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About 20 years ago we went to Wales for a holiday. And when going on trips we always would leave about 3 or 4am to miss most of the traffic.

So it's about 5am and along the way I catch up with another car, an older Porsche, and I overtake them move back over...and he starts to keep up with me.
About 5 or so minutes later he overtakes but stays next to me and gives me a thumbs up, then pulls in front.
Ok, weird.
I follow behind for 10 minutes until I see him gesturing to overtake, so I do. He gives me the thumbs up and a wave and a cheesy grin, then sits behind me for about 5 or so minutes (probably with the big cheesy grin on his face) then overtakes etc etc. We then 'escalated' it to a little bit of acceleration on the overtaking manoeuvres for a giggle. (Though there was no speeding or danger.)

Bearing in mind I was driving a POS ford fiesta filled with suitcases, roof rack with bikes, a wife, and 2 kids, and he had a Porsche.

We carry on doing this for about 90 minutes, keeping each other awake and alert but also entertained.
Then when I thought he was going to overtake he slowed down as he got to my side and made gestures that he was going to pulling off the motorway. Thumbs up. Waved. Cheesy grinned at me. Then roared off.

I remember him whenever I see posts like this. And I wonder if he remembers me.

When we got to Wales and I woke the family up I tell them about 'The Mysterious Porsche Driver™ ', who kept me alert and entertained on the lonely deserted motorway of doom but the wife thinks I'm making it all up.
Then it became a 'joke' that there wasn't ever another driver but a guardian angel. An old Porsche driving guardian angel 😀. Which I may have believed if I was ever religious.

We've been on many holidays and trips since and it's never happened again.