How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh
Burning Brakes
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Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (gdh)
gdh: You must have a different species of ricer in Canada. When I lived near DC, the local ricers were particularly reckless drivers.
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From: virginia beach va
Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (OHSIXX)
i don't care whether they pass me or not. what/where is that going to be when it gets up to the age of our cars? still going to be a civic, and i don't see many of them becoming classics. still going to be a nice little economical comfort car.
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From: New Wilmington PA
Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (Kevin Mason)
gdh: You must have a different species of ricer in Canada. When I lived near DC, the local ricers were particularly reckless drivers.
In our little one-stoplight town they fart around doing 60 in downtown. Ricers are a bunch of spoiled rich kids here. :rolleyes:
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Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (Cookwithvette)
When a friend and I got stuck trying to install the radio in my '69, I brought my Vette to the ricer shop next door. After all - if ricers know anything, it oughta be car stereos.
Well, not only could they not figger it out, they managed to make my headlights dysfunctional in the process. "Ah, it's those old muscle cars. They always break down." Of course, as I demonstrated, Moron just dicsonnected a vacuum line. Other than that, my old muscle car was just fine.
Eventually found an old dude who knew how to get that (expletive deleted) radio installed.
Well, not only could they not figger it out, they managed to make my headlights dysfunctional in the process. "Ah, it's those old muscle cars. They always break down." Of course, as I demonstrated, Moron just dicsonnected a vacuum line. Other than that, my old muscle car was just fine.
Eventually found an old dude who knew how to get that (expletive deleted) radio installed.
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From: Round Rock, Texas, USA Texas
Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (Kevin Mason)
about the same way I feel when one screams away from a spotlight we have been stopped at ----mildly ammused :) --- and then when they are still going all out just to slam on the brakes for the next light (ususally with me again side by side) --- I find it pretty darn funny :lol: -- and so it goes
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Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (MNJack)
The cops have to have someone to pull over - might as well be his azz not mine.
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Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (Cookwithvette)
up where I am if they even look like they are contemplating doing something dumb the police pull them over, last night I dorve from the Hamilton mtn to our town NW of Toronto about 1 1/4 hr, saw plenty of done up Honda's but never an issue, it was actually me passing them at 80 - 90 mph to get home faster.
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From: lancaster ma
Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (OHSIXX)
You need a jack rabbit in front of you to keep the troopers busy. I keep up with the traffic and use the power when I need to pass or get clear of a situation. Tickets are too expensive and surcharges stick for a longtime. Besides, everyone sitting in their sedans and SUVs still wishes they were in your ride. No one is pining after those rice racers.
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From: Waterloo ontario Canada
Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (gdh)
Don't care what they do or don't do as long as they do not cause an accident. I have become a fan of the small 4 cyl cars that many of the kids build these days. It is a great hobby and most that I know take excellent care of their cars and only open tham up on the track, unlike most of the muscle car owners around here. I love what they do with modern technology and these cars are fun to drive. I have also not come across one that does not respect my vert. and ask plenty of knowledgable quetions about it.
I'm with you gdh. I really like their rides, I drool over their choice of rims but most of all have you seen the women that hang around with these guys. Give me the ricer with a nice chick to warm the passengers seat and you guys can keep the vet.
I'm with you gdh. I really like their rides, I drool over their choice of rims but most of all have you seen the women that hang around with these guys. Give me the ricer with a nice chick to warm the passengers seat and you guys can keep the vet.
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From: Katy TX
Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (OHSIXX)
I feel the same way as many of you do. I have a 74 with 526 HP I know that 99.9% of those ricers dont have a chance. But on another note, I was very impressed to hear of a four banger putting out 400 HP and close to the same in torque. The difference is it took them 60K to do it and thats only the .01 % that are like that. So laugh as they fly by and know that we drive AMERICAN made classics..........
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From: Brenham Texas
Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (bhmyers)
When i'm driving my '82, I don't feel like racing all the crazies out there. Those minivans pickups and suv's that blast off at the stop light, then come over in your lane and slow dow make me go nuts. They think just cause they come off the line fast, nobody is going to be going faster than them when you're in it for the long haul. I'm just getting started after 50 mph. Get the heck out of the way :auto:
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Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (bhmyers)
It might just be me thats passin ya! haha j/k
400hp out of an Eclipse (or of course Supra) is not that big of a deal. And you don't even need that much power to put down the impressive numbers.
Buy a 1990-94 (1st gen) Eclipse GSX for under $3k, spend $600 on a few boltons and you're in the 12s.
-terry
400hp out of an Eclipse (or of course Supra) is not that big of a deal. And you don't even need that much power to put down the impressive numbers.
Buy a 1990-94 (1st gen) Eclipse GSX for under $3k, spend $600 on a few boltons and you're in the 12s.
-terry
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From: new fairfield CT
Re: How Do You Feel Doing 75-80MPh (junkjp)
Im gonna have to agree with my dad "71stockray", its like they all have to prove that the're fast. i dont think this will ever change, one generation will always try to out-do the last. the thing is, ill be sitting in a parking lot with the t-tops off and then this civic pulls up next to me and revs its engine. comeon buddy, what are you thinking. quarter mile thats all i have to say. One day my dads gonna get fed up on the highway and get challenged which he does everytime he takes the vette to work, and he'll just put them in there place, i cant wait. "corvettes arent made to be stored, there made to be driven"
