Anyone tired of being challenged?

coolboarder · 04-15-2008

I'm so tired of cars pulling up next to me and try to provoke a race on the freeway, the strange thing is that it is never a super car like Ferrari or high end Porsches but lesser cars (like Japanese of BXX). I got enough tickets racing on the freeway and really are so out of it, just wondering if any of you welcome it. I just want to enjoy my commute to work and not to be bothered with. This reminds me of snowboarding, it never fails that whenever you are bombing down a run, some guy will always pull up and try to show you they car go faster or jump higher, do we always have to be so Contentious?

Baron7700 · 04-15-2008

i get it all the time.

Usually mustangs and sti's as my area has alot of decent dealers, and people make enough to get those, but nothing more really. I used to go more than I should, but i rarely do now, I gotta be on this only one stretch of highway i know very well, rarely driven on by people unless they live near it (like I do) and even than I wont turn it loose, unless its more of a enthusiast run than a Im faster than you run, i dont know how to define the difference, but you know what i mean.

PsychoAzn · 04-15-2008

me too.

i just ignore them, because they gonna lose anyway.

**DansSlk** · 04-15-2008

I get this also, i just leave them alone but you always seem to get a few who try over and over so i tend to just wind her out for a bit until anybody behind her can't even see her tail then relax again.

After an experience like that they don't bother again and give her all the space she wants, my car spends most of its time hidden away on back roads or on some of the private tracks we have around here so the only time its exposed to these fool's is on the trips to the proper roads and I'm also lucky that i live in a small town so a reputation spreads like wildfire around these 8 year old pricks and that helps keep them away also.

**FishtailnZ** · 04-15-2008

Cannon fodder, don't waste your gas. Of course every now and then you get your ass kicked by a "sleeper", but that's part of the fun too *L*.

**alroumi** · 04-15-2008

Porsche 911's, Corvette C6, BMW E46 M3's and the list goes on, it depends on the mood if I was in a good state of temper I would of shown them who's boss.

**jmeredith** · 04-16-2008

i had a bit of this just today, ran down to the Texas coast for a meeting, is about 2 hours South of San Antonio, great highway for letting a little out, unfortunately the state highway patrol loves to watch it like a hawk, none the less i encountered several morons in suvs trying to goad me into a run... wasnt worth it, i left the cruise control on and smiled to myself remembering what it was like to be young and unaware...

-J

Wimbledon_SLK · 04-16-2008

I get the same in my SLK 200, so I can well imagine what the guys with bigger ones... engines.. have to put up with.. LOL

Ikarus · 04-16-2008

Occasionally, some kid in a souped-up 4-banger pulls up next to me. I have nothing to prove, so I just ignore them.

Baron7700 · 04-16-2008

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Originally Posted by Ikarus

. I have nothing to prove, so I just ignore them.

bingo.......................

**etyu** · 04-16-2008

Same here, just smile and ignore them.

Tummy · 04-16-2008

It use to be that I couldn't let anyone pass me. I've really changed in the last couple years and now think about my family before I do anything stupid. I can usually found cruising close to the speed limit in the slow lane.

HwoALanG · 04-16-2008

i get that a lot ~ most of time i just ignore them... but when i am in mood ~ oh yes ~ i will step on it till engine blows up ~ ^_^
plus ~ i think it really denpends on the area... if it's known area.... i know where to speed and not speed so~

Baron7700 · 04-16-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by HwoALanG

i get that a lot ~ most of time i just ignore them... but when i am in mood ~ oh yes ~ i will step on it till engine blows up ~ ^_^

**snowbyhui** · 04-16-2008

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Originally Posted by Tummy

It use to be that I couldn't let anyone pass me. I've really changed in the last couple years and now think about my family before I do anything stupid. I can usually found cruising close to the speed limit in the slow lane.

Completely agree. There was a Z350 (heavily moded) passing me and cut in front of me. He wants to make a left turn and go to the Canadian Tire (AutoZone in US), I went straight and enter the same store. I end up finding a better parking space

. He didn't look very happy.

Just think of the worst case of what will happen when I try to step on the gas will make me go easy on it. Getting a ticket or get suspended is only doing harm to yourself, killing someone on the road will ruin your life.

**alroumi** · 04-16-2008

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Originally Posted by snowbyhui

Completely agree. There was a Z350 (heavily moded) passing me and cut in front of me. He wants to make a left turn and go to the Canadian Tire (AutoZone in US), I went straight and enter the same store. I end up finding a better parking space

. He didn't look very happy.

Just think of the worst case of what will happen when I try to step on the gas will make me go easy on it. Getting a ticket or get suspended is only doing harm to yourself, killing someone on the road will ruin your life.

Nice story, thank you for sharing.

**Ynot** · 04-16-2008

yep, get it from mustang's, sti's, evo's, and honda's. I had this VW that was constantly harassing me on the 45mph highway that I take everyday to work, there are cops lurking everywhere, I ignored him, an Acura Integra did the same thing the other day on the same highway, he slowed down before he got caught. In my younger days I would, speeding tickets are too expensive these days.

PAPA · 04-16-2008

Lots of traffic light here, and thats the main place for the silliness.

So my fav thing to do, to the boyracers is along side at a red light, nudge forward, Then a little more give it a rev for effect nudge forward again, Like your going to go for it off the lights...... And when the light go's green, Just pull off nice and slow and watch your foe screem from the lights in a fog of tyre smoke and clutch, Never gets old

**dsb** · 04-16-2008

Man,

I hardly ever get challenged. I don't know why it rarely happens. I almost feel envious of you guys... well almost.

Baron7700 · 04-16-2008

You have for very loud pipes, and usually any kind of extra lettering on the other side (///amg ///m etc) seems to be a bad idea to mess with, IF the car looks genuine.

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coolboarder SLK World Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 68 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Anyone tired of being challenged? I'm so tired of cars pulling up next to me and try to provoke a race on the freeway, the strange thing is that it is never a super car like Ferrari or high end Porsches but lesser cars (like Japanese of BXX). I got enough tickets racing on the freeway and really are so out of it, just wondering if any of you welcome it. I just want to enjoy my commute to work and not to be bothered with. This reminds me of snowboarding, it never fails that whenever you are bombing down a run, some guy will always pull up and try to show you they car go faster or jump higher, do we always have to be so Contentious?
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DansSlk Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wales Vehicle: 05 B55S (Brabus 6.1 S) Posts: 6,456 Country: Thanks: 85 Thanked 145 Times in 116 Posts	I get this also, i just leave them alone but you always seem to get a few who try over and over so i tend to just wind her out for a bit until anybody behind her can't even see her tail then relax again. After an experience like that they don't bother again and give her all the space she wants, my car spends most of its time hidden away on back roads or on some of the private tracks we have around here so the only time its exposed to these fool's is on the trips to the proper roads and I'm also lucky that i live in a small town so a reputation spreads like wildfire around these 8 year old pricks and that helps keep them away also. __________________ One thing you will learn with German cars - If it's simple it ain't happening.

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etyu Founding Member #2 / Ambassador Of Good Will Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orange County, CA Vehicle: 2008 SLK 55 Posts: 4,922 Country: Thanks: 323 Thanked 212 Times in 112 Posts	Same here, just smile and ignore them. __________________ *Eddy* To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Pewter/Beige, PIII package, Airscarf, Hands-Free Communication System, Lighting package Designo Black Leather Cover on e-brake handle, ( To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Bill T), SmartTop v1.0, Kleyman 3BFM (NoRegret Custom), Green Air Filters, *Mod. R170 ant.* EuroClear sidemarkers w/PIAA PlasmaIon lamps, chromed front & rear turn indicator lamps, PIAA SuperPlasmaGTX front parking lamps, HyperWhite license plate lamps ( To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Scott), bilateral rear fog lamps enabled.

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Baron7700 Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pennyslvania Vehicle: 2006 Slk 350 Other Toys: Lots of ATV's Posts: 1,600 Country: Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	i get it all the time. Usually mustangs and sti's as my area has alot of decent dealers, and people make enough to get those, but nothing more really. I used to go more than I should, but i rarely do now, I gotta be on this only one stretch of highway i know very well, rarely driven on by people unless they live near it (like I do) and even than I wont turn it loose, unless its more of a enthusiast run than a Im faster than you run, i dont know how to define the difference, but you know what i mean.

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PsychoAzn SLK World Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Vehicle: 2006 SLK350 Other Toys: 2005 ML350, 2007 C200 Posts: 99 Country: Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	me too. i just ignore them, because they gonna lose anyway.

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jmeredith SLK World Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: TX, USA Vehicle: SLK55 - Diamond Silver Other Toys: Ducati 620 Dark, 22' Catalina Posts: 96 Country: Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	i had a bit of this just today, ran down to the Texas coast for a meeting, is about 2 hours South of San Antonio, great highway for letting a little out, unfortunately the state highway patrol loves to watch it like a hawk, none the less i encountered several morons in suvs trying to goad me into a run... wasnt worth it, i left the cruise control on and smiled to myself remembering what it was like to be young and unaware... -J

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Wimbledon_SLK Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London Vehicle: SLK 280 Other Toys: Honda VFR 750 Posts: 644 Country: Thanks: 31 Thanked 35 Times in 9 Posts	I get the same in my SLK 200, so I can well imagine what the guys with bigger ones... engines.. have to put up with.. LOL

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Ikarus Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NorCal Vehicle: 2006 SLK 280 w. 6M Other Toys: 2000 New Beetle GLS w. 5M Posts: 577 Country: Thanks: 20 Thanked 34 Times in 17 Posts	Occasionally, some kid in a souped-up 4-banger pulls up next to me. I have nothing to prove, so I just ignore them.

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Tummy Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: EWR / CLE Vehicle: 2005 SLK350, 2004 Infiniti FX45 Posts: 247 Country: Thanks: 1 Thanked 24 Times in 14 Posts	It use to be that I couldn't let anyone pass me. I've really changed in the last couple years and now think about my family before I do anything stupid. I can usually found cruising close to the speed limit in the slow lane.

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HwoALanG Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellicott City & Salisbury, MD Vehicle: 2007 SLK 280 Other Toys: COMPUTER? And1 and on Posts: 306 Country: Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	i get that a lot ~ most of time i just ignore them... but when i am in mood ~ oh yes ~ i will step on it till engine blows up ~ ^_^ plus ~ i think it really denpends on the area... if it's known area.... i know where to speed and not speed so~

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Ynot Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Colorado Vehicle: 06' MBZ SLK Posts: 2,712 Country: Thanks: 111 Thanked 22 Times in 17 Posts	yep, get it from mustang's, sti's, evo's, and honda's. I had this VW that was constantly harassing me on the 45mph highway that I take everyday to work, there are cops lurking everywhere, I ignored him, an Acura Integra did the same thing the other day on the same highway, he slowed down before he got caught. In my younger days I would, speeding tickets are too expensive these days. __________________ 06' SLK 350, Iridium/Ash all pkgs. 6-spd, 19" DCR. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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PAPA SLK World Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gwent Vehicle: slk 320 Posts: 70 Country: Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Lots of traffic light here, and thats the main place for the silliness. So my fav thing to do, to the boyracers is along side at a red light, nudge forward, Then a little more give it a rev for effect nudge forward again, Like your going to go for it off the lights...... And when the light go's green, Just pull off nice and slow and watch your foe screem from the lights in a fog of tyre smoke and clutch, Never gets old

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dsb Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NorCal Vehicle: '06 slk55 Posts: 1,103 Country: Thanks: 36 Thanked 80 Times in 35 Posts	Man, I hardly ever get challenged. I don't know why it rarely happens. I almost feel envious of you guys... well almost. __________________ '06 Mercedes Benz SLK55 Caspian Blue / Black & Ash / DPE 19" R07s, Other Stuff *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

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Baron7700 Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pennyslvania Vehicle: 2006 Slk 350 Other Toys: Lots of ATV's Posts: 1,600 Country: Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	You have for very loud pipes, and usually any kind of extra lettering on the other side (///amg ///m etc) seems to be a bad idea to mess with, IF the car looks genuine.