Why is it every Boy Racer wants to race?

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 2:10 am

Geez! I'm quietly enjoying my car minding my own business like today, top down in the sun, but I get perplexed on motorways and at the lights when boy racers sudddenly appear from nowhere an either glue themselves to the back or start looking in my direction wanting to race. The latest at the lights was a middle aged suit in a 2.0L Vauxhall Vectra

I generally just look back and gently let the clutch out as they manically race forward and wonder why I'm not jumping red.

Robbie.

Ypwpat · Post by **Ypwpat** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 11:19 am

well why they called it boy racer?

Coz they like to race.

Darth Bourj · Post by **Darth Bourj** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 11:24 am

Know what you mean. When I get anyone on my backend I try to make them look silly. Lots of roundabouts where I live and so I tend to go very slow towards them and then accelerate so a car gets between the b-racer and me.

On open straights or preferably just before. Change down a gear and when it's safe to accelerate I put one foot on the brake pedal. Only so the brake light comes on. At the same time having the right foot anchored to the floor accelerating away as the Pratt behind you is slowing down.

It really gets on my nerves when someone rear ends another car and then starts blaming the driver in front. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE.

I hope it doesnâ€™t happen to me, but at least it wont be me loosing my no claims

Michelle · Post by **Michelle** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 10:19 pm

I have the same problem too, for some reason people are always trying to play games with me and try and get me to race them on carriage ways and motorways. :rolleyes:

Ben302 · Post by **Ben302** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 1:46 am

I tend to get the same chavs in their badly bastardised novas and saxos try to burn me at lights

although with bad bodykit comes equally sh**ty engine mods so they end up trailling me

all that revving and creepping must do their engines the world of good - not

as witnessed by a nova rear silencer parting company and almost colliding with my front offside wheel. Why bother

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 11:06 am

I seem to have attracted loads of motorbikes in the same way you guys got the boy racers, needless to say a cc ain't never gotta beat a a 600cc honda or a rather large real american style Harley (one really did race me), it also had a very American looking biker bloke one it

Darth Bourj · Post by **Darth Bourj** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 12:11 pm

Yeah. I just let bikes go. If you don't, they only hide in your blind spot. Bikes are in a different league anyway.

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 2:53 pm

Yep, i wouldn't even think of trying to race one, as you say their in a league of their own

Darth Bourj · Post by **Darth Bourj** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 4:32 pm

Ok, So what cars do we find are worse for trying to race. Iâ€™ve heard Nova's & corsa's mentioned, but personally I find it's new shape VW golfs normally in silver. I guess they are trying to prove something. Trying

andyc209 · Post by **andyc209** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 4:46 pm

Took on a BMW 3 series the other day on a long racetrack type of road in macclesfield, roling starts around a roundabout, got a good line and then had a 1.5 mile burn .... got away well, lost power about 40 - 60 mph then it picked up again and beat him to the end of the road by about 3 seconds...

so the typical smug BMW, we think we own the road, b*stard was fuming stuck at the traffic lights...

All done in my little 1.6....

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 5:59 pm

I'vw also noticed a lot of racing interest from the older BMW's, mainly convertable ones, maybe they feel their lacking something like the hard top convertable roof???

Paul Keville · Post by **Paul Keville** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 6:55 pm

Yep, i wouldn't even think of trying to race one, as you say their in a league of their own

I ride a Kawasaki ZX6R, and you wouldnt belive the number of silly little twats in Nova's, etc that try 2 race you. I stay well clear, they're the ones that take you out of the game cos they cant drive, and you never know what might drop off an old Nova

Pauline · Post by **Pauline** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 7:23 pm

Yay Paul, I rode one once and popped wheelies at every roundabout. It was Steve's and I was trying it for size so I'd have the ZX6 and would PX my old donkey of a bike against a Monster for him, so that way we both get new bikes

It was a great idea - until he wrote it off 10 days later

Don't clip the kerb on them, the ally frames are made of cheese

Fabulous bike though. OH

Just had a thought, how old and what colour is yours? We've got a green/lilac hugger for a 95/96 model - interested?

Sam1974 · Post by **Sam1974** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 12:36 am

To be honest if I have some1 up my arse or looking for a race I will:

a) Drive as slow as possible and piss them right off

b) Give them a run for the money

c) Set off very fast and then slow down very quickly, not giving them the satisfaction.

Im not a boy racer but I do enjoy giving my CC some welly.

To be honest people with performance cars (TVR, M3, ferrari) that drive really slow because there scared they will damage them, piss me off more.

Why by a performance car and never drive faster than 60mph. And before anyone says anything in a built up area I stick to the speed limits, but on country lanes and the motorway I like to let rip.

Sam1974

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 9:32 pm

Yep Sam I'm the same, on quieter moments and motorways I used to open my 2.0L CC up, sit back and enjoy the ride. Now I do the same with the slk and feel the rush of the supercharged engine carry me to around 6500 rpm. Nothing quite like it, and I'm satisfied that come the expense of trade in time, I've had my monies worth

Robbie.