09-21-2004, 07:53 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Near Menlo Park New Jersey
Posts: 389
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Re: Street racing...
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Originally Posted by Jersey_TA
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Originally Posted by bencar
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Originally Posted by JPiZZiJP
You know one thing about street racing I hate? These people that go like, 60 or 70 mph and pull ahead and thing they've won.
I was on Rt 22 last night heading into NYC, and this guy in a black Camaro SS is driving like a complete jackass weaving from lane to lane (if anyone knows how Rt 22 is around the union/mountainside area, you know what I mean by jackass, considering you can't get very far with the 2 lanes on Rt 22 there).
I was just taking my time last night, and this guy obviously sees me and I can hear him drop gears, to let me know he wants to race. So there's a gap in traffic and we both slide through and he takes off and gets up to maybe 45 - 50 mph and then coasts. I eventually catch up next to him, not that I was going full throttle, but I wasn't trying to waste time getting into NYC..
So, I end up next to the guy going maybe 45 and he gives me this goofy ass grin and takes off. So I take off with him, and given, my z28 is not as fast as his SS so I fall way behind (plus I think he had some mods done... aside from the exhaust which you could tell). So, this guy coasts again at around 60 and he's aggravated me at this point so I just floor it and fly by him up to 100.
Now, I know racing at Island or Englishtown or Atco is whoever gets to the line first wins... but since when did street racing become "haha I've pulled ahead by 2 car lengths in front of you in traffic... I win"? Street racing is illegal to begin with, so why do so many people punk out at the actual speed limit? When I street race, I will go as fast as necessary to win (without killing myself) lol.
(Not trying to sound conceited... but) having a nice car, a lot of different cars see me and naturally try to race. I have seen some crazy mofos in pimped out Honda Civics that have given me a run for my money. Doing 100 in some places is just outright obscene, if you know what I mean. Whereas, in situations last night, I get a pussy behind the wheel of an SS.
That just really pisses me off.
~Joe
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Your Story sounds painfully familiar. On the way home from the 'Jackson Outlet Mall' 'Cruise Night' last month, I had a Ford Focus try to race me on Rt 9, near Freehold, and then I had a girl in a Satrun trying to race me as I was getting off of Rt 9 on to 287 North. What were these people thinking, better yet-Were they thinking? |
If I saw a car like your's driving down the road my jaw would drop.  I have a 77 trans am back home that is on the ropes in need of some TLC. It's got a 400 that came out of a GTO under the hood. 8) |
 Um, thanks.  Funny thing though, I don't look to race these morons, they seek me out, and like one of the guys said, yeah, I'm always on the look out for the boys in blue when these incidents occur. Usually, when these clowns with the 'wind-up toys' try to run me, I'll give em a quick dusting if the coast is clear, and then slow down to a legal cruising speed. If the idiot still wants to play, I'll let them go, so they can find the cops for me 
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