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Pharmacist 12-08-2010 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by frost (Post 843673)
More than you can afford pal ... GTR

You're wrong. It should go like this:

More than you can afford pal......NISSAN

PapoZalsa 12-08-2010 09:19 PM

If I see someone with a nice car GTR, Ferrari, Porsche, Lexus, etc. I don't say $hit to them! Too many of them have their head so inflated that is not even funny.

I will "thumbs up" or say "Hi" to 350Z, 370Zs, G35, or G37 and that is about it.

esfourteen 12-08-2010 09:21 PM

I can believe this happened, however I can't believe you posted this.

ImportConvert 12-08-2010 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfessorDave (Post 843737)
Knew a guy you should have said this to. Because he killed himself, and injured his kid trying to show off what his Boxster could do.

Just because people have a right foot doesn't mean they know how to use it (and to lighten the mood, given my dark post: That's What She Said)

I talked smack to some guy on a mustang forum about how mustangs can't handle and he actually got his cam-corder and took the mustang on a windy road by the lake and looked like he almost lost it trying to power-slide it. Posted the vid on the forum. I got banned for that one, lol. He is now a moderator. Supposedly made a ton of money on the stock market or whatnot as a younger guy (19). Who knows? Either way, yeah, +1 about people and common sense at times.

*Oh, like to add, I did own a 5.0 GT at the time.

ImportConvert 12-08-2010 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PapoZalsa (Post 843778)
If I see someone with a nice car GTR, Ferrari, Porsche, Lexus, etc. I don't say $hit to them! Too many of them have their head so inflated that is not even funny.

I will "thumbs up" or say "Hi" to 350Z, 370Zs, G35, or G37 and that is about it.

Nah, not all, I ran this lady in her 997 4S one time and she pulled over and gave me a ride in it afterward. Lots of them are pretty cool. Just don't ask how $$ or dumb questions like that and I have never had a problem with 'em being snooty. They just get tired of the gawkers who want to know how much/how fast/whatever. Make normal convo.

HKYStormFront 12-08-2010 09:33 PM

please tell me you were in the WS6, not the G20 when you tried to run a 911 lol

ImportConvert 12-08-2010 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront (Post 843806)
please tell me you were in the WS6, not the G20 when you tried to run a 911 lol

Was in the WS6, beat it every time. However, she said "I was in 5th gear, lol".

I called BS.

She gave me a ride to prove it. Apparently at a 70 punch, there is about 500rpm difference between 4th and 5th in that car, lol. Either way, took her for a ride in the WS6 and she seemed impressed with the torque and said it felt faster, however, no telling how much of that was just her being polite, etc. By the numbers, her car should make short work of me. Then again, other cars that should have done the same didn't, either (new Camaro SS supposedly traps 110+ in good hands. From a roll, I never had one leave me).

The only time I ever tried anything in the G20, it was a new camaro SS, and I tried to hang in the corners. Bad call. The back tires slid around and I looked a fool. Ironically, a 350Z was behind me and slowed down to gawk. It was dark, but I am sure I got the "WTF dumbass!?" look for attempting to keep pace with the Camaro.

No harm, no foul, late at night, just my pride got hurted : (

LuckyJinx 12-08-2010 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 843792)
Nah, not all, I ran this lady in her 997 4S one time and she pulled over and gave me a ride in it afterward. Lots of them are pretty cool. Just don't ask how $$ or dumb questions like that and I have never had a problem with 'em being snooty. They just get tired of the gawkers who want to know how much/how fast/whatever. Make normal convo.

Everyone should have a F.A.Qs sheet like meeeeeee :)

HKYStormFront 12-08-2010 09:41 PM

yea the 997 C4S makes about the same hp (granted not torque, that's probably the "it feels faster" comment) with a lot less weight and better traction so yea, i'd say it should have been an nose or so faster through most of a 1/4 drag

ImportConvert 12-08-2010 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront (Post 843820)
yea the 997 C4S makes about the same hp (granted not torque, that's probably the "it feels faster" comment) with a lot less weight and better traction so yea, i'd say it should have been an nose or so faster through most of a 1/4 drag

This was on my private roll-race strip in Mexico from a 70 punch.

Jeffblue 12-08-2010 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by frost (Post 843706)
I went up to a guy in a Porsche and was like "Rofl, you're gonna wind up crashing into a wall at 120mph, killing you and your wife, leaving your kids to fend for themselves."

He got pissed, which I thought was weird, because I was obviously complimenting his awesome Porsche.

:icon18::roflpuke2::icon17:
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Originally Posted by ProfessorDave (Post 843737)
Knew a guy you should have said this to. Because he killed himself, and injured his kid trying to show off what his Boxster could do.

Just because people have a right foot doesn't mean they know how to use it (and to lighten the mood, given my dark post: That's What She Said)

watching some foot-job porn there?

wolf370z 12-08-2010 10:13 PM

Put yourself in that position. It's a bit of an awkward thing to say. The GT-R owner could have been to 50 different track days and replaced his job with a track membership for his retirement. Or he could have just gotten the car and was a little self-conscious about it.

If I had been the GT-R owner I probably would have responded negatively as well. I don't take kindly to anyone, even someone JOKING, about how I drive, or play guitar, or do just about anything. Plus, you can never tell when someone really has an underlying meaning behind what they're saying, implying that they truly are a better driver or that you're incapable of driving that automobile. It can easily make a lot of people upset and that could lead to poor decisions.

I usually just say "hey, nice car" or something along the lines. Just be glad he didn't go all fast and furious on you like these previous posters are doing lol.

KillerBee370 12-08-2010 11:52 PM

I just don't say anything because I could give a shit if they "like it" or what they "think about it". Plus they already know they drive a nice car so why bother telling them?

I usually just drive by and if I really like the car, say something like, "great car, I just bought my wife one". :icon23:

ImportConvert 12-08-2010 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by KillerBee370 (Post 843944)
I just don't say anything because I could give a shit if they "like it" or what they "think about it". Plus they already know they drive a nice car so why bother telling them?

I usually just drive by and if I really like the car, say something like, "great car, I just bought my wife one". :icon23:

Well, everyone has a different way of being a douche.

KillerBee370 12-09-2010 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 843954)
Well, everyone has a different way of being a douche.

Oh I've got oodles of douchebaggery. I could share it on say... a G20 forum. Or perhaps an A4 forum?

MC 12-09-2010 12:06 AM

i dont think ive gone one day driving it in 2 years without someone coming up to me... but i usually talk to every person for a long time lol... ive met such a wide variety of interesting people.... my run ins are usually real late at night at like a gas station or something and ive good some good stories... my fav is a guy told me "i must keep them dope sacks" i said something like that man smiled and drove off..... i know so many random people around town now its crazy

i think if your a GTR or kind of like an import enthusiast guy it makes a big difference... if your a rich older guy who got it just to get it you might get a different reaction..... i dont think its a big deal having one... i drive it to mcdonalds or the grocery store everyday and and 2 years later people still freak out ..but its not a big deal to me i dont like to leave it parked for a long time or drive it certain places...but thats not because i think its so high and mighty i just know how people are and dont want someone messing with it

now i might be a little more particular about my black edition but that will probably wear off by the fall...


but i have heard about one ******* GTR owner..... about a year ago my mom was walking into a restaurant and she sees a guy getting out of one.. she walks up and says thats a beautiful car my son has a black one and its really fun to drive... guy stares and says whatever then walks off.......

ImportConvert 12-09-2010 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerBee370 (Post 843964)
Oh I've got oodles of douchebaggery. I could share it on say... a G20 forum. Or perhaps an A4 forum?

Well, I am sure there is some forum dedicated to Automatic 4-speeds. When you find it, let me know?

I already shared my douche-baggery on the G20 forum. Everyone there told me this thing would be trouble-free. Over the last few months it has cost me about an average of $700/mo or so to own + insurance and gas (no note, traded even).

ImportConvert 12-09-2010 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by MC (Post 843980)
i dont think ive gone one day driving it in 2 years without someone coming up to me... but i usually talk to every person for a long time lol... ive met such a wide variety of interesting people.... my run ins are usually real late at night at like a gas station or something and ive good some good stories... my fav is a guy told me "i must keep them dope sacks" i said something like that man and smiled.....

i think if your a GTR or kind of like an import enthusiast guy it makes a big difference... if your a rich older guy who got it just to get it you might get a different reaction..... i dont think its a big deal having one... i drive it to mcdonalds or the grocery store everyday and and 2 years later people still freak out and to me its not special at all really... i mean i dont like to leave it parked for a long time or drive it certain places...but thats not because i think its so high and mighty i just know how people are and dont want someone messing with it


but i have heard about one ******* GTR owner..... about a year ago my mom was walking into a restaurant and she sees a guy getting out of one.. she walks up and says thats a beautiful car my son has a black one and its really fun to drive... guy stares and says whatever then walks off.......

The GTR is definitely and enthusiasts car due to lineage. Sucks that that one guy didn't have enough respect to at least be polite to your mom.

You can't have anything nice today it seems. I now know why rich people stick togather/live in exclusive neighborhoods, don't associate with people who don't have money. It's not because they are "high and mighty". They just get tired of having their stuff messed with, keyed, etc.

KillerBee370 12-09-2010 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 843987)
Well, I am sure there is some forum dedicated to Automatic 4-speeds. When you find it, let me know?

I already shared my douche-baggery on the G20 forum. Everyone there told me this thing would be trouble-free. Over the last few months it has cost me about an average of $700/mo or so to own + insurance and gas (no note, traded even).

Well that sucks.

MC 12-09-2010 12:19 AM

yeah i mean alot of cars have stigmas about their owners... porsche and M3's ect... you guys know the stereotypes... but i think for the most part the GTR owner should come off kind of cool ya know maybe a little bit of a techie or something i dunno... but i think i represent it well ya know guy in his 30's into motorsports stuff like that..... at our meets it does vary in age and background a little but everyone ive ever met is cool...but then again they are coming out to meets so that tells you something right there.... you get somone who might not know the heritage as much a person that goes through cars alot and you might run into someone not really representative of the GTR community... it happens


ive had some conversation with GTRs who are more like yeah i need to datalog this or dial this in or they have like a HD camera for everything they do in it.... but thats a far cry from a tool in a pink polo shirt who double parks at target

but i guess the comment about not letting it get away from you or whatever.... you never know how people will take things... i would be like yeah man i try not to or something like that but who knows what some people think

the only thing i will say that makes me uncomfortable is the how much did you pay for it or where do you work or i need to be doing what your doing comments out of the blue..... i dont have a reply for them so i just kind of vaguely smile and just say yea or something...

with the new one its gonna be real bad...unless most people think its my same car but with new wheels

ImportConvert 12-09-2010 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerBee370 (Post 843998)
Well that sucks.

Yeah, I could have fixed the AC in my WS6, re-painted the hood, and rocked on for less. That was the main reason I traded. Speed/looks/etc. mean absolutely zip to me in a DD. I was getting the G20 because I figured it wouldn't break, being an early 2000's import and all and seeing as how it is a Sentra and none of my friends seem to have had issue with similar.

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Originally Posted by MC (Post 844001)
yeah i mean alot of cars have stigmas about their owners... porsche and M3's ect... you guys know the stereotypes... but i think for the most part the GTR owner should come off kind of cool ya know maybe a little bit of a techie or something i dunno... but i think i represent it well ya know guy in his 30's into motorsports stuff like that..... at our meets it does vary in age and background a little but everyone ive ever met is cool...but then again they are coming out to meets so that tells you something right there.... you get somone who might not know the heritage as much a person that goes through cars alot and you might run into someone not really representative of the GTR community... it happens

I dunno, very few people I know fit the steriotype their car projects, supposedly.

Jeffblue 12-09-2010 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MC (Post 844001)
the only thing i will say that makes me uncomfortable is the how much did you pay for it or where do you work or i need to be doing what your doing comments out of the blue..... i dont have a reply for them so i just kind of vaguely smile and just say yea or something...

yea, that question kind of implies that you somehow didn't work for what you have. I feel like no matter what you would actually say, they would just hear 'i had a trust fund from my grandparents' or something along those lines. one of the guys on another forum i frequent (for a local car club) has some amazing cars, i think 10 or so, including a GTR (heavily modified with) and a Gallardo Superleggera. In his profile, under biography he has written: "Worked 22 hours/day for 12 years, now I am cruising through life at warp speeds enjoying my cars!" I think thats really cool, but i think when most people see someone driving around with a really high end car they think, 'oh that must have been given to them in one way or another. makes them feel better about themselves.

sonic370 12-09-2010 07:27 AM

My statement to the guy in the gt-r was never meant as a put down on any level,to me, which he did'nt get i was remarking about how bad xxx i thought his car was.... he took it to a another level.... kinda now know why some guys won't wave back to you when you see them on the road. NOT ALL but
some.

Pharmacist 12-09-2010 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by PapoZalsa (Post 843778)
If I see someone with a nice car GTR, Ferrari, Porsche, Lexus, etc. I don't say $hit to them! Too many of them have their head so inflated that is not even funny.

:iagree:

most of these people dont buy those cars because they are passionate car enthusiasts but to use as a penis extender to make up for their other shortcomings

KillerBee370 12-09-2010 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Pharmacist (Post 844218)
:iagree:

most of these people dont buy those cars because they are passionate car enthusiasts but to use as a penis extender to make up for their other shortcomings

:bowrofl: My new comment to people that drive bad azz cars... "Did that come with a penis pump?"

Priceless

kenchan 12-09-2010 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sonic370 (Post 843499)
i said be carefull it will get away from you.

if someone said that to me my reply would be 'no you can't, kid.'

:tup:

Jeffblue 12-09-2010 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Pharmacist (Post 844218)
:iagree:

most of these people dont buy those cars because they are passionate car enthusiasts but to use as a penis extender to make up for their other shortcomings

true. i only got about 5/8"of length increase and only about 3/8" of girth when buying my Z. Even with the manual transmission. I guess thats what you get for under 40k.:shakes head:

HKYStormFront 12-09-2010 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MC (Post 844001)
the only thing i will say that makes me uncomfortable is the how much did you pay for it or where do you work or i need to be doing what your doing comments out of the blue..... i dont have a reply for them so i just kind of vaguely smile and just say yea or something...

soooooooooo........what do you do for work? :stirthepot:

LOL i'd just say "i'm in the freight handling business" and let them think you deal drugs :rolleyes:

Jeffblue 12-09-2010 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront (Post 844699)
soooooooooo........what do you do for work? :stirthepot:

LOL i'd just say "i'm in the freight handling business" and let them think you deal drugs :rolleyes:

telling them you steal cars would cause an interesting sequence of events.

HKYStormFront 12-09-2010 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue (Post 844710)
telling them you steal cars would cause an interesting sequence of events.

true but MC is in the (legit) freight handling business

SoCal 370Z 12-09-2010 03:07 PM

Sonic,

It's a good thing you kept driving as you avoided this:


Nitrouz 12-09-2010 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Pharmacist (Post 844218)
...........to use as a penis extender to make up for their other shortcomings

This is only the case with MC. :ughdance:

LuckyJinx 12-09-2010 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Nitrouz (Post 844897)
This is only the case with MC. :ughdance:

Is this why you have a gtr too?

Jeffblue 12-09-2010 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LuckyJinx (Post 844909)
Is this why you have a gtr too?

he's selling his. his pants weren't getting too tight. :icon17:

LuckyJinx 12-09-2010 04:23 PM

I pull down my pants and my girlfriend says, "Nice GT-R!!"

Jeffblue 12-09-2010 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by LuckyJinx (Post 844925)
I pull down my pants and my girlfriend says, "Nice GT-R!!"

i thoght you have a Z?

LuckyJinx 12-09-2010 04:32 PM

:facepalm:
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Originally Posted by Jeffblue (Post 844930)
i thoght you have a Z?


Jeffblue 12-09-2010 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by LuckyJinx (Post 844944)
:facepalm:

why :facepalm: ?

ImportConvert 12-09-2010 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront (Post 844699)
soooooooooo........what do you do for work? :stirthepot:

LOL i'd just say "i'm in the freight handling business" and let them think you deal drugs :rolleyes:

I tell people "lets just say it involves lots of controlled substances".

Accurate and thought provoking :tiphat:

NISSNISS370Z 12-09-2010 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sonic370 (Post 843499)
I was at Target today doing a little shopping so when i got back to my 370
i noticed a white GT-R about 3 rows over. and the owner was walking around his car showing it to a friend of his. so i figured as i drove by i would show some respect and say something about his car. so in jest nothing smart xss
i said be carefull it will get away from you. and his reply was i bet it will get away from you as, he pointed at my car....duh no crap....

i was just trying to pay this guy a complement and he goes off....
sorry to ramble it just caught me of gaurd.......

I would of walked up and broke his jaw..period ....if someone said that to me I WOULDN'T take it as if I couldnt handle my car.


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