"Come Race Me Bro" Encounters

[Dadhawk]

about the only place I get any level of "come race me bro" is in front of Z1 Motorsports on my afternoon commute. But, if I'm honest, that's just the guys there leaving work and honing around with each other. I'm just in the traffic with them....

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

about the only place I get any level of "come race me bro" is in front of Z1 Motorsports on my afternoon commute. But, if I'm honest, that's just the guys there leaving work and honing around with each other. I'm just in the traffic with them....

Pretty sure that this accounts for about 95% of the "dude wanted to race me" stories on here. Many of them that is just how they drive all the time and they probably don't even notice the car they are supposedly challenging.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Pretty sure that this accounts for about 95% of the "dude wanted to race me" stories on here. Many of them that is just how they drive all the time and they probably don't even notice the car they are supposedly challenging.

I get someone beside me, usually a charger,mustang, or camaro, do something totally stupid trying to prove their car is fast, about 80% of the time I drive the Lotus. I ignore tgem, then they usually take of, dangerously weaving in traffic to again show me their car is fast. It's one reason a lot of lotus owners sell their cars. You get a lot of bad attention

[RToyo86]

There is definitely a sense of "race me bro" with these cars.

If I take the wife's Impreza people are always sleeping at traffic lights, or not paying attention.

In the 86 cars are always trying to out accelerate me from a stop or they pace me and speed up when I'm cruising around.
She brought it up more recently after I told her how people do that stuff around me constantly.

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The most common thing I get are old crappy Neons with pop tunes and buzzing exhaust. They usually have broken parts of cheap body kits but often are just missing major pieces. Not sure where the hell they are even still finding these things!

Looking pretty fresh if you ask me. I didn’t think neons were even in junkyards anymore, those things are more rare than huracans near me.

[GPhilly]

I want to add that I had my first autocross day at Limerock Park this past weekend and I was able to feel out the limits of my car and grip. I now drive a little more "spirited" on the road but I don't go nearly close to the limits I had at the track. Super fun experience and definitely recommend for everyone to try at least once.

Street Racing is a different story and is definitely more dangerous. I personally don't like challenging high-ego drivers.

[soundman98]

this past weekend, had the most most blatant run-in with a fiesta ST. driving home calmly, and through no effort/fault of my own, traffic shuffled and i ended up behind the guy. no big deal, had another 15 miles to go, no reason to change lanes. i just followed at a reasonable distance, same as every other car i followed up to that point. then he starts slowing down. traffic starts going around. finally he's going about 20mph under typical traffic, and close to 2 dozen cars had gone around him at this point, so i calmly shift lanes, never even downshift. he was apparently waiting for this opportunity to show me his pop tune. in full traffic with no more than 3 car lengths in front of him, he starts lunging past me, dropping back, and lunging forward again. normally, this would be perceived as a street racing invitation, but it was a 2 lane highway with nearly full weekend traffic. those 3 car lengths were as far as he could get...

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by soundman98

this past weekend, had the most most blatant run-in with a fiesta ST. driving home calmly, and through no effort/fault of my own, traffic shuffled and i ended up behind the guy. no big deal, had another 15 miles to go, no reason to change lanes. i just followed at a reasonable distance, same as every other car i followed up to that point. then he starts slowing down. traffic starts going around. finally he's going about 20mph under typical traffic, and close to 2 dozen cars had gone around him at this point, so i calmly shift lanes, never even downshift. he was apparently waiting for this opportunity to show me his pop tune. in full traffic with no more than 3 car lengths in front of him, he starts lunging past me, dropping back, and lunging forward again. normally, this would be perceived as a street racing invitation, but it was a 2 lane highway with nearly full weekend traffic. those 3 car lengths were as far as he could get...

He’s been watching too many rally videos. Fiesta ST go pInG pAnG PoNg.

[RToyo86]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

He’s been watching too many rally videos. Fiesta ST go pInG pAnG PoNg.

Thanks now whenever I hear that I'm gonna call it the ping pong tune.

[DQR]

Leaving work, had a young guy on a Honda cbr600 get beside me waving his fingers to race dammit!! I'm on the phone with the wife and just shake my head no. He speeds off angrily. I was touched in a way that he thought my car was worth a challenge. First time any motorcyclist has tried to race me.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by DQR

Leaving work, had a young guy on a Honda cbr600 get beside me waving his fingers to race dammit!! I'm on the phone with the wife and just shake my head no. He speeds off angrily. I was touched in a way that he thought my car was worth a challenge. First time any motorcyclist has tried to race me.

He most likely doesn't know what car he's looking at. Probably thinking it's a Ferrari or something.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by soundman98

this past weekend, had the most most blatant run-in with a fiesta ST. driving home calmly, and through no effort/fault of my own, traffic shuffled and i ended up behind the guy. no big deal, had another 15 miles to go, no reason to change lanes. i just followed at a reasonable distance, same as every other car i followed up to that point. then he starts slowing down. traffic starts going around. finally he's going about 20mph under typical traffic, and close to 2 dozen cars had gone around him at this point, so i calmly shift lanes, never even downshift. he was apparently waiting for this opportunity to show me his pop tune. in full traffic with no more than 3 car lengths in front of him, he starts lunging past me, dropping back, and lunging forward again. normally, this would be perceived as a street racing invitation, but it was a 2 lane highway with nearly full weekend traffic. those 3 car lengths were as far as he could get...

I know this is like a 6 month old post, but the same thing happened to me way back pre pandemic. Except it was a Fiat 500 Abarth.

[soundman98]

Lol, almost forgot about that. With the new gen, almost no one notices me anymore

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I know this is like a 6 month old post, but the same thing happened to me way back pre pandemic. Except it was a Fiat 500 Abarth.

Happens to me 9 out of 10 times I drive the Lotus. Mostly mustangs, charger/challengers, but I've even had trucks here. I'm always just cruising the speed limit minding my own business, but they really want to show me their car is fast.

Last time my wife and I went on a drive, a guy in a 70's camero with different color fenders took off from a light (expressway, 3 lanes each side) and does the most dangerous moves between traffic to take off. My wife looks at me and says, "that was for us, huh..". I say yes shaking my head.

I do occasional get good. I guess I should mention those too. I understand it is a rare car, and people are interested. I had a guy in a GTR stop next to me and talk the other day. One of the best was a mini van with about 4 young teen boys. Mom was driving. It was on the freeway. They all had their phones out filming. They were egging me on to jump in it, so I downshifted a few gears and jumped on it. They were all smiles and thumbs up to me. I waved and took my exit. I did it safely; no one around.