hahha ricer

[wild1poet2]

Originally Posted by ephidaboost

I guess I've witnessed too many of these guys flying in and out of traffic inches from my bumper w/music blasting. Fast and Furious is playing on repeat in these kids head. There ARE still guys who tinker on their cars like they did 30 years ago... but these arent those guys. Most ricers arent even motorheads at all, ask one about his cam. They just want to look fast, and drive as fast as their I4 will take them. To the .01% of honda enthusiasts that truly tune and repect their car and other drivers, I apologize.

Could be an east versus west difference. I see way more Bimmers, Lexus, Infiniti's, Audi, Volvo, MB's car jammin. Last night going home from work a 3 series Beemer cut across 3 lanes to get his exit forcing us all to hit the brakes. But I'm in the Boston area which is the 4th highest per capita income area. Ask the average Bimmer guy what a cam is? A guy at work with an Audi A4 had to have his car towed because his accelerator was malfunctioning. Turns out the floormat was pushed up against the pedal. He thought he had a sudden acceleration problem. My point is there are poseurs in all classes. The real deals are out there.

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by wild1poet2

Could be an east versus west difference. I see way more Bimmers, Lexus, Infiniti's, Audi, Volvo, MB's car jammin. Last night going home from work a 3 series Beemer cut across 3 lanes to get his exit forcing us all to hit the brakes. But I'm in the Boston area which is the 4th highest per capita income area. Ask the average Bimmer guy what a cam is? A guy at work with an Audi A4 had to have his car towed because his accelerator was malfunctioning. Turns out the floormat was pushed up against the pedal. He thought he had a sudden acceleration problem. My point is there are poseurs in all classes. The real deals are out there.

Amen, yes they are and they are different from what we did at their age, also. Guys now know more about engine mapping than crankshaft tolerances, for instance.

[lexuspilot]

The hard thing at anytime is finding something new..

I heard a guy (40ish) remarking about the dumb kids today that think stickers make cars go faster.

I wanted to say "your right they still do, just like your crane cams, holley, hooker, and K&N stickers did"

And at least were I live, usually when I see a vehicle driving wreckless and fast it is an old pick up with four different sized bald tires going way to fast and making way too much smoke from an engine that will only run excessively rich and full of oil.

[lexuspilot]

Putting a wing on car must be the hardest thing for a car designer to do well. It is obviously done poorly in most aftermarket applications.

Today on the way back from Gatlinburg I saw a neon with an aluminum wing on backwards...so that it would lift the back of that car at speed. The front lip of the wing was higher than the back.

Ooops

[ephidaboost]

Originally Posted by wild1poet2

Could be an east versus west difference. I see way more Bimmers, Lexus, Infiniti's, Audi, Volvo, MB's car jammin. Last night going home from work a 3 series Beemer cut across 3 lanes to get his exit forcing us all to hit the brakes. But I'm in the Boston area which is the 4th highest per capita income area. Ask the average Bimmer guy what a cam is? A guy at work with an Audi A4 had to have his car towed because his accelerator was malfunctioning. Turns out the floormat was pushed up against the pedal. He thought he had a sudden acceleration problem. My point is there are poseurs in all classes. The real deals are out there.

But just getting your car towed because of stupidity (or lack of knowledge) doesn't nessesarily make you a poser. If he wears an audi racing jacket, a "look at me" mod and always has a new kill story, like most ricers do, then he would qualify. I live in a city where there are massive amounts of low income families, breeding the poser ricer image, and leaving me with a sour taste in my mouth of these types of drivers. I know it's different other places, you guys are lucky.