typical subaru driver?
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:49 pm
I'm not knocking subarus here, by all accounts they're a great car, but I've just had an unfriendly conversation with an owner. I stayed pretty amicable, but he seemed to have a few issues.
The scene was set when I overtook him whilst exiting a roundabout on a stretch of dual carriageway. He had it in his mind that he didn't want me to overtake him...so he put his foot down. He was trying hard but it was all to no avail. A couple of minutes later I stopped at a garage for petrol and he pulled in as well.
Subaru driver got out of his car, along with girlfriend/wife and came up to ask why I had overtaken him, did I feel 'intimidated' by his car. To which I replied 'why..should I be?' He then proceeded to rant on about how his car was newer {07 sti}, and faster than mine. Why do I drive an estate car. Why don't I get a proper car, like a porsche? I'm just an old man trying to re-live my youth{ I'm 41...is that really old?...he was about early 30's}. Blah, blah,blah...
I told him I had nothing to prove and merely wanted to travel a bit quicker than he had been doing. It didn't seem to pacify him though as by this point he had resorted to a string of expletives and hand gestures.
I've never had this kind of problem with other car drivers. Is this solely a subaru thing, has anybody else had a run in with one?
The scene was set when I overtook him whilst exiting a roundabout on a stretch of dual carriageway. He had it in his mind that he didn't want me to overtake him...so he put his foot down. He was trying hard but it was all to no avail. A couple of minutes later I stopped at a garage for petrol and he pulled in as well.
Subaru driver got out of his car, along with girlfriend/wife and came up to ask why I had overtaken him, did I feel 'intimidated' by his car. To which I replied 'why..should I be?' He then proceeded to rant on about how his car was newer {07 sti}, and faster than mine. Why do I drive an estate car. Why don't I get a proper car, like a porsche? I'm just an old man trying to re-live my youth{ I'm 41...is that really old?...he was about early 30's}. Blah, blah,blah...
I told him I had nothing to prove and merely wanted to travel a bit quicker than he had been doing. It didn't seem to pacify him though as by this point he had resorted to a string of expletives and hand gestures.
I've never had this kind of problem with other car drivers. Is this solely a subaru thing, has anybody else had a run in with one?
