16V_1600
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Right this really fucks me off. Why is it that when you own a modified car that little chav 17 year old boy racers feel it appropriate to drive 6 inches off your rear bumper? 
Driving round to my girlfriends and I turn left at a junction driving along and next thing there is a 106 with 3 or 4 lads in (looked like they were all about 17) accelerating up behind me, driving as I said bout 6" off my bumper till I turned off.
What is the friggin point. If a kid had run out in the road and I had to slam on they'd have been straight into the back of me as their braking distance was next to none
Is this the in thing with chavs? Because to me it's so fucking stupid, and it will only be a matter of time before they crash into someone who has to slam on.
Rant over 
[Edited on 10-02-2008 by 16V_1600CS]
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JonnyJ
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coz he wantz a race innit
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DannyB
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courtesy of urban dictionary. 
boy racer:
A level headed young male between the age of 17-25 who sensibly makes modifications to his vehicle to improve performance. The use of offensive stickers, spoliers borrowed from British Airways, clear tail-lights that give you a headache and practical rims that cost more than the car are all well implemented by the boy racer. As all boy racers are aware, such modifications make a car not only cool but endlessly faster. Most boy racers obtain this valuable information from such reliable sources as their mates.
Boy racers are also known to drive recklessly, as doing so clearly helps in impressing the opposite sex and compensating for sexual inadequacy. The effect that this has on sensible motorists and elderly pedestrians is generally not taken into consideration. It is not a widely held belief amongst boy racers that motorists will eventually tire of them and encourage them off the road with a nudge from a pick-up truck, or pedestrains will get a sudden surge of adrenaline and hurl a rock through their window and/or plastic spoiler. However, some motorists theorise this will happen.
In conclusion, boy racers make excellent 'airfix' style modifications to their vehicle and spend an admiral amount of time and money modifying a cheap, crappy car with a small engine. Srangely, these modifications never seem to improve performance. They also drive with extreme charisma, few people could claim to handle a vehicle with such spectacular incompetance.
Just don't ask them to change the oil filter, drive up an incline or reverse a trailer.
Typical boy racer: A young lad possesing a greater amount of hair wax than brain cells, in posession of a Citroen Saxo 1.1 litre which his mother has paid for and has sensibly had the kind of money spent on it with which you could conceivably buy a decent car.
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Wrighty
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dont say that, that accounts for half of the people who surf this place
Steve is one of them
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by red_top
courtesy of urban dictionary.
boy racer:
A level headed young male between the age of 17-25 who sensibly makes modifications to his vehicle to improve performance. The use of offensive stickers, spoliers borrowed from British Airways, clear tail-lights that give you a headache and practical rims that cost more than the car are all well implemented by the boy racer. As all boy racers are aware, such modifications make a car not only cool but endlessly faster. Most boy racers obtain this valuable information from such reliable sources as their mates.
Boy racers are also known to drive recklessly, as doing so clearly helps in impressing the opposite sex and compensating for sexual inadequacy. The effect that this has on sensible motorists and elderly pedestrians is generally not taken into consideration. It is not a widely held belief amongst boy racers that motorists will eventually tire of them and encourage them off the road with a nudge from a pick-up truck, or pedestrains will get a sudden surge of adrenaline and hurl a rock through their window and/or plastic spoiler. However, some motorists theorise this will happen.
In conclusion, boy racers make excellent 'airfix' style modifications to their vehicle and spend an admiral amount of time and money modifying a cheap, crappy car with a small engine. Srangely, these modifications never seem to improve performance. They also drive with extreme charisma, few people could claim to handle a vehicle with such spectacular incompetance.
Just don't ask them to change the oil filter, drive up an incline or reverse a trailer.
Typical boy racer: A young lad possesing a greater amount of hair wax than brain cells, in posession of a Citroen Saxo 1.1 litre which his mother has paid for and has sensibly had the kind of money spent on it with which you could conceivably buy a decent car.
Sounds spot on to me 
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Timbaland
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So you have never done this before when you were that age?
I have, I still do it when i want a bit of fun.
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swedge
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when people do that to me i just brake suddenly and make then shit themselves as its thier fault if they hit you
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Steve
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still doesnt mean they arent idiots though does it
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by Timbaland
So you have never done this before when you were that age?
I have, I still do it when i want a bit of fun.
Can't say I have 
Yeah it will be fun when you can't stop in time and slam into the back of someone.
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phil_sutton
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Many of the local chavs round here have found out the hard way what happens when you try an impress your 13 year old girlfriend by racing a battered faded red corsa. There is no one here that will try an race me, which actually makes for a nice drive.
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Timbaland
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quote:
Originally posted by 16V_1600CS
Can't say I have
Yeah it will be fun when you can't stop in time and slam into the back of someone.
I dont beleive that but never mind.
I dont sit that close that i cant stop or put others in danger, But i do try egg people on, If i know they dont want to i back off.
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ClaireF
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just drive dead slow it will annoy them
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by ClaireF
just drive dead slow it will annoy them
Oh I do. If someone comes screaming up behind me, I just drive 1 mph under the speed limit
[Edited on 10-02-2008 by 16V_1600CS]
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ClaireF
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i overtook someone once on a 60mph road he didnt like it so followed me and tailgated me so more careful now cos i had nothing to protect myself hehe well have now in terms of a crowbar hehe
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Gaz
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Im a boy racer and i love it!
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Timbaland
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quote:
Originally posted by Gaz
Im a boy racer and i love it!
Ditto.
Wether your joking or not, Im being serious.
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G_Man
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someone did this to me, and i slammed on my brakes, he locked up and nearly went into the back of me, then he chased me for the next 5 miles
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ClaireF
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i always say to them your insurance not mine. doesnt bother me if you damage car or not
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by Timbaland
So you have never done this before when you were that age?
I have, I still do it when i want a bit of fun.
I hope you come across me on your travels and try that.
I'll let you go to overtake then not let you past andhope you crash, then come on here and tell everybody how i owned a cooper s.
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ClaireF
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^^^ then some innocent person gets injured
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John
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He's not innocent though, he's saying he does that to people, can you not read?
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phil_sutton
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quote:
Originally posted by John
quote:
Originally posted by Timbaland
So you have never done this before when you were that age?
I have, I still do it when i want a bit of fun.
I hope you come across me on your travels and try that.
I'll let you go to overtake then not let you past andhope you crash, then come on here and tell everybody how i owned a cooper s.
lmfao the amounts of times ive done that, wait for the tool with 30bhp try an over take you. Normally at some stupid point with a truck coming the other way. Its funny to see them lock up an go into the bushes.
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by ClaireF
i overtook someone once on a 60mph road he didnt like it so followed me and tailgated me so more careful now cos i had nothing to protect myself hehe well have now in terms of a crowbar hehe
the thought of you carrying round a crowbar to use as a weapon makes me laugh
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nova_gteuk
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Its not only boyracers though,anyone in a white van or taxidrivers are exactly the same.
Dont brake incase they do hit you just slow down to a steady 20mph theyll soon get pissed off and overtake works everytime for me  even when a coppers up my arse i slow right down
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Timbaland
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quote:
Originally posted by John
I hope you come across me on your travels and try that.
I'll let you go to overtake then not let you past andhope you crash, then come on here and tell everybody how i owned a cooper s.
Not let me past lol.
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