[sigh...]

Many cars can go fast, but few can do it with the style and grace of an SVX.

So true! Going fast is 1/2 the fun, getting there in style is the other 1/2! :D

-Chike

Driving Too Fast
 

Porter will verify my driving habbits. I drive very fast. Not that its a good thing to treat other cars as orange cones or obstacles on the highway (actually, I avoid "weaving" through traffic), but I generally drive at high-speed often. I can help it, but don't want to. Its not that I out to prove anything or wish for tickets, ...no, it's just a general joy for speed.

Generally I will gun it without changing gears between "groups" of cars on the highway and pass other cars at acceptable speeds.

Driving this way makes many people want to race me, especially since my SVX is red with bronze 18" shoes. However, I don't care if I am passed. Generally speaking, it would not be wise to try and pass me, ...as my braking power and suspension mods make it easier for me to manuver, should there be a "situation." Generally I get some idiots in acuras or altimas that feel they must prove their car is capable of passing mine. If I see one of these idiots, I will usually slow down, which makes them feel proud...but every now and again...when the street is open and they've been asking for it...I let her loose and "bye-bye."

I'll never grow up, I'm sure of it.

arondale
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Re: Driving Too Fast
 

Relative to this particular topic, that speaks volumes.

dcb

Re: Re: Driving Too Fast
 

I'm gonna have to agree and resemble that remark.:D

Just being honest. When one of the first cars I drove was my dad's award-winning '66 Fastback with a bored Chevy 350 with a GMC 4-71 blower bolted atop of it....tied to a turbo 400 tranny with a kenne-bell switch pitch dual-stall speed manually controlled torque converter....a youngster's initial impression of the "automobile" is "Gee, so this is a fast car." This inaccurate depiction of one's normal view of a fast car is then seeded into my psychie...as deep down I know I am always going to try to relive that childhood feeling in my own car...which will never happen.

Having a dad who owns a couple of "one-of-a-kind" cars that make one want to re-invent the "oh shyt" bar is part of reason I blame him for my heavy foot.

arondale

I just blame it on my etremely quick reflexes and that feeling I get that everything is moving too slowly.

This is one matter I rarely had reason to ponder when driving a wheezing GL wagon or a rust-bucket Legacy sedan.


dcb

The way you can count the hours as the lines on the road pass by at 65 after you've been going *moderately faster* for a while? You feel like everything around should be buzzing around, and the fact that it's all standing still is just horribly bothersome?




I have no idea what you're talking about....

:D

With the memory of driving through Atlanta on I-75 yesterday fresh in my mind: You're right about 65 seeming dreadfully slow. Running 85 down there is barely stayin' out of the way. And the best part is, if you can't read the odometer of the car in front of you, you're too far back.


dcb

Actually when I drove an Esprit last month I accepted challenges from everyone who dared.:)

I won them all, of course:cool:


Yep, sure do miss that car!


Dave

Which, of course, you have a record of measuring, and therefore cause to call them 'extremely quick.' ;)

I'm sure that would get old. I have faith that a car like that would turn me into an [even more] arrogant snob very quickly. :) I'm comfortable with that.

I don't understand the appeal of racing in a straight line. If I'm not braking hard enough to uproot inside aft paw, I'm not racing. If my tyres aren't talking to me through the corner, I'm not racing. If a full on throttle exit wouldn't put me into the weeds, I'm not racing. If all I'm doing is pushing the pedal on the far right all the way down, I'm not racing.

It's for the timeslip at the end! Drag racing is cool when you're making 16-13 sec passes in the 1/4, but by the time you drop down to the 11's or 10's, you're talking about some serious speed!

It's kinda like an amusement park ride - why do people line up for hours just to take a ride that sometimes lasts for less than 10 seconds? It's all about the rush it gives you! :)

-Chike

P.S. Personally, I like to go drag racing to spend some time alone. There's also a certain satisfaction I get whenever I run a new personal best. Something about concentrating at the line, cutting a good light and racing your opponent until the end. :D