Just Venting

Amj2020 · 04-11-2012, 02:14 PM

So I have had my Z for a little over a week now and I noticed that not all the attention it gets is good attention.
Here is a story from last night.
Im driving about 60 in the right hand lane trying to get my Sirius to the channels I like and all of a sudden there is a VW GTI up my ***. I slow down hoping they will just pass me and then they pull up next to me and start to get real close to my car coming into my lane, then proceed to go as fast as they can and cut me off as if we were racing, nearly side swiping my car. I put the brights on (which I must say are quite impressive) and then the idiot empties their entire windshield wiper fluid hoping to I guess saturate me in glass cleaner to piss me off. This is the third time in a week some kid in a civic/gti/sentra has tried to pretend we are racing when really I am just minding my own business and enjoying my ride. Nearly getting hit or having people speed around and towards me because of the car has been only unwanted attention I have gotten. The compliments have far outweighed the bad but its still annoying. In New York also everyone is about 500% more tough behind the wheel of their car so they become even more aggressive. To make it even funnier the driver of the GTI was a guy but his license plate was 'VW GIRRRL', go figure, I guess his girlfriend is the breadwinner. Hell im all for people liking the car, wanting to check it out, if you asked me nicely id even offer you a ride in it, but I just wish these kids in their ricer mobiles would stop trying to instigate a race out of me on the damn highway.

Thanks for listening to me vent, but its been driving me crazy all day!

TerribleONE · 04-11-2012, 02:22 PM

this thread will help explain such ricers...

http://www.the370z.com/introduction/...r-see-vid.html

But seriously, haters gonna hate.

XwChriswX · 04-11-2012, 02:23 PM

The only way Civic/GTI drivers win races is if the other participant, Isn't participating. They 'speed' past you in the slow lane and then go to their 'br0s' and talk about how they smoked you.

Retards, and not the funny kind either...

vividracing · 04-16-2012, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by XwChriswX

The only way ricers win races is if the other participant, Isn't participating. They 'speed' past you in the slow lane and then go to their 'br0s' and talk about how they smoked you.

Retards, and not the funny kind either...

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.

UNKNOWN_370 · 04-11-2012, 04:01 PM

Get license plates that say FWD SUX. You win without ever hitting the accelerator with the message alone.

gaveup · 04-16-2012, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

Get license plates that say FWD SUX. You win without ever hitting the accelerator with the message alone.

I guess I win then

UNKNOWN_370 · 04-25-2012, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by gaveup

I guess I win then

Fvkking classic!!!

Nismo89 · 04-11-2012, 04:09 PM

like they said above... Haters gon hate. its a simple equation.... Your car< Their car.

Then they go home to the crew or homies orr Hell... High School and brag

"dude i smoked this race car last night"
"was the other car trying?"
"YEA! but i totally dominated him , left him in the dust"

Haterz gon hate. lol!

symple84 · 04-11-2012, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Nismo89

like they said above... Haters gon hate. its a simple equation.... Your car< Their car.

Then they go home to the crew or homies orr Hell... High School and brag

"dude i smoked this race car last night"
"was the other car trying?"
"YEA! but i totally dominated him , left him in the dust"

Haterz gon hate. lol!

Shouldnt this be Your car > Their car????

Kingbaby · 04-11-2012, 05:56 PM

just shake your head man...and keep the speed limit. They will understand!

speedfreek · 04-11-2012, 06:14 PM

Yea had a little douchebag mess with me last Saturday. I was rolling up to the Nissan dealership with a friend to check out the GT-R Black Edition that was rumored of being there. Well I accelerated normally from the light just before the dealership and wasnt paying much attention to others around me and as I was getting into the turning lane to turn into the dealership this punk in a honda swerved around me or just for the hell of it tried to cut me off. Jokes on him I was slowing down to turn

. But yea I would of followed that POS to where he lived or decided to pull over to have a chat with him if I was heading straight down the road when he pulled that stunt. I haven't had any issues out of the Mustangs or Camaros in the area it seems to be only punk kids in the Hondas that feel they have something to prove

VQStryker · 04-11-2012, 07:30 PM

anyone have a bolt on miata with crazy offset wheels with a lot of camber do a ricer fly-by on them....

I did and laughed. I have had these things happen to me quite a few time, the wife and I literally shake our heads and laugh. I keep driving and they look like a douche, I also have had a mustang and new camaro do it. It was hard to resist the camaro but I kept minding my own business

shadoquad · 04-11-2012, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Kingbaby

just shake your head man...and keep the speed limit. They will understand!

A few weeks after I bought my Z, a dude in a Mazdaspeed3 tried to race me at a light RIGHT IN FRONT OF A POLICE STATION.

Just don't give them the time of day. They won't pay your speeding ticket, your racing ticket, or for you to get your car out of impound.

enkei2k · 04-11-2012, 07:42 PM

that sucks to hear. What part of NYC are you driving around? I rarely see people do that to me at all. Then again, I did 98% of my driving on local residential streets, so you can't really do much anyway lol.

Telephone · 04-11-2012, 07:49 PM

You should have called 911 on that jerk. Wreckless driving like that should be reported. You had his/her plate...could've been stolen, drunk, high, drugs in the car.

Sorry this happened to you. But next time you should vent to the police. You could have been wrecked, hurt, killed had that guy lost control while he was acting like an asshat. Still you did nothing. You're not the only motorist...he'll do it again to somebody else. So report it.

04-11-2012, 02:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Amj2020 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NY/LI Posts: 393 Drives: MB Z,Jeep,BMW Rep Power: 13	Just Venting So I have had my Z for a little over a week now and I noticed that not all the attention it gets is good attention. Here is a story from last night. Im driving about 60 in the right hand lane trying to get my Sirius to the channels I like and all of a sudden there is a VW GTI up my ***. I slow down hoping they will just pass me and then they pull up next to me and start to get real close to my car coming into my lane, then proceed to go as fast as they can and cut me off as if we were racing, nearly side swiping my car. I put the brights on (which I must say are quite impressive) and then the idiot empties their entire windshield wiper fluid hoping to I guess saturate me in glass cleaner to piss me off. This is the third time in a week some kid in a civic/gti/sentra has tried to pretend we are racing when really I am just minding my own business and enjoying my ride. Nearly getting hit or having people speed around and towards me because of the car has been only unwanted attention I have gotten. The compliments have far outweighed the bad but its still annoying. In New York also everyone is about 500% more tough behind the wheel of their car so they become even more aggressive. To make it even funnier the driver of the GTI was a guy but his license plate was 'VW GIRRRL', go figure, I guess his girlfriend is the breadwinner. Hell im all for people liking the car, wanting to check it out, if you asked me nicely id even offer you a ride in it, but I just wish these kids in their ricer mobiles would stop trying to instigate a race out of me on the damn highway. Thanks for listening to me vent, but its been driving me crazy all day!

04-11-2012, 02:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
TerribleONE A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 10,203 Drives: WOT Rep Power: 5851	this thread will help explain such ricers... http://www.the370z.com/introduction/...r-see-vid.html But seriously, haters gonna hate. __________________ 638WHP 541WTQ @ 13.5PSI Build thread

04-11-2012, 02:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
XwChriswX WFLYIDNNE Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: In The Fastlane Posts: 50,648 Drives: 02 GDB WRX Rep Power: 452	The only way Civic/GTI drivers win races is if the other participant, Isn't participating. They 'speed' past you in the slow lane and then go to their 'br0s' and talk about how they smoked you. Retards, and not the funny kind either... __________________ Bonnie - Stage 2, Audio build coming this fall! R.I.P. Abby 3/29/10 - 3/30/14

04-11-2012, 04:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
Nismo89 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Colora, MD Age: 35 Posts: 15,831 Drives: daily Zen and woosah Rep Power: 37387	like they said above... Haters gon hate. its a simple equation.... Your car< Their car. Then they go home to the crew or homies orr Hell... High School and brag "dude i smoked this race car last night" "was the other car trying?" "YEA! but i totally dominated him , left him in the dust" Haterz gon hate. lol! __________________ Why yes.. Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs, The Ford Commericals,Deadliest Catch.. is my cousin. Facebook i outta back hand you with my right hand! and call you b*tch!..... and im Left handed!

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Telephone Enthusiast Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 297 Drives: 2012 Sport M6 Rep Power: 14	You should have called 911 on that jerk. Wreckless driving like that should be reported. You had his/her plate...could've been stolen, drunk, high, drugs in the car. Sorry this happened to you. But next time you should vent to the police. You could have been wrecked, hurt, killed had that guy lost control while he was acting like an asshat. Still you did nothing. You're not the only motorist...he'll do it again to somebody else. So report it.