Why is it when any 4x4 sees the MR2 they feel you are instantly up for a race or want to play or they want to show their car is quicker, more manouverable or whatever.
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It drives me mad!
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Came back from Bournemouth to home on Monday evening, nearly two hour journey along motorway, dual carriage way and A roads.
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Had been a long day, was tired, most of the time the speedo was stuck on 75 mph
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(GPS verified) and the car allowed to cruise so as to give me around 40mpg.
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On the dual carriageway, still doing 75 mph and cruising, I come up behind a Discovery, I pull out into outside lane and go to go around him, so he now speeds up so he matches my speed, I am now too close to just pull in behind him, so have to slow down and pull in or speed up.
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Purpose?
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He had to change his speed to do it, clearly had to since I had caught him up and my speed had not changed.
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I slow down and cruise behind him, leaving a big enough gap so can see past him, he slows down to 60 mph, I pull back out again and go to overtake, I am happy cruising at 75 mph.
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Lo and behold he speeds up again.
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I give up, until it gets to where it will narrow to one lane andovertake him and pull in front.
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Once back onto dual carriageway I get to 75 mph and head off, he is left behind but speeds up to catch me, but won't overtake me, just sit behind me matching the same speed, but he sped up to catch me, must have done since I never changed my speed from 75 mph once I got there!
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I then finally lose the idiot and am thinking I am safe and I come up on a Nissan Navarro, and am stuck with this idiot for the next 20 miles!
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Again, stick the car at 75 mph, still cruising.
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THROUGHOUT THIS STAGE I DID NOT ALTER MY SPEED, except as necessary to accelerate and slow for safety reasons or roundabaouts etc.
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I com eup on the Nissan and overtake, still cruising.
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It took me about 2-5 minutes from seeinghim to overtake, so he alreayd going quick.
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Once I pass him, I pull back in, he then speeds up and overtakes me even though my speed has not changed.
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fine.
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I don't care, I want fuel economy, I am happy to let him do what he wants.
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Still cruising at same speed, I catch up withthe Nissan again and overtake, without changing speed.
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Again he overtakes me once I pull in.
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I am not playing, I am trying to get home, I bene out working for 17 hours or so, I am no tin mood.
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This happens three
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/ four times in total, to the extent I
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have opened the window and shouting at him to find out what his malfunction is!
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Then I go to overtake and he does what the Discovery did, sped up so I cannot overtake, and then goes flying off at what must have been at leadt 20 mph more then he had bene doing and disappeared.
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Thank god, he's gone.
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But he's not, he gets caught by the lights at roundabout an dI end up beside him
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(dual carriageway roundabout).
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I pull away up to speed, leavinghim behind, not aggressive in any way, driving normally.
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He now has to overtake me again and cuts me up.
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Makes sur eI cannot get past on next roundabout by blocking both lanes off so only he can go first.
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Now on single carriageway, he does the speedlimit.
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I don't care, but I get taps fo the brakes every now and then.
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He is trying to wind me up, I am gettign upset, I am tired, I have a crowbar in the car and I am in the mood to use it.
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Coming to next roundabout, both going right at it, last road to go home, can my luck get any worse!
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Why do these people do it?![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
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I will admit I bit at the end and outbraked him, overtook him on outsideof roundabout and left him for dust!
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The road was twisty enough he was never gettign anywhere near me and I was prepared to sacrifice fuel economy to get rid of the b'stard.
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After second corner cannot see him, except a faint glow of lights in distance.
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