I just lost a street race!
04-06-2003, 09:19 AM
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I just lost a street race!
Well not really ... I'm just mad at the other driver for being such a dick.
Him: Audi A6 2.5TDI
Me: VW Golf 1.4ltr 60hp
We were going uphill and he was going soo sloow. It's a three lane road. Yes three, two going up one coming down, and there's a really sharp turn in the middle, about 150 degrees at least. So he's in front of me going about 80KM/h and the limit is 100. So I decide to pass him. As soon as I'm next to him, trying hard to even accelerate, he shifts down and takes off. So I was like hmm oh well. But in the turn I caught him again, because he can't drive. After the turn it's straight again and he takes off again, but this time theres a car in front of him, so he merges into my lane, and eventually ends up right in front of me again going about 80. Oh well, I got home eventually...
Stupid people. But what got me pissed off was that he was basically pointing and laughing at me. Jerks .. all of them...
Him: Audi A6 2.5TDI
Me: VW Golf 1.4ltr 60hp
We were going uphill and he was going soo sloow. It's a three lane road. Yes three, two going up one coming down, and there's a really sharp turn in the middle, about 150 degrees at least. So he's in front of me going about 80KM/h and the limit is 100. So I decide to pass him. As soon as I'm next to him, trying hard to even accelerate, he shifts down and takes off. So I was like hmm oh well. But in the turn I caught him again, because he can't drive. After the turn it's straight again and he takes off again, but this time theres a car in front of him, so he merges into my lane, and eventually ends up right in front of me again going about 80. Oh well, I got home eventually...
Stupid people. But what got me pissed off was that he was basically pointing and laughing at me. Jerks .. all of them...
04-06-2003, 10:52 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Friday its thinks Tim:
<strong>thats when you pull out your gun and shoot them...
i mean, um...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Don't worry, Tim didn't mean that... he was drunk at that the time anyway :-)
<strong>thats when you pull out your gun and shoot them...
i mean, um...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Don't worry, Tim didn't mean that... he was drunk at that the time anyway :-)
04-06-2003, 02:42 PM
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Some *** did this to me in a Volvo Turbo Wagon once when I was driving (please don't laugh, I was a poor student!) a Dodge Charger 2.2. I tried to pull out to pass him twice but he'd speed up and not let me go by. The third time, just as I got up next to him, I swerved over and forced him half onto the paved shoulder of the road and flipped him the bird. He stayed waaay back from me after that. That's the $500 beater versus the $40K Volvo Wagon theory... works every time! Remember, I was a poor student back then... it was the 80's! (OK, maybe I was dumb, too.). No flames please. 
04-06-2003, 02:52 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Dave E:
<strong>Has to do with power/control in life...and the lack thereof...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">I think it had to do with the lack of getting some last night by his wife, who already has a new boyfriend anyway ...
Um no I'm not negative today ...
<strong>Has to do with power/control in life...and the lack thereof...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">I think it had to do with the lack of getting some last night by his wife, who already has a new boyfriend anyway ...
Um no I'm not negative today ...
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04-06-2003, 05:05 PM
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in a 1.4 litre (gas?) you were just asking for the guy to make jest of your tiny engine.
cartoon time..
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cartoon time..
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04-06-2003, 10:05 PM
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Boy I can relate to that. About ten years ago I was driving along a mountain route. A guy seeming in his 60's driving a late model Subaru in front of me. He was moving real slow at times he appeared to drag his *** going nowhere. All this time I am telling myself to keep cool because it's dark and too dangerous to pass along the opposing lane. So I decide to tag along knowing about 3 miles up there's a steep uphill pass which breifly opens up to two lanes for passing. So we reach this uphill point getting ready to shoot into the other lane to pass him out of ny life. As I gunned my 4runner's 180hp engine for pass the Subaru guy suddenly comes to life gunning his too. Dam that pushed me over this time my foot down to the metal. Seems he also had his to the metal because he managed to stay in front of me until the two lanes merged back to one. At that point we were close to 90Mph in 55mph zone. What in the hell prompts an old SOB to hog the road at the speed of a snail yet speed over the limit by almost 40Mph to prevent someone to pass?!?!? ...Anyways by then I was trully red hot provoked. My eyes lit red with visions of tire tracks over the Subaru's roof! I was just about to nail his rear bumper when he moved to the side of the shoulder out of my way. I have to admit it was stupid of me to allow myself to lose so much control. Yes that guy was "stoopid" but I should have known better. Never allow a jerk to bring you down to his level!!
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by exc911ence:
[QB]The third time, just as I got up next to him, I swerved over and forced him half onto the paved shoulder of the road /QB]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by exc911ence:
[QB]The third time, just as I got up next to him, I swerved over and forced him half onto the paved shoulder of the road /QB]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">
04-06-2003, 10:33 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by PrerYDoG:
<strong>You shoulda just rear ended him.
In ALL seriousness though...
You shoulda just rear ended him</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">hahahahahahahahaha
<strong>You shoulda just rear ended him.
In ALL seriousness though...
You shoulda just rear ended him</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">hahahahahahahahaha
04-07-2003, 08:14 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">
Never seems to happen in LA. You gotta go to Texas to really see that stuff happen.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">you guys are hitting the glass pipe a little hard if you believe that. it happens more often than we like to believe, both here (sf) and in la. this happened here in sf a week or two ago (see below)... being from la, i know that this **** happens all the time. so it's not really a joking matter, unless you're carrying.. even then.
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<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/25/MN99722.DTL" target="_blank">Fatal freeway shooting stuns family
Cops say it started with small spat</a>
Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, March 25, 2003
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Fabian Herrera's family and friends struggled Monday to grasp how a harmless everyday occurrence in a nightclub parking lot could lead to the 23- year-old's death in a freeway shooting.
According to San Francisco police investigators, it all began early Sunday morning, when Herrera and four friends left Club NV on Howard Street. One of the friends opened the door to Herrera's rented Chevy Suburban and hit the side of a silver Nissan Xterra parked in the next space.
The friend apologized to the driver of the Xterra, police said, and it appeared the incident was over. But minutes later, at about 2:30 a.m., shots rang out as Herrera drove the SUV along Highway 280 toward his home in Millbrae.
After the first two shots, Herrera shouted at his friends to duck. Those were his last words, his companions told police. He was hit by the third of four shots that were fired from a silver Xterra.
Herrera's car crashed into the freeway railing, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured.
Homicide Inspector Antonio Casillas said police issued a description of the suspect's vehicle and later arrested Joe Nguyen, 22, of Oakland, on suspicion of murder. Investigators said Nguyen admitted firing a pistol but claimed he wasn't trying to hurt anyone. Long Nguyen, 25, of Newark, who was also in the Xterra, was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to the killing.
"It appears there was some kind of confrontation, but it was very, very minor," Casillas said, adding there was not even a scratch left on the Xterra. "The next thing they know, they are getting shot on the freeway."
Herrera's grieving father, Miguel Herrera, called the killing "random idiocy" and said his son's last actions were selfless.
"He told everybody to duck, and he didn't, so he wouldn't crash," said Miguel Herrera. "He got hit."
"It is random idiocy, that's what I think of it," the father said. "They didn't know these people -- for a ding on a door, this is stupid."
Herrera's father said his son had studied psychology at a community college in San Mateo and hoped to enroll at UC Berkeley if he made enough money from his home audio equipment business.
"The business was just getting off the ground -- he was doing very well at it," his father said. "He liked to speed, showing off his vehicle, but he had never been in trouble, other than speeding tickets."
Morgan Griffith, 23, who knew Herrera since both were 3, was in the car when his friend was killed.
The door incident seemed so trivial no one gave it a second thought, Griffith said. After the apology, Griffith said, "The guy in the other car said, 'OK,' and rolled up his window. That was that."
Griffith, who worked at Herrera's fledgling business, Precision Soundworks in Burlingame, said his friend's death was "completely avoidable."
"Fabian never hurt anybody, he never talked down about anybody," Griffith said. "They followed us from the club, they decided they wanted to do this -- there was no hesitation -- it seemed like they knew what they wanted to do.
"It is a shame that a perfectly innocent person who had his whole life ahead of him had to be the one," Griffith said. "Now my best friend is gone. We always looked out for each other. This time I couldn't."
Both Nguyens were booked into the San Francisco jail and are awaiting arraignment.
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Never seems to happen in LA. You gotta go to Texas to really see that stuff happen.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">you guys are hitting the glass pipe a little hard if you believe that. it happens more often than we like to believe, both here (sf) and in la. this happened here in sf a week or two ago (see below)... being from la, i know that this **** happens all the time. so it's not really a joking matter, unless you're carrying.. even then.
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<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/25/MN99722.DTL" target="_blank">Fatal freeway shooting stuns family
Cops say it started with small spat</a>
Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, March 25, 2003
---------------------------------------------------------
Fabian Herrera's family and friends struggled Monday to grasp how a harmless everyday occurrence in a nightclub parking lot could lead to the 23- year-old's death in a freeway shooting.
According to San Francisco police investigators, it all began early Sunday morning, when Herrera and four friends left Club NV on Howard Street. One of the friends opened the door to Herrera's rented Chevy Suburban and hit the side of a silver Nissan Xterra parked in the next space.
The friend apologized to the driver of the Xterra, police said, and it appeared the incident was over. But minutes later, at about 2:30 a.m., shots rang out as Herrera drove the SUV along Highway 280 toward his home in Millbrae.
After the first two shots, Herrera shouted at his friends to duck. Those were his last words, his companions told police. He was hit by the third of four shots that were fired from a silver Xterra.
Herrera's car crashed into the freeway railing, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured.
Homicide Inspector Antonio Casillas said police issued a description of the suspect's vehicle and later arrested Joe Nguyen, 22, of Oakland, on suspicion of murder. Investigators said Nguyen admitted firing a pistol but claimed he wasn't trying to hurt anyone. Long Nguyen, 25, of Newark, who was also in the Xterra, was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to the killing.
"It appears there was some kind of confrontation, but it was very, very minor," Casillas said, adding there was not even a scratch left on the Xterra. "The next thing they know, they are getting shot on the freeway."
Herrera's grieving father, Miguel Herrera, called the killing "random idiocy" and said his son's last actions were selfless.
"He told everybody to duck, and he didn't, so he wouldn't crash," said Miguel Herrera. "He got hit."
"It is random idiocy, that's what I think of it," the father said. "They didn't know these people -- for a ding on a door, this is stupid."
Herrera's father said his son had studied psychology at a community college in San Mateo and hoped to enroll at UC Berkeley if he made enough money from his home audio equipment business.
"The business was just getting off the ground -- he was doing very well at it," his father said. "He liked to speed, showing off his vehicle, but he had never been in trouble, other than speeding tickets."
Morgan Griffith, 23, who knew Herrera since both were 3, was in the car when his friend was killed.
The door incident seemed so trivial no one gave it a second thought, Griffith said. After the apology, Griffith said, "The guy in the other car said, 'OK,' and rolled up his window. That was that."
Griffith, who worked at Herrera's fledgling business, Precision Soundworks in Burlingame, said his friend's death was "completely avoidable."
"Fabian never hurt anybody, he never talked down about anybody," Griffith said. "They followed us from the club, they decided they wanted to do this -- there was no hesitation -- it seemed like they knew what they wanted to do.
"It is a shame that a perfectly innocent person who had his whole life ahead of him had to be the one," Griffith said. "Now my best friend is gone. We always looked out for each other. This time I couldn't."
Both Nguyens were booked into the San Francisco jail and are awaiting arraignment.
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04-08-2003, 05:30 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Friday its thinks Tim:
<strong>thats when you pull out your gun and shoot them...
i mean, um...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
<strong>thats when you pull out your gun and shoot them...
i mean, um...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
