So on my way home from work today I pull out on to a 40MPH stretch of road as a Scooby (old shape) passes so I follow behind at a normal distance and make some progress toward the end to a small a roundabout. He's in the left lane I'm in the right. The left is only for going left (1st exit) on this roundabout.
So as I am going round to the 2nd exit he floors it and cuts in, the exhaust almost deafens me in the process but I don't think about that at the time, I'm more wtf if there will be some kind of collision so my senses are heightened now somewhat. I stay in my lane and he just busts ahead.
At the next roundabout he nudges into the right lane weaving around traffic, this time I'm in the left to carry on going toward the 2nd exit and I notice he's slowed right down to my speed and is beside me as we both go round the roundabout. I glance over and see a guy that looks like this (no joke):
He looks at me and bobs his head and torso back and forth as if to motion the action of VTEC kicking in, I think he wants to....race?!
Anyway, he floors it and cuts in front again but this time I wonder about how my ears are standing up to this kind of abuse. So as we're going down the road he indicates (!) right and bears right into the junction so I carry on going straight. Some seconds pass before I hear the abuse getting louder so I look in my rear view and what do I see? Yep, he's decided not to turn right any more and instead follow me, closely!
At this point I'm wondering if he's annoyed I didn't race him, is he planning on following me home? Hmmm. I decide to detour and not take the route to home, see if he is in fact following me. He is.
We come to a set of lights and he is on my right side now (which is for taking the right junction ahead only). The lights are red and will be for some time. If he's going to hurl abuse then it might as well be here as there's CCTV directly on the corner so I roll my window down and he laughs, motions with his hands to play Traffic Light GP and says something like "just floor it mate uv got a Beemah! I used to have one and I sold it to get this! xD"
I look at him, smile, and say "mate, I've got a 2 litre NA, you've got a turbo charged 4WD Imprezza and there's no chance I'm racing you or anyone anyway"
He laughs again and begins talking about how he should have kept his Beemah! and how I should Supercharge mine.... I figure I should just let him have his fun so as the lights turn amber I say "ok go for it" and he nails it ahead and is long gone, I gain legal speed slowly and hopefully make him think he's bi-winning or something and when he's out of view I turn in and do a U turn.
I've seen some crazy BS on the roads over 10 years of driving but never ever seen anything like this before. The guy genuinely wanted to have a proper race on a busy 30MPH road where half the city is driving home from work.
His exhaust still rings in my ears.
I hate Imprezzas, so much loudness, and not the nice kind of loudness either, maybe this is why guys like the above buy them :/
</e/n>
So as I am going round to the 2nd exit he floors it and cuts in, the exhaust almost deafens me in the process but I don't think about that at the time, I'm more wtf if there will be some kind of collision so my senses are heightened now somewhat. I stay in my lane and he just busts ahead.
At the next roundabout he nudges into the right lane weaving around traffic, this time I'm in the left to carry on going toward the 2nd exit and I notice he's slowed right down to my speed and is beside me as we both go round the roundabout. I glance over and see a guy that looks like this (no joke):
He looks at me and bobs his head and torso back and forth as if to motion the action of VTEC kicking in, I think he wants to....race?!
Anyway, he floors it and cuts in front again but this time I wonder about how my ears are standing up to this kind of abuse. So as we're going down the road he indicates (!) right and bears right into the junction so I carry on going straight. Some seconds pass before I hear the abuse getting louder so I look in my rear view and what do I see? Yep, he's decided not to turn right any more and instead follow me, closely!
At this point I'm wondering if he's annoyed I didn't race him, is he planning on following me home? Hmmm. I decide to detour and not take the route to home, see if he is in fact following me. He is.
We come to a set of lights and he is on my right side now (which is for taking the right junction ahead only). The lights are red and will be for some time. If he's going to hurl abuse then it might as well be here as there's CCTV directly on the corner so I roll my window down and he laughs, motions with his hands to play Traffic Light GP and says something like "just floor it mate uv got a Beemah! I used to have one and I sold it to get this! xD"
I look at him, smile, and say "mate, I've got a 2 litre NA, you've got a turbo charged 4WD Imprezza and there's no chance I'm racing you or anyone anyway"
He laughs again and begins talking about how he should have kept his Beemah! and how I should Supercharge mine.... I figure I should just let him have his fun so as the lights turn amber I say "ok go for it" and he nails it ahead and is long gone, I gain legal speed slowly and hopefully make him think he's bi-winning or something and when he's out of view I turn in and do a U turn.
I've seen some crazy BS on the roads over 10 years of driving but never ever seen anything like this before. The guy genuinely wanted to have a proper race on a busy 30MPH road where half the city is driving home from work.
His exhaust still rings in my ears.
I hate Imprezzas, so much loudness, and not the nice kind of loudness either, maybe this is why guys like the above buy them :/
</e/n>
.
Ram him then run, its the only way 
