are really crazy where i live. earlier tonight i picked my friend up from work. i was heading for the sunoco by his job when i see headlights flying up on me. When we get to the light he gets next to me. i look over and see.....a hyundai accent. it's missing the door trim on the drivers side b-pillar, the car is just in a dishelved state of being. really dark tint, some house speakers, and a tail light out ....and he wants to race me. Now, my car is pretty plain looking. it is lowered, with 17" rims, apr carbon gt mirrors, and an HKS carbon Ti. muffler...oh and a fairly large intercooler. but no wing, no flashy body kits or vinyl graphics, and he never saw the front of my car to see the intercooler. it does have a very distinctive idle, what with the 272'2 and all. the light turns green and he's off, while me and my friend are laughing. he cuts in front of the car in front of me and then cuts off the bus in the other lane. while there is no accident or funny anecdotes in this story, does anyone else have any stories like this where people are just ridiculous and retarded. i have so many about suvs and various luxury cars. i'm sorry for the rant, but i just wonder why people always feel the need to be...competetive?..is that the right word? i've pretty much put an end to racing on the street. too big a chance, and too much lag. but why do other people in things that shouldnt' be driven at high rates of speed, especially on city streets, feel the need to prove themseleves to other people. sorry again for the ranting.

That happeneds to me all the time. Usually just on the highway though. I can always tell when they are comming too, because the headlights start gaining on me and they are bouncing up and down due to their "lowering springs" aka cut springs. Shortly there after I hear the fart can. I just look over, laugh, give them the thumbs up, or what ever other finger decides to go up, and go on my way. I guess some people think it's bad ass to push their econo box's accelerator to the floor.

EDIT: Spelling must not be my strong point as depicted in my drawing.

What the Hell is an "Economty?"

People like to prove how much balls the have.

The strongest are usually the quietest. Food for thought.

Economty... i think is the cross between Economics and Comedy! It's really a sensation, sorta like what you get when a Deawoo goes by you on the highway and your doing 85-90. You wonder what salesman told him it was safe to drive that thing over 60. I just don't want him to crash or explode infront of me. That elantra [edit:] Accent (even worse) guy will be a statistic in no time and it looks like he's in a hurry to become one.

I had a guy one wheel spin his late 80's Honda Accord at me. He looked at me like he wanted to steal my car. And then took off (or tried to) while spinning his wheel. I didn't even try to race. I just slowly took off and left him. It was funny.

The other story was the V6 mustang who rolled up on me like he was the sh*t. He paced me for like 20 sec. before I even looked over. When I looked over and he was staring at me like he wanted to get on my d***. I guess he was doing a Paul Walker from 2F2F.... good impression I might add. So I dropped into second gear and bliped the gas, then he took off like he was racing for his life. I immedately put it back into 5th and me and my wife laughed our asses off, because there was a cop coming the other way.... too bad he was staring at me so hard to noticed. The cop did a U-turn and pulled him over. He must of at least hit 60 in a 45.
We drove by and my wife gave him a thumbs up, man the look at his face was classic.

Hehe, I do that to people ALL of the time, Sean. I get scared going too far over speed limit inside of cities here in CA, Big Brother is watching

On the highways it's quite a bit easier (to speed) as long as you are vigilant. Racing here is just a good way to lose your car.

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The other story was the V6 mustang who rolled up on me like he was the sh*t. He paced me for like 20 sec. before I even looked over. Or looked over and he was staring at me like he wanted to get on my d***. I guess he was doing a Paul Walker from 2F2F.... good impression I might add. So I dropped into second gear and bliped the gas, then he took off like he was racing for his life. I immedately put it back into 5th and me and my wife laughed our asses off, because there was a cop coming the other way.... too bad he was staring at me so hard to noticed. The cop did a U-turn and pulled him over. He must of at least hit 60 in a 45.
We drove by and my wife gave him a thumbs up, man the look at his face was classic.

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I've done that to a couple cars.

90% of the time I have my 11 mo. child in the car. Its not worth it.


Street Racing is bad. mmmmkayyy...

everyone here knows that street racing is a waste of time, gas, money and potentially life threatening. what i don't understand is why other people, who have no business racing on a track let alone the street insist on doing it. i think it mostly comes from the way the commercialism of this country sells things. case in point, anyone ever see that jeep commercial where they show a cherokee out braking an rsx, and an audi tt?
now, i understand that companies that promote suv's have to give the consumer the idea that suv's are just as safe as cars (when anyone who can understand just a slight bit of physics knows this to be a fallacy), but when they show one performing against known "performance" cars like the two mentioned, people percieve the suv to be a "performance" vehicle now. it's just mind boggeling to think that car companies say, "you know what...if we put the word sport in the name of this truck, younger type people may buy it, and of course increase profits." i guess i'm just tired of every goddamn car, truck, and moped on the street wanting to race not only me, but everything that comes their way. grow up.

Ha, case in point! had a ford exploder tailing me at about 80. My exit was comming up and i guess it was his too. time to brake so i brought it down around 60 and enter the offramp. HOLY Shiite this dude is still on my ass. I'm like "whoa buddy hope you have fun on your roof" sure as shite the offramp starts banking hard right and this mofo starts loosing traction adios amigo! no roll over but he straightened it out and banged the brakes. Guy doesn't drive a car let alone a vehicle with any kind of suspension for that kinda of stuff. What is that guy thinking?? just cause the speed says 140 doens't mean you can do that. Some people will race their economy car family sadan and give you looks like you don't have a chance. They are so clueless. Stay oughta my world.

gsxitement said:

while there is no accident or funny anecdotes in this story, does anyone else have any stories like this where people are just ridiculous and retarded.

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Are you kidding? I moderate a car site on the internaweb. I could tell you stories that'd make your eyeballs bleed. The things people do with spelling, punctuation and other nuances of English grammar are astounding. It's amazing some of these apes can even walk around on just two legs.

really?!? Waht is teh site were all dis is? !

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Are you kidding? I moderate a car site on the internaweb. I could tell you stories that'd make your eyeballs bleed. The things people do with spelling, punctuation and other nuances of English grammar are astounding. It's amazing some of these apes can even walk around on just two legs.

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I Can walk on two legs sometimes, most of the time I run around grunt and beat my chest at women. Seems to work, must be animal instinct

aahhhhhh.

Do they speak English in what?

Hey now you cant beat on the stupid ppl that much, i cant spell / read very well cuz i have dislexia (well i can but its one pain in the A$$)

Sure I can.

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Sure I can.

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yeah yeah i do agree with you guys as long as you dont bi*** at me i'm good

unfortunatly, grammer and punctuation are not what this thread is about. and i'm sure not everyone on this site has a degree in english, and just getting the point across is good enough for them. this IS a site about cars, not english correctness so maybe this should be grammer correctness.com...instead of dsmtuners.

read the rules buddy the thread is in "the hangout" and what is the hangout you may ask

"All non-tech and non-DSM related discussions"

One night my wife and I were on our way home going through downtown Ft. Wayne (Indiana). The street we were on was comprised of stopped lights that are about 10-20 yards apart so there is a lot of stop and go. I wasn't in my I was in the Grand Am which was a shame because the idiot who was trying to race me was in "stickered up" S10. I would've beat him in the but the Grand Am sufficient enough. However, I WASN'T EVEN TRYING TO RACE, I HAD TO TAKE A PISS AND WAS LOOKING FOR A BAR, A RESTAURANT, ANYTHING to take a piss at. A bush would've helped. So I was taking off at every stop light just to find a place piss and I guess he got the impression that I was trying to race him. (I didn't even look at him, rev my engine, or do any of the signs that I wanted to race.) So he started racing me.

Every time we took off I beat him which I guess started piss him off because as we were approaching a stop light that was RED I slowed down and he kept going. Then he noticed the light stopped right in the middle in the intersection. Then I took off and left him there and finally found a bar. AHHHH it was so relieving.

On a additional note, I tried using the spell check button and nothing happened. Either it was my computer or the website. Still, it is a good idea I don't see why it isn't used a lot more.

gsxitement said:

unfortunatly, grammer and punctuation are not what this thread is about.

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No, but it is what DSMtuners is about.

At least try using the Spell Check button.

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unfortunatly, grammer and punctuation are not what this thread is about. and i'm sure not everyone on this site has a degree in english, and just getting the point across is good enough for them. this IS a site about cars, not english correctness so maybe this should be grammer correctness.com...instead of dsmtuners.

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No, we don't ask that you type out every message like you were writing an essay for school. However, we added in a spell check that should be used, and we do ask that you at least ATTEMPT to use proper grammar and punctuation. It doesn't take a degree in english to know that you should capitalize the first letter of every sentence as well as "I". It's about not being lazy and typing words out and using the shift key. All we ask is that you show some respect for the site and its members by not being lazy. That's all. Many of us believe that this isn't too much to ask. It IS listed in the rules. Please respect that.