When I was younger my best friend's family had several Harleys. They get the loudest possible exhaust for safety reasons, not because they're trying to be cool. Louder the exhaust, more likely a car will notice you on the road.

No, makes me want to hit the d_bags more. Why is it okay for them to rape my ears when they decide to drive the death traps

This has been widely shown to have little-to-no evidence supporting it (save for anecdotal).

I've been riding choppers since I was 15, and I've been around them since I can remember. I remember my mom carrying me outside when I was about 2 yrs old to a crowd of about 50 Harleys and chops, and my dad and uncle saying good bye to us before they all left.

Trust me... Whether they admit it or not, they like to be loud. The whole "loud pipes save lives" thing is true to an extent, but anyone who says they have a loud exhaust ONLY to get noticed is a liar. Besides, I've had more people pull out in front of me or try to change lanes into me on my loud bike than I do on my "quiet" bike.

Harley Ricers.. this thread is pure win haha!

VW Tailgater
 

I had a similar situation one night around dark with a VW following close behind on a 2 lane highway, as soon as it went 4 lane I just fully accelerated in 5th gear at 65mph & I couldn't shake this guy until the top of 5th going into 6th I finally pulled away, I looked down at the speedo & I was going 140mph I thought why did & should I have to do this.:mad:

if they do that to me and cut me off I just speed up get in front of them, down shift and watch them swerve, hey if someone is going to try and kill me, better believe I will do the same to them.

you just perpetuate road rage doin stuff like that. while fun not the best idea

Yeah.. brilliant.

1 of you.. after people just showed themselves to be unsafe idiots.. would go for the reversal and cut them off and then downshift suddenly.. and risk wrecking your car and killing yourself. The other.. when a moron tailgates you.. you go 140mph.. and risk wrecking your car and killing yourself.

There are a lot of douchebag drivers on the road.. but how you react to them is equally important. Be mature and on the defensive side as drivers. Don't get into pissing contests with retard kids in crappy cars. We're in Z's.. we're already better than them. :tup:

And now you know.. and knowing is half the battle.

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Interesting, to be honest, I don't see this often in here, GTA, Canada.

Maybe people here are just very lay back and don't really give a damn what car do you drive thus they don't give you sh!t. :tiphat:

There were couple of times where there were these stupid drivers tail-gating me like I thought I have back seat in my Z.... simply I'll just downshift without hitting the brake, so my car will slow-down all of a sudden and that idiot behind will sh!t his pants.

Of cause, I have my foot on the gas pedal so I'll get away before he can hit me... :driving:

I rarely do that... once in a blue moon maybe.

Nicely put. :tup:

Good post. Well said..

Suburban and Ford Escape SUV
 

So there I was minding my own business traveling about a little over the speed limit on the 24 mile long Causeway Bridge from New Orleans to the North Shore - speed limit being 65, I'm traveling 70 in my Z. As I got on the Bridge on the south shore, I pass a Ford Escape SUV, nothing out of the ordinary, I'm traveling in one lane, and he is in the other. About 7 to 8 miles he creeps up on me, gets in front (not a cut off) and then slows down till I have to swap lanes and pass him up. I still am on cruise at 70. I don't even touch the accelerator. He speeds up, gets in front of me and slows down again, except now every time I crept up on him (still in cruise), he sped up to not let me get ahead. A Suburban now joins in, who passes me up in a hurry, only to slow down in front of me. I have to swap lanes again to keep going my speed. I passed them at cruise, only to have them speed up and pass me up again, then slow down. Still on cruise, I approach them again to pass, they start accelerating...ok, I'm fed up with this game... I down shift, give it a little gas and shoot by to about a mile ahead and then get back on cruise... they speedily catch up with me and pass me up fast, only to slow down and keep pace ahead of me...By that time we are reaching the end of the bridge, and I just slow down to the exit speed and turn to where I am going while they continue ahead... What in the heck were they trying to prove? What where they trying to accomplish? Did they prove their manliness by thwarting a 370Z and passing her up? Really? All I wanted was to enjoy the nice drive and the nice weather, much less race a..what? A Ford Escape..?? A Suburban? Wow...What possess people to behave like @$$E$$ when they meet up a Z? Do they do the same for a Porsche? A Viper? A Ferrari? I think not. It's something with the Z. Don't ask me what, but it seems it may have to do with respect... we just don't get much in the way of respect. Not that I care a flip - I love my car, I love driving it, and all those @$$E$$ can go to HEII... :gtfo2:

I hate when people do this ****. I encounter this all the time. Someone passes you then gets in front of you and slows down 5 mph. All I want to do is cruise with my cruise control on. Soon as you go to pass them they are accelerating. So obnoxious

There's something about the 370z that screams "CHALLENGE ME" to the ricers just as there is something about the GTR that screams "DON'T F*** WITH ME" to them. I've had a Civic SI nearly rear-end me with my wife in the car, a Toyota Solara cross over in my lane to entice me to race... none of which phased me. I've found that most ricers don't like being laughed at. I got one of the most persistent ricers off my lane by faking a sharp turn right on his car on an empty highway stretch. He left me alone after that. I never realized till then that ricers did care about their cars no matter how beat up/ugly they are :icon17:

Since i am 52, and I have built a lifetimes worth of Net worth, I will not let the street trolls get to me...

There is one everyday that i drive the 370Z or the Z/28...I cannot and will not drive like i did 20 years ago...

Way too much to lose...So the losers win the race off the light, and I win the game of Life..

That is how I deal with it...

[QUOTE=birdmanx1;1689459]There's something about the 370z that screams "CHALLENGE ME" to the ricers just as there is something about the GTR that screams "DON'T F*** WITH ME" to them. I've had a Civic SI nearly rear-end me with my wife in the car, a Toyota Solara cross over in my lane to entice me to race... none of which phased me. I've found that most ricers don't like being laughed at. I got one of the most persistent ricers off my lane by faking a sharp turn right on his car on an empty highway stretch. He left me alone after that. I never realized till then that ricers did care about their cars no matter how beat up/ugly they are :icon17:


That's because the Z is the next class up form their cars and since they couldn't afford one, they like to think/hope they can take on on to make themselves feel better about their crappier car. The GTR is too many classes above and they know it's hopeless even under the best conditions.

The Z is like a velociraptor, it can kill you, but it's not overpowering and you feel you might be able to survive.

The GTR is like a T-rex, you don't mess with it. ( I didn't use godzilla because I couldn't think of a smaller Godzilla equivalent for the comparison)

That is a good, mature, and appropriate way to look at it.

People often ask how fast can that bike go. I tell 'em, it's not about straight line speed. It doesn't take a whole lot of skill to twist the throttle or step on the pedal. It's about how fast can one go through technical corners while maintaining control of the vehicle. I often get a dumbfounded look afterwards as though what I just said was in greek.

i love those analogies lol...T-REX THIS!!!

Yep!
 

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I can still remember when I put my Mustang sideways through a turn (drifted it Through) before I knew what drifting was...LOL... Not anymore...! :wtf2:

This should be our daily Motto as we drive our Z's: "The Losers win the race off the light, but We win the Game of Life!" :tup: :driving:

I had one of them today...maybe a 2007 A4 S line all murdered out,bodykit...from the point i left my house to work...20+miles...wanted to mess around..i didnt bother..got to much to lose...

You sure you didn't bother? ;)
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I seriously didnt..i was like fuk it...plus his car was ugly as $hit..so it didnt seem worth it

Since this is a "Just Venting" thread...let me take a moment and do a little of that. Last Saturday evening I'm headed out to dinner stopped at a traffic light (about 3rd in line fully stopped) and I look up and WTH it's a black 350 goin at least 25 mph about 10 feet behind closing fast then the BOOM. Yup, the 19 yr old female driver never touched the brakes...said she didn't see me (all three lanes are stopped at the light). I made sure my passenger wasn't hurt and got out pissed the girl was still finishing her text. I asked if she was texting and she didn't answer. She then got out and walked up to my Z and said "oh look, it only scratched your car" and went back to her Z. I said "you won't believe how much damage there will be behind the bumper cover...probably $3000". No response. Her uncle stopped and said "wow, not bad. The last wreck she had they had to replace the front wheels" (told her to shut her down...the radiator was leaking all over). Well, got the estimate today...$3200+. She even got the frame rails on both sides. I can't believe the disregard today. She could care less...I'm sure she was thinking daddy will take care of it.

OK, I'm done venting...thanks for your time. :mad:

wow :icon14::mad::mad:

People these days take everything for granted. Talking on the phone while driving is bad, but at least your eyes are theoretically still up and on the road. Texting or emailing while driving is ridiculously dangerous ad irresponsible. Everyone's too self absorbed now and take for granted the fact that they are in a moving 1.5-2 ton piece of machinery that can easily cause serious damage or harm.

Yeah those young teenage girl drivers are ridiculous.. especially the ones with daddy's money. A group of them in an Acura RSX ran a red light and got hit by an ambulance of all things.. and spun out and crashed into my buddy's car. The skanks were acting IMPATIENT while waiting for the tow trucks and police to come. They were actually like, "Well if we hurry this up we can at least still make it to the club." :confused:

You should claim whiplash and take some extra bucks for your trouble, and get some new rims or something :tup: Get her insurance to skyrocket so high no one will take her. One less douche on the road. :excited:

Oh man, I would have snapped if that happened to me and they had attitudes.

lol I dont do it all the time, only when they are about to kill me, plus it teaches them a lesson, because after that they are driving very safe. plus if they hit me its their fault, my bumper automatically is their fault.

America is road rage, it should have a sign when you come to the country...AMERICA HOME OF ROAD RAGE.

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The problem is that with airbags, traction control, etc.; we've effective eliminated Darwinism. As cold-hearted as it might sound, I think if there were more traffic fatalities and serious injuries then people might respect driving a lot more.

I really wish people in general would realize that road rage would go down significantly if the driving skill of most drivers went up. A prime example are the idiots doing 5 under in the fast lane on the highway. This just provokes the road rage response.

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While I had the Z the worst offenders for trying to bait me into a run or tailgate me were Infiniti G's followed by GTi's. Now with the new car its much worse.

Well here we go again...was driving home from the gym yesterday and this early 90's BMW 3 series zooms up from behind and paces itself with my car. This at one time was a glossy yellow but now has turned dull matte and ugly. Some lame body kit and a loud single exhaust and the guy is just flat staring into my car. He isnt even watching the road, just staring into the car. I glance over and laugh and then continue listening to the radio. I slowed down a little so I could get away from this tool. Then he starts to slow down hard, then take off as quick as his car can go, leaving a cloud of **** behind his beater. He does this about 5 times I Guess wanting me to give it some gas too. This guy practically followed me home trying to get me to race I suppose. Haters gonna hate.

Perhaps he was late for his MENSA meeting.

They may not want to tail gate the Z/28...In the past i have done a 4000RPM clutch dump..

I can rip up the roadway with ease.....I will pepper the guy with hundreds of pieces of Tar..

The last guy had to use his high beams in the daylight to get through the smoke..

he followed me and told me i was going to paint his car..i told him i just did..

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I hope all texters while driving crash in walls and harm no one but their cars.:tup: .

People like this should lose their license and be forced to pay for cabs.