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[Martin_1962]

SO have you ever had any? Have you ever had some good ones.

Mine of note

On a Suzuki GP100, beaten a GP125 and a Honda CB125T (the quick one!)
On a Suzuki GSX600F a Sierra Cosworth and a Honda CBR600F

In the Sunbeam an MR2, a 924, and the funniest was a 205XS (1.4 but he was really trying)

In an Omega a Renault Scenic while I was towing

[TheBoy]

TLGP? Traffic Light GPs?

[Martin_1962]

The 205 story was funning.

I was at traffic lights, front of queue left hand lane, he came behind and went to right hand lane.

I thought little of it and didn't use too much throttle, he hammered it and nearly beat me!!!!

100 yards up another set and I was ready, he was absolutely thrashing.

We booted it off level up to about 25 to 30 mph then he disappeared behind me, I worked out that he red lined in first when my car came on cam in first, so it suddenly turned for him from a race to a white wash - it was hilarious.

Next lights he was behind

[Martin_1962]

TLGP? Traffic Light GPs?

Yes and also when people try it on and fail!!!!

Note I am not on about very high speeds just the usual things we all do when younger!!!!

[Martin_1962]

Like the Sierra which didn't like being passed in heavy traffic and tries to catch up, but cannot corner as well as a middleweight bike.

Small motorbikes where always fun though and beating the bigger model of your own bike was funny, but he had tried tuning but his had failed, compared to my porting, rejetting, and decent brand expansion chamber exhaust, the CB125T owner loved racing over small bikes but I didn't want to spend all day racing him so declined after TLGPing him twice.

[Martin_1962]

Come on Jaime I bet you have some stories

[Jay w]

Mk2 cavalier.....ratty as hell looking but hiding a well tuned LET lump running about 220bhp FWD though
Calibra Turbo 4x4 who genuinely believed he could blow my doors off

Motorway slip road which is the best part of 3/4 of a mile long  

for the entire length of the slip road we were neck and neck, his face was a picture, mate who was behind in a passat was trying desperatly to keep up noticed flames and metal work starting to fly ouy of my exhaust  , me i was foot down and heading for victory........

Bottom pully shot off, cambelt snapped and wrapped itself round the cam pulley bringing the top of the engine to a quick stop, me , i banged it down a gear and kept my foot in   number 3 conrod decided that it didn't want to be part of the chaos and confusion and made a break for freedom  

Result....one completely mullered LET lump, all 16 valves damaged, some of them only had the stems, we couldn't find 3 valve heads!!!!

I still laugh about it now, the guys face just before it went bang was priceless

[Kevin Wood]

Left a Golf V6 4Motion at the lights on the way back from TBs in the persisting rain last night. He floored it assuming the 4wd would launch him off the lights quicker than me but sat there will all 4 wheels spinning  . Maybe he should have left the traction control on. I applied the right foot a little more judiciously and he gave me a filthy look as I cruised past him.

Kevin

[Paul M]

Left a Golf V6 4Motion at the lights on the way back from TBs in the persisting rain last night. He floored it assuming the 4wd would launch him off the lights quicker than me but sat there will all 4 wheels spinning  . Maybe he should have left the traction control on. I applied the right foot a little more judiciously and he gave me a filthy look as I cruised past him.

Kevin

Hmm "Haldex", a pathetic excuse for 4WD. There's a good reason proper Audi quattros (A4/S4 and up) still use the torsen diff AWD system.

When I had my Impreza WRX STi, I could launch that with a boot full of throttle in all but the worst conditions, and that was running 300 BHP. It just went, no fuss and no electronics crap to contend with.

Best fun TLGPs was when I was learning for my bike licence. Those of you who've done direct access will know that you learn (and take the test) on a bike with at least 46 BHP -- typically a 500cc. So I'm sitting on a GS500 with the L-plates at the traffic lights leading onto a national speed limit dual carriageway. Without fail you'd get the cars pulling into the right hand lane thinking you're gonna be the typical slow learner. No chance -- when the lights change I'm safely up to 70 MPH in about 7 seconds leaving them well behind. Of course they'd usually come past at 90 MPH some time later

[Danny]

TLGP? Traffic Light GPs?

still drawin a blank here!  

[Entwood]

Many years ago ... well over 30 anyway ...   I had recently completed a 2 year strip/rebuild of an MGB Roadster to Concourse D'Elegance standard ... and was still "running in" the rebuilt engine, when sitting at the front row of the lights.. up pulls a "sounds like a cosworth but isn't" mini .. and the youngster (well he was at least 4 years younger than me !!) driving it starts giving it the blip blip treatment whilst staring at me .... so I blipped it once, engaged first, dropped the clutch, and hit the brakes, moving forward a whole 6 inches...... and watched as he dropped everything and  zoomed away ....  jumping the  red light and driving straight into the side of the bus passing through the junction .... I always thought it was worth looking where you are going whilst driving.. not staring out of the side windows !!!

The lights changed and the inside lane drove sedately around the mess.....  no-one was hurt but the mini was written off, the local paper said the driver was charged with dangerous driving but I never followed up to see what he got.....

ahh .. the perils of youth ....

[Martin_1962]

TLGP? Traffic Light GPs?

still drawin a blank here!  

Racing away from traffic lights