Why does everybody think a "fast" car wants to race them

[ryker]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

I hate to say this, but people do that to me just from driving normal on occasions b/c I guess just b/c I'm in a civic, they think I'm trying to race, so I don't hesitate to pass them on the shoulder and throw coins behind me. It's better to just let them go around sometimes. There are some people that aren't as nice and would gladly run you off the road or shoot you.

Thats the reason why most Adults have a bad impression of the Civic. Passing on the shoulder and throwing coins.

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Cell phone call to state patrol as you get followed.

[ryker]

Originally Posted by jethroooo

Can you show me some pictures of the cooper please

Out of town working. The wife is driving the Cooper.

[kirks07si]

Originally Posted by Sean Newman

There's no such thing as a fast car for <$500,000, only fast bikes ;-)

i disagree...buschur racing has an evo modded for about 100,000 that runs 9s

[bulit184]

i just bought my car 2 days ago and ive had around 5 people try and race me, i just let them pass by and go brake at the next red light...eh this is socal though...

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by ryker

Thats the reason why most Adults have a bad impression of the Civic. Passing on the shoulder and throwing coins.

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Cell phone call to state patrol as you get followed.

Don't care to be honest w/ ya. If someone was gonna block me in from going anywhere just to be a dick and I could tell it was on purpose, that's fine. Also, there would be no "proof" of anything unless they had a way to record the incident. Their word vs. mine. Believe my I know. I tried to get a trucker in trouble for trying to run people off the road while on the interstate and did anything ever happen? No. It doesn't matter if I'm driving a civic or a camaro ss, it's the same issue. That's not the reason civics have a bad name, it's the racing and all the other negativity. What I described is road rage and it's associated w/ any car, not just the civic.

[SoCal07Si]

Originally Posted by ryker

Thats the reason why most Adults have a bad impression of the Civic. Passing on the shoulder and throwing coins.

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Cell phone call to state patrol as you get followed.

yeah, u hit the nail on the head. Thats EXACTLY why....

[Humanduck]

This ALWAYS happens to me... I guess it is the Si...mmm... no. Even before when I had my CRX HF stock people was trying to race it...
Funny story though... A guy with a Mazda 3 speed pulls next to me in a light (with his girlfriend)... He makes his tires spin when he leaves the light, but I find him in the next one... after that I decided to go with it (just because he gave me a look like "your car is a POS")... so we start... his stupid a$$ didn't even know how to drive, so I beat him, get in front of him, and the slow down and get myself to the right lane again... suddenly, he starts speeding up again and I'm like "WTF, he doesn't give up!" and decided to make him get a ticket... We are going down this avenue where from 50 mph goes to 30 mph for speed limit, with a speed camera... So I start speeding up, and right before the camera I slow down to 30 and he keeps going 60... When I saw the flash from the camera I just started laughing, in the next light I pull beside him and do this laughing...
I would love to see his face when he receives the ticket in the mail... He will look at it and say "That's the day I raced that Civic, got beaten in front of my girlfriend and got a ticket"... bad day for him.

[dcubed121]

Originally Posted by Humanduck

This ALWAYS happens to me... I guess it is the Si...mmm... no. Even before when I had my CRX HF stock people was trying to race it...
Funny story though... A guy with a Mazda 3 speed pulls next to me in a light (with his girlfriend)... He makes his tires spin when he leaves the light, but I find him in the next one... after that I decided to go with it (just because he gave me a look like "your car is a POS")... so we start... his stupid a$$ didn't even know how to drive, so I beat him, get in front of him, and the slow down and get myself to the right lane again... suddenly, he starts speeding up again and I'm like "WTF, he doesn't give up!" and decided to make him get a ticket... We are going down this avenue where from 50 mph goes to 30 mph for speed limit, with a speed camera... So I start speeding up, and right before the camera I slow down to 30 and he keeps going 60... When I saw the flash from the camera I just started laughing, in the next light I pull beside him and do this laughing...
I would love to see his face when he receives the ticket in the mail... He will look at it and say "That's the day I raced that Civic, got beaten in front of my girlfriend and got a ticket"... bad day for him.

this is one of my favorite things to do. the look on there face when they"won" the race and then the look when the cop gives them their "reward" for winning.

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by Humanduck

This ALWAYS happens to me... I guess it is the Si...mmm... no. Even before when I had my CRX HF stock people was trying to race it...
Funny story though... A guy with a Mazda 3 speed pulls next to me in a light (with his girlfriend)... He makes his tires spin when he leaves the light, but I find him in the next one... after that I decided to go with it (just because he gave me a look like "your car is a POS")... so we start... his stupid a$$ didn't even know how to drive, so I beat him, get in front of him, and the slow down and get myself to the right lane again... suddenly, he starts speeding up again and I'm like "WTF, he doesn't give up!" and decided to make him get a ticket... We are going down this avenue where from 50 mph goes to 30 mph for speed limit, with a speed camera... So I start speeding up, and right before the camera I slow down to 30 and he keeps going 60... When I saw the flash from the camera I just started laughing, in the next light I pull beside him and do this laughing...
I would love to see his face when he receives the ticket in the mail... He will look at it and say "That's the day I raced that Civic, got beaten in front of my girlfriend and got a ticket"... bad day for him.

That's funny, but a little hard to read.

[dcubed121]

Quoted something that was edited. deleted by user.

[Humanduck]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

That's really funny, but isn't that entrapment? I know they setup stings for prostitutes, but the female cop never actually engages in the act as you do on the street when racing.

I really don't know about that... the cameras stand in only one side of the avenue, and EVERYBODY that knows the area slows down... Speed cameras are messing up all the fun in this part of MD!
Anyways, he got what he deserved... he should have stopped racing when I beat him, I even put myself in front of him and then slowed down.... but $80 will probably teach him the lesson...

My bad if it was hard to read... I just can't stop myself from laughing every time I think about it...

[702Si]

Originally Posted by ryker

Bought the car used from a rich stock broker. It was a deal even without the Dinan parts. But yes the car is driven hard sometimes but not much. Last time I had a new GTO next to me. So I hit first gear hard. Cought him off guard and I had the jump. I knew his car was modded so I didn't even bother to try and race. Sure enough he slammed wide open for two more gears as I just cruised up to the redlight next to him.

I did the same thing with a GTO, thats the only car ive tried to race, i got the jump and then he hit it, I was like " DAMNN " we got a good laugh.

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by Humanduck

I really don't know about that... the cameras stand in only one side of the avenue, and EVERYBODY that knows the area slows down... Speed cameras are messing up all the fun in this part of MD!
Anyways, he got what he deserved... he should have stopped racing when I beat him, I even put myself in front of him and then slowed down.... but $80 will probably teach him the lesson...

My bad if it was hard to read... I just can't stop myself from laughing every time I think about it...

You quoted me before I could edit it. I misread what you put. I thought that you said you're a cop. My bad.

[nayilsi]

Originally Posted by 702Si

I did the same thing with a GTO, thats the only car ive tried to race, i got the jump and then he hit it, I was like " DAMNN " we got a good laugh.

u left smiley.......gto driver right

[Slipp]

i get people wanting to race about once a week it seems.
my si looks basically stock, other than hfp suspension

mostly 350z's, other si's and acura owners.

sometimes i ignore them, sometimes i play back - depends on my mood and traffic/location.

im not opposed to having a little fun though.

[20strong]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

It's Aston Martin, lol. I hate how those cars handle on gt games. But anyways.

I love the mini. Props to the wife.
I can't stand harley drivers. I would have asked him where does his boyfriend sit when he rides?

Thanks Excalibur, oh and it's Harley Riders not Drivers.

[ryker]

Must be the wing on the Si. Becuase I've got a Red EX with Weds rims and a fart can looking muffler (its quite) and nobody has ever tried to race me.

However my Mini is the checkmate edition, has the John Cooper Works $800 Carbon Fiber rear wing, and the Dinan exhuast. Everybody thinks the race is on.

• looks from boy racer items like stickers, winges, and extra gauges
• Sound either exhuast or a short geared car that sounds like the owner is driving hard/fast

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by 20strong

Thanks Excalibur, oh and it's Harley Riders not Drivers.

You're right my bad.

I do actually kinda like the new Harley that they came out w/ that's flat black and has a wider rear tire, but for 17k, no way. lol.

Me and the wife were talking and I think there are more people that try to race hers than mine. I very rarely ever get anyone trying to go w/ me. She gets alot of people that try. Only people I've had off the top of my head are a 5.0 (had to take that one), monte carlo ss, wrx, and rsx-s. Only ones I gave the time of day were the 5.0 and ss.

[atruhondagrl]

It's a being female in South Texas thing, Excalibur. The guys there go into shock when they see a girl who actually owns a car with a manual transmission, plus she drives a Honda. That mix to them is a sport. I take it it's probably a lot of dudes in trucks too eh?

[Excalibur]

Exactly.