Takin' it to the Streets

[KiltedBanshees93GT]

Originally Posted by Fat0eknee

there is always somebody faster.

I'm in a zen mood:
"Be humble, but always strive to be faster."
That way you can have a nasty surprise for soneone waiting down the line a bit

[67_stang]

This kinda bugs me. Why does every kid with a license have to prove something on the street? It dosent matter what car they have. Rice kids at school have to. The kids on a camaro board I was a member of had to. When I was a freshman a teacher of mine had a Audi TT. I asked him a couple months after he bought it how fast he had went in it and how much power it had. He told me "Having power is not how fast your car can go, but real power is knowing when and when not to use it." Kinda stuck with me. Sorry for my rant. Just remember if you hit someone or something bad should happen....your life is over.

[Unit 5302]

Originally Posted by 67_stang

This kinda bugs me. Why does every kid with a license have to prove something on the street? It dosent matter what car they have. Rice kids at school have to. The kids on a camaro board I was a member of had to. When I was a freshman a teacher of mine had a Audi TT. I asked him a couple months after he bought it how fast he had went in it and how much power it had. He told me "Having power is not how fast your car can go, but real power is knowing when and when not to use it." Kinda stuck with me. Sorry for my rant. Just remember if you hit someone or something bad should happen....your life is over.

Oh yes, the proverbial everybody should be perfect speech. You should join the lecture circuit. Quite frankly, by your mentality all cars should come with built in speed limit devices controlling how fast you can drive, and maybe 100hp. Just enough to keep it rolling. There is no legitimate reason to have a street car with the horsepower necessary to propel it to 60mph in under 10 seconds or the quarter mile in under 20 seconds. So why are so many street cars far quicker? I hope you don't have to ponder that question.

As far as having something to prove. I don't know as "every kid" has something to prove, but there is a pretty good chance that they gauge a good portion of self worth on their most prized possession. If that's a fast car, they want to prove that their investment/effort was worthwhile. They don't own or feel like they truly own much, and "proving" something is a way to tie their accomplishment into their self-worth. It's the exact same thing for kids involved in sports. Do they really want to invest their time and effort into a sport and then play poorly?

Come on. The answers are not that hard to come by.

[67_stang]

Originally Posted by Unit 5302

Oh yes, the proverbial everybody should be perfect speech. You should join the lecture circuit. Quite frankly, by your mentality all cars should come with built in speed limit devices controlling how fast you can drive, and maybe 100hp. Just enough to keep it rolling. There is no legitimate reason to have a street car with the horsepower necessary to propel it to 60mph in under 10 seconds or the quarter mile in under 20 seconds. So why are so many street cars far quicker? I hope you don't have to ponder that question.

As far as having something to prove. I don't know as "every kid" has something to prove, but there is a pretty good chance that they gauge a good portion of self worth on their most prized possession. If that's a fast car, they want to prove that their investment/effort was worthwhile. They don't own or feel like they truly own much, and "proving" something is a way to tie their accomplishment into their self-worth. It's the exact same thing for kids involved in sports. Do they really want to invest their time and effort into a sport and then play poorly?

Come on. The answers are not that hard to come by.

I think you misunderstood me. I am not trying to preach here. I was just trying influence him to go to the track for his "Who is the fastest guy in town" dispute. These guys he wants to race have guns. they are more likely not to use them at the track. I did not say or imply that cars are made to go the speed limit or have "100 hp" I was just telling him to be smart and know when to use all the power he has. And I personally would not consider a car with enough horsepower to run the quarter in just under 20 seconds a street car. It's funny how you talked about the quarter mile time when this 16 year old kid thinks its nessary to race for 2 whole miles. which you stated earlier in the post is not what mustangs were made for (top end). And requires less skill. And depending on what they drive, he might lose. So if he is as good of a driver as he says the track will benefit him in those two respects. You did however make a good point about kids proving themselves. I mostly agree. But there is a fine like between proving your self and bieng a a**hole as I am sure you know/have witnessed. No hard feelings and sorry you misunderstood me.