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| Saturday, March 19, 2005 |
Wired Wizard
You know you have seen them, the worked up little Japanese import with the muffler that sounds like a pissed off lawnmower in 1st gear. Half the times they never seem like they are doing more than 30mph but sound as if they should be doing at least 80. Then there are the ones that actually have some speed behind them but the driver can't drive worth a shit. And lastly there are the ones that look good are fast and the driver knows what he is doing. But those are a rare breed and you typicly won't see them trying to impress anyone... at least not durring daylight hours. But the ones I want to focus on are the wannabees. You know which ones I am talking about the idiots who's daddy bought the little rice burner for him and has bolted on enough differnt parts without realy knowing what he is doing. The one's that on a Saturday afternoon you can find cutting in and out of traffic thinking he is cool but damn near causes an accident because of a lack of any real skill other than a lead foot. Now racing is nothing new not in the least bit but I blame the Movie The Fast and The Furious for creating such wannabees. As it is street racing is illegal as hell not to mention dangerous but these little 18 to 25 year olds think that becasue they have a decent car with a few aftermarket parts they are going to live out that Fast and Furious life style. Most times these kids end up with more tickets than anything else and if they don't end up as road pizza from an accident they normaly end up either injuring them selves or someone else. So why the facination well to be honest speed is addicting plain and simple. We have all done it at one point or another. On a deserted road it's late at night and you want to see what your car is capable of. Hell I know I have on a few occasions and for the record my old Mustang 5.0 was pretty fast capable of speeds up to 130 ( I backed off soon after my radar dector went nuts.) Now I know these 4 cylinder rice burners are capable of some serious speeds when the right parts are put on them but speed is nothing without skill and a damn good suspension. What these FNF wannabees fail to realize is that no matter how many hot parts you bolt on no matter how much nitrous oxide you have at the press of a button chances are good your going to fuck up if you don't have the breaks to stop that speed the suspension to handle that speed and the skill to keep the car from smashing into a wall,house,truck you name it. So when see one of these little ricers flying down the road trying to impress someone do yourself a favor try to steer clear of them chances are in an attempt to look cool or trying to impress someone they are going to end up smacking into someone. Really be careful if the car looks stock with a huge wing in the back and that angry sounding muffler thats just an accident waiting to happen guarenteed.
Wired Wizard
No occifer there is no fire I am on my way to why? oh licence sure will you hold my beer so I can reach my wallet? |
posted by Wired Wizard @ 12:58 AM   |
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