Why does this car invite so many races?

I've owned this thing since May, and I still don't get it. For some reason, its getting worse now.

Everyday on my drive home from work I have a long stretch of freeway. People mess with me all the time - today a lowered Titan tried running me from a 50 mph roll. That was a complete ass kicking. Honestly, in the last month, I've raced two Titans, one modded Powerstroke, a non-turbo Supra, a couple Mustangs, a 5.7 GTO, and some Volvo "mommy mobile."

I'll just be driving along and one of these cars or trucks will start pacing me. I'll try to resist, but my right foot has a mind of its own and moves forward lol. All joking aside, I'm getting a little sick of it. I know this car is not the fastest thing out there, but still faster than 90% of the cars on the road. But come on, why do all the 6,000 lb trucks and slow cars think they can run with it????

Maybe it has to do with ignorance. I've come up on Terminators before, and they'll slow down and invite me to race. I know they'll kick my ass, so I don't race them (at least not until I mod up some more). I don't mess with Corvettes, I know they'll take me up top. I know an LS2 GTO will beat me from a roll. I wonder if these people are actually car enthusiasts - and study what's out there - or think because they have a "wing" or "diesel programmer" they can magically run a low 13 second 1/4 mile.

its not always them just wanting to actually race you to beat you... you got a fast car... they want to see how fast... impress them... lol.. friend has a h/c camaro w/ exhaust... sounds sick as hell.... trucks... minivans... EVERYTHING tries to get him to get on it.. they know they cant win... they just want to see how fast it is and be like oooooh shit son lol

hahah yea man! i was in my old v6 firebird.. and i pull up next to a cammed t/a, so i revved( you could barely hear me over his idle) and he just took off at the light.. it was amazing.. i didnt even floor it

I like to think other people like to see and hear performance cars get up and go. It could also be to see if you are the type of owner who will drive the car like it is capable of being driven or if you are a tool that just owns a fast car and drives it like a little old lady. One day I was passing a full size Chevy HD truck and I hear his diesel keep speeding up and slowing down so when traffic cleared I dropped down to either 4th just to let him hear it as I left. I knew he wasn't trying to race me BTW because he was pulling a loaded equipment trailer.

i agree. mostly they just want to see what the car has. but on the other hand because of all the shows airing banks and bullydog i've had more trucks try to run me in the past months than cars. i try to hold back but mostly the racer comes out.

I don't street race. Whenever a car gets beside me and revs, or paces, or otherwise acts stupid, I just wave and smile at him/her/it.

Works for me.

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Originally Posted by BLKCLOUD

I don't street race. Whenever a car gets beside me and revs, or paces, or otherwise acts stupid, I just wave and smile at him/her/it.

Works for me.

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x2 usually, but with the hardheads I show 'em my badge and they leave me alone.

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Originally Posted by jad628

x2 usually, but with the hardheads I show 'em my badge and they leave me alone.

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THat sounds like it'd be a good idea for those ricers that won't leave you alone. I need to get a fake badge I can show them so they'll back off.

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Originally Posted by thecorrectformula

THat sounds like it'd be a good idea for those ricers that won't leave you alone. I need to get a fake badge I can show them so they'll back off.

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It might work:xfingers:, mine's real though.

The person who sees it more often than not gets a verbal warning that I will make their life miserable if they don't quit.:growl:

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Originally Posted by lemons12

its not always them just wanting to actually race you to beat you... you got a fast car... they want to see how fast... impress them... lol.. friend has a h/c camaro w/ exhaust... sounds sick as hell.... trucks... minivans... EVERYTHING tries to get him to get on it.. they know they cant win... they just want to see how fast it is and be like oooooh shit son lol

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That's exactly right. My TA is H/C with true duals and a lopey cam. They'll wave me forward or just stare or lunge forward. They'll do anything to see what your car has.

Dude....Your like the "Big boobed hott chick at the bar"...Gonna get all the attention, nothing you can do about it. It's gonna happen wether you like it or not. If want to be the "fat friend" buy a honda...Problem solved..lol.

lmao :haha:

honestly, i can't get a race for shit. i'm pissed. I had one race all summer and i got killed by a turbo 300z..and i didn't think he would even bite! I find more often if i don't instigate, no one tries. Oh wait, i wasted a new GT on the highway-old guy, he was beggin for it...felt bad-saw the look on his face afterwards and he was pissed!

I dont know why you wouldnt race cars, Race vettes, if they have the ls1 it wil lbe close, and ls2 GTOs i pull from a dig or a roll. The cobra would be a good race for me I dont know what you run. If a faster car pulls next to me i will race,i used to race ferraris and lambos in my 01 GMC Jimmy. I just like to see how well i can keep up with faster cars.

tyc that was great! lmao yuou make that up or steal it haha....

I'll put either race or put down anything that tries me. I had an idiot in a lumina the other day thinking I was racing and he thought he was winning from the look on his face. I thought screw that shit and ruined his day. It was a stock piston knocking, fadded, pealing paint, wheels caked with brake dust, yellow stained windows, rusty piece of crap too.

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Originally Posted by patricksd

I've owned this thing since May, and I still don't get it. For some reason, its getting worse now.

Everyday on my drive home from work I have a long stretch of freeway. People mess with me all the time - today a lowered Titan tried running me from a 50 mph roll. That was a complete ass kicking. Honestly, in the last month, I've raced two Titans, one modded Powerstroke, a non-turbo Supra, a couple Mustangs, a 5.7 GTO, and some Volvo "mommy mobile."

I'll just be driving along and one of these cars or trucks will start pacing me. I'll try to resist, but my right foot has a mind of its own and moves forward lol. All joking aside, I'm getting a little sick of it. I know this car is not the fastest thing out there, but still faster than 90% of the cars on the road. But come on, why do all the 6,000 lb trucks and slow cars think they can run with it????

Maybe it has to do with ignorance. I've come up on Terminators before, and they'll slow down and invite me to race. I know they'll kick my ass, so I don't race them (at least not until I mod up some more). I don't mess with Corvettes, I know they'll take me up top. I know an LS2 GTO will beat me from a roll. I wonder if these people are actually car enthusiasts - and study what's out there - or think because they have a "wing" or "diesel programmer" they can magically run a low 13 second 1/4 mile.

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because everyone knows their fast :D

i used to mess with hotrods just to see it run i love hotrods and love to see them perform. when im in my ta i do the same. heck if was driving a vw and saw a lambo id screw with it to see go a little wouldnt you?

True. Fast cars are meant to be raced, but even if they are'nt racing I still like to see em run....Like strippers, meant to strip but even if shes not at the club I'd still like to see her strip a lil.:titslap:

Hell to be honest...i try to race some Mustang GT's (not the new ones) just to hear there exhaust and go...personally..I dont have a big problem with GT's (not the newer ones) or Cobras..i mean at least the person has enough sense to drive something related to what we drive..something American (as far as a sports car goes).

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Originally Posted by NiteRiderWs6

because everyone knows their fast :D

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Yes, but this isn't a comparable car (or highly modified ones) wanting to measure their vehicle against mine. These are vehicles that run 1-2+ seconds slower in the quarter mile. That's bus lengths.

IMHO, its stupidity. It'd be like me racing a brand new Z06 just to see if he beats me by 10 car lengths or 11. The outcome is the same lol

Ok...if you seen that new z06 drive by you'd wanna yell out "gun it!" just to see and hear it roar off right? I know I would, it's the same thing with the people that try and race you...Our cars are like z06's compared to what they drive and just wanna see what a real car can do.

when i use to drive around with my mom... when fast cars would cruise next to me.... not at a red light... actually driving... she would roll down the window... and i would piss on them.... (sit there for a second and picture youself with your tops out and a little kid in a beat up minivan pissing on you...) would make you mad.... but if it happen to a friend....... fucking priceles... i didnt really do that.... but i just decided my kids will...:bounce:

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Originally Posted by patricksd

Yes, but this isn't a comparable car (or highly modified ones) wanting to measure their vehicle against mine. These are vehicles that run 1-2+ seconds slower in the quarter mile. That's bus lengths.

IMHO, its stupidity. It'd be like me racing a brand new Z06 just to see if he beats me by 10 car lengths or 11. The outcome is the same lol

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but wouldnt you like to see one totally gas on it and here the exhaust note?
i find myself cracking the window to here anything that might sound good.

I had a kid with his mom driving pull up next to me and he spit on my lt1 Formula and give me the finger for no reason while I had 2 friends in the car, what was he thinking? Im 6,3 190lbs, passenger, is 6,5 250lbs and the guy in my back seat was 6.3 200lbs. So i got out of my car at the next light and punched him in the face and calmly got back in my car, all his mom said is WHAT DID YOU DO, like she new her son was a piece of shit and deserved it.

When the c6 z06s first came out my buddy and I were going to get something to eat and a new z06 came flying by me. My buddy and I about shit are selves because we had never seen one in person, only in the magazines. So I got on it and caught up to him, He thought I was trying to race him and stood on it. Good Lord!!!!!! That vette was gone! when he got on it a little bit of pee came out..

thats pretty damn funny.... but think if he woulda pissed on you.... now that would be worth a story! haha that was good though i woulda been like wtf at first and kinda confused...:ughlaugh: then i woulda put a pumkin bomb in his mouth:bomb:

thats what im talking about get some pee stories goin on here!!! WHOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!



this is gross.... haha:spit:

I shit in a bag when i was 17 and put it in my friends 92 RS, i was drunk and forgot about it, the next day it had soaked through the bag and stained his carpet. He was so pissed lol, also put a dead rabbit in his T-Top bag.

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Originally Posted by 2000T/A Guru

I shit in a bag when i was 17 and put it in my friends 92 RS, i was drunk and forgot about it, the next day it had soaked through the bag and stained his carpet. He was so pissed lol, also put a dead rabbit in his T-Top bag.

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id kill u

if i were your friend i would prolly knock you out, :jk: unless he deserved it...

Lol i helped him clean it all, his RS was in mint condition, he had the whole car painted when he got it, red with black stripes, it was the 25 year aniversary edition. He had header, exhaust and a shift kit, but he had like 3grand into suspension, that car handled great. Didnt even make 200rwhp though lol, then we put doe piss in our friend bretts trucks vent system.

like everyone said, they do it so they can hear your car. i get that alot, some people just say, hey! lets hear that thing! so i give em a rev or two:)

one time we were going to a motocross track and i was pulling a 16 foot trailer with bikes and quads in our 2000 ram. it has a 5.9 with a flowmaster super 40 and i paced with an 05+ GT. he had exhaust and i was just trying to see it go. he did, he took off like he was a badass:dot:

you guys have issues:jk::lol:

Maybe, we have all been best friedns since sophmore year, and we have all hit eachother in the face or hurt eachother in someway(in Anger). LOL

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Originally Posted by patricksd

Yes, but this isn't a comparable car (or highly modified ones) wanting to measure their vehicle against mine. These are vehicles that run 1-2+ seconds slower in the quarter mile. That's bus lengths.

IMHO, its stupidity. It'd be like me racing a brand new Z06 just to see if he beats me by 10 car lengths or 11. The outcome is the same lol

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lol i know what you mean ive been challenged by full size pickups, mini vans, stock honda civics, choppers, dune buggys,...hell im just short of being challenged by a kid on a bike lol:rotfl:

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Originally Posted by jad628

x2 usually, but with the hardheads I show 'em my badge and they leave me alone.

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Hey , I like that . Thats a good idea. Your right , people are always doin that to me too,and sometimes its just too tempting. I think I'll go buy me a BADGE to flash em with.
That'be funny to watch em back off.

My three personal cars are my 00 Z28 DD, a 69 427 Corvette and a 69 SB Mustang convertible. I am always getting screwed around with by newer pickup trucks. Puleeeeze! But they all want to play.

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I can not remember the last time a stranger has even tried to race me. In either Camaro.

the other day on the highway i was cruising at 75 miles per hour when this guy in a grand prix got next to me and started pacing me, so when i looked at him he hit his gas then came around me on my passenger side and he tried to do it again :nono: i then floored it and in about 2 seconds he was nothing but a speck in my rearview i then let him catch up again and all i could see was thumbs up from him and his friend in his car

If ya'll think its bad in our Camaro's you should see how they act around a Corvette , any year Vette for that matter.

from tampa eh?...Thats where Im at.

what part?

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Originally Posted by 2000T/A Guru

I had a kid with his mom driving pull up next to me and he spit on my lt1 Formula and give me the finger for no reason while I had 2 friends in the car, what was he thinking? Im 6,3 190lbs, passenger, is 6,5 250lbs and the guy in my back seat was 6.3 200lbs. So i got out of my car at the next light and punched him in the face and calmly got back in my car, all his mom said is WHAT DID YOU DO, like she new her son was a piece of shit and deserved it.

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:worship: GURU, you are the man :worship:

Have any of you had someone drive by and throw a drink at your car? I've had that happen a couple of times. I did nothing to instigate it at any time. I don't drive like a d*ck, etc. It seems to come from guys in big redneck trucks or POS beaters.

My friend John the 6 5 guy threw some bacon on a GST windshield we had just raced and the guy tried to take it off, everytime he did my friend would hang out the car and pull his hand off the bacon it was hilarious. Also on highway we had these kids say they wanted to fight us so we pull off and the hit his GMC jimmy with a hammer and drove off, he chased and we had his old rear end in the back of the Jimmy, so we threw all the broke gears and cracked the other cars back window, then he rammed them with his SUV and we told him to get out of there because the kids would call the cops. Good times on highway. BTW the whole time we were chasing these kids he was punching the roof saying im gonna kill them, its always a blast seeing a kid who can bench 380lbs wanting to kill someone.

a friend of mine shattered a windshield with an ear of corn.
he was goin about 100mph, and threw it at a car goin about 80mph.
corn at a almost 200mph impact isnt pretty...

Some Men Never Grow Up !

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Originally Posted by Z ROADSTER

Some Men Never Grow Up !

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:yup: i dont know why i said friend... hes more of an aquaintance (sp?). hes a god damned idiot, but i thought it would be a good story to share

"Why does this car invite so many races?"

think about it, if you saw a c6z06 or lambo, wouldn't you wanna see how he haulz asz...
I would. let's say I have a TA 350rhwp and see a freaking twin turbo viper 700rwhp. I'd be like oh, I wanna see this guy smoke some tires! I'd rev at him just to see him shoot like a rocket. most people admire our LS1 cars, especially the modded ones...

i loved getting smoked by v6 cars and minivans with my thirdgen. its amazing to see the potential of other vehicles

[quote=ATCharming;1020831]i loved getting smoked by v6 cars and minivans with my thirdgen. its amazing to see the potential of other vehicles[/quo

:lol: Loving that 305 I see!

:haha: well... i loved it hahaha. its gone now

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Originally Posted by ATCharming

:haha: well... i loved it hahaha. its gone now

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That is a challenge in itself! When you getting the new car?

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Originally Posted by Hot Black Trans-Am

That is a challenge in itself! When you getting the new car?

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the next biggest challenge... getting a loan for an old car. its not working... so i gotta do a personal loan which is going to be like 30% interest, and only like $10 of the $150 payments go to the principal and the rest to interest so its like a 50 year loan.... i gotta figure it out quick tho cuz this guy has been waiting for me for a while.

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Originally Posted by ATCharming

the next biggest challenge... getting a loan for an old car. its not working... so i gotta do a personal loan which is going to be like 30% interest, and only like $10 of the $150 payments go to the principal and the rest to interest so its like a 50 year loan.... i gotta figure it out quick tho cuz this guy has been waiting for me for a while.

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That is nuts! You could get a credit card, charge it and be cheaper.

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Originally Posted by Hot Black Trans-Am

That is nuts! You could get a credit card, charge it and be cheaper.

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shit! i never thought of that!!!

You probably don't have enough credit rating yet to get a high enough limit though.

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Originally Posted by Hot Black Trans-Am

You probably don't have enough credit rating yet to get a high enough limit though.

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well im not old enough to get a loan... its all thru my parents

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Originally Posted by Z ROADSTER

Some Men Never Grow Up !

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:think:

or better said, some kids never grow up.

if you are a man then you've already grown up. :spit: