Strong following behavior.

[colonel c]

Yesterday I was traveling along the A11 (duel carriageway) I had engaged the cruise control at about 68. I noticed a red Fiat Tipo or suchlike slowly ganing on me. Then when it close I assumed it would pass. No it just say behind, not exactly tailgating but uncomfortably close. After a while I was catching up a Volvo but only slowly so that passing would be painfully slow. So I hit the cruise + button a couple of times and overtook at about 75. I decided to stay at that speed. A look in the rear-view and there was the Fiat still close on my arse. This carried on for a bit until we reached a roundabout. Now I was in the Disco so exiting the roundabout was a bit slow and a red Zafira passe me closely followed by the Fiat. Further along the road the Disco was back up to speed and I passed the fiat and Vauxhall. Glance in the mirror as I pulled back into the left-hand lane and there was the Fiat again. There it sat until I reached my turnoff. I just can't believe the view of the back end of a Discovery is that good. Otherwise why did then not just pass.

[Agoogy]

Slipstreaming??

[Digga]

colonel c said:

Yesterday I was traveling along the A11 (duel carriageway) I had engaged the cruise control at about 68. I noticed a red Fiat Tipo or suchlike slowly ganing on me. Then when it close I assumed it would pass. No it just say behind, not exactly tailgating but uncomfortably close. After a while I was catching up a Volvo but only slowly so that passing would be painfully slow. So I hit the cruise + button a couple of times and overtook at about 75. I decided to stay at that speed. A look in the rear-view and there was the Fiat still close on my arse. This carried on for a bit until we reached a roundabout. Now I was in the Disco so exiting the roundabout was a bit slow and a red Zafira passe me closely followed by the Fiat. Further along the road the Disco was back up to speed and I passed the fiat and Vauxhall. Glance in the mirror as I pulled back into the left-hand lane and there was the Fiat again. There it sat until I reached my turnoff. I just can't believe the view of the back end of a Discovery is that good. Otherwise why did then not just pass.

I notice that on a wet day, the spray gets sucked into the air vortex behind my Disco. In the autumn and winter, leaves and stuff do this too.

Perhaps the flimsy Fiat was similarly buffeted in your wake?

HTH

[colonel c]

Digga said:

I notice that on a wet day, the spray gets sucked into the air vortex behind my Disco. In the autumn and winter, leaves and stuff do this too.

Perhaps the flimsy Fiat was similarly buffeted in your wake?

HTH

Yep! nobody tailgates a Disco in the wet.

[Petrolhead_Rich]

Sheep, this car is doing a nice speed, I will follow it!!!

I noticed this dawdling down to stanstead at 75mph (i normally drive a bit faster, but was in dads car with cruise control on), people will either pass then slow down, follow you or speed up as your about to pass, then pass you then pull in and slow down again.

Bizzare...

[ukzz4iroc]

I believe Lady Diana experienced a similar feeling once.

Most people I find are inconsitent and using CC really highlights this. He liked your speed and kind of kept with it?

[Bonefish Blues]

Happens all the time.

Particularly annoying when you are catching a follower whilst using cruise, you pull out to overtake, and their convoy car pulls over.

Suddenly liberated, they panic and scuttle off to find something else to follow, blissfully unaware of your overtake.

I pull back behind them, and the process gets repeated all over again.

[MotorsportTom]

[quote=ukzz4iroc]I believe Lady Diana experienced a similar feeling once.

[quote]


Having you been taking tips from Frankie Boyle?

[bull996]

I had a Mondeo do this to me last week, on the way up from Cornwall.

He followed for over 120 miles, at 110 ish all the way!

[bull996]

brickwall said:

If I had a Mondeo following me at 110 I'd rapidly slow down thinking it was undercover plod.

Na. It was too old-Y reg I think.

[sebhaque]

I've noticed this too. Sheep mentality, as mentioned above. For the most part it doesn't really bother me (they're not really doing anything wrong or clubbing baby seals to death etc), but the ones that irritate me are the ones who sit 1/2 a foot behind your bumper and don't do anything. I'll admit to perhaps knocking the cruise back a few notches if they get extremely close - slows me down gradually and doesn't flash my brake lights. Can then smoothly get back to speed, most of the time a sensible gap is created.

I may have experimented next to a truck and got to about 53mph (so the truck was actually pulling away from me) before the car sheeping behind me overtook and then stuck to about 80 (whereas I was travelling at 71 originally). Mway completely empty for a good mile either way apart from us two and the truck.

[BDR529]

bull996 said:

Na. It was too old-Y reg I think.

The police where I am still use a knackered Y reg Corsa van. No idea why.