Does your scoob attract tail gaters?
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Hi all,
How many have found that with the introduction of a scoob into their lives they brought with it that cardinal sinner of the road going community....the tail gater???
I am forever being tail gated, by all kinds of cars from Corsa's to BMW's.
I am quite a sedate driver...don't really hoon it from point to point, but sometimes when this happens, my my do I get the urge.![Mad](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/mad.gif)
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How many have found that with the introduction of a scoob into their lives they brought with it that cardinal sinner of the road going community....the tail gater???
I am forever being tail gated, by all kinds of cars from Corsa's to BMW's.
I am quite a sedate driver...don't really hoon it from point to point, but sometimes when this happens, my my do I get the urge.
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yes recently a Volvo 950 (i think) at about 6.30 in the morning when the roads were clear and he wanted a different fecking lane he was so close i couldn't see his headlights.
Mondeos ranging from original to 2003 versions and either the 1.6 LX or ST (none of the inbetween models).
Numerous other cars Vectras (the B version),other fecking imprezas
Mondeos ranging from original to 2003 versions and either the 1.6 LX or ST (none of the inbetween models).
Numerous other cars Vectras (the B version),other fecking imprezas
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I posted about the Civic type R as this was my latest tail gater!!! Although the one before that was a black 1.2 ltr corsa. Lol at another thread on here saying that the black corsa's are the one to watch as they are quick!!!!
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it happened to me the other week some plum with a laguna with a tribal decal on his bonnet was right up to my back bumper when the road cleared it took him half a mile to catch up as i was slowing down to a 30 zone im not into speeding but if i had to stop for any reason id rather no one was that close.
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Yep loadsa times ![Cuckoo](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/cuckoo.gif)
Especially in summer time (in and around Skegness) seems to attract all the 'boy racers' in there Saxo's with their big exhausts etc.![Lol1](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/lol1.gif)
Don't usually bother me unless they do it for too long and then...... a quick press of the loud peddle and they seem to drop back rather rapidly.
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Especially in summer time (in and around Skegness) seems to attract all the 'boy racers' in there Saxo's with their big exhausts etc.
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Don't usually bother me unless they do it for too long and then...... a quick press of the loud peddle and they seem to drop back rather rapidly.
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I'm always tailgated all the time. Usually in a evening coming home from work in Driffeild to Brid.
All kinds of cars, had one the other week a BMW I put my foot down to clear the cob webs and left him for dead. He caught up eventually and tried to entice me into a race but I ain't bothered, he overtook me and then he slowed down. Flashing his four ways.
Great, he then pulled into a junction and let me pass then jkept driving up my *** that I felt violated. He kept flashing me then went into a layby.
I carried on and that was that. I ain't gonna pull in to see what he will do.
Interesting that they seem to think I've got a Scooby I will drive it at mack ten all the time??
All kinds of cars, had one the other week a BMW I put my foot down to clear the cob webs and left him for dead. He caught up eventually and tried to entice me into a race but I ain't bothered, he overtook me and then he slowed down. Flashing his four ways.
Great, he then pulled into a junction and let me pass then jkept driving up my *** that I felt violated. He kept flashing me then went into a layby.
I carried on and that was that. I ain't gonna pull in to see what he will do.
Interesting that they seem to think I've got a Scooby I will drive it at mack ten all the time??
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Same here get it all the time, aswell as getting carved up at junctions, other road users not letting me out of busy junctions and driving really slowing {15 in 40 zones} just to **** me off or trying to block me when I try to overtake them.
I never get this hassle when im driving other cars, just the scooby.
I never get this hassle when im driving other cars, just the scooby.
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This is a common problem when driving a subaru, its like a magnet for muppets and always attracts the wrong kind of attention, this is one of the main reasons i sold my sti, i found myself getting more and more wound up by the tailgaters and started driving like a ****, so i took the decision to sell in the end.
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OH YES
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Not that long ago i had a RS4 up my **** on the M62 & i thought why not & a couple of presses of the E-boost and i was off and gone, but i have to say they are quick
also had the corsa boys on my tail etc before, im sure they just do it to see me boot it
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Not that long ago i had a RS4 up my **** on the M62 & i thought why not & a couple of presses of the E-boost and i was off and gone, but i have to say they are quick
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yeh i get tailgators all the time especially on the m60 comin home from work but i get more hassle drivin the wifes fiesta every f ......r comes at me because they are hairdressers cars and everyone thinks you should giveway
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Yeah happens to me alot round warwickshire, Happened the other week with a z 4, I think he thought he could actualy get up my exhaust, so i pulled away just so he couldn't what a tit.
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Interesting thread. Can someone please explain the logic of a tailgater to me?
Is it that they genuinely believe they own a faster car (which of course they might do) and you are holding them back or is it a more primitive instinct that proves their masculinity by driving threateningly in your rear view mirror?
I just don't understand it really!!
For the record I do find French car drivers the worst. Corsa, Saxo's etc
Is it that they genuinely believe they own a faster car (which of course they might do) and you are holding them back or is it a more primitive instinct that proves their masculinity by driving threateningly in your rear view mirror?
I just don't understand it really!!
For the record I do find French car drivers the worst. Corsa, Saxo's etc
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This is a common problem when driving a subaru, its like a magnet for muppets and always attracts the wrong kind of attention, this is one of the main reasons i sold my sti, i found myself getting more and more wound up by the tailgaters and started driving like a ****, so i took the decision to sell in the end.
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i don't really find it a problem at all.
I get just as many tail gatters in the subaru as i do in the astra which isn't that many to be fair so wouldn't really say its car speicific
I don't get many people "try and Race" at the light either get the odd one or two trying to get my attention but i choose to ignore them.
It must be that my car blends in as well
I get just as many tail gatters in the subaru as i do in the astra which isn't that many to be fair so wouldn't really say its car speicific
I don't get many people "try and Race" at the light either get the odd one or two trying to get my attention but i choose to ignore them.
It must be that my car blends in as well
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