Fun with Personalised Plates...

[BlakJak]

A certain Wellington-based Toyspeed'r with a personalised plate that made remembering who they were very easy, was good enough to pull infront of me on a major highway in the last few days.... this despite the fact I was already in the passing lane and had a (slight) speed advantage...

Said vehicle would've been fine (had no problems getting up to speed) except my beefs were:

- Less than a car length between us at >100km/h when they pulled infront of me
- Proceeded to wind up travelling a little slower than I wanted, but didn't move left again after overtaking slower traffic... The passing lane wasnt long enough that I was going to have the time and momentum to use the left lane to get around them. (I miss my turbo occaisionally...)

I know exactly who it was; they'll remain unspecified, but its probably a timely reminder that if you choose to have a P-Plate, you are easily recognisable, so your driving habits really should be immaculate.

(I know mine are questionable occaisionally... so its sometimes nice to be a little anonymous!)

Cheers
BJ

[neo]

oooo oooo was it me? Do I get a prize?

<Well the only car that sees motorways with overtaking lanes is the racecar, and that doesnt have a p-plate, so umm shouldnt have been me>

oooooo who was it, whos got a personalised plate?

[BlakJak]

If I was going to admit who it was, id have said so.

Im not interested in embarrassing them, especially as theres two sides of every story and I dont really want this to be a dispute... in honesty it wasnt really that bad. More just slightly irritating at the time...

... but it does really raise a valid point, a P-Plate can make you a target.

[z|gen]

welcome to wellington traffic lol, if it wasnt that bad, why make a big deal about it and post it on the net?, i bet your not the perfect driver and make a mistake sometimes and maybe cut someone off.

[BlakJak]

Yep, as I said, i'm not perfect. But having a personalised plate made it very easy to remember who it was; and recognise it as the plate of a member who uses these forums, as it happens.

By the sounds of it my point was missed...

[B1NZ]

Where did they "pull out in front of you"? What sort of area, motorway onramp etc.....

Maybe they had to boost it as they didn't want to get stuck behind your nana car j/k

btw I hope it wasn't a white STI

[BlakJak]

heh, yeah, dont get me started about my tank.. its fine above 3000rpm

It was on a main highway, im not really finger-pointing so I dont wanna be more specific.

My moral was simply that people with p-plates need to keep their noses clean, as theyre memorable

(My cousin in Auckland was on a first name basis with local cops within weeks of getting his... mind you the dodgy lowering job, chromies and 'bright' paintjob on a late 80s Mitsi didnt help...)

[Mr Revhead]

hehe also if you have FOR SALE 021BLAH BLAH on the back window....
had one girl pull out and do 60 in a 100 in front of me at MM05.

she was upset when i txt her to move or id ram her!

[neo]

she was upset when i txt her to move or id ram her!

Classic.

You have a certain way with people rev!

[B1NZ]

she was upset when i txt her to move or id ram her!

Classic.

You have a certain way with people rev!

bahahaha - that made my morning

[Mr Revhead]

i reckon shed have been even more upset if she knew my meaning of "ram"

[strap-on]

i reckon shed have been even more upset if she knew my meaning of "ram"

being from the south island I would say that would have something to do with sheep?

[perfk]

hehe also if you have FOR SALE 021BLAH BLAH on the back window....
had one girl pull out and do 60 in a 100 in front of me at MM05.

she was upset when i txt her to move or id ram her!

didn't you know those phone numbers on the back of cars are so the 16yo girls can text the boyz cause they wanna ride in their "hott whip" and then make out
(this is what I, in my aged state, am led to believe the younger generation do anyways)

[Mr Revhead]

didnt i see a number on the back of your car? *txt*

[strap-on]

thats what I thought happened as well

[B1NZ]

oooh, I'm going to put my number on the back of the Subbie now

[Mr Revhead]

i already have your number brendon

[B1NZ]

i already have your number brendon

Great success!!