Road Rage Rant
Some of you will disagree with me over this, hopefully some of you may agree but I feel the need to rant.
A few days ago, I was travelling across Wiltshire on a nice country road. Speed limit 60mph, road certainly safe at that (and higher) speed - just a nice road to drive on. It has some sweeping curves, lovely scenery and a good surface. The one thing it is not so good for is overtaking, it is lightly trafficked which makes overtaking opportunities infrequent and the sweeping curves are blocked by trees, cutting down on visibility.
So, there I was, looking forwards to an enjoyable drive when I arrive behind a driver doing 40mph. Nothing wrong with that, in it self. The driver was wearing a hat (not baseball more Trilby) and his passenger looked quite small with grey hair.
Aha - the retired driver and his wife out for a gentle meander across the countryside. I come across these all the time and don't have a problem, after all - I'll be old and grey soon enough and I just hope that i manage to keep my faculties in good enough order to be able to continue to drive.
However, what got my goat was that this couple had a new (less than 1 year old) Volkswagen Golf GTi
Now this car has a turbo charged 2ltr engine delivering 200 HP, a 0 to 60 acceleration of under 7 seconds and a top speed over 140mph.
The car has a 6 speed gearbox and suspension tuned for performance. So why would someone buy a car tuned for performance and pootle around at 40mph on a road that was just crying out to be driven on. They should have been in my car and I should have been in theirs. Then, even if we were in the same order on the road, the vehicles would be more in tune with their respective drivers.
Oh well - - - just road rage I guess.
A few days ago, I was travelling across Wiltshire on a nice country road. Speed limit 60mph, road certainly safe at that (and higher) speed - just a nice road to drive on. It has some sweeping curves, lovely scenery and a good surface. The one thing it is not so good for is overtaking, it is lightly trafficked which makes overtaking opportunities infrequent and the sweeping curves are blocked by trees, cutting down on visibility.
So, there I was, looking forwards to an enjoyable drive when I arrive behind a driver doing 40mph. Nothing wrong with that, in it self. The driver was wearing a hat (not baseball more Trilby) and his passenger looked quite small with grey hair.
Aha - the retired driver and his wife out for a gentle meander across the countryside. I come across these all the time and don't have a problem, after all - I'll be old and grey soon enough and I just hope that i manage to keep my faculties in good enough order to be able to continue to drive.
However, what got my goat was that this couple had a new (less than 1 year old) Volkswagen Golf GTi
Now this car has a turbo charged 2ltr engine delivering 200 HP, a 0 to 60 acceleration of under 7 seconds and a top speed over 140mph.
The car has a 6 speed gearbox and suspension tuned for performance. So why would someone buy a car tuned for performance and pootle around at 40mph on a road that was just crying out to be driven on. They should have been in my car and I should have been in theirs. Then, even if we were in the same order on the road, the vehicles would be more in tune with their respective drivers.
Oh well - - - just road rage I guess.
Labels: Country roads, Golf GTi, Road Rage, Volkswagen, VW
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