Do you race when people pull beside you to challenge?
01-20-2014, 12:06 PM
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Can't argue with that and totally agree. In my younger days I would have said game on, but with age comes at least some wisdom.
01-20-2014, 12:38 PM
#45
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With 550rwhp, it is a lose lose situation for me. I should beat most anything that pulls up next to me. So IF I were to race and win, well that was supposed to happen. If I were to lose then, I lose. If I were to get pulled over, I lose. If I were to wreck and hurt myself or someone else, many people lose. The problem is that people don't play the tape all the way through to the end be for they act/react. If you race many people may lose, even your loved ones if you are dead or sitting in jail. I win every time, because I just don't race. I am too cheap to race at the track, because I don't want to break my car and have to fix it. However, if drag racing is your thing, take it to the track and have at it; just make sure you have track insurance or can self insure.
Good points...except what is the point of the 550 rwhp ?
01-20-2014, 12:47 PM
#46
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you are a negative nelly holly roller. there is no difference in what I have done compared to what you have done in your vette. Don't tell me that you have never just hit when you are going 60mph or so up to a 90 or a 100. That is all i am doing. I wouldn't race from a stop unless I knew the person too many bad drivers off the line. These are just freeway rollons. I moron could do it. If you never rack through the gears you should buy a Prius instead of a vette.
01-20-2014, 01:38 PM
#50
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you are a negative nelly holly roller. there is no difference in what I have done compared to what you have done in your vette. Don't tell me that you have never just hit when you are going 60mph or so up to a 90 or a 100. That is all i am doing. I wouldn't race from a stop unless I knew the person too many bad drivers off the line. These are just freeway rollons. I moron could do it. If you never rack through the gears you should buy a Prius instead of a vette.
If you just gotta race and you never hit anything, no prob. If you just gotta race and you do hit something, or somebody, or get caught racing, big prob, not least because you keep writing posts like that.
01-20-2014, 01:54 PM
#51
No. I can't afford the ticket and I am not willing to risk damage to my car or others. Besides, the challenger is usually drivng some POS and the outcome is obvious. That said I cannot say I have never gotten caught up in a situation where some a----ole decides to speed up when I am passing but that's another situation entirely. Ditto a few smooth straight back country roads I,know with almost no traffic - but in those cases its just me. Regular streets are just not the place.
01-20-2014, 02:06 PM
#53
Racer
...At a light I rev to 6,500 rpm and then let them look like an *** as they take off alone tires screeching
...On the highway I'm always in the far left lane so no one passes me on right in traffic or I let them by on right to uncover speed traps if any.
When I was younger no one passed me under any circumstances but a few high priced tickets, boredom sitting in defensive driving classes to get points removed from my license and a couple of close calls taught me to control my Alpha male tendencies.
...On the highway I'm always in the far left lane so no one passes me on right in traffic or I let them by on right to uncover speed traps if any.
When I was younger no one passed me under any circumstances but a few high priced tickets, boredom sitting in defensive driving classes to get points removed from my license and a couple of close calls taught me to control my Alpha male tendencies.
01-20-2014, 02:40 PM
#56
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01-20-2014, 02:46 PM
#57
I have a Corvette because of the way it drives and accelerates and mainly because I can afford it and I feel like having one. That's the only answer you deserve.
If I want to race someone, I will take it to a track or private property.
If you want to nitpick at someone else's possessions, then be prepared to justify everything you own to some schmuck who thinks you aren't using it the way he thinks you should.
"Why do you own such a big house when you have no kids"
"Why do you have a large screen TV when you don't really watch any cool movies?
"Why do you own such cool sneakers when you don't even run"
How about "mind your own business?"
If I want to race someone, I will take it to a track or private property.
If you want to nitpick at someone else's possessions, then be prepared to justify everything you own to some schmuck who thinks you aren't using it the way he thinks you should.
"Why do you own such a big house when you have no kids"
"Why do you have a large screen TV when you don't really watch any cool movies?
"Why do you own such cool sneakers when you don't even run"
How about "mind your own business?"
01-20-2014, 03:24 PM
#59
Pro
It's just not worth losing your life, or even worse killing someone else!
01-20-2014, 03:35 PM
#60
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