Why does every rice burner wants to compete with my Porsche?

[chgolatin2]

Well, summer time is almost here (atleast in Chicago) anyway my baby has been in storaged for the whole winter, did an oil change, cleaned her up, waxed her up etc.

It seems that everytime I drive there is always some punk that wants to race especially the rice burners. I dont have the quickest and fastest Porsche but for some reason I feel that at times I need to prove my point and leave these suckers with the dust. I shake my head when these little 4 cylinders cars pull next to me and rev up their engines, also, the 6 cylinders as well. Many times I dont even pay attention to them and I guess that drives them CRAZY. Does anyone experience the same issue? Sad isnt it?

I have the Boxster S with a new exhaust, short shift kit, headers and intake, new 19 inch wheels looking to chip the car soon however I am saving my money for that since it is a bit costly. Honestly, I dont even know how much hp gains I have gain my doing those simple mods but I could tell the difference.

I am looking at upsolute for my engine performance software chip....

[SC986]

There is another member on the forum that lives close to me in the next city. I asked him if he experienced this and he said never, me I get it everytime I go out.

He lives in a more affluent area and there are more Porsches and such, where as I hardly see any so I think that is the reason.

For me it's not just the Ricers, I get it from Mustangs whatever. I had a Mustang last Saturday slam on brakes so he would not make it through the light. He revs, takes off on the green. He then works very hard to get in front of me, then keeps gunning it and pulling off.

Finally when stopped at the next light, I blew my horn at him and when he looked in the rearview mirror, I just clapped for him! He flipped me off

[Topless]

Happens to me all the time (Guards Red Box). You name it: rice racers, motorcycles, Vettes, Classic Hot Rods they all want a Porsche notch in their seat belt. If I do find myself at a red light with some hotshot next to me revving his motor I look over, give him the nod and rev mine back. When the light turns green I just let him go as I slowly, quietly pull away from the light. Very satisfying indeed. What a Bozo!

[JackG]

It doesn't happen that much to me. A few days ago a young guy in a Chevy S-10 truck really hauled it to catch up to me (I entered a 4 lane from a side road at a light), then pulled up beside me and rev'd his engine while challenging me to race.

I laughed and waved at him, and he sped off just to turn a few hundred yards down the road.

Mostly I just drive the car the way I want to, without letting other drivers change my day. Works better that way for me. Ignore, or make fun of the idiots.

[super66]

Originally Posted by JackG

It doesn't happen that much to me. A few days ago a young guy in a Chevy S-10 truck really hauled it to catch up to me (I entered a 4 lane from a side road at a light), then pulled up beside me and rev'd his engine while challenging me to race.

I laughed and waved at him, and he sped off just to turn a few hundred yards down the road.

Mostly I just drive the car the way I want to, without letting other drivers change my day. Works better that way for me. Ignore, or make fun of the idiots.

no way...same exact scenario coming home from the movies with my wife...some beat down chevy truck just reving his engine at me at a light....my wife and I started cracking up......he hauled to catch me as well...no race...ruined the poor saps evening

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by Topless

When the light turns green I just let him go as I slowly, quietly pull away from the light. Very satisfying indeed. What a Bozo!

That's how you gotta do it! I can't wait till one of these times a cop is just around the corner and one of these punks gets fined.

[brp987]

got my '01 S a month ago. I hadn't driven it a mile when one of those 10 ft tall fat ass/small weenie compensator trucks pulls along side and begins to chirp his tires. It had begun to rain and I was trying to find out how to close the windows. I got the box just for weekend cruising, so I'm thinking I'm not going to waste my time with him. He's gonna have to burn a tank of gas and create a Santa Ana to get that thing to triple digits. I do most of my miles on a liter bike, so I don't need that jerk to tell me what fast is. Just mashing the gas pedal is pretty low skill, anyways. But this has happened several times since then, too. Sometimes I just like to drive my old slow car so I don't have to deal with this.

[thegarage01]

Okay, not really, I had a 1992 Dodge Stealth Twin Turbo and then a 2002 WRX and I have had the same basic experience in all three cars. Although I find that it depends a little bit on my mood, if I’m in the mood for a race I see it, if not I tend not to notice.

I do remember chasing down a Carrera in my Stealth in Park City, UT… I pulled around him at a corner and waited for him to “take the bait.” Sure enough he pulled around me, I dropped it into second so he couldn’t pass me. Unfortunately I didn’t realize we were already doing about 65 (too busy checking my rearview) and going into second was a bad choice. The Stealth actually did about 80 to 85 in second but it was still a bad choice. He got in front of me and I chased him down for about 4 or 5 miles. He kept changing lanes so I couldn’t get around him. We ended up going over 110, maybe even 120, that Stealth was a fast car but I couldn’t get around him. He finally pulled off and I went about my evening.

Long story short, I have thought about that night a lot (this was about 8 years ago), man was that stupid. I’ve grown up a little since then.

Second long story short, I think that anytime you drive a car that someone thinks is “hot” and in turn think that they are also “hot”, they are going to try and race.

[threpwood]

I just ignore those irresponsible punk. Racing on the street is for ****************************s with tiny prick IMO. Their lack of will and guts to bring it on the race track proves the point.

[986rgt]

reading some of the honda and other rice forums where they have a "BURN" section. You get some kid with a civic bragging how he roasted a P-car or a vette, and you gotta wonder, was this in a parking lot, racing a Porsche or vette that was parked?! its funny, even if you don't race them, I bet in their mind they just smoked your @ss! I had some guy in a rusted out 80's astrovan one day pull up next to me at a light and start revving his motor. I looked over at him and he just started laughing. At least he knew what a joke it was!
I also get all the kids trying to get me to do burnouts at every corner too. Do these kids know how much our tires and clutches cost?!

Steve

[David N.]

Yeah, I don't get SUV attitude at all. I've actually had all black Tahoes and Escalades try to race my bike. There was one time on the freeway with no traffic at all, I was coming up on him not too much faster, and he sped up to stay ahead. Yeah Mr. SUV, maybe you have yer engine bored out or a blower in there somewhere, but it's annoying to have to remind them that they better be beating Enzos to have a chance against a decent sportbike.

That of course was in my first few unwise encounters. Since then I've also learned such SUVs are fearless and reckless, and I keep my distance in case they try to remind me they have an 8 to 1 weight advantage in a collision.

-David

[Boxtaboy]

Funny thing is that here in my area, the ricers are not the ones who want to race me, but instead, the SUVs, pickup trucks, and luxury sedans that want to have a go at stoplights.

[c_warpspeed]

The porsche has always been the benchmark of fine craftsmanship. Naturally, folk will want to put their crap up against it. Take it as a compliment.
I usually wave or nod. No sense poking fun at a potential wackjob. Road rage I do not need.

[Suz]

There was a lovely article on line comparing the MR2 to the Acura NSX. I would love to see a comparison of a stock 95 turbo MR2 to a Boxster, in cornering ability, specifically. We know the S would be the turbo.....in flat out speed. I have true affection for that little rice burner. Long live the MR2!

[funster]

I love the people who floor it as you are passing them on a two lane.

[chpanther69]

i actually had a guy on a 2000 kawasaki 250 ninja try and race me at a light, when we got to the next light i realized it was a kid i used to go to school with. he was shocked that my boxster could beat a bike. so i envited him to my house real quick. i jumped on my cbr 929, let him drive my car and we went to the school parking lot. i had him floor it for about 1/4 mile, when he got done he swore no bike could ever touch it. so thats when my 929 came in. i jumped on it and had him floor it again, but this time i was riding next to him, up on one wheel the entire time, lol. i really dont have a point to this story, i just liked the look on his face when i showed him the amazing power of the porsche against his ninja 250, and the amazing force of real bike against a porsche. guess i kinda taught him a lesson.

[humara]

Originally Posted by chpanther69

i jumped on my cbr 929, let him drive my car and we went to the school parking lot. i had him floor it for about 1/4 mile

at the end of the 1/4 mile, you were doing over 100 mph in a school parking lot? or just really near the school parking lot? nice work.

[saaber]

Of course this has been going on for as long as there has been cars. From 50's drag races to 60's muscle cars to until as long as there are fast cars. I think it's in the male psyche. The car is an extension of yourself and the Porsche projects an image to others which makes them feel, how shall I say, "inferior", so they have to gun it to show how machismo they are no matter what kind of POS they drive. It's in the genes.

2 other things affecting this I think are the "2 fast, 2 furious" movies which brought the race "subculture" to any tenager with a beat up CRX or civic (cheap citroens in europe). Also our "credit" culture which lets said tenager buy 20" wheels with rubber band tires on credit at Les Schwab.

So what do you do? To me I say have fun with it. Would it be better to have lifeless drones in 4 door buicks doing 5 mph under the speed limit all the time? For those beat up POS cars I just smile and let them go by and for those with something fun and if I'm in the mood on a remote road, give it a go!

To me the image is one of the neat things about the boxster. I was driving in downtown portland 2 days ago and 2 diff. people said "Nice Porsche" as I drove by and one guy driving rolled down his window and asked what kind of car it was. Loving life in a fun car that evokes a reaction just makes life so much more interesting than plodding along the interstate in a boring taurus. So be thankfull for what you have!

[iflyadesk]

I agree that racing another sports car is as natural as breathing for competitive people. Before I raced on the track, I raced on the street. I look back now and realize how utterly stupid that was, but at the time, I was very into it. If any of you got buzzed by some dumb kid in a beat up CRX 10 yrs ago, that was probably me.

Most recently, I had a 247whp miata, and though I wouldn't go looking for races, if some fart-can equipped civic with 20" rims started revving their engine at me, I would show them what a 12sec pass looks like.

Now, I love squeezing every last tenth of a second I can get out of a course, and if there's someone close to my speed, I'll race them. It's just nice to have safety equipment, corner workers, one way traffic, competent drivers, and no cops!

[Brucelee]

Do us all a favor and stick to the track for your racing. Those of us you DON"T kill will appreciate it!