[QUOTE]Originally posted by minako
[B]Next time you are tempted to race on the street or freeway, remember this post from the Street Encounters forum. Decapitation = no fun.

 

So often people forget that a car is a land missle. I'm all for having a little fun under the right circumstances, but frankly those circumstances are rare.

Be careful people. You own a high-strung, awesome automobile which has the tendency to goad you into pushing the limits sometimes when you know you shouldn't.

Resist the tendency, and enjoy the .

 

Speed is speed! Don't fool yourself by thinking just because your not racing another car your not in danger to yourself or others on the road. I am guilty of racing and speeding. I am also guilty of eating deep fried foods.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ItalianBucwheat
[B]Speed is speed!

 

Of the 13 years I've been driving I never street raced once.
Neve even had anyone pick a race eventhough I had driven MR2 Turbo, and BMWs and now s2k.

I am not into that kinda sh!t.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ItalianBucwheat
[B]Speed is speed!

 

I work at night in downtown San Diego, and on Friday & Saturday nights the freaks come out. Driving to work tonight a white Mustang driven by a Backstreet Boy reject (pencil-thin beard/hat/70's shades) revs his engine and guns it, then slows down to let me catch up. This cop magnet even had a horrible horse graphic on each side of the car, a la 2 Fast 2 Furious. I wouldn't race him, especially in downtown traffic. Dude and his 92 Degrees sidekick in the passenger seat proceeded to weave in and out of traffic, slow down to near stops in the road to oogle other party people lined up waiting to get into the downtown clubs, then gun it only to brake hard to stop at the next light.

What goes through the heads of people like this? Do they not live in the same plane of existence as the rest of us, or are they stuck in their MTV world?

...Is decapitation too good for these people? (just kidding...)

-HermanTurnip
"7am and I'm still at work on a Saturday"

 

The S draws all types. Freeway at 80 or sitting at stoplight. I am quite cautious due to nature of my profession (visibility, P/R, ,liability). When I first had my S (broken in for VTEC of course), I had a POS 90's V8 Mustang slide up next to me at the entrance to long tunnel-type under pass at red-light. Tunnel was almost 1/4 mile. I felt this was perfect conditions. Long story short, his POS sputtered at launch, then spun his tires, by time he even shifted to 2nd, I was gone. I turned at next light and went back to the office.

Next day, I'm taking a client out to lunch after a mtg, we go out to my S and this same guy (30 something white guy, bluecollar type) is at the edge of our parking lot revving his chuggy 8. Then he pulls in and starts freakin out on me about "rice-burning, HONDA sucks". He then gets his heap to muster enough energy to lay down rubber in our 6 mo old exec parking lot-smoke everywhere. Obviously, he didn't want a re-match just vengance.

Lesson learned. At my age (30), street racing just ain't worth it. Too much too lose. In my case it was a startled client ($$$).

02 Suzuka

 

How can one own this car, with 240 horses under the hood (*stock*) , and NOT race?? Those of you that claim to have never raced this car need to fess up. I am a 30-something lawyer, father of 2, and still I can't resist the urge to smoke every 350Z, Z4, Boxster or WRX that pulls alongside me on I-75 (70 mph speed limit here in FL) while I'm cruising peacefully along at 70, and then tries to pull on me. Am I abnormal?? Do I need to seek professional help? Honestly, I just can't help myself...

BTW: I don't go out looking to race (EVER)...but when some Euro-punk pulls up to me in his 330is thinking his German POS can walk my S, I take it personally. Then I gun it.

 

I got my S by racing for pink slips.