Vizi

Mazda 3 and Honda Civic owners try to race me constantly. Especially Mazda 3. What is this all about? I mean seriously, without mods these cars are strictly commuter cars. An 07 tl-s is way more powerful. Does anyone else notice this?

mu1980

Maybe they're just trying to get you to waste gas.

If I see a car next to me that I think wants to race, I never give them any indication that I want to play along. They can do whatever they want when the light turns green, I'm not going to play. Doing so would suggest that I care what they think about my car's performance.. I don't.

Vizi

I agree. I've learned long ago how to put my ego on a shelf. My racing days are way over. It's just kind of annoying.

jeowen

well said...however i do find it hard to say no to the 3.5, when another car is provoking the wrath, especially if it were a Mazda 3 or Civic...ahha

javamanbill

A stock MazdaSpeed 3 could more than hold its own against the TL with a 263HP turbo engine.

vinnier6

iTrader: (1)

the mazda speed is a different car....

clavodulce16

I just look at them like if i'm going to/ when light turn green i let them drive off. But this one time i was on my way to JFK airport and this guy on a Audi 8 kept flishing his hi beam. SO i moved out the way and he move behind me and flashed again. SO I HAD TO OPEN MY VTEC. he didnt catch up becuase is was a curvy road. i guess his not as good of a driver But that was the only time I promise.

TeknoKing

I don't bother racing on streets, those few blocks of exhilaration is not worth a hefty ticket.

If I see a douche ricer going around everyone and cutting everyone one off, and he is about to do it to me, I just pressed the gas leaving him scratching his head...that's it.

Safety first.

The riced out civics/legends are very popular in NYC, and all of them think they are driving a supercharged supra....I just can't define the logic of putting 10-20K of mods in to a 1k car. Looks crappy, feels crappy, hey, but it's fast....Congrats! lol

Tripnbeats

MOFOS got hate in their blood. I see integras always trying to race droppin clutch revving high....its like dude... stop ur making too much noise...and ur still not going anywhere its like they are standing still.

Tripnbeats

yo tek..... how about they buy the car for 500 and drop a million into the system into the system......WTF!!!!!!? lol

jumbosizeme79

HA, dude i totally knwo what your talking about.. i live in atlanta and bunch of ricey civics always want to race me... most of the time i let it go... but not all ^^

LyfeIs

I get that crap a lot from the old matchbox Jettas and older 3-series. Never anything worthy of the V-Tech. Only once did a CTS-V tempt me but I knew better.

leopwr

Jersey is pretty bad as well........I even had an older gentlemen (he had grey hair) with a maxima pull up next to me and revved the engine a couple of times to get me to race...I guess he wanted a little Adrenaline rush on his way to the office.......so I gave him what he wanted a good start from the light, but then I let him go..... Safety First....don't need any tickets or crashes

Tripnbeats

yea i Love eggin them on at the light.....rev a lil give it a go and gently push into 2nd n let them get the tickets and into accidents.

Bearcat94

I've noticed it too.

Especially after I debadged the decklid.

It's like I hung Flashing Sign back there that says "Let Race!!".

Execpt for the one or two truely obnoxious ones, I ignore 'em. But I think I'm liking the "egg them on, then leave them hanging" strategies.

witt

Ok, I've got to jump in here for a second, I've raced a few cars that I was surprised to have beaten, 1 was a Porsche Boxster (I had to, she was hot), a riced out Subaru WRX, and a beauitiful 69 Camaro that sounded great. I didn't win or lose against the Camaro, we were neck and neck the whole time. I've got a stock 07TL-S 5AT

TeknoKing

This strategy works great, especially when there is a cop near by, which they don't see.

I will egg them on, the moment they peel out a cop pulls them over, I've done that twice, lol.

It's considered reckless driving to peel out on a green light.

I just don't see a point of racing on city streets, simply because I don't trust the other drivers.

TeknoKing

Regular Boxsters are slow... WRX has a lot of balls, they can keep up.

69 Camaro? This thing will eat a TLS. I don't play with such American RWD muscle

witt

You could tell it was a small block, sitting behind it, you could smell the fuel so it was running rich, but it sounded great, and I know he went home afterwards pretty upset that this beauitiful 4 door kept up with his weekend driver.

clavodulce16

Dude,
Maxima's have alot of power under their hood. My top speed was 140mph i got video on youtube. that was stock with 3 passengers. but some ass whole totalled. here the pic

HONgDA

iTrader: (1)

did he just say "v-tech"?!

i don't do it unless i'm provoked or it's driving antics quirk the hell outta me.

LyfeIs

vtech is actually an IT company I've dealt with in the past. I meant VTEC.

leopwr

No doubt maximas have allot of power I wasn't disrespecting them, a couple of my friends have them......
I just thought it was funny to have an older gentlemen try to race me..... I usually see a much younger type of person doing stuff like that....

OUCH!!! THAT IS A NASTY THING TO HAPPEN....I hope you weren't in the car when that happen.......

woobs-tl

[QUOTE=clavodulce16]Dude,
Maxima's have alot of power under their hood. My top speed was 140mph i got video on youtube. that was stock with 3 passengers. but some ass whole totalled.

What does the TL or TL-S top out at? Anyone know?

skyeliu

Well, at least you guys have Mazda 3 and Civic, I get some annoying Toyota Prius trying to race me, trying to cut in front of me, and trying to block me almost every single day!! I HATE TOYOTA !!

TeknoKing

LoL!!! I get the same on Staten Island expressway, those freaken Priuses in the Left lane, I HATE that! F*ck, just because you like going 40mph, it doesn't mean you can regulate everyone else behind you....I just hate slow mos in the left lane.

korrupted

LOL the SI Exp sux donkey b*lls.
All those slo ass mofos in the left lane cuz they know the Goethals exit is on the left, but they don't know that you can also exit from the middle. They need to open up that HOV lane to 75+mph drivers.

TeknoKing

korrupted, working in NJ, I sit thru SI Expressway every freaken day....by the time I hit the belt, I want to physically strangle and rip a few heads off.

That HOV lane, when they opened it at first I thought it was a smart idea, until it became Buses Only....wtf!? And the tolls are going up.

clavodulce16

[QUOTE=woobs-tl]

I dont know yet. My top is 110mph. nothing else. I will increase little by little

blkaspec

[QUOTE=woobs-tl]
i think its around 150mph, at least the 04-06 is. but for some reason i think its lower for the newer models.

witt

I've done 125 or so, I've heard of 148 being the governed speed.

LyfeIs

One of the top 3 reasons I moved from there to here.

I was at a breaking point, ready to snap, sitting in that senseless traffic everyday. Not only that, but having to take a train or a bus after sitting in traffic for over an hour. Fk that.

kosstick

155 or something ...148 no way...

TLyoung'un

That's pretty messed up..

TeknoKing

It's not messed up, it teaches them to stop trying to race anything that moves on the street.

Maybe the more tickets they will get, maybe they will start to realize that drag racing belongs on a track or on a safe empty road.

Besides, real racers, pay attention to their surroundings, I look all around me before I hit the gas...so its their fault.

JAB00

I can't say that I remember any ricers trying to race me in San Antonio TX. Firstly it's mostly highway driving. Secondly pickups and SUVs are king here. Those folks know that they'd be eating dust every time.

gauravp123

LOL you guys are hilairous with your icons and emoticons

especially "V-TECH" i was cracking out loud and clapping

VTECH IS A CORDLESS PHONE MANUFACTURER

gauravp123

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korrupted

Case in point, on my way home today on the Belt Pkwy, all I could think was "Please don't hit me with your $2,000 Celica"
Why do you need to cut in and out in rush hour traffic?
I still beat him to the same exit driving normally,
Then he has the balls to cut me off to make a turn. Are you such a f*tard, this is NYC, do you even think someone may be psycho and do something to you cuz you're driving like a tard?

jetblakTL

I find I've gotten harrassed to race a lot more since I installed the Greddy exhaust. In my case, it's usually A4s, maximas, and sometime sentra Spec-V or VI or whatever. A4s and maximas have a good amount of pop, but they are too heavy. When I 1st got the TL, I smoked an A4 on the LIE one night and then watched NYHP pull him over behind and I took off and got off at the next exit. After that, I just mostly let people go now. I was really getting pissed a few weeks ago at an older sentra SE-R that kept messing with me on the Southern State Pkwy. I was getting ready to get in dat a$$ when he shifted gears next to me and I heard what sounded like a blow-off valve . I figured I still might have been able to take him, but I probably would have had to push like 130 to do it, so I let him go... I got kids, man... not worth it....