Member Since: 01 Jan 2007
Location: wantage
Posts: 334
Cars cant intimidate D3's
I had the first long drive in the new D3 this weekend which confirmed a couple of things for me. Its great for comfortable motorway cruising, you can get 30mpg quite easily even with a tight engine and other cars cant intimate you by driving up close behind. A few times during the journey when overtaking a "Elephant Race" or just some slower cars in the middle lane, I was cruising in the outside lane doing the normal fast but not so fast kind of speeds that plod may warn you about but not book you for. On at least a couple of these occasions a car usually a BMW would come up behind and do the intimidation thing even though there was no where to actually move across in to. They employed the usual tactics coming right up behind to within a few feet of the bumper or sitting with full beam on. Both tactics can be easily ignored in the D3, when they get too close you cant even see the lights and if they hang back and give it with the headlamps the mirror darkens and again can be easily ignored. An additional benefit is the amount of spray the D3 kicks up behind covering their windscreen in copious quantities of motorway crap. All in all this makes it a very pleasant drive.
23rd Jan 2007 11:24 am
davesimmons
Member Since: 11 Feb 2006
Location: Alberta
Posts: 733
Good hey get yourself a towbar and the tailgater's outcome is bleaker still
23rd Jan 2007 11:36 am
stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
Posts: 2330
Nice not to be hurried into an accident isn't it? Who says 4x4s aren't safer?
In what seems a previous life, my first car was a Nova; fed up with being constantly harrased by Merc/BMW/Astra drivers I adjusted one of the two rear washer jets straight back, so when they flashed me I could widdle on them in mock terror... Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
23rd Jan 2007 11:39 am
captain_sugar
Member Since: 05 Sep 2006
Location: Hradec Kralove
Posts: 1095
Yes, Great driving in a LR3
My experience:
If they flash at me from the back with the head lights, and I eventually let them pass (do not change my driving intentions for them though), I say them goodbye by x-raying them.
With the high bi-xenons and additional driving lights it is a nice vengance!
Poor rabbits!
The auto-dimming rear mirror is great for people flashing on you in the dark. It doen't bother at all. The side mirrors are to high to reflect their light in your eyes.
23rd Jan 2007 12:17 pm
captain_sugar
Member Since: 05 Sep 2006
Location: Hradec Kralove
Posts: 1095
stapldm wrote:
Nice not to be hurried into an accident isn't it? Who says 4x4s aren't safer?
In what seems a previous life, my first car was a Nova; fed up with being constantly harrased by Merc/BMW/Astra drivers I adjusted one of the two rear washer jets straight back, so when they flashed me I could widdle on them in mock terror...
Great idea
23rd Jan 2007 12:18 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
Had a bit of an epic travelling down to London today - the M40 was stuffed as was the A40 - lost count of the number of times idiots in beemers and mercs were tight up my in the queues .... Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
23rd Jan 2007 1:30 pm
keebs
Member Since: 12 Jul 2006
Location: Leics
Posts: 34
During last weeks really wet weather, I was en route to the livery yard and had some young chav in the usual blinged up Corsa way too close to my rear end. After I had taken "Boris" through 2 really grimy puddles on the roadside, the Corsa backed way off!
I really love the anti tailgating feature of the DSC3
Member Since: 15 Aug 2006
Location: M/C
Posts: 464
I’ve only had my D3 for just over a week, and can happily confirm all that’s been said so far, I have also found that moving into a line of traffic is now a dream, they (other drivers in lesser vehicles) just seem to let you in. Brute force and ignorance, the D3 does the rest.
23rd Jan 2007 2:13 pm
COMMANDO
Member Since: 09 Oct 2006
Location: NORTH WEST
Posts: 67
Driving too close behind
I find a dab on the brake pedal with my left foot a few times works wonders!
23rd Jan 2007 3:01 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72800
Another technique I use is just to clean the front screen, the spray covers their screen & they instinctively back off while they sort it. 8)
23rd Jan 2007 3:04 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23389
I think that certain manufacturers calling their 4X4 vehicles names like 'warrior' 'samurai' 'animal' and worst of all 'intimidator' gives the whole 4x4 market totaly the wrong kind of image.
This is the sort of thing that creates misconceptions and adds to the green (eyed) brigades anger towards our innocent hobby!Back in the game!
23rd Jan 2007 3:45 pm
freebie2disco
Member Since: 01 Jan 2007
Location: wantage
Posts: 334
its interesting that Toyota is never singled out in the anti's propaganda when as you say they have some very large 4X4's with naff and intimating names. Perhaps a discussion for the greenpi$$ site.
23rd Jan 2007 3:55 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23389
I regularly see a Toyota Intimidator. IMO, it looks truly dire. I'd have thought it was almost guaranteed to get vandalised. Totally agree that blinged up, aggresively named 4X4's fuel the anti's flames.
Having said that, if that's want you want to drive, I don't have any problem with it. The TVR, that is often parked near to the Toyota, probably emits more CO2, can only carry one passenger & virtually no luggage. I doubt if any "anti" would give it a second glance
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get yourself a towbar and the tailgater's outcome is bleaker still 
in the queues .... 
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