Over the last couple of days I have encountered a few people who have made it quite clear they want to have a bit of a race or for me to floor the car alongside them.
Most recently this was a Golf Gti and then an S-Line Audi A4....both pulled alongside me on dual lane stretches of road (one a national speed limit, the other a 40mph limit), and the driver started gesticulating for me to 'go' (with various nods and hand signals) before booting their car and disapearing off down the road.
Now, I don't know if it's just an age thing, but I can't be bothered with this kind of thing anymore? When I was in my twenties, and probably early thirties, I used to engage all the time, but at the grand age of 54 I just don't feel like I have anything I need to prove anymore when it comes to the car I drive? I said to my fiance as the Audi screemed away (sounding like the engine was about to explode it was being revved that hard!), that I know my car could easily beat them and that's enough for me, I don't need to risk points on my licence or, even worse, an accident, just to prove it to some young lads I have never met before....that's what drag strips and track days are for.
It's not just because I know the Quad could quite easily do me proud in those situations either...I am the same in our BMW iX3. That car may be a lardy EV SUV, but at the traffic lights, and in sport mode, it's more than capable of beating quite a few sporty models off the line (soon starts to lose that rapid pace though!), but I just can't be bothered with it anymore?
Once on a nice country road, with loads of fast bends and long straights and in the right conditions, I will open the car up and get the most enjoyment out of driving it, but I'm just not interested in racing people on the road anymore?
Am I in the minority here? Do other Quadrifoglio owners like to show other 'lesser' marques up when they are baited by the drivers?
Most recently this was a Golf Gti and then an S-Line Audi A4....both pulled alongside me on dual lane stretches of road (one a national speed limit, the other a 40mph limit), and the driver started gesticulating for me to 'go' (with various nods and hand signals) before booting their car and disapearing off down the road.
Now, I don't know if it's just an age thing, but I can't be bothered with this kind of thing anymore? When I was in my twenties, and probably early thirties, I used to engage all the time, but at the grand age of 54 I just don't feel like I have anything I need to prove anymore when it comes to the car I drive? I said to my fiance as the Audi screemed away (sounding like the engine was about to explode it was being revved that hard!), that I know my car could easily beat them and that's enough for me, I don't need to risk points on my licence or, even worse, an accident, just to prove it to some young lads I have never met before....that's what drag strips and track days are for.
It's not just because I know the Quad could quite easily do me proud in those situations either...I am the same in our BMW iX3. That car may be a lardy EV SUV, but at the traffic lights, and in sport mode, it's more than capable of beating quite a few sporty models off the line (soon starts to lose that rapid pace though!), but I just can't be bothered with it anymore?
Once on a nice country road, with loads of fast bends and long straights and in the right conditions, I will open the car up and get the most enjoyment out of driving it, but I'm just not interested in racing people on the road anymore?
Am I in the minority here? Do other Quadrifoglio owners like to show other 'lesser' marques up when they are baited by the drivers?
