I'm coming back from a h/s school football that I covered as a favor to the paper (I usually cover the SEC) and I'm merging onto I-85 N. This a-hole in a pastel blue, slammed, ricer Civic stops right in front of me on the onramp and I have to slam on brakes to avoid hitting his ass with my Porsche, flatspotting my Pirelli P-Zeroes. ******* I'm mad! His ricer friends in front of us are using the interstate to race. I'm about to get my baseball bat, hop out and take a little vengeance on this a-hole's car, but he drives away. I pursue all three cars for several miles, get the Georgia State Police on the cell and a few minutes later, about three GSP cars and the local police are on hand to arrest the little miscreants. I went to the station house, filled out a complaint statement and found out I may be able to sue the little ****s for some a new set of tires (they are 149 bucks apiece on Tire Rack). Gravy!
It was probably me in my un-jacked up 1993 Toyota Tercel. People always accuse me of street racing. *ring ring ring* Oh my alarm... my dream must be over...
I love it when those 'street ricers' wrap themselves around a telephone pole... that's always fun to see on the news.
Awesome, I'm glad you helped put some of those bastards behind bars. I hate street racers. What's funny is that most of them are crappy drivers who think because they play Gran Tourismo, they are badasses.
It's OLD! Not new, old. As in 1986 old! When that car was built: -Back to the Future was the hot movie -Wang Chung was big -People actually thought they looked cool in checkerboard shoes, Members Only jackets and pastels. -Miami Vice was the hot show. So it's not like I bought it for 80 grand new or something. More like I bought it for 10 grand in 96 with a laundry list of problems including a badly creased fender, a ragged out motor in desparate need of a rebuild, a shot tranny and a paint job that looked like it was regularly cleaned with sandpaper. I've had to do a LOT of work on it, so yes, I'm proud of it.
We've known about the Porsche and the work bama put into it for a while Jeff. It never seemed like gloating to me. When I think of Porsches in the 80's, Condorman always comes to mind. That chase scene with the 5 black 911s is awesome. I wish I owned one of those.
Classic. Great line. I think those cars or those car drivers give certain people of certain nationalitys bad names. But, eh, what you gonna do?
Ah yes, I remember 1986 well. I was leaving empty bottles everywhere, getting t*** shoved in my face, sleeping all day, and pissing my pants almost every day. well I was only 2 years old.
He's mentioned it before. It's a 928 right bama? Kinda like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6432&item=2441911012 I used to love the body style of those back in the day.
Yes. I always liked those cars, especially after seeing the one in Risky Business. I've had to sink many weekends out in the garage and looking for parts all over in junkyards, but it has been worth it. Mine has these rims:
it's kinda sad....if u don't know by now...ppl w/ more money and the nicer cars, bmw, porche, etc....have always raced each other on the road....and there was never attention that came too them....i've seen a porsche go by me easily going 120 and i was going 95.....and guess what, cop pulled me over..... as far as the ricers go, i agree they do stupid things, but been around for ages...from muscle cars to exotics and now to ricers.....it's just now there are more ppl doing it.
I don't know about that. Whenever I see Ferraris or Porsches they are rarely driving fast. It's usually some middle aged dude in there who doesn't give a crap about racing. But I have seen numerous times guys in their Hondas with their fart-cans and stickers racing down 59 or at stop lights, and I hear them all the time at night. That high pitched buzzing sound you hear isn't a lawnmower, and it sure as hell isn't a Corvette. It's a Honda!
