Just Venting

brucelidat

I thought I would get more of this, but only have 2 stories.

I was cruising on the freeway going home late from work and I get stuck behind a slow car int he fats lane. No biggie. I see a car coming in the next lane so I wait for it to pass (it's an Integra) before switching over to that lane. It's not going that fats so I switch back to the right lane and continue at my cruise speed which happens to be slightly faster than the integra as I pass him slowly. he must have thought I was looking down on him for changing lanes form behind him into the next one or something. He speed sup and passes me but doesn't maintain that speed so I catch and pass him again (I have not changed my speed). He then zooms off form next to me.

Second time was on the onrmap onto the freeway. There was a 5 series BMW behind me that was riding my *** on the ramp. I don't know why since there is a light at the top so we'll have to stop anyway. He predictably switched into the right lane of the ramp so we're side by side at the light. I knew he was going to try to gun it and cut me off onto the freeway because his mid-sized family sedan BMW is so amazing... Anyhow, I hit the gas when the light goes green and he tries, but is unable to get in front of me onto the freeway. I chuckle to myself as I get up to my normal cruising speed, change to the left lanes and forget about him. (note: this was not street racing since we were just accelerating onto the freeway and didn't not hit illegal speeds and did not hard launch)

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MacLean

vividracing

ftfy

I've driven some Hondas that will most definitely put some lengths on the majority of the Zs on the street. I've also seen an insanely high percentage of ricers driving Civics : /

My most recent ricer story:

I was heading back to the office after lunch today, on my XS650 short chop. There's a section of road with some long sweeping turns. Not even tight enough to justify a slight tap of the brakes if you're doing the 45mph speed limit. I passed these 2 older guys that were on Harleys. They were probably doing like 35-40mph and I was doing 45-50mph. The next light was red, and I heard their bikes behind me. Light turns green, I pull off and one of the guys gets next to me in my lane and downshifts and takes off, like we were racing. I just laughed and shook my head as I got in the turn lane to make my left hand turn into the business plaza.

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brucelidat

harley ricers, lol

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f00d4tehg0dz

Psh. Every stop light/freeway is a race to everyone when your driving a Z. I've learned its better to let the idiots pass me, then get caught in something stupid. Haha

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onzedge

Were you driving while replying to this thread?

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JARblue

Texas is a big state and I do a lot of driving.


They're mostly in my Accord or a rental and not the Z (although we've put 17K on the Z in 13 months )

When I'm on a trip, my goal is to set cruise and stay away from all other drivers. I will speed up or slow down to avoid cruising with other cars ('cept for the convoy of course). In most of the cars this is not a problem. Occasionally someone will get pissed when I drop the Accord into 3rd at 55 mph and blow past them in a safe passing zone, and then I can't back off to my original cruise control speed without them tailgating my a$$. But it seems like any change in speed in the Z elicits a response from nearby drivers. If I slow down, they get next to me and match speed. If I speed up, they try to keep up. I often just look over at them and wave as I drop a gear and let off the gas.

I've gone from cruise control at 75 in the right hand lane to 4th gear to slow down to 55 then accelerated to 80 back to 55 to 80 back to 55 all without braking before accelerating back to 75 and setting cruise control just to get some stupid Pontiac G6 to back off my a$$. Seriously, I was in the right hand lane and passed him on cruise (and yes of course he was doing about 68 in a 65 in the left hand lane), and he immediately get over and starts tailgating? Ummm, NO...

f00d4tehg0dz

No no. Was at the doctors office. Now im on my couch. Checking the forum in between commercials. lol

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mhcoss

I always love the soccor mom or dad driving the minivan that aggressively tail me and pass me like they are driving a race car lol. Always cracks me up

onzedge

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vividracing

Most Harley guys are total ricers. "Ricer" applies to more than just Japanese car drivers to me lol.

A lot of Harley owners buy the loudest exhausts possible, with little to no regard for performance. Most of the short exhausts actually LOSE power instead of gaining. Then they rev their bikes everywhere all the time, while wearing head to toe gear that's all Harley branded. Sounds like a ricer to me... lol

The above applies to what I call "Harley guys" not "motorcycle guys" or bikers. Harley guys are the guys that won't even acknowledge you unless you're on a late model Harley or a chopper that looks like it came from Orange County Choppers. Motorcycle guys aren't total snobs; Harley guys are.

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brucelidat

I know ricer doesn't apply only to imports. It just sounds funny though because Harley is such a big burly tough guy american a brand image and ricer is, well, RICE! I do not dispute the Harley ricers, though. I just don't see enough of them for them to register.

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brucelidat

So is there any classification for all the chromy cars I see? They don't make me think rice, but they need some kind of title. When i think rice, I think fart cans, way too much negative camber and over the top spoilers and cheesy vent stick-on type things. Like a really tacky wannabe race car (in his head) type.

How about those cars that have huge chrome wheels and a bunch of chome stuck everywhere? I see a lot of those bu they don't seem rice to me because there is no pretense of supposedly looking sporty or racey.

Are we grouping it all under rice or can we create a new classification?

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Pauly

how about:
the "i need attention all the time, i apparently had some money at SOME point in my life, cant you see these giant chrome wheels on this 1998 pontiac grand prix? look at this goofy cheap chrome sticker all around the doors and windows! and notice the huge sticker on the front windshield that says "grand prix" because it looks so exotic that nobody can tell what it is." CATEGORY.

seems legit

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brucelidat

how about the rent to own wheels category!

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