Funny/different/not worth mentioning races

[fishbone]

^ I know.
I'll go sit in a corner now.

[QR]

well the other day i was comming home from college and at a stop light there were two rednecks in a late 90's tacoma and they were just revving, and they rolled down the window and he said that he would smoke me. so as soon as the light turn green mire tires squeel a little and i am racing off, i look to see where the tacoma was, and it was stalled, i guess the guy needs to learn how to drive a stick better lol

[Leathe of Heaven]

90's Saturn SC1 or whatever the hell those POS are. ****er pulled off on me at a stop light thinking I was racing. I kept with him but when we stopped at the next light I was going to give him a REAL taste. Went from an idle, shifted to second normally.. he's still beside me. Shift into 3rd, 50MPH.. he's still there. Get up to around 60 and I'm like "F' this shit.." downshift into second and walk him. Take it into 3rd to get the car to squat (shocks were at 1, so it'll squat hard during shifts) and let off at about 85-90. Slow back down to speed limit (40) and he doesn't want anymore. Wouldn't even line up with me at the light. I bet he felt REAL good the first time when he thought he walked me. I love crushing ricer's dreams.

LT1 Camaro. Heavy bling-bling rims. Limo tint, blah blah blah. Went from an idle, shifted into second VERY early, he's ahead by about a car. Shift into third, he's still there. Then I'm like **** this.. why not go WOT. Went WOT and here I am at 2k and acceleration was slow. But you could feel the car growing and growing and right as I hit 3.5k (lots of powa!) I start to gain QUICK! But just as I begin to pass him he lets off. No fun. Should have wound out second gear and went WOT from there.

Co-workers Mitsubishi Eclipse RS. SLOW as SHIT! Went from a dig. I went from an idle. He went from like 2,000RPMs. He was ahead by about a car from the get-go and just as I get up to 20 I punch it. Powershift into second and I burn 'em up to 60MPH and let off. Got ahead of him EASY! First thing he tells me when I come into work is "At least I beat you off the line." Ricers, eesh.

For you Nismom. Got a race with a Titan on an on ramp. It was a SHORT race, lol. Waiting at a light to turn onto the highway I see a silver Titan line up with me. Looked stock. I knew the on ramp merged into one REALLY quick so I had to get ahead. Take it easy off the launch and I notice he's accelerating pretty quick. Get into second, lands me at about 2.5k-3k and gun it. At first I crawled away from him but as I got into the powerband I pretty much started sprinting away. But sadly I wasn't able to give him a thumbs up since he went N while I had to go S.

[Nismom]

He wasn't trying.

J/K babe, good run!

[Leathe of Heaven]

It sounded like he was at WOT. But I have no idea how the VK sounds when it's at WOT. Lol. So it could be possible he wasn't trying.

[Nismom]

It sounds awesome.

The Titan has a lot of low-end power so he PROBABLY could have taken you off the line but, the point is - he DIDN'T!

[fishbone]

This one happened a year and half ago when I still had my VQ Altima.
A kid in a neon with exhaust, possibly intake and a loud-ass trunk sub was at a light with me. I looked over smiling at the ridiculous sight, he was posed as if he was the shiznit, owning the world, driving a Benz or something. He gave me a look of the kind that says "good sir, you're not even good enough to be impressed by my l33tness". Light goes green and surprisingly he guns it. I drive normally because he's not going anywhere because of all the traffic ahead. I catch up to him at the next light and his rapper tunes ... wow, they sounded like crap from outside because the loud-ass bass was causing some major rattle. He turned up his bass too, most likely to try to impress my wife who was next to me and giggling. This nonsense went off for about 4 more stoplights and finally the road opened up with no traffic. Light goes green and I was expecting him to just roll, but no. He guns it. I let him gain 4 carlengths and then stomp it and proceed to put buslengths on him. I slow down to speed limit and he continues to go at WOT. We line up again at the next stoplight and as I roll up next to him his hand was out the window giving me the finger. I roll my window down and go "What?"
This is the funny part, he goes
"Fuuuuck you man."
"He man, you asked for it!"
"Whatever y0, I've got a Porsche in my garage at home"
My wife just busts out laughing, I tell him "yeah sure whatever" as I'm laughing at his ass and rolling my window back up. Wow, that made our day. That kid was both pissed and embarassed big time. Face red as a tomato.

[dudewithacar]

So I pull up to this light at this intersection last night right before the on ramp to the hi-way. I was in the far right lane and about 50 yards away is the on ramp in the left lane, so I knew I'd have to jump ahead of the other two cars. Right next to me however is a new gen Civic Si coupe. I knew my only chance was either if he didn't gun it or if I got the jump off the line and cut in front of him.

So I waited till the light for the cross street turned yellow and I revved it up to about 1800 and when the light changed I took off. I jumped at least a half a car ahead of the Si but beyond that he was hanging with me. Luckily I had just enough room to squeeze in front of him and make it onto the on ramp. I stayed in the throttle all the way past third until I had to let off because of a car in front of me and the entire time the Civic was the same 1/2 length behind me.

Once we actually got on the hiway he jumped all the way into the left lane and I just casually sped up to keep up with him. When I got to my exit about 2 miles down I put on my turn signal and suddenly he jumped across 3 lanes to get off on the same exit. I assumed he wanted to race again but we got stuck in traffic and never got another chance before I had to pull off.

[fishbone]

No races per se, but now that winter is here, I keep owning people left and right I'm the first to take off at stoplights, except for trucks and SUVs, which have the weight and tire size advantage. With a rear LSD the LGT does tend to act/seem/feel/be RWD-biased if you give her too much gas, but the front wheels puling too the car is predictable and never really spins out of control, just slightly goes sideways until traction bias is adjusted. So far I've spotted two ricers on the side of the road stuck in snow. Judging by the marks they were driving like deuches [the usual] and fishtailed out.
Sorry, it's just my second winter with this ride and still thrilled

[fishbone]

I swear, not even 15 minutes after I stomped an overzealous stock Scion tC, I was listening to a Motor Trend podcast and heard something that makes for a great reply to any delusional Scion user.

I wouldn't put any of our cars as performance vehicles, but they are certainly very customizable

Adrian Tse, Scion Director, Nov 25 2007 interview with Motor Trend at the 2007 LA Auto Show. Stick that in your crackpipe and smoke it, fanbois!

[fishbone]

Not gonna let this thread die. Last night by total coincidence I get up to a red light and in the 2 lanes next to me was a riced out Talon and a Neon. The Dodge had a fartcan, blue neons under the car. The Talon was white, had a large TALON decal across the side, rear wing, body kit and a crapload of "performance" aftermarket stickers. AEM, Apexcone, you name it. By the sound of it he had intake and exhaust too, manual. Light turns green, I knew the Neon and the Talon were gonna go at it, the Talon got some wheel hop at the start, I didn't even punch it and managed to keep it even and then just squeezed the pedal and promptly put buslength by 60 when I shut down. The dude in the Talon quickly took the next left turn and was gone. The Neon tried me again at the next stoplight with the same outcome. I pulled a U-turn to see if I'd run into the Talon guy again but no luck. Lincoln is small, I'm sure I'll see him again and I'll rag on him a little bit Must have been the cheap, slow trim, not even AWD.

Wasn't even that spectacular to worth all the writing, but it's been the only race in a while

[jimnolimit]

i was just reading the tread so i'll throw a wacky race at all of you . last fall 2007 i was driving home late at night/early morning and i come to a stop light , a vehicle pulls up next to me so i look over to see who it is , a mid 90's ford winstar minivan with a driver that looked like the older version of chunk from the goonies . the light turns green and chunk floors it his tire chirps i start LMAO , i give it some gas and pass him like he's in reverse . . we get to the next light and i drop my window to give him the thumbs-up and he's just stone cold looking foward , all focused . light turns green and chunk floors it again , his tire chirps , im LMAO and let him get a head start , then i put my foot down and blow past him and i put light years on him . that guy put a smile on my face for hours . i hope everyone enjoys .

[dudewithacar]

That last post reminded me of a time when I borrowed my mom's old '94 Plymouth Grand Voyager V6. Of course the thing wasn't fast by any means, but either the tires were exceptionally skinny or just cheap because I could floor it and spin them all the way through an intersection.

Anywho that night I was cruising down 620 and pulled up to a stop light next to some kind of sporty-ish sedan from like the early 90s(did such a thing exist back then? lol). I didn't know much about cars back then so I didn't pay attention to what it was, but I vaguely remember he had his window down and just for funsies I popped the tranny into neutral and revved, and he just kind of looked over and laughed at me(which of course I expected). So then the light changes green and I stomp on it and scrreeeeeeeecch all the way through the intersection and take off. Now I'm doubting this guy even tried to go because I left him way in the dust, but I'd like to believe that he'll think twice about trying to out accelerate any white Grand Voyagers in the future

[fishbone]

This "race" was hilarious, I still chuckle thinking about it. Yesterday a typical Chrysler minivan handed me my ass on the highway, big time One lane of traffic in each direction, there was a dude in front of me that was going 48 on a 60 speed limit. So I passed him and was cruising at 60. I look in my rearview mirror and I see a Chrysler minivan doing the same thing, and behind him yet another identical minivan doing the same thing. Only, this minivan decided to keep on going. I was about 2 buslengths in front and I decided, against my better judgment, to romp it thinking "denied". But that damn thing kept coming and coming at WOT and from 60 to 90 passed me with ease and had to slow down about a buslength ahead of me. Bwahaha, it was funny as all hell. It happened so because not only did they have a huge momentum I mean they were coming FAST, but I was already going uphill while they were still coming downhill and *just* hit the uphill as they were about 2-3 carlengths behind me. It taught me a lesson that it's not as easy as it seems sometimes to overtake a speed advantage. This same thing happened to me in my 3rd gen too, an F150 ran me down and passed me once, and also a frickin' Eclipse GT. If you stomp on it too late, you're in for a surprise
If I were to open a new topic, I'd name it "Halp! A Chrysler minivan took me out. Y?"

It is not torque or displacement that win races, people. It is momentum! LMAO.

[TUKO]

lol