twobears Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I only popped out for a bit of shopping this morning but I managed to encounter a wannabe boy racer in his Mum's Corsa, challenging me to beat him off the lights. I was turning right and he was going straight on so I'm not sure how he thought the race result was to be decided? I just pretended I couldn't hear him revving up his tinny engine and eyeballing me. It made me laugh so not all bad but would it have been wrong to have wound down my window and shouted, "I'll tell your Mum you're mistreating her car" and then driven off sniggering? What is the correct form when one encounters deluded teenagers? Quote
Dave J Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Accelerate quickly, slow slightly to let them get right up behind you then brake sharply.............watch them then drive behind you at a safe distance needing a change of underwear!! Not very PC i agree but it'll keep them on their toes for a few days or so Quote
Neilp Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I get it alot. I generally give it a bit as if I'm going to go for it and then when the lights change let them speed away in the hope the law catches them Quote
DannyBoy Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Rev your engine too so they get all excited (also educating them on how their fart-can exhaust does not make their 4-pot sound like a real engine) and then just pull away normally leaving them screaming off on their own like a complete prat. Never fails to amuse. DB Quote
twobears Posted April 10, 2012 Author Posted April 10, 2012 I think on balance that I'll probably stick to ignoring them. I expect they will get a girlfriend one day once their acne clears up a bit Quote
djtimo Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Leave them behind in a cloud of tire smoke and burnt fuel?? Dont really get many people wanting to race round near me.... Quote
KyleR Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Happened me on Sunday at some lights, some knob end in his daddy's Mondeo, I just sniggered and shook my head. Quote
SteveRS Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I just let them get on with it, let them waste petrol and let them think they've beaten me when I see them looking back in their rear view mirror, looking all smug. Quote
Ian Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I just ignore them +1 Fuel is better spent on harassing the more exotic cars Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I get this a fair bit and my approach has recently been to do an extremely sarcastic fake yawn which on most occasions is a prelude for a barrage of abuse and anger from the saxo crammed with 5 teenagers which never fails to amuse me. I then pull away gently and let the idiots do whatever it is that they fancy doing. Quote
Ricey Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Point and laugh +1 but you have to do it really theatrically to get the proper effect. Quote
Neilp Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I just ignore them +1 Fuel is better spent on harassing the more exotic cars Lol but do the exotic car owners think of us the same way we think of the hot hatchers? Quote
Dblock Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I think a lot of them do. I think we are the scoobys have the rwd world Some guys driving nice cars are like what is that it looks nice Some people are like it's only a Nissan. True though M3 drivers usually give us a wave of cool car and vice versa. I just ignore them +1 Fuel is better spent on harassing the more exotic cars Lol but do the exotic car owners think of us the same way we think of the hot hatchers? Quote
docwra Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Drift the next roundabout, then stop so they can have their picture taken with me. Quote
KyleR Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I'd be more enclined to play more games with them if I had a modded Zed, even if just a nice loud pair of pipes, but engine revving with the standard box is a bit pointless Quote
MITZ@CougarStore Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I just ignore them Dave, yet again, I find myself agreeing with you... Quote
rabbitstew Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Depends on what mood im in really. 9/10 i ignore them, then 1/10 i will smoke them. Quote
rtbiscuit Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I just ignore them +1 Fuel is better spent on harassing the more exotic cars Lol but do the exotic car owners think of us the same way we think of the hot hatchers? yes Quote
Neilp Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I just ignore them +1 Fuel is better spent on harassing the more exotic cars Lol but do the exotic car owners think of us the same way we think of the hot hatchers? yes Lol that was my thoughts also We are the chavs of the exotic -ish class Quote
spursmaddave Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Too many people agreeing with me I need a lie down... Quote
NeilMH Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I just ignore them and again +1 Can't be bothered with them any more. Quote
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