This one takes the cake
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Le Mans Master
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From: Knoxville Tn
This one takes the cake
I'm cruisin' down a busy 4 lane street in Knoxville Saturday top down smile on face etc. Suddenly this Jeep Cherokee with no mufflers thniks he needs to rip on me.... WTF? This is one of those old 6 cylinder POS boxes containing 2 or 3 juvies that seem to think I'd waste a trottle stab on them. Has the entire world gone crazy? Yes, the temptation was there to blow their doors off, but what would that prove, that I could beat a SUV on a highly traveled business street with way too many people in harms way? Somewhere around my 60th birthday I think I got over that...
Drifting
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From: N.GA
I'm cruisin' down a busy 4 lane street in Knoxville Saturday top down smile on face etc. Suddenly this Jeep Cherokee with no mufflers thniks he needs to rip on me.... WTF? This is one of those old 6 cylinder POS boxes containing 2 or 3 juvies that seem to think I'd waste a trottle stab on them. Has the entire world gone crazy? Yes, the temptation was there to blow their doors off, but what would that prove, that I could beat a SUV on a highly traveled business street with way too many people in harms way? Somewhere around my 60th birthday I think I got over that...
I was like
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From: Van Buren Arkansas
Wounded Warrior Escort '11
One night going up the Cajon Pass here in S. Calif., very steep freeway up the mountain to the high desert, had two ricers pass moving in and out of the lanes. I was doing about 70-75. These flew past me with the pipes screaming loud. I was thinking, what a bunch of garbage they can get away with that and we drivers with the really good cars, can't. So I sped up and caught up with them on the steepest part of the hill. I passed them doing well above the speed limit and their speed. Then I slowed back down to the speed limit. Here they came, all upset and screaming their engines for all they were worth to get past me. Over the top of the hill and moving fast. There's always CHP up there at the top and into the arms of them these ricers went. Couldn't help but smile and wave as I drove on by.
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From: Southern New Jersey, The wet part at the bottom
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Oh I like that! I'll be stealing this remark. I think just the statement "Law Enforcement" not necessarily means you ARE one but the possible presence of one that is a good reason not to street race. Thanks for the tip.
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From: The Beautiful Inland Empire WA.
First of all...I am a LEO........we are required to have our duty badges with us while off duty. A quick show of that out the side window and its like the other car trying to get me to race threw out an anchor. We have the best street drags at our local strip.......all challenge races every Friday night..........cost is something like $10 per run.........
Pro
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From: West Chester Pennsylvania
I was thinking to myself the other day that I'm just going to go have a nice relaxed cruise in the Z. Its nearly impossible. Every turn presents some tool in just itching to race his ghetto-sled or fly up on my a$$ like he's Jeff Gordon. 
I'm 26 and working on not letting these punks get to me....so in the meantime I'll continue to let the LS6 do the talking.
I'm 26 and working on not letting these punks get to me....so in the meantime I'll continue to let the LS6 do the talking.
Last edited by Covert 405; Apr 2, 2007 at 12:21 PM.
Safety Car
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I'm cruisin' down a busy 4 lane street in Knoxville Saturday top down smile on face etc. Suddenly this Jeep Cherokee with no mufflers thniks he needs to rip on me.... WTF? This is one of those old 6 cylinder POS boxes containing 2 or 3 juvies that seem to think I'd waste a trottle stab on them. Has the entire world gone crazy? Yes, the temptation was there to blow their doors off, but what would that prove, that I could beat a SUV on a highly traveled business street with way too many people in harms way? Somewhere around my 60th birthday I think I got over that...
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