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s2knott silly guy

Ray said:
no warnings for telling true tales of why we don't allow it.

And TECHNICALLY, you can't "legally" pull away hard.. Its called "excessive acceleration" and carries a ticket/fine as well, even if you are WELL under the speed limit.
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actually, here in florida, its a 113.50 dollar fine called "exhibition of speed/acceleration"! Trust me on that one, was doing 40 in a 45 when the cop pulled me over. I was like, there was no way I was speeding, but he said that after I started going, he coudl tell I got on it through first and partially into second, so hit his lights before I continued. Exhibition of acceleration was the ticket, I didnt think it was illegal as long as you didn't burn the tires. He told me thats called unsafe start, and everything besides driving like a grandma is technically illegal... he was making a point with me though! Jerk!
 
zorrex said:
Well from my experience (not getting pulled over for it ever...)
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that doesn't mean anything: I've never gone to jail for the porn I look at.. but.. uh...... I mean........ wait.. so... uhm..



WOW.. its hot in here..
 
I think its fair to only talk about racing if its on the track. You can prove it if you whoop someone there. Just think if there was a section on here for street racing how many ridiculous stories would be posted. You can always post vids to streetfire.net and I'm sure a lot of people from this forum would see them... plus you would have a much larger audience.. I mean that would be the ultimate goal of posting a street racing story to brag and boast about it to as many people as possible right :shrug:
 
I will add my 2cents to this, i used to be a probe owner and i street raced all the time. After i got my SVT i quit street racing b/c to me its not worth getting a ticket and then paying double my insurence b/c its not like insurence isnt expensive as it is for an SVT.
But as far as saftey goes, i dont hear too much about people dieing in street racing. More people die driving under the influence than street racing. Plus i think its just as dangerous to be on a track than on the street. The track is better b/c it's legal and if you did crash they're are medics there to help immediatly(the street does not have that). Either way you look at it it's dangerous and people can and have died from it, but there is a right way and a wrong way to race.

As far as makeing a street racing section. Why support something that is illegal? it's like trying to make a section that supports (and convinces people) to smoke crack all the time. Its not cool, it is illegal, and there are consequences. So no, i do not support street racing and i do like the fact that this is a clean forum for ALL AGES.
 
Thanks for directing s2knott to newcougar... :nonono: He posted that he just "stumbled on" to our site, and then argued with someone about "tuning" and racing and such.

Just so everyone is aware, although we have a road tales section, but we are not hondacivicforums... sure, there are races posted, but lately, there have been plenty of arguments over racing, speeding, and so on. The general consensus is that street racing is completely wrong, but a blind eye can be turned for an occasional stoplight showdown.

In the future please don't send people to us that will cause trouble.
 
With all this talk of street racing shouldn't this thread be closed by now!? I know I'm feeling the urge to go out and race some poser *****es!
 
talk of the SUBJECT is not wrong.. they are debating their stance (which is perfectly acceptable) and the site is stating its position (which is completely immovable).

Nobody is talking about their personal stories, just their stance on the subject matter as a whole. So you can probably leave the moderating to me, okay?
 
look, I'm not pissed that you came to neco, just the manner that you did, and whoever followed you, "justanoob", to continue your fight... I'm not sure I see the point of all this though, what started the argument.
 
this thread is the "locked" thread the original poster is referring to. Nothing huge started it.. We simply have a "zero tolerance" position on street racing, both implied or proven. We don't allow speedo pictures (at any speed) nor talk of excessive speed while driving.. period.

all involved knew this, and still the comment(s) were made followed by "lock it if you must", as if that "undid" his blatant disregard for the rules HE agreed to when joining. Thus, I locked it, and this thread was born, and the argument ensued over what is fair.
 
I understand now, but in his defense, it doesn't look like anyone was saying anything about why racing should never take place on the street, why it is illegal, why it makes others look bad, etc... The kid was talking about a guy from his school, what do you think was going to happen, them go to a track to fight it out? Everyone just kept saying that the 3l would take the gsr, or the gsr would take the 3l... nothing about how svt are know to be faster, you needn't prove it...

I understand the rules around here, just don't understand why you all wouldn't condemn racing until after the fact, and it was pretty obvious reading through that thread that a race would take place.
 
Let's get this sucker locked plain and simple. Let me indulge on my tales, like the time I nearly beat a g35 ON THE FREEWAY zpping and dashing inbetween cars reaching nearly 120 MPH... MPH, or getting pwned by an SRT8, and trying to screw with an SER. Now we're done here. :crazy:
 
Well.. some can take the mature and rational approach.. like discussing things (such as the reply:)

Our member are sentient beings with thoughts and will power and the ability to control their actions, and their posts. This is why we don't lock any/every thread that looks like it MIGHT result in a street racing ending. Until it actually takes that turn, our members are allowed to utilize their best judgement. We don't micro-manage.

There are also those who CAN'T take the mature and rational approach. And this thread is treated as their own.. to do with as they please.. but it doesn't work that way.. fortunately, all that happens is that they receive an infraction, and possible ban. :D


SVT2000: infractions to follow for blatant violations, against previous warnings and posted rules. If you want to moderate a forum, you have to be a moderator, first. Leave the closings up to us, huh?
 
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Wait wait, the thead is my own to be treated as I wish.. but it isn't.. how's that work?

Do you get payed to be a mod here?
 
Contrapaul said:
Thanks for directing s2knott to newcougar... :nonono: He posted that he just "stumbled on" to our site, and then argued with someone about "tuning" and racing and such.

Just so everyone is aware, although we have a road tales section, but we are not hondacivicforums... sure, there are races posted, but lately, there have been plenty of arguments over racing, speeding, and so on. The general consensus is that street racing is completely wrong, but a blind eye can be turned for an occasional stoplight showdown.

In the future please don't send people to us that will cause trouble.
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thats exactly why i sent him over there. cause i know theres arguments in the section. and was hoping someone would give his "street race" some bad nods to make a point that i was trying to make. that is all. please just be safe. and take it to the track.
 
Ray said:
Ford Taurus forums and "every other forum" also have childish, immature banter, grotesquely huge banners, signatures, foul language, and a general disdain for a welcoming attitude...
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I would just like to state that the above quote was not directed at TCCA, nor anything particular at that site. I have never been to the TCCA site, nor have I heard anything wrong with it.

The entire quote was taken as an aside to the comments about "other" forums having street racing forums. I simply left the "Taurus" name in there because it was relevant to S2Knott's comments.

Having re-read my original comment, it made it seem as though the TCCA was plauged by immaturish banter, and foul language, etc.. this is not the case, at least from what I've heard about it. I apologize for what seemed like a personal statement about the TCCA specifically, and would like to reiterate that the comment was a GENERAL statement about the VAST majority of forums on the internet. I just left the Taurus name in there to tie in to S2Knott's comment for relevance. The TCCA is in no way actually perceived this way.
 
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In my opinion...why do you even street race in a contour. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the hell out of my car and I do occasionally drive spirited...but the contour isn't a drag car. Racing on the street and bragging about it puts you on the same level as the honda boys with their folgers coffee can exhaust, 14 foot tall spoilers and 23 flip down/up/sideways lcds... They think that because there is a vtec sticker on the side of the car, that means that they are obligated to race every car they meet at a stoplight, even those with 8 more cylinders than them. Take it to a road track, or autoX track and then talk about it. It takes a lot more skill to turn left and right while going fast, and to be good at it. But of course, this is all of my opinion. Carry on with the worthless banter.
 
Sprebound said:
In my opinion...why do you even street race in a contour. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the hell out of my car and I do occasionally drive spirited...but the contour isn't a drag car. Racing on the street and bragging about it puts you on the same level as the honda boys with their folgers coffee can exhaust, 14 foot tall spoilers and 23 flip down/up/sideways lcds... They think that because there is a vtec sticker on the side of the car, that means that they are obligated to race every car they meet at a stoplight, even those with 8 more cylinders than them.
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its a lifesyle people buy into. it dosnt matter what kinda of car you have as ive been to these big meets at like 2 am. its just a lifestyle that some poeple like. im not into it.
 
Well...regardless...it takes more skill to race on a track than to go in a straight line. No matter what kind of race that it is, do it on a track. Getting a ticket and/or hurting/killing yourself isn't worth the risk. But feel free to do what you wanna do, no one is going to show sympathy for your lack of common sense.
 
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