Wanna race me?

[sixpot]

I sometimes get the feeling that there is a big sign on my car that says this, as every man and his dog seems to either drive right up my ass, or has something to prove at the traffic light grand prix!!
I take it everyone else is in the same boat?
Most of the time I just let them get on with it - I must be mellowing with age LOL!! 

[stealthwolf]

I get this a lot. I've never properly raced my car and don't think I will until I remap it.

[wellzee]

Ye it is an unfortunately common occurence. The trend I am getting too is that 9 times out of ten it is some chav in a suped-up saxo or similar. Its a real pain in the ass but I just let them get on with it. The fact is the mates in their car probably think they're a nob and realise that in reality he shouldnt be racing a gti (or any car on public roads for that matter).

[NEWEY]

in the Mk2 i get it ALL the time and so does my dad. the Mk5 since saturday i had my first with a 08 plate golf gt 2.0tdi. i just let him get on with it due to having only got 300 miles on the gti.

[R32UK]

Get used to it mate.. had a fiesta 1.6 right up my a$$ this very morning. The point was I would have been happy to move over had I not been overtaking someone  (dual carriageway) in the first place.

He obviously thought I could not see him flashing his lights and beeping his horn.

I just slowed right down to a crawl... loved the look on his face as he tried to undertake me 

[WhiteGTI]

Yeah as others have said this happens frequently...but i have noticed that as soon as I put the Nurburgring sticker on the back of my car it got a hell of a lot worse!!!!!! Strange!

But at the end of the day it's up to you whether you react to it or not. I can never really be bothered, so I just let them get on with it..

[NEWEY]

I just slowed right down to a crawl... loved the look on his face as he tried to undertake me  

i take it he didnt get past you

[R32UK]

But at the end of the day it's up to you whether you react to it or not. I can never really be bothered, so I just let them get on with it..

I think you got it spot on there mate. You kind of just get used to it and after a while you just cant be bothered.. It usually starts when someone notices you having a nice spirited drive. Sometimes it can be fun to push on a little providing the conditions are safe and your not being a nutter!

[R32UK]

I just slowed right down to a crawl... loved the look on his face as he tried to undertake me  

i take it he didnt get past you

Not a chance in hell

[WhiteGTI]

I was in the Lotus the other day, waiting at some traffic lights, and some pube in an old, battered mk2 red fiesta came up along side me, he looked over and then started revving his engine (i mean like revving it frantically) I couldnt believe it?!!!!!!!! He looked unbelievably stupid just sat there revving the nuts off it. And the look on his face........it was so serious as if he really thought he was going to beat me (you had to see it really i guess!)

So...the lights go green, and he squeals off, im barely touching the throttle and keeping up with him, then after about 15 metres of the slowest acceleration ive ever felt I just floor it and bye bye goes the Fiesta. He eventually catches up with me further up the road, and just sticks behind me, like he's too embarrassed to overtake - what did you think was going to happen mate!!!!!!?

Some people are frigging dillusional I tell ya!