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rhipsher · 09-18-2008

It seems like everybody wants to race. Even people that have no business racing like the honda civics with there mosquito exshaust pipe thats bark is worse than its bite. Hell, my grandmas 1973 512cid Cadillac could smoke most of these so called fast cars. This is usually what I get. Toyoda tundra pulls up full of teenagers. Hey man, nice vette. What year is it? Want to race? I laugh. No really man, you want to race. And I say! Your freaken kidding right? Boy you must be high on crack. You need to pull up to the light with something better than your daddy's pickup truck. Your gonna hurt that truck trying to keep up with me. To funny.

cuisinartvette · 09-19-2008

Most of them just wanna see you run it. That said, some of them ricers get pretty quick.

09-19-2008

It happend to me !! oh ya.
possible those rice kids smoked when they ask you to race!

32valvZ · 09-19-2008

Had a guy pull up to me the other day in a Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T convertible.... he asked "is that a real ZR-1?" Yes. "oh man

" So we take off normaly & I hear a little wheel chirp from his car... hes pounding on it to try -n- catch up with me.... I couldnt resist, I hammered down and all I could see in my rear view mirror was him shaking his head in disbelief

This was very far out of town on a 30 mile very straight, long road. It was at the last light going out of town and we were the first 2 cars at the light..... so no sermons on street racing please. I dont make a habit of this kind of play.

rhipsher · 09-19-2008

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Originally Posted by 32valvZ

Had a guy pull up to me the other day in a Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T convertible.... he asked "is that a real ZR-1?" Yes. "oh man

" So we take off normaly & I hear a little wheel chirp from his car... hes pounding on it to try -n- catch up with me.... I couldnt resist, I hammered down and all I could see in my rear view mirror was him shaking his head in disbelief

This was very far out of town on a 30 mile very straight, long road. It was at the last light going out of town and we were the first 2 cars at the light..... so no sermons on street racing please. I dont make a habit of this kind of play.

Its funny you mention wheel chirping. Because you pull up to a light and I hear people chirping there tires just because the vette is there. When you whip out the ol Z it gets everybody's testosterone pumping. Cause and effect I guess.

GOLDCYLON · 09-19-2008

Handling is good as well. My car grips real well on the turns. I assume most do as well.

rhipsher · 09-19-2008

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Originally Posted by GOLDCYLON

Handling is good as well. My car grips real well on the turns. I assume most do as well.

Tires make a big difference to. I have Vreds on the rears and old hard KDWS on the front. And damn it! The Vreds are just hard to break loose even in the rain. I think they grip even better in the rain. I just don't understand how they grip so good. I thought my car had been slippen on the horse power but it dyno'd at 343rwhp. I just don't know.

diamond zr1 · 09-20-2008

my zr1 gets attention,but over labor day weekend I drove the twin turbo fidanza c6 back from cleveland/it has more decals than a nascar car/every kid in a mustang followed/passed me for mile after mile trying to get me to race/my wife would just give me that look/you know I let ya buy the car,your not going to race with me in the car look/we did have a blast bring it 2500 miles home.

rhipsher · 09-20-2008

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Originally Posted by diamond zr1

my zr1 gets attention,but over labor day weekend I drove the twin turbo fidanza c6 back from cleveland/it has more decals than a nascar car/every kid in a mustang followed/passed me for mile after mile trying to get me to race/my wife would just give me that look/you know I let ya buy the car,your not going to race with me in the car look/we did have a blast bring it 2500 miles home.

I know what you mean. When my wife's in the car and I nail on it for a second she says "I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT" And I tell her just chill out woman. After driving a Mazda 626 to work all week, I can't wait to drive the Z on the weekends. "(FahrvergnÃ¼gen)"!

djpatrick35 · 09-22-2008

When I had my dearly departed Z, I got SO much more attention from ricers than when I drive my '07 Convertible. Why? I think it's because ricers driving Civics recognize C4 Vettes as "slow" and "crappy."

Too bad I had to educate them about the difference between a normal C4 and the mighty ZR-1. God I miss that car...

09-18-2008	#1
rhipsher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Houston 90 Red ZR-1 Posts: 2,320	Everybody wants to race. It seems like everybody wants to race. Even people that have no business racing like the honda civics with there mosquito exshaust pipe thats bark is worse than its bite. Hell, my grandmas 1973 512cid Cadillac could smoke most of these so called fast cars. This is usually what I get. Toyoda tundra pulls up full of teenagers. Hey man, nice vette. What year is it? Want to race? I laugh. No really man, you want to race. And I say! Your freaken kidding right? Boy you must be high on crack. You need to pull up to the light with something better than your daddy's pickup truck. Your gonna hurt that truck trying to keep up with me. To funny.

09-19-2008	#2
cuisinartvette Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA. Posts: 896	Re: Everybody wants to race. Most of them just wanna see you run it. That said, some of them ricers get pretty quick. __________________ 1990 ZR1, 142,000 miles-Black on black 4.09's Haibeck chip, 3"exh, K&N, meth inj.

09-19-2008	#3
HADI-ZR1 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Everybody wants to race. It happend to me !! oh ya. possible those rice kids smoked when they ask you to race!

09-19-2008	#4
32valvZ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 1,071	Re: Everybody wants to race. Had a guy pull up to me the other day in a Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T convertible.... he asked "is that a real ZR-1?" Yes. "oh man " So we take off normaly & I hear a little wheel chirp from his car... hes pounding on it to try -n- catch up with me.... I couldnt resist, I hammered down and all I could see in my rear view mirror was him shaking his head in disbelief This was very far out of town on a 30 mile very straight, long road. It was at the last light going out of town and we were the first 2 cars at the light..... so no sermons on street racing please. I dont make a habit of this kind of play. __________________ [B]1990 #2815[/B] [COLOR="Red"][B]Red/Red[/B][/COLOR] Ported Plenum & IH (by Pete) Haibeck Chip Rebuilt FPR (by Phil) FIC Injectors Watson LT Headers 3" Stainless Works exhaust Lingenfelter Open Air Lid Bill B Built Transmission Shifter & C Beam Plates [FONT=Impact][COLOR=red]1992 [COLOR=black]#[/COLOR] 091[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Impact][COLOR=#ff0000]Red/[COLOR=silver]Gray[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [B]SOLD[/B]

09-19-2008	#6
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09-20-2008	#8
diamond zr1 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: diamond lake /washington Posts: 223	Re: Everybody wants to race. my zr1 gets attention,but over labor day weekend I drove the twin turbo fidanza c6 back from cleveland/it has more decals than a nascar car/every kid in a mustang followed/passed me for mile after mile trying to get me to race/my wife would just give me that look/you know I let ya buy the car,your not going to race with me in the car look/we did have a blast bring it 2500 miles home.

09-22-2008	#10
djpatrick35 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vernon Hills, IL Posts: 262	Re: Everybody wants to race. When I had my dearly departed Z, I got SO much more attention from ricers than when I drive my '07 Convertible. Why? I think it's because ricers driving Civics recognize C4 Vettes as "slow" and "crappy." Too bad I had to educate them about the difference between a normal C4 and the mighty ZR-1. God I miss that car... __________________ [B]1990 Black ZR-1 #2212[/B] Totaled... :( [B]2007 Z51 'vert :mrgreen:[/B] [B]1988 35th Ann. Edition #962[/B] (Sold...) :cry: