nh3

What is it with these anus holes? Seems like they pop up out of nowhere at a red light and want to take you on in a street race. The majority of them are in some sort of Honda or Neon. I love my 944 and yeah it looks freakin sweet but I don't want to race on a city street during the 5 o'clock commute home or worst of all when they can clearly see my 10 year old daughter in the passenger seat. I'm happiest on a lonely back road or an open highway pushing my car to it's limits, not taking anybody on at the light. **** off and leave me alone.

nh3

jim968

Just ignore 'em totally. That's all they deserve. It's safer, both from the legal & public safety angles. It's cheaper, from both the ticket & clutch standpoint. It's smarter. It's more mature. And it's cooler.

jim, don't become a statistic, or an Amaf...

Mikey Mason

I agree heavily with Jim.I got the same thing when I drove Mikeys 944 around town.Seems the kids with the big chrome tailpiece and the mosquito sounding exhaust are the worst.I guess the big round tip creates 200 hp by itself.Even had a Viper race his engine at me when I was on the 928 the other day..Oh to be young and dumb again...now I'm just dumb...lol..Best bet is to let them wonder...or tell them you'll bet title to title to retrieve a newspaper in another town and back.That normally will shut one up.Except for the guy on the Viper...(I'm not THAT dumb)I'd leave that alone.

Michael

Michael

Bones944

I agree, kids in Hondas are always wanting to run. They pull up and race the motor and grin. Typically if I've got my 10 year old with me, he's like " get 'em Dad!". Then I have a 10 minute discussion on the perils of unsafe driving to save his life one day while the little peckerheads ride off into the sunset, albeit at a laughable pace! <img src="graemlins/cussing.gif" border="0" alt="[grrrrrrr]" />

User 462021

[quote]Originally posted by Mikey Mason:
<strong>I agree heavily with Jim.I got the same thing when I drove Mikeys 944 around town.Seems the kids with the big chrome tailpiece and the mosquito sounding exhaust are the worst.I guess the big round tip creates 200 hp by itself.Even had a Viper race his engine at me when I was on the 928 the other day..Oh to be young and dumb again...now I'm just dumb...lol..Best bet is to let them wonder...or tell them you'll bet title to title to retrieve a newspaper in another town and back.That normally will shut one up.Except for the guy on the Viper...(I'm not THAT dumb)I'd leave that alone.

Michael

Michael</strong><hr></blockquote>

I like you avatar!

Eric D

I get it alot too. The ricers pull up and look over reving the engine at me. I look kinda young so they think I am punk like themselves (I am not, a punk that is). So I get all poised like I am going to race... watching the light, nudging forward, getting ready, rev a little, and and and the light turns green and I barely take off at a snails pace <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> laughing at the clutch they just trashed for no reason. My wife and I just laugh and laugh. Stupid ricers... they dont get it.

Stuttgart951

Hehe - this happens all the time to me. They all wanna race that "Porshhh" over there.

Now, most of the time Ill let it pass with a laugh and watch them burnout thier front left tire... and sometimes I'll remember that Im still "young enough to be dumb," <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

Now that I finally figured out how to launch this car... after only 3 years of ownership no less... its kinda fun if there isnt any traffic around. Granted there arent many cars in my area that are really worth the clutch wear (Rice central here) and the cars that would pose a challenge are lacking in driver abilty most of the time. (Havent met a C5 owner yet that can launch without spinning for 5 seconds)

On the other hand... Ive seen many accidents due to this behavior... so me taking up the offer is rare.

Travis - sflraver

I dont want to sound like an amaf or anything like that but we all give in sometimes.
I was going through ft.lauderdale the other night and a civic pull up at the light blasting this bass sh!@ and reving his ricer. Needless to say I tore him a new a@! and he pulled a right before the next red light. So the next red light comes up and this jetta pulls next to me. I had already had my fun and didnt think anything of it. As I take off from the light I hear this funky churping sound coming from the jetta. The poor kid thought he was next in line to race me or somthing. Of corse while he was burning out his tires I slowley passed him and then he took off. I just let him go. You could tell the little punk was all thinking "oh I beat a porsche-A." What the hell is wrong with these kids. Half of them cant even keep there car under control in light rain much less on a city street 1/4 mile. He is lucky he didnt break loose and hit me or the guy next to him.

scular

sflraver you mention control in the rain, maybe you or some of the others can answer this one. Why in the world, especially in Florida do people turn on there hazards when it begins raining and continue to drive in the fast lane, only reducing there speed from 80+ down to about 60? arrrgh... I better stop now.

nh3

LOL Eric, I love your game. Next time this happens that's the route I'm going.

nh3 <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />

Danno

Heh, heh... how about a riced-out Geo Metro with a super-VTEC-xyz 3-cylinder!!! Ahahhahahahahah......

First thing I do when they start acting up a stoplights and stuff is to mess with them. Have the chic passenger flash them some ******* for fun.

There's an on-ramp to the freeway I use 10x a day to head towards downtown. It's fed by a stoplight with two lanes that merge into one right away and then it's 1/2-mile long ramp brfore the merge onto the freeway. So I usually give it enough gas to just barely beat them across the intersection and they gotta pull in behind me. Then I don't accelerate because I want guys ahead of me not to hold me up when we get to the freeway. Meanwhile, the ricer's all anxious and darting around tailgating me, trying to see what's up, "why won't he go...".

Then when the gap ahead is is about 200meters, I'll shift into 2nd, rev it up a little, slip the clutch a little and shred the tires taking off. Meanwhile the ricer's left in the dust, wondering what just happened. I imagine from their perspective, it's like those ending scenes from Star Trek where the Enterprize aims at some far-off star, and ZOOOOoommmmmm we have lightspeed! heh, heh....

I've burned enough of the ricers with this on-ramp that whenever they see me around, they actually beep and wave with a smile and be mellow; probably remembering the last spankin' they got! <img src="graemlins/xyxwave.gif" border="0" alt="[bigbye]" /> <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

944S2NUT

I am at the point were I want a diff car. Every rustang that sees me acts rediculously&lt;-spelling around me bah! Thats all I can say. <img src="graemlins/cussing.gif" border="0" alt="[grrrrrrr]" />

Travis - sflraver

scular,

I understand what you are talking about. Rain = Hazard + 30 mph over the limit. There is this curve on 75 by my house that every time it rains at least 5 people end up in the ditch. It's a gradual curve so I guess no one realizes how sharp it is until they ar pulling 4 G's. The speed limit is 70 and if its raining you had better be doing 60. Tow trucks sit and wait under the bridges in packs. The ditch is this black muck stuff with a thin layer of mold which DOT calls grass. Every car that goes in has mud up to the hood. What a mess.

Micah

Well,

While not a ricer, Les and I once had a Mustang GT get sideways on the entrance to an on-ramp behind me while trying to play catch up.
I wasn't even on it - just taking the curve at normal speed, and I noticed this yellow 5.0 (w/ silver stripes across the hood) behind me gun it. Once second, I'm looking at his front end... a glance down at the road ahead, and another glance in the mirror, and he's sideways.
Funny thing was, once he caught up and merged behind me, the guy gave me a thumbs up on the way by at cruising speed <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />
It's nice when you exhibit your vehicle's capabilites... by just driving it like you're supposed to. <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" />

"Yeah, and this Porschhh must've took that curve at 80 - we spun the five-oh just trying to catch 'im! That sum'bitch was hot!"

Micah

Dales944

Hello. My strangest experience was a guy about 40 years old in a Pontiac Grand Am. I drive a typical 4-lane hi-way (two each way) with a 50 mph speed limit on my way to work each day. If traffic isn't doing 50, I do my best to get around them. Anyway, this guy was putting along and I guess when the old 944 was about to go around him he felt threatened. Mid-life crisis set in? He floored it - he must have gone 90, he was ALL OVER the two lanes, got up to a red-light - TURNED LEFT ON RED just to make sure I wasn't on his tail. Of course I continued my responsible 60ish once the light went green. Before I know it I can see him again at the next red-light. AGAIN - he turns left on RED! What is wrong with this fool!!!??? Is he so insecure about his manhood that he cannot let a 19-year-old 944 pass them, even if it means breaking laws and risking lives?

OK, I'm off my soap-box. Just my 2 cents worth.