[rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM....
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[rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM....
1. I either have to power up or just ignore some people but my plates have been getting me into trouble in the new neighbourhood with all these kids and their daddy's money.:D
(for reference)
2. That damn truck was faaaast but this 20 year old meathead wanted me to race him on a city street in morning rushhour. :rolleyes:
3. Am I the only one who thinks it doesn't count when your daddy buys you a brand new rocket? I mean, OK if your dad gives you the keys to the family owned '85 Corvette and then you go work on it to make it fast - but guys whose parents spend 40K for a C5 and then they scoff at your hard earned car are no cool in my books.
This kid goes to me at the gas station 'just how fast is it'? I say 'fast enough' and he goes 'well, we'll see about that on Major Mac (the street in question'.
All I was thinking was let me shove daddy's credit card up your f-ing asz and see what you come up with on your own. :nono:
(for reference)
2. That damn truck was faaaast but this 20 year old meathead wanted me to race him on a city street in morning rushhour. :rolleyes:
3. Am I the only one who thinks it doesn't count when your daddy buys you a brand new rocket? I mean, OK if your dad gives you the keys to the family owned '85 Corvette and then you go work on it to make it fast - but guys whose parents spend 40K for a C5 and then they scoff at your hard earned car are no cool in my books.
This kid goes to me at the gas station 'just how fast is it'? I say 'fast enough' and he goes 'well, we'll see about that on Major Mac (the street in question'.
All I was thinking was let me shove daddy's credit card up your f-ing asz and see what you come up with on your own. :nono:
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (SuperFast80)
At 20 I could afford a C5 with my own money (but I bought a C3 because their prettier). Racing on the street is lame, but the best way to shove their money up thier butt is to smoke em. Dollar for Dollar you're faster.
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (pingdashf)
Thats a fast truck. Big deal.
I raced one on the freeway, I was impressed. If my car was stock he would have ripped me a new 'A" hole. But instead I made him look like an idiot......
Have fun and forget it.
There is allways someone out there that is willing to dump more $$$$ into a car than you................oh well
enjoy........... gp :cheers:
I raced one on the freeway, I was impressed. If my car was stock he would have ripped me a new 'A" hole. But instead I made him look like an idiot......
Have fun and forget it.
There is allways someone out there that is willing to dump more $$$$ into a car than you................oh well
enjoy........... gp :cheers:
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (pingdashf)
Yeah lots of kids like to street race. My friend has a 88 Mustang 5.0 and he is always challenging people from new camaros to mustangs like his own :crazy: He's never challenged me tho :lol: He's one of those people that thinks since it's a Corvette, it must have like 400-500 hp. :yesnod: I never tell him any different :rolleyes:
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (GROSSPOLLUTER60)
I raced one on the freeway, I was impressed. If my car was stock he would have ripped me a new 'A" hole. But instead I made him look like an idiot......
I don't mind a little jousting here and there but its the 'my poopie don't smell' attitude of guys who never had to give up a week's pay for a tranny fix that drive me nuts.
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (SuperFast80)
I agree that if they give you grief about your car its dumb. However, if the kids parents want and are able to spend the money on them to get them a nice car, then why not? Do I want to teach my kid responsibility, sure (when I have one). But I am going to make sure that I will also be able to give them a good life as well
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (VetteBoy1979)
You'll always get challenges in a swoopy Corvette. In rush hour, (or anytime) there's never any shame in turning him down. There's been a few times I've lined up with other very quick cars at a light, such as a Viper. However, like me, he didn't want to turn the city streets into a dangerous situation. And yes, he would have won. I was in my Camaro.
There's another hotrod truck coming out to watch out for. The Dodge Ram is getting a Viper engine option. It's quicker than a Lightning. 0-60 in 5 seconds flat. Trucks are the new musclecar...mainly because (I am guessing) they don't have the same emissions rules.
There's another hotrod truck coming out to watch out for. The Dodge Ram is getting a Viper engine option. It's quicker than a Lightning. 0-60 in 5 seconds flat. Trucks are the new musclecar...mainly because (I am guessing) they don't have the same emissions rules.
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (VetteBoy1979)
You can't help but feel a bit jealous, but just let the spoiled brat go race
with his buddies at the country club. He may never feel the sense of
accomplishment that many of us share. In this sense he is the poorest
of the poor.
Well, most of us would not run out and spend $40k on our own ride, never
mind your kid's. When my boys come of age, they will have helped with
almost every aspect of auto repair/restoration. At that time, I just might
splurge and buy them a "C4-C5 project car" (10-12 years from now).
Right now, my youngest is the most interested here he is helping me
scrape out a big rust bubble last week:
scraping rust (steel car)
Someday - the tables will turn, and I can help them out - spending their $$ on their 'vette.
:seeya
[Modified by Daves_rusty_75, 11:09 AM 7/31/2002]
with his buddies at the country club. He may never feel the sense of
accomplishment that many of us share. In this sense he is the poorest
of the poor.
Well, most of us would not run out and spend $40k on our own ride, never
mind your kid's. When my boys come of age, they will have helped with
almost every aspect of auto repair/restoration. At that time, I just might
splurge and buy them a "C4-C5 project car" (10-12 years from now).
Right now, my youngest is the most interested here he is helping me
scrape out a big rust bubble last week:
scraping rust (steel car)
Someday - the tables will turn, and I can help them out - spending their $$ on their 'vette.
:seeya
[Modified by Daves_rusty_75, 11:09 AM 7/31/2002]
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (MoMo)
You really should have the car to back up your plate. It's time for you to get some kind of stroker motor. Very few (almost never) does anyone ask me or attemp to race me. I think it's the intimidation factor and people just don't want to get beat. People will only race if they think they have a chance of winning.
[Modified by gkull, 10:15 AM 7/31/2002]
[Modified by gkull, 10:15 AM 7/31/2002]
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (MoMo)
Trucks are the new musclecar...mainly because (I am guessing) they don't have the same emissions rules.
But then again, even though it looks like a kit car gone bad, Ford sold more Mustangs than GM sold F-bodies COMBINED (in 2001).
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (gkull)
You really should have the car to back up your plate.
Its not referencing the plates that bothers me. God knows they have kept me OUT of races many times. Its the guys who have never turned a wrench or spent any of their own earned money with attitude that bothers me.
There are LOTS of faster car than mine out there and this is the game. I just have a lot more respect for the guy with a 3K Camaro who worked a 305 to low 14s than I do for a guy whose dad bought him a new Lightning and brags about his poopie.
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (jonjollyf4)
So you didn't race him? You just assumed you couldn't win?
:crazy:
:crazy:
I have enough to hang with a Lightning but I'd prefer to test it at the track or some place deserted.
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (SuperFast80)
You should try being a teacher to all these kids in a small town. They all want to race me, I just look over and laugh. Most of these kids love my vert. they all want a ride in it and those that do rave about the sence of "real hp and not the fake stuff" as in NOS and those are their own words not mine. :cheers:
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (SuperFast80)
good for you. i agree with what your saying. it really does bug me that i see kids who are still in HIGH SCHOOL driving very new and expensive cars, even late c-4s or even c=5s. who knows? maybe these are internet wiz-kids who actually do work that can afford to buy these cars. most likely not, especially judging by the stupidity they exibit on a daily basis. i've had a few people challenge me, mostly ricers, and i generally just ignore it. partly because, like you, i try to be a responsible adult that takes it to the track and also because i really don't want to get spanked in public with my stock L-81.
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (VetteBoy1979)
However, if the kids parents want and are able to spend the money on them to get them a nice car, then why not?
(That should kick off a lively discussion!).
:cheers:
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (UKPaul)
Because you could be buying them a one way ticket to the Morgue. There speaks the voice of reason & maturity ;)
(That should kick off a lively discussion!).
:cheers:
(That should kick off a lively discussion!).
:cheers:
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (jonjollyf4)
Ford lightnings are fast. I'm so sick of people wanting to race trucks. I get every truck from a dodge ram to a chevy Z71 4x4 wanting to race me they put fake dual exhaust on it and think because it's loud that it's fast :lol: They are getting just as bad as the :troll around here.
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Re: [rant] Challenged by a 2001 Ford Lightning this AM.... (SuperFast80)
No, it would have been close.
I build circle track motors so anytime I am challenged I just rattle off a couple of customers names and then ask him if he thinks mine would be stock (I keep my L-82 at a low idle so it has quite a lope to it, that and the sidepipes make it sound a lot more than what it is.) Then I ask him if he really wants to find out to lay a G-note on the hood. (let see him explain to daddy what he needs a G-note for :lol: ) They always have to check something on their car as I am leaving.
Bottom line is "Always keep em guessin"