So here I wakeup early today and decide to go out for alittle early morning cruise. First stoplight I get to a yellow 95' mustang needs to try to race me. So I let him waste his rubber on the pavement while I take of slow from the stoplight. Then halfway down the road a red 86-88' mustang tries to race me also. All this racing stuff gets old fast. Im about at the point where im gonna flip the person off or yell some sort of foul langauge at him. I cant even drive my fiero in peace without some fool trying to race me. I might just start reporting them to the police......

[This message has been edited by Racer 1 (edited 12-24-1999).]

All this from a guy named RACER1

ironic, isn't it?

Wouldn't a Fiero be "plast"ic

Just race his ass and be done with it..
;o)

Phil: You sir are a "card"! Just wanted to say I appreciate your unique sense of humor! Would love to see your cars.

Man having Mustangs Challenge you? I have only had one car challenge me and that was a Ford thunderbird supercoupe with the supercharger. Of course I put the smackdown on him.

All my other street races I have had to instigate. I guess it might be because my car doen't look like much in the speed department. I would love to have more challengers as I am tired of being the one to challenge all the time. Why can't things like this happen to me? I consider you one lucky person although you have stated you opinion quite clearly.

Merry Christmas everyone!

i wonder if his plates say "racer 1" ?

Well OK!
I have to respect RACER1's position!
Often we are branded, demiscriminated against just because of what we drive. How many of you have gotten the evil eye of the local law enforcement agency, just because of what we drive? I my friends go by the name dogtired, so what would that have to do with the way I drive? Granted I am an old fart and most challanges when driving I igore. Ocasionally Ill drop the hammer, just to prove I still have what I built? Haven't lost yet, but choose my battles.
Dont take me wrong folks, I am a true believer in "to each their own".
Lets just keep out machines on the road and have fun in our own ways.
I may have tore a hole in the seat of my flame suit, but I have it on!

[This message has been edited by dogtired (edited 12-25-1999).]

Hello, dog, you old fart! Some of us get the evil eye from the local law enforcement agents just because we are we (um..because I am I...no, because me is I...no, that's not it either. What I mean is: because me am him...aw, forget it!)

You could do what I do when I'm not in the mood to be bugged about racing, which is most of the time. Seen too much gristle on the road to be interested in being a grease spot. Last week, on my way home on the freeway, a Plymouth Neon pulled alongside, speeded up, slowed, matched. I looked over, and then laughed. I made sure the guy could see me, and kept on laughing and slapping the steering wheel. The look on his face was priceless. He drove off, leaving me alone. Now, in this case the laugh was appropriate, and I really wasn't faking it, but it has worked for me many times.

If you really want the racer in the next lane to leave you alone, wait til you get up to about 30mph, look him dead in the eye, and mash on your gas just long enough to chirp the tires. He'll think, "If he can do that, I'd better not race him." Or just do what I do. Look him dead in the eye, give him a big wink, and pick your nose. Either way he'll stop trying to race.

Or blow him kisses. But he might want a date then.

Rf, I've done the laughing thing before. and it works wonders to p!$$ someone off! Usually I'll do it to the kids in the wannabe's, you kow the civic's with the rollerskate offsets, or the muffler? I love the reaction, and now that my Gt is on jack stands, I still find myself doing it from my Jeep

I don't mean to sound rude, but if you feel this way about racing, then why is your name racer 1? It doesn't make very much sense to me.

Some racers feel that racing should be done at the race tracks, which makes sense.

Silver Bullet has a point... Doesn't anybody see the irony there? ;o) Just joking with you Racer.

well, sometimes i will sit there, revving like they do, then when it turns green, mash back into my seat (like really accelerating fast) and do a second gear start. done this three times, once the guy got a ticket

That's pretty good. Or, if no-one else is around, you can throw it in reverse like in Back to The Future.