Love the car, but why does EVERYBODY wanna race?!?!

gleonard · 09-12-2009, 09:23 PM

Funny, I don't get many who want to race, but I do have people who like to block me in on the freeway, and they also love to tailgate, and no matter how far away I park in the lot, when I come out there is a cluster of cars parked next to me.

kannibul · 09-12-2009, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by gleonard

Funny, I don't get many who want to race, but I do have people who like to block me in on the freeway, and they also love to tailgate, and no matter how far away I park in the lot, when I come out there is a cluster of cars parked next to me.

That's just people being dickheads. They're the people that got their asses handed to them when they were in school on a regular basis, but now that they're an 'adult', the again think they're untouchable. "I'll sue you" is their motto.

antennahead · 09-12-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by gleonard

Funny, I don't get many who want to race, but I do have people who like to block me in on the freeway, and they also love to tailgate, and no matter how far away I park in the lot, when I come out there is a cluster of cars parked next to me.

I hate that. I NEVER take up two spaces and always pick a decent place to park, mostly off to myself but not so far as to be attracting attention, like the lone auto 50 feet from civilization. Still doesn't matter, you come out of the store and there is that one car (and more often than not in my case, here in the south, it's a pickup), and they are parked right on top of you. You know they are just being a di**head.

John

Sardis · 09-12-2009, 09:39 PM

Reminds me of when I first picked up the 350. I was driving on the freeway with a friend, when we notice this Eclipse come up real fast. He proceeds to swerve over in the lane next to us and match our speed perfectly. He had his girlfriend in the car, fairly obvious he wanted to go.

He would just keep gunning it and then slow down, then I would give it a little gas to match his speed, taunting him to no end.

We get off the freeway and are sitting at an intersection. I revved my engine a little and he floored it off the light and I just took off leisurely.

I usually ignore them, but sometimes it's fun to taunt these idiots. I will probably end up getting shot lol

kannibul · 09-12-2009, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by antennahead

I hate that. I NEVER take up two spaces and always pick a decent place to park, mostly off to myself but not so far as to be attracting attention, like the lone auto 50 feet from civilization. Still doesn't matter, you come out of the store and there is that one car (and more often than not in my case, here in the south, it's a pickup), and they are parked right on top of you. You know they are just being a di**head.

John

Best answer...valve stem remover.

Especially if they ding your car or make it otherwise a fiasco to get in your car.

theDreamer · 09-12-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sardis

Reminds me of when I first picked up the 350. I was driving on the freeway with a friend, when we notice this Eclipse come up real fast. He proceeds to swerve over in the lane next to us and match our speed perfectly. He had his girlfriend in the car, fairly obvious he wanted to go.

He would just keep gunning it and then slow down, then I would give it a little gas to match his speed, taunting him to no end.

We get off the freeway and are sitting at an intersection. I revved my engine a little and he floored it off the light and I just took off leisurely.

I usually ignore them, but sometimes it's fun to taunt these idiots. I will probably end up getting shot lol

I love messing with these people, especially with SRM I do not have to do anything. Cruising at 60, quickly drop to 4th for a few seconds and back to 6th, they start freaking out and get ready to run while I just keep driving normally.

kannibul · 09-12-2009, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

I love messing with these people, especially with SRM I do not have to do anything. Cruising at 60, quickly drop to 4th for a few seconds and back to 6th, they start freaking out and get ready to run while I just keep driving normally.

Yeah, I discovered that trick yesterday with the 7AT and a dork in a mustang GT.

GingaBreadMan · 09-12-2009, 10:14 PM

Everyone is just trying to find out what the Z is capable of. They wanna know if the hype is for real.
IT IS!!!!

Forrest · 09-13-2009, 06:16 AM

In my 05 350z on a 55mph highway at night time with NOBODY ELSE ON THE ROAD. This dude was driving a Toyota Yaris and he was tail gating me. So he passes me and gets right in front of me and slows down. I figure okay he made a mistake, he realizes he doesnt want to be at this speed, i will pass him and let him be on his way. HELLS NO IF HE DIDNT, he starts to tail gate me again. He passes me and gets in front and slows down yet again. I say okay fine i will pass again you goofey bastard but your really getting on my nerves. So i pass and he tail gates again. He finaly passes me and gets in front of me and slows down yet again.

At this point i am really getting tired of this game so i drove 10mph slower and that seemed to make him happy becuase he stop slowing down and i got rid of him. I was not going to speed and if i have to drive 10mph slower i dont care. I was in no hurry. But in that night, the yaris beat the Z lol.

2 things went through my mind, this is a super crazy person, or this is a calculated person who is probably doing some weird report on how people in "race" cars react to some one messing with them on the road. He probably was trying to get me to speed off at 100mph leaving him no room to tail gate.

AK370Z · 09-13-2009, 11:53 AM

Two weeks ago, a minivan tried to race me. I didn't know what to do.

Caught me off guard ...

Blown32 · 09-13-2009, 12:26 PM

Well I guess all the sports car enthusiast's have read and heard about the 370and all are curious,wanting one badly or want to find out if it is all that!When you stand back and look at it there definetly is an attitude of cool and fast.
So we who own one are lucky as hell and challenges are part of the territory because it gives off a bad a$$ attitude!
For the most part we have to be careful on the street but once in a while its real tempting to show some just what it's all about.Sometimes I can't resist and show them what they are up against and it feels real good to.
It's in the blood I guess.Thats why we own one of these incredible machines!

antennahead · 09-13-2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by AK370Z

Two weeks ago, a minivan tried to race me. I didn't know what to do.

Caught me off guard ...

I don't know if I could continue driving if that happened to me, I'd be laughing too hard

John

phelan · 09-13-2009, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Blown32

For the most part we have to be careful on the street but once in a while its real tempting to show some just what it's all about.Sometimes I can't resist and show them what they are up against and it feels real good to.
It's in the blood I guess.Thats why we own one of these incredible machines!

....uh, no thanks. take the challenges to the track.

I should add that in the OC I have yet to have this problem. I generally run across an older crowd, though, the ones with ferraris and porsches. Sometimes I get the highbrowed "lol cheap sports car" look, but most of the time it's a respectful wave between car enthusiasts. I like my home

force11111 · 09-13-2009, 04:27 PM

I get ricers in turbo b16 hondas trying to race me all the time. Hell, as fast as some of them go, I'd say they might even have a faster car (never gonna street race to find out though), but at the end of the day they're still driving a 1986 civic with rust spots and primer all over. That makes me smile.

Matt

JungleB · 09-13-2009, 08:46 PM

I used to run a lot and ricers would race me at stop lights. I could take them for the first couple of feet but then the vtec would kick in and then the auto tranny would hit 2nd gear and I was left in their dust. It had to burn their egos to get taken by a skinny guy on foot off the start.

09-12-2009, 09:39 PM	#34 (permalink)
Sardis Base Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: CA Posts: 72 Drives: EX Z Owner Rep Power: 16	Reminds me of when I first picked up the 350. I was driving on the freeway with a friend, when we notice this Eclipse come up real fast. He proceeds to swerve over in the lane next to us and match our speed perfectly. He had his girlfriend in the car, fairly obvious he wanted to go. He would just keep gunning it and then slow down, then I would give it a little gas to match his speed, taunting him to no end. We get off the freeway and are sitting at an intersection. I revved my engine a little and he floored it off the light and I just took off leisurely. I usually ignore them, but sometimes it's fun to taunt these idiots. I will probably end up getting shot lol __________________ "Because in a split second, it's gone." - Ayrton Senna

09-13-2009, 06:16 AM	#39 (permalink)
Forrest Track Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: california 707! Posts: 677 Drives: 09 370z Blk 6mt sprt Rep Power: 258	In my 05 350z on a 55mph highway at night time with NOBODY ELSE ON THE ROAD. This dude was driving a Toyota Yaris and he was tail gating me. So he passes me and gets right in front of me and slows down. I figure okay he made a mistake, he realizes he doesnt want to be at this speed, i will pass him and let him be on his way. HELLS NO IF HE DIDNT, he starts to tail gate me again. He passes me and gets in front and slows down yet again. I say okay fine i will pass again you goofey bastard but your really getting on my nerves. So i pass and he tail gates again. He finaly passes me and gets in front of me and slows down yet again. At this point i am really getting tired of this game so i drove 10mph slower and that seemed to make him happy becuase he stop slowing down and i got rid of him. I was not going to speed and if i have to drive 10mph slower i dont care. I was in no hurry. But in that night, the yaris beat the Z lol. 2 things went through my mind, this is a super crazy person, or this is a calculated person who is probably doing some weird report on how people in "race" cars react to some one messing with them on the road. He probably was trying to get me to speed off at 100mph leaving him no room to tail gate. __________________ my pictures http://www.the370z.com/members/forrest-albums-370z.html

09-13-2009, 11:53 AM	#40 (permalink)
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09-12-2009, 09:23 PM	#31 (permalink)
gleonard Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 196 Drives: 370z Touring/Spt 6sp Rep Power: 16	Funny, I don't get many who want to race, but I do have people who like to block me in on the freeway, and they also love to tailgate, and no matter how far away I park in the lot, when I come out there is a cluster of cars parked next to me.

09-12-2009, 10:14 PM	#38 (permalink)
GingaBreadMan Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New York Posts: 313 Drives: 09 370z Sport 6spd Rep Power: 16	Everyone is just trying to find out what the Z is capable of. They wanna know if the hype is for real. IT IS!!!!

09-13-2009, 12:26 PM	#41 (permalink)
Blown32 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N.J. Posts: 289 Drives: 09 370Z Blk sport 6T Rep Power: 16	Well I guess all the sports car enthusiast's have read and heard about the 370and all are curious,wanting one badly or want to find out if it is all that!When you stand back and look at it there definetly is an attitude of cool and fast. So we who own one are lucky as hell and challenges are part of the territory because it gives off a bad a$$ attitude! For the most part we have to be careful on the street but once in a while its real tempting to show some just what it's all about.Sometimes I can't resist and show them what they are up against and it feels real good to. It's in the blood I guess.Thats why we own one of these incredible machines!

09-13-2009, 04:27 PM	#44 (permalink)
force11111 Base Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hilo, HI Posts: 8 Drives: 09 370z auto Rep Power: 16	I get ricers in turbo b16 hondas trying to race me all the time. Hell, as fast as some of them go, I'd say they might even have a faster car (never gonna street race to find out though), but at the end of the day they're still driving a 1986 civic with rust spots and primer all over. That makes me smile. Matt

09-13-2009, 08:46 PM	#45 (permalink)
JungleB Base Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: PA Posts: 76 Drives: 96 VW Passat GLX Rep Power: 16	I used to run a lot and ricers would race me at stop lights. I could take them for the first couple of feet but then the vtec would kick in and then the auto tranny would hit 2nd gear and I was left in their dust. It had to burn their egos to get taken by a skinny guy on foot off the start.