Mature Driving Behavior.

Funny how I just came back from a freeway cruise, to run her for a bit, as it' been mainly sitting ... A guy in an old Mustang did the same, but he did not try to race me, just going to my side trying to me thumbs up and look at the car... Problem is he had windows tinted so dark, I could not see his signs My wife said "he giving you thumbs up I think, I saw the thumb )

 

I’m still a hooligan, just a choosier safer one.

Glad that worked out for you!


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I’ve had what I believe was an unmarked Leo try to egg me on…. Seemed strange… did not take the bait. Grey’d out caprice w those little lights everywhere. Drive safe!

 

God bless our Law Enforcement out there 24/7, keeping us safe!


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I never take the bait... just keep racing for the track

 

So did you offer the girlfriend a ride home? ;-)

 

Mostly its all positive. Most are "give it a rev mate" thumbs up, nods picture taking and always draws a crowd when parked up as well. Fact is they draw a lot of attention we knew that before we bought them. I normally get up really early on a Sunday and go for a long coastal Hoon to avoid other road users as the attention although nice can get a bit much at times, my day is always much longer as a result of talking to people interested in the car. Another fact is, in today's standards our lovely F430's and 360's are not that fast, and you would need to be on your A Game if you came up against a fettled 140i or Golf R.

Wonderful things to drive though, and they are just drama and hairs on end from the time you open the garage to the moment you close it.

 

Boba— your description should be a sticky! Nice job sir.

 

Similar things happen on nearly every drive these days.....just like with the forum, I put them on ignore

 

I get a lot of Teslas wanting to race me on the freeway here in Silicon Valley. I would bait them for a few miles until they abruptly fall back because the driver need to conserve his battery in order to reach his destination. I have to be careful though because CHPs are everywhere.

Aside from that, exotics are very common here and most people don't really pay that much attention to them.

 

Seems like this "baiting" has trailed off considerably as of late for me. Not a lot of "challenges" lately. Yet when I got the car seems like that happened once every 3 or 4x I had the car out. The most memorable was a guy on the interstate in a late model Cadillac--- I'm supposing it was one with the LS motor in it. I was with my wife and this guy was a true idiot. Doing just what the OP described the guy on the motorcycle was doing. As usual, I ignored him. As Mario said, I don't race on public roads. That's for the track.

What I don't get is what is this supposed to accomplish. Let's say you indulge the guy and he proves to be in a "faster" car. Am I supposed to lament that I have a Ferrari and not --- insert homogeneous vehicle here-- the car he is driving? Really doubt that I would. I drove 911s for years. Not the king of the road or the fastest car by a stretch. But there was more to it than that for me. Besides I've seen some really impressive track times from guys in these, not the fastest cars, who eat the big brutes for breakfast on the track.

These guys who want to race a Ferrari from stop light to stop light or in a flying mile obviously have no clue about the difference between a sports car that has to make turns and a simple straight line "speed racer" car.

 

I WISH that I would see something like that. Highway patrol actually catching someone who is racing like an idiot... it's usually the same Nissan Maxima with some middle aged guy pulled over.

As far as the baiting BS.. yeah agreed I just put that on ignore.

 

I was driving home the other day, heavy traffic. Three kids on three hot sport bikes rocketed past me and were swerving through traffic so that they could keep up their insane speeds. I thought to myself, "I give those kids 30 seconds before they crash". And, almost right on cue, I got about a mile up the road and the traffic was dead stopped. When I finally reached the clearing, one of the kids was laying on his back, right in the middle of the freeway, his bike a few yards away, another bike parked on the shoulder while his buddy was trying to attend to him.

 

Man, that is so sad. I used to ride bikes... I enjoyed track days on bike much more than I enjoy it now in the car... When you are young you think you are invincible, you don't care about anything. Until something like that happens. Hope he comes out ok.

 

Anyone who rides a motorcycle where I live is suicidal in my opinion. There are way too many people from, shall we say, "Out of town" who actually think it's bad luck to look over their shoulder to see if someone is in their blind spot. And that's if you're not going twice the speed limit.

 

I can personally attest what Mike says is 100% true.

 

My hope is these contests of speed will eventually become a thing of the past (off track that is). The trend line points to 0-60 and 1/4 miles in the sub 2s and 9s. The exercise becomes commoditized. A run becomes as asinine as shooting a gun in public randomly.

Hopefully then, a return and focus on true enthusiasts with substance versus milquetoast displays of bravado.

a man can dream.

don’t get me wrong, I enjoy runs, just the ones that don’t put anybody not involved in danger.

 

For over fifteen years of ownership, I look forward to my weekend early morning Ferrari cruise. I set my alarm clock to a half hour before sunrise. Have a cup of coffee & head out to the garage to take my stallion for a spirited drive. Most mornings I am the only vehicle on the road. No challenges from other drivers to race & few, if any LEOs to put the kibosh on my Ferrari driving experience. The old adage is true …”the early bird, gets the worm.”

Cheers

 

You guys are looking for love in all the wrong places. Stay off the superslabs. Country back roads are where you want to be.


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Something like this happens to me about once a week.
Was driving home on I-10 after getting gas in the bbi last week, just going along in the fast lane behind a bunch of other cars, in fairly heavy traffic, when I see this guy in some kind of Japanese car desperately trying to get next to me, but there was always another car blocking him...so he then went on a tear zigzagging around traffic to get ahead of me, pulls alongside me, and then accelerated away zigzagging again. I thought to myself that he was going to get picked up driving like a lunatic....and then sure enough, a couple miles later there he was at the side of road with the flashing lights parked behind him...


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Exactly, tickets are not so much about speed. They are more about reckless driving. Yea, you can get speed too but it is less common. Pick your moments and have fun.

 

Many years ago I rode a crotch rocket. So I watch my mirrors and if I see one splitting lanes I move over to give them extra room. I almost always get a thumbs up from the rider. It's courtesy, but it also protects my mirrors.

Ray