Post by: #ed30 on April 20, 2015, 02:16:44 pm
In the last week I have had 2 x mk5 R32s behind me, both revving up and generally acting the fool, yet when we got to a dual carriage way and I put my foot down and drive off they aint impressed (which makes me laugh so much) :signLOL:
Annoys me that!
Rant over.
I have no issues with r32’s, but it does seem that a higher percentage of the younger owners of them think they are driving a Veyron or something… compared to GTI drivers… which isnt what I would of expected!
Post by: Pmoky gti on April 20, 2015, 02:41:40 pm
I'm past that age and your right it's new younger lads that want to race anything
Post by: AJP on April 20, 2015, 02:57:28 pm
I'm well past that age too. It's nice knowing you could totally smoke them if you wanted to, but I don't want to be anywhere near the sort of aggresive, inexperienced drivers that go looking for it and subsequently cause crashes.
Post by: samiul11 on April 20, 2015, 06:33:24 pm
Post by: irish_ram on April 20, 2015, 07:26:52 pm
When I had my old MK4 1.4 Golf and a few years back I used to want to go as fast as the little engine would go but now I am driving my beautiful Tornado Red Ed30 I just like to cruise along as I want to get everywhere slow in order to spend much more time on the car :laugh:
And I also know if I stick it in Sport and put my foot down it will leave the chavvy loud cars behind while making a nice exhaust sound unlike the chavvy tractors boys :wink:
Post by: AJP on April 20, 2015, 07:40:45 pm
19 year old here with a gtiI was in a 200bhp Audi in my early 20s, and I'll be honest, at times I did drive it like a tit.opcornsoda: not all young drivers my friend :happy2:
I think (if we're allowed to generalise), young drivers are more likely to be the ones driving with a point to prove than those of say 30/35 up, hence insurance etc.
Fair play to you if you represent that sensible minority of younger enthusiasts though :-)
Post by: dansmith180 on April 20, 2015, 08:02:49 pm
Post by: Wash on April 20, 2015, 08:58:42 pm
Post by: #ed30 on April 22, 2015, 11:19:10 am
Post by: bigmig95 on April 22, 2015, 11:57:25 am
Fiesta STs, Corsa VXRs, etc. They all 'have a go'. And I just let them go past.
I'm well past that age too. It's nice knowing you could totally smoke them if you wanted to, but I don't want to be anywhere near the sort of aggresive, inexperienced drivers that go looking for it and subsequently cause crashes.
Couldn't have put it better myself :happy2:
Remember kids you're brain not finished it's internal wiring until your mid twenties so be careful out there :evilgrin:
Post by: irish_ram on April 22, 2015, 12:03:08 pm
I am by no means a boy racer but do es amuse me when you can tell the driver on the left is edging forward as he wants to get in front if you and then you just leave them for dust :)
Post by: Phil_H on April 22, 2015, 12:28:25 pm
Post by: bigmig95 on April 22, 2015, 12:36:29 pm
Post by: AJP on April 22, 2015, 12:37:59 pm
Post by: irish_ram on April 22, 2015, 01:41:15 pm
I saw a guy in his late 40's driving a bright Green Focus RS the other day with 2 "Big Bore 4's" hanging out the back.....he was accelerating and backing off in loads of traffic just to show everyone how awesome his blow off valve and exhaust pop was lol. Maybe he was having a midlife crisis! :jumping:
I would agree with the cock comment ha, trying to make up for other smaller parts :)
I bet he was slumped in his seat with head slighty bent and one hand on the wheel as this is how he believes pro drivers race and look cool at the sametime
Post by: #ed30 on April 29, 2015, 03:56:39 pm
i had a little dabble with a focus RS recently... his face was a picture when i "cruised" past...
Post by: M9xxr on April 29, 2015, 11:14:01 pm
Post by: Matthewsimone on April 30, 2015, 07:45:15 am
My girlfriend has the same issues, she drives my gti every day and makes trips to wales to see family quite often. All i hear is her moaning that everyones trying to race her! Must be a gti thing. R32 owners struggle with the fact that a gti in standard guise is a good match for the big heavy slow 32 and a mapped gti leaves them for dead. Got to watch out for those pesky 106 gti's. They can upset most things round town! :driver:
My issue exactly when was considering a 32, in the real world with good conditions when it's actually safe to drive enthusiastically the 32 offers nothing over the Gti excepts making a good noise! But does offer many drawbacks ie, drinks fuel, £500 road tax and almost impossible to extract extra performance without taking out a small mortgage :laugh:
Recently my totally stock 2007 Gti made 211bhp and 240ftlb torque, very impressive after 70,000 miles on the engine/turbo :happy2:
Post by: irish_ram on April 30, 2015, 01:53:01 pm
Must be the awesome GTI front grill that makes them jealous and react haha
Post by: xjay1337 on April 30, 2015, 02:10:03 pm
I saw a guy in his late 40's driving a bright Green Focus RS the other day with 2 "Big Bore 4's" hanging out the back.....he was accelerating and backing off in loads of traffic just to show everyone how awesome his blow off valve and exhaust pop was lol. Maybe he was having a midlife crisis! :jumping:
I would agree with the cock comment ha, trying to make up for other smaller parts :)
I bet he was slumped in his seat with head slighty bent and one hand on the wheel as this is how he believes pro drivers race and look cool at the sametime
I have a tiny willy and a big turbo.
I can deal with that.
Post by: dansmith180 on April 30, 2015, 02:35:16 pm
I saw a guy in his late 40's driving a bright Green Focus RS the other day with 2 "Big Bore 4's" hanging out the back.....he was accelerating and backing off in loads of traffic just to show everyone how awesome his blow off valve and exhaust pop was lol. Maybe he was having a midlife crisis! :jumping:
I would agree with the cock comment ha, trying to make up for other smaller parts :)
I bet he was slumped in his seat with head slighty bent and one hand on the wheel as this is how he believes pro drivers race and look cool at the sametime
I have a tiny willy and a big turbo.
I can deal with that.
I have a small will and a small turbo :sad1:
Post by: shaunnorris7 on April 30, 2015, 03:05:11 pm
1st fast car was at 21 and was a 330ci m-sport. Had the barstewards 6 weeks when I lost the back end and wrote it off. At that time I would have tried to race everything, funny thing is when you look back (9 years now) you can see how much experience you've gained over the years and I'm luckly I didn't kill myself. I still give the GT a bit of a seeing to from time to time but only when I know the road and there not much about. I think over time you learn to expect the unexpected!!
At the moment I'm quite happy challenging myself on how many miles can I get from a tank?
Sad I know lol..
Post by: #ed30 on May 08, 2015, 02:34:15 pm
My girlfriend has the same issues, she drives my gti every day and makes trips to wales to see family quite often. All i hear is her moaning that everyones trying to race her! Must be a gti thing. R32 owners struggle with the fact that a gti in standard guise is a good match for the big heavy slow 32 and a mapped gti leaves them for dead. Got to watch out for those pesky 106 gti's. They can upset most things round town! :driver:
i had a 106 gti many many moons ago - loved that thing! proper little go kart!
Post by: Erno on May 08, 2015, 06:50:32 pm
My girlfriend has the same issues, she drives my gti every day and makes trips to wales to see family quite often. All i hear is her moaning that everyones trying to race her! Must be a gti thing. R32 owners struggle with the fact that a gti in standard guise is a good match for the big heavy slow 32 and a mapped gti leaves them for dead. Got to watch out for those pesky 106 gti's. They can upset most things round town! :driver:
i had a 106 gti many many moons ago - loved that thing! proper little go kart!
Our vRSclub had a track day with Peugeot club a while back. Those buggers came flying past left and right :ashamed:
apparently Skoda Octavia vRS estate flies under the radar. Only the bmw boys tries to race me but they try to race everything that has wheels...
Post by: Trowbridge on May 08, 2015, 07:19:46 pm
My girlfriend has the same issues, she drives my gti every day and makes trips to wales to see family quite often. All i hear is her moaning that everyones trying to race her! Must be a gti thing. R32 owners struggle with the fact that a gti in standard guise is a good match for the big heavy slow 32 and a mapped gti leaves them for dead. Got to watch out for those pesky 106 gti's. They can upset most things round town! :driver:
i had a 106 gti many many moons ago - loved that thing! proper little go kart!
Our vRSclub had a track day with Peugeot club a while back. Those buggers came flying past left and right :ashamed:
apparently Skoda Octavia vRS estate flies under the radar. Only the bmw boys tries to race me but they try to race everything that has wheels...
I think most are worried about the Octavia's being unmarked police cars!
Post by: Rukz on May 08, 2015, 10:28:19 pm
My girlfriend has the same issues, she drives my gti every day and makes trips to wales to see family quite often. All i hear is her moaning that everyones trying to race her! Must be a gti thing. R32 owners struggle with the fact that a gti in standard guise is a good match for the big heavy slow 32 and a mapped gti leaves them for dead. Got to watch out for those pesky 106 gti's. They can upset most things round town! :driver:
i had a 106 gti many many moons ago - loved that thing! proper little go kart!
Our vRSclub had a track day with Peugeot club a while back. Those buggers came flying past left and right :ashamed:
apparently Skoda Octavia vRS estate flies under the radar. Only the bmw boys tries to race me but they try to race everything that has wheels...
I think most are worried about the Octavia's being unmarked police cars!
+1 on that, you've hit the nail on the head there :scared:
Post by: grumpy on May 08, 2015, 11:09:45 pm
With respect, don't like the tone of this post...