Had to prove how "grown-up" I am yesterday. Actually conseded a little street race to a ricer. Man, I hate that! What are you gonna do though? Jenny (7) and Matt (4) sitting in the back seat, da wife riding shotgun - there was just NO way to mash the loud pedal and spank rice-boy and his tin can full of angry bees. It would have been so good too - I even had a load of groceries in the trunk - probably would helped hook 'er up. Any advice as to how to handle this situation in the future will be appreciated.
Sounds like you handled it perfectly. You'll have plenty of opportunities to spank that jap a$$ in the future, when your alone.
Handled just right...no need to risk injury to the kids. Sometimes just gotta show some restraint...nothing wrong with that. :TU:
Just think how cocky they'll be if you should run into them again. It'll make the victory oh so much sweeter.............
You did the right thing it's not worth it with the kids in the car. :TU: Or having your wife give you the death stare for it! At least that's what my wife would do! :af: (why do you do things like that I don' t understand you!):grin: The rice piliot knows deep down you could have stomped him! It just take longer to relize it over all that crapy music!:laugh: Jason
You could've done a big smoky right in his face! Those are fairly harmless................:laugh: and since you'd be sitting still theres no chance for injury!:eek2:
Just like a dope-head remembers his first hit....I remember every time I got that giddy feeling of speed in my stomache as a kid. Cars kept me too broke to get to that first hit thing.... But then again I remember my mom pounding on my dad to slow down one time....we mighta been going 80mph o No:
You don't have to "floor-it" to beat those ricers, just give that big 455 just enough gas to beat him ! The wife and kids may not even realize that you are racing :Brow: :laugh: :Brow:
You did the right thing you set a good example .... besides you avoided the verbal abuse when the trunk is opened and the grocerys are all over the place. Next time will be sweet! :TU:
God, If it was me with my wife and kids in the car. SHE would have said , smoke the ricer. good self control Tim
You guys sure made me laugh! My little boy actually tells me about "arguments" he has with other kids at his school regarding the "fact" that his dad's car is the fastest in town. Where he gets this, I have know idea.
Most females just don't understand that smokin the tires and running our beats loud and fast is FUN. I'm around 3 and each one states the same thing. You drive to fast.. You takeoff to fast.. What's fun about smokin the tires? Why do you like puddles? Your cars too loud.. It's to big.... UGH!!! With reference to the puddles, it make for a bit of fun on dry pavement to hit it just as you leave the water.. :grin: Good call tho with the wife and kids in there. :TU: Even if she didn't ream ya when you toasted the rice-eater, there'd be hell when the trunk opened.. ou:
Argue with my daughter, too... But she is silly enough to think that a fart can is fast 'cuz it will do 120!! :af: :blast: Gonna have to get her a car in spring. Thinking a REAL car and then she will know fast.:laugh: I had an old '68 Dodge Polara 4 door with 383 4 bbl and a 2.30:1 8 3/4 rear. Got stopped in Illinois with a Sentra on a dolly doing 130+. Just wonder what the top end would have been with a 200R4 behind it.:eek2: Never did figure out what the top end was, Damned glovebox kept getting in the way of the speedo. Maybe my bro Eric can shed some light on the top end issue. He drove the wheels off of it while I was in Alaska. And he was less afraid of dying than I was, so he may have pushed it a little harder.ou:
What were you thinking?! You should've cranked your dual 12-inchers up to about 700 watts and made that ricer's rear view mirror vibrate! Then you needed to slump down in your seat and put one arm over the steering wheel and casually groomed your chin with your other hand. If that didn't scare him, then you could have purged your fake nitrous system (the kit you bought for $430 that makes it look like you have nitrous) out the hood scoops! I'm sure he would've been shaking in his sneakers at that point and never even considered racing you. :moonu:
