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Old Apr 8, 2002
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is racing cars you know are slower wrong or just fun?

i was watching the video of the new SI, and i saw him race and destroy the KIA and i wondered to myself, is it wrong to race cars that you know are slower, or just fun? I raced a 88-91 Civic hatchback si that i knew i would kill and did so, and started to laugh. Was i wrong for even excepting the guys chalange or did he diserve it?
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If they challenge you, bring it. Last month when I was at the track, I had a Kia Sephia challenge me. Put up a good fight too.
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some people race just to boost ego and or soemtimes, getting satisfaction of knowing they can beat something, or accomplish other things in ther life. i tend to do that, but i don't do it by racing (it's like my friend who got raped by a vett one night at the track, then he went out rest of the night racoing old people[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] )
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I say race whoever wants to race. Last night I spanked a Hyundai Elantra. They have 13 more ponies than us EX owners, and I still beat on him. BTW both my car and his are 5 speed. Also I raced a 300zx N/A and spanked that too. So if people wanna try and act hard, just remember, a car is only fast if you know how to drive it. BTW I have no mods(yet). Look for a turbo project very very soon.
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I say race whoever you can...just NOT on the street!!
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Is it wrong, well I guess so.
Is it fun?, hell yeah. Just fun to put the crappier cars in their place.
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Wrong, naah, not if they ask for it. I wouldn't go around searching out Beetles and Rios, though. There's just no challenge. . .
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I think it is fun racing people and winning, i will race anything, but if CentralJersey7thGen raced a 300zx NA, and won, that is a lot of bs, i have a friend that has one, when he bought it, it was misused, when he brought it back to how it should be, i raced him again and he just smoked me. But i love racing my ex auto against other cars, and thinking to myself, if my civic can beat you, you are just pathetic...
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i race slower cars all the time. point is, they dont know they are the slower car... till later. If its a stock GSR or something though, its not usually worth my time less the guys being dumb.
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As far as that 300ZX goes, it depends on the year. I had an '85 that was slow as *****, but the '90 and up 300ZX is quite a bit faster.
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i say if the guy is being a ***** and thinking hes all fast then test him.........u have nothing to lose cuz civic are always the underdog usually....and if u beat a car thats suppose to be faster than a civic u can just laugh.....
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yeah I agree with bluelle...if they other guy/girl is trying to race..then sh&t by all means put them in their place..but if it is a girl...let her win..then take her out that night
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I don't think it's wrong..I mean with our cars you never know what is slower. Personally I don't race tho..imho I think it's pretty stupid
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It's not fun for me because I get beat by almost everything on the road. [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]
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<< I say race whoever wants to race. Last night I spanked a Hyundai Elantra. They have 13 more ponies than us EX owners, and I still beat on him. BTW both my car and his are 5 speed. Also I raced a 300zx N/A and spanked that too. So if people wanna try and act hard, just remember, a car is only fast if you know how to drive it. BTW I have no mods(yet). Look for a turbo project very very soon. >>



u spanked a 300 zx? ROFL... he probably felt sorry for ya and let u win.. i call that BS.
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Yeah I have people always think they can beat me off the line and try to get in my lane like in the merge from 2 lanes into one, those people just irritate me so I put them in their place. Some lady in a IS 300 tried to do it and I put her in her place the other day then a Neon wanted to race me and I got him hyped up and didn't do it LOL [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] Going to look at my new rims was more important LOL

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