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Magnificent performance from a Merc 250SLK pilot this morning.
As soon as he could find a gap,straight onto my boot in traffic which is doing a steady 40mph.
Makes a few middle of the road lunges to try and get past despite each time being faced with oncoming traffic.
I finally slow down carefully,put on the hazards before he gets the point about there being nowhere to pass,and sure enough,as soon as the road clears,right on the boot again.
So....warp drive engaged....Merc goes backwards.
As soon as he could find a gap,straight onto my boot in traffic which is doing a steady 40mph.
Makes a few middle of the road lunges to try and get past despite each time being faced with oncoming traffic.
I finally slow down carefully,put on the hazards before he gets the point about there being nowhere to pass,and sure enough,as soon as the road clears,right on the boot again.
So....warp drive engaged....Merc goes backwards.
JohnboyC
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OK folks to lighten the mood....I assume you guys have seen this.........speed it up to about 2:25 minutes into the video.....(my mates all take the rip out of my Audi btw - but its the best motor I ave ever had)
Scottyg
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That's from a while back! That can be me on my way to work through the Raith. But I was like that in all my cars, having an Audi hasn't changed that. 
Firstname_lastname
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I have a great solution...I look into the mirror, raise my hand and place it on the rear view mirror and slowly turn it up. The driver in the rear sees me do it and knows the statement is eff off. I then don't see him/her and don't care
Couple of months ago was driving from work from the Audi garage where I had just dropped mines off for a service - I had a freshly minted 65 plate A3 S-Line.
On the motorway there is a fork where it divides about a mile and a half ahead to go in two totally different directions. I'm in the outside lane being tailgated by the inevitable sales rep in a BMW 3-Series, when the d**k in front suddenly decides to slow down below the speed of the cars in the inside lane (where I need to be), meanwhile the even bigger d**k in the white Transit sees what's happening, and despite my turn signal flashing for ages deliberately speeds up to block me off to ensure I get trapped in the lane going the wrong direction.
Luckily my courtesy car had one of the nippier engines and I was able to out accelerate him and get to where I needed to be. Not without the cursory headlamp flashing and erm....masturbatory jestures out the window....
Audi haters, don't you just love them.
On the motorway there is a fork where it divides about a mile and a half ahead to go in two totally different directions. I'm in the outside lane being tailgated by the inevitable sales rep in a BMW 3-Series, when the d**k in front suddenly decides to slow down below the speed of the cars in the inside lane (where I need to be), meanwhile the even bigger d**k in the white Transit sees what's happening, and despite my turn signal flashing for ages deliberately speeds up to block me off to ensure I get trapped in the lane going the wrong direction.
Luckily my courtesy car had one of the nippier engines and I was able to out accelerate him and get to where I needed to be. Not without the cursory headlamp flashing and erm....masturbatory jestures out the window....
Audi haters, don't you just love them.
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I travel on the A77 a lot it's a single carriageway and carries a lot of traffic off the ferries from and to Northern Ireland, I was heading south just cruising along around 55mph as there's average speed cameras on the road anyway.
I went through the junction for Turnberry where the speed limit drops to 40, and once I was exiting said speed limit, I looked in the mirror and all I could see was a Volvo badge it was that close, no not a car, a lorry, I dropped it into third and booted it away up to 60 then cruised, less than a minute later the Volvo badge was back, to say I was irate was an understatement but there was nothing I could do to get rid of him, young child in the back so I wasn't taking any risks. No doubt the driver was on a time constraint for the ferry but that's no excuse.
He must've flew through that 40 and that's how he suddenly appeared behind me. The company is registered in Northern Ireland so there was no point trying to contact the company. My father in law used to work for them and doesn't have a good word to say about them!
I went through the junction for Turnberry where the speed limit drops to 40, and once I was exiting said speed limit, I looked in the mirror and all I could see was a Volvo badge it was that close, no not a car, a lorry, I dropped it into third and booted it away up to 60 then cruised, less than a minute later the Volvo badge was back, to say I was irate was an understatement but there was nothing I could do to get rid of him, young child in the back so I wasn't taking any risks. No doubt the driver was on a time constraint for the ferry but that's no excuse.
He must've flew through that 40 and that's how he suddenly appeared behind me. The company is registered in Northern Ireland so there was no point trying to contact the company. My father in law used to work for them and doesn't have a good word to say about them!
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HGVs are limited to 40 on most of the single track parts of the A77. His company many be a few tickets through. That's if the cameras were actually on!!
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Scottyg
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No thr trucks well. I've got in-laws in Stranraer. See them a lot on the A77.
very few lorries on the A77 / A75 go at 40 .
I work shifts and used to finish at midnight and usually get the first of the lorries from the ferry heading south , it was a case of keep up with them or get the hell out of the road .
One wagon I followed down the ram hill at 75 mph and entering a village I slowed to 30 when I left said village lorry nowhere to be seen , went like the clappers to catch lorry and followed it down the Glen (now bypassed ) and every corner wagon almost on wrong side of road and rear wheels at least 2 foot of the ground , depending whether right or left bend .Monaghans mushrooms , so mushrooms must be light .
They also have passed me on corners being given road clear by other drivers on CB radios .
The police used to never be on the road when the ferry traffic was running but are out and about all the time now
I work shifts and used to finish at midnight and usually get the first of the lorries from the ferry heading south , it was a case of keep up with them or get the hell out of the road .
One wagon I followed down the ram hill at 75 mph and entering a village I slowed to 30 when I left said village lorry nowhere to be seen , went like the clappers to catch lorry and followed it down the Glen (now bypassed ) and every corner wagon almost on wrong side of road and rear wheels at least 2 foot of the ground , depending whether right or left bend .Monaghans mushrooms , so mushrooms must be light .
They also have passed me on corners being given road clear by other drivers on CB radios .
The police used to never be on the road when the ferry traffic was running but are out and about all the time now
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I find that spraying your windscreen wipers intermittently causes the tailgater in question to back off. The mist will cover their windscreen, they wipe it off and you go again!
A tad bit safer than jamming the brakes on as well
A tad bit safer than jamming the brakes on as well
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I've been lucky so far with the S1, only had one tailgater, a couple in a Mini Cooper S, she was all over the back of my car in a 40 zone and weaving in and out to look for a gap to overtake. I could see them in the mirror, the boyfriend (I guessed) appeared to be telling her to back off and was waving his hands towards the exhausts on mine.
Once we reached the dual carriageway I pulled away quite sharpish and didn't see them again after that
Once we reached the dual carriageway I pulled away quite sharpish and didn't see them again after that
I used to think tail gating was bad in the UK... until i came out to America!
Interstate speed limit on a 2 lane is 75mph for everyone. Being tailgated by a semi truck at 80mph is not nice when your in a dinky little Mustang!!
Interstate speed limit on a 2 lane is 75mph for everyone. Being tailgated by a semi truck at 80mph is not nice when your in a dinky little Mustang!!
Had a silly person on my back end in poor road conditions tonight so I took a small eternity to turn of the main road to slow them down and irritate them and glanced over my shoulder to see an r plate in their back window. Cross was I.
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It's never cool to TG but I often find myself driving too close. I feel on many occasions that the car in front will happily sit in the outer most lane indefinitely even when not passing anything just because they feel they aren't holding anyone up.
I'm sure many of the plebs who do this think because they were on the road before you they have the right to hog any lane like they are in a supermarket queue. This, people with the 'I'm doing the speed limit, therefore nobody shall pass' attitude and the Morons who think they have a fast car are what instigate TG in many instances.
Don't get me started about the plastic soled, cheap suit wearing sales reps in low output saloons....
I'm sure many of the plebs who do this think because they were on the road before you they have the right to hog any lane like they are in a supermarket queue. This, people with the 'I'm doing the speed limit, therefore nobody shall pass' attitude and the Morons who think they have a fast car are what instigate TG in many instances.
Don't get me started about the plastic soled, cheap suit wearing sales reps in low output saloons....
TG's is just part of the problem,
The fact is, the UK cannot drive. I commute 100 miles a day, and as soon as teh clocks change everyone poo's there pants and can't drive, this causes an accident, which means everyone slows down to gawp at the accident, you also get some idiot tweeting about said accident, as tweeter is tweeting and gawper is gawping tweeter then runs into the back of said gawper and long an behold we have a second accident, and we repeat the whole gawping and tweeting experience. This means my normal 55 minute journey is now 2 hours.
I want to be very clear here and I do not want to discriminate, I hate all tweeters facebookers gawpers and basic idiots who cannot drive. The motorway has three lanes, please use them all, not just one.
Tail gating, it's illegal and dangerous, stop it
Mobile phones are illegal to use, put it in the glove box
It's slightly misty, you do not need fog lights
It's actually foggy now, use your fog lights
There's more, and I could continue, but it would get boring.
I'm sure those on this forum don't do the above as we are car enthusiasts and therefore generally pay more attention to this stuff, but for those who don't, they really should!
The fact is, the UK cannot drive. I commute 100 miles a day, and as soon as teh clocks change everyone poo's there pants and can't drive, this causes an accident, which means everyone slows down to gawp at the accident, you also get some idiot tweeting about said accident, as tweeter is tweeting and gawper is gawping tweeter then runs into the back of said gawper and long an behold we have a second accident, and we repeat the whole gawping and tweeting experience. This means my normal 55 minute journey is now 2 hours.
I want to be very clear here and I do not want to discriminate, I hate all tweeters facebookers gawpers and basic idiots who cannot drive. The motorway has three lanes, please use them all, not just one.
Tail gating, it's illegal and dangerous, stop it
Mobile phones are illegal to use, put it in the glove box
It's slightly misty, you do not need fog lights
It's actually foggy now, use your fog lights
There's more, and I could continue, but it would get boring.
I'm sure those on this forum don't do the above as we are car enthusiasts and therefore generally pay more attention to this stuff, but for those who don't, they really should!
I got very frustrated and cross when the motorway was closed off last Fri when I was coming home 50-55 min journey took 3 1/2 hrs. Felt a bit guilty when I got home and found out the single person involved in the incident had died.
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So you're driving behind someone who is hogging the middle lane, keeping safe distance, the car in front then moves to the inside lane, I pass the car and immediately I see the car that moved over move back into the middle lane, I then move in to the inside lane as we all should do. Two things cross my mind.
1) does the driver in front think I'm tailgating him/her even though there is more than enough space between us? and...
2) why did he/she move back into the middle lane just to hog it?
Btw one of the most dangerous things about tailgating is that, like my gf, it makes people feel they have to speed up or make a rash manoeuvre.
1) does the driver in front think I'm tailgating him/her even though there is more than enough space between us? and...
2) why did he/she move back into the middle lane just to hog it?
Btw one of the most dangerous things about tailgating is that, like my gf, it makes people feel they have to speed up or make a rash manoeuvre.
