cheeky so and so's and are probably not looking for a race and just trying to be dicks.
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Re: Comical racers
« Reply #7 on: 12 February 2010, 20:55 »

Golf Mk6 GTD  :evil:

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Re: Comical racers
« Reply #8 on: 12 February 2010, 21:08 »
Quote from: keelaw on 12 February 2010, 20:55

Golf Mk6 GTD  :evil:


I will be in raynes park very soon??? Looking forward to it!! :rolleyes:
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Re: Comical racers
« Reply #9 on: 12 February 2010, 21:30 »
Not normally into racing but..


Derv (often VW GT 170/GTD or equivelent) try it on.





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(Note correct spelling of lose, for the moaners.) :wink:
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