Acuras and Hondas and VWs, oh my!

Venomrain · 03-28-2002, 09:57 PM

I generally don't race other people... I'm content with just cruising around and keeping the local wannabes in check. I always pick the opponents and am somewhat selective... if I weren't I'd be racing 24/7 cause everybody wants to try and take me it seems. And it wasn't that way when I first bought my mustang. It was after I had the suspension and R hood installed that the challenges started "rolling" in. And it's never just 1 person in the car; whenever I hear a gnat approaching it is usually occupied by 3-4 individuals, mostly teens. Even with the windows tinted I know they're teens. Because semi-mature adults, even the retarded ones, know better than to provoke a mustang. Or maybe not. Maybe they are missing that particular Y chromosone that governs judgement and reality. Case in point:

Just today I'm driving down highway 99 today and a brand new VW GTI 1.8 turbo rolls up beside me. I gaze over at the car because it looks kinda cool, silver with those 17" 5 spoke mags. The driver is a young man with his baseball cap turned backwards and is talking on a cell phone, leaning at a 45 degree angle I might add. 2 others were also in the car, and when the light turned green the VW was off! I didn't even bother with them, what would the point be? Next light is red as well, same scenario. Next few lights are green, and the VW makes a point to stay far ahead of me. The light ahead turns red and he comes to a stop. I'm still rolling along at 30 mph, timing the light. As I roll up on the light it turns green and I rocket by the VW, who is trying to accelerate from a dead stop to catch me. No chance, I maintained a good lead when traffic merged in front of them, cutting them off. I get about 1 1/2 miles up the road and they fly by me again... like that makes up for me smoking them earlier. I just laughed to myself because this kinda crap happens to me 100 times a day. I can't even run across the street to the grocery stored without some gnat trying to provoke me. As annoying as it is it is also very entertaining... and somewhat flattering. To think that I am the yardstick that every wannabe rice-burning gnat tries to aspire to become... -shudder!-

03-28-2002, 09:57 PM	#1
Venomrain Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 16	Acuras and Hondas and VWs, oh my! I generally don't race other people... I'm content with just cruising around and keeping the local wannabes in check. I always pick the opponents and am somewhat selective... if I weren't I'd be racing 24/7 cause everybody wants to try and take me it seems. And it wasn't that way when I first bought my mustang. It was after I had the suspension and R hood installed that the challenges started "rolling" in. And it's never just 1 person in the car; whenever I hear a gnat approaching it is usually occupied by 3-4 individuals, mostly teens. Even with the windows tinted I know they're teens. Because semi-mature adults, even the retarded ones, know better than to provoke a mustang. Or maybe not. Maybe they are missing that particular Y chromosone that governs judgement and reality. Case in point: Just today I'm driving down highway 99 today and a brand new VW GTI 1.8 turbo rolls up beside me. I gaze over at the car because it looks kinda cool, silver with those 17" 5 spoke mags. The driver is a young man with his baseball cap turned backwards and is talking on a cell phone, leaning at a 45 degree angle I might add. 2 others were also in the car, and when the light turned green the VW was off! I didn't even bother with them, what would the point be? Next light is red as well, same scenario. Next few lights are green, and the VW makes a point to stay far ahead of me. The light ahead turns red and he comes to a stop. I'm still rolling along at 30 mph, timing the light. As I roll up on the light it turns green and I rocket by the VW, who is trying to accelerate from a dead stop to catch me. No chance, I maintained a good lead when traffic merged in front of them, cutting them off. I get about 1 1/2 miles up the road and they fly by me again... like that makes up for me smoking them earlier. I just laughed to myself because this kinda crap happens to me 100 times a day. I can't even run across the street to the grocery stored without some gnat trying to provoke me. As annoying as it is it is also very entertaining... and somewhat flattering. To think that I am the yardstick that every wannabe rice-burning gnat tries to aspire to become... -shudder!- __________________ 98 cobra: 95 cobra R hood (thanks Jiffy-Lube), steeda stage 1 suspension, 10.5" cobra R rims, K&N, soon to be 3.73's and flowmasters