Rant/Rave Racing across a Colorado pass yesterday

Rave: I took my brand new 2020 into the dirty yesterday and it was amazing! I aired down to 32 front/28 rear as the Raptor Assault instructors recommended. We did buffalo pass near Steamboat springs Colorado, which is fairly rough but most cars can make it through given enough time. We were probably averaging 60+ in the straights and caught air in a few spots. I never realized how good the Raptor is in a power slide around corners! It’s predictable but loose enough to setup your skid correctly. Everyone was really good at letting us pass and we passed slowly not to leave them in a dust cloud. We were careful to go slow when anyone was around to not give us Raptors a bad name though I was grinning ear to ear as we chased down razors with ease.

Rant: and then we came upon a Jeep Gladiator going maybe 15MPH. The Jeep sees us in the rear view and rather than letting us pass (like every other decent human being), he accelerates to maybe 25MPH (half the speed we were going) and tries to keep us from passing... wtf??? Who does that? I didn’t want to accelerate too hard since I’m still <500 miles on the odometer but this idiot got the best of me. After almost 10 minutes eating his dust and watching his stock Jeep struggle at 25MPH, he slowed down for a particularly rough spot and chose a line on the left side of the trail and I gunned it putting my right two tires in the grass. He started to come over towards me probably (understandably) not expecting me to pass on the right. I beeped my horn To let him know I was there and was passed this ******* before he knew what happened. Needless to say, he was out of sight within seconds. Definitely not my proudest moment but wtf! The time to speed up is when you’re by yourself, not when someone is trying to pass!

What do you guys think? Have you ever been in this situation? What’s the etiquette to let someone know you are going to pass? Or is it just to risky?

TurboTJ said:

What do you guys think? Have you ever been in this situation? What’s the etiquette to let someone know you are going to pass? Or is it just to risky?

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WWJBD?

I subscribe to the sound and trusted instructions of renowned firearms expert, Joe Biden, and I have my wife lean out the passenger window and FIRE TWO BLASTS (into the turtle’s truck).

smurfslayer said:

WWJBD?

I subscribe to the sound and trusted instructions of renowned firearms expert, Joe Biden, and I have my wife lean out the passenger window and FIRE TWO BLASTS (into the turtle’s truck).

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Oh Joe...

I was thinking WWKBD? I trust Ken a little more, though not discounting trusty ol Joe

He should have let you by, don't worry about it. Dirt bikes do it to trucks all the time.
Did you at least roost on him as you passed?

TurboTJ said:

Rave: I took my brand new 2020 into the dirty yesterday and it was amazing! I aired down to 32 front/28 rear as the Raptor Assault instructors recommended. We did buffalo pass near Steamboat springs Colorado, which is fairly rough but most cars can make it through given enough time. We were probably averaging 60+ in the straights and caught air in a few spots. I never realized how good the Raptor is in a power slide around corners! It’s predictable but loose enough to setup your skid correctly. Everyone was really good at letting us pass and we passed slowly not to leave them in a dust cloud. We were careful to go slow when anyone was around to not give us Raptors a bad name though I was grinning ear to ear as we chased down razors with ease.

Rant: and then we came upon a Jeep Gladiator going maybe 15MPH. The Jeep sees us in the rear view and rather than letting us pass (like every other decent human being), he accelerates to maybe 25MPH (half the speed we were going) and tries to keep us from passing... wtf??? Who does that? I didn’t want to accelerate too hard since I’m still <500 miles on the odometer but this idiot got the best of me. After almost 10 minutes eating his dust and watching his stock Jeep struggle at 25MPH, he slowed down for a particularly rough spot and chose a line on the left side of the trail and I gunned it putting my right two tires in the grass. He started to come over towards me probably (understandably) not expecting me to pass on the right. I beeped my horn To let him know I was there and was passed this ******* before he knew what happened. Needless to say, he was out of sight within seconds. Definitely not my proudest moment but wtf! The time to speed up is when you’re by yourself, not when someone is trying to pass!

What do you guys think? Have you ever been in this situation? What’s the etiquette to let someone know you are going to pass? Or is it just to risky?

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Some of the nicer, more patient people here might say what you did was a **** move... But I did the same thing to some clown about a week ago. After they passed the 3rd turn out, I couldn't take it anymore, I went around them so fast they had no time to react, gotta love Baja mode. I felt a little dirty for doing that. The dirty feeling went away in about 10 seconds when I was back to hauling ass and having fun.

disclaimer: imagine the most impatient person you know... I might be worse.

If I am going to be on unpaved/trails for more than an hour, I air down to 24 front, 20 rear, and man it is amazing how well the truck just sticks to the ground.

That driver probably drives the speed limit on the fast lane too...

V6Raptor said:

That driver probably drives the speed limit on the fast lane too...

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No. He drives 45mph in the 45 zone, on the Interstate, in the 25 zone, in the school zone etc.

I run into this all the time. Most (certainly not all) Jeep owners are pretty good, but the Nison and TRD drivers are the worst. They think their rigs are just as good as a Jeep or Raptor. WRONG. I especially run into this with my turbo RZR, as I fly down the trails. I give someone a little time to let me pass, and if they don't, I fly by and dust them. Sometimes I will flash my lights because some people are so scared on the trail that they don't see anything else but what is in front of them. Many times that will get them to let me pass.

Another thing to rant about is the idiots in the built HD trucks that slow down to 1 mph to cross a speed bump. Apparently their built trucks will fall apart if they go any faster.

A lot of people grew up going off road with families so they know how to act in the dirt. Nowadays anyone can go buy a utv, etc and jump right in the dirt, they probably don't know dirt etiquette and that's why we have issues these days.

Hell, you can't get the idiots out of the left lane on the highway. Why do you expect them to act any different on a trail?