So I'm on my way home from work tonight and made a stop at Sam's Club. Cabrio top is down and the car is loaded with the 24-pack of paper towels, Halloween candy, juice boxes for my kids, 24-pack of bar soap, etc...yeah I was looking pretty cool I bet.

Anyway, I come off the expressway ramp and end up next to these teenagers in a heavily modded, red Nissan Sentra with one of those $69 big exhaust pipes from Pep Boys. Total rice. The thing was blowing puffed rice cereal out the exhaust. (Actually, when he revved the engine flames came out.)

This thing had gauges all over the place, mounted on both the front window pillars and all over the dash. It looked plain silly.

So I decide to get away from these kids before one of the gauges explodes or they light my MINI on fire. I guess they saw my sudden acceleration as a challenge because they came in behind me and chased me down.

They then pulled alongside me and one of the kids says "Hey old man, let's see what that thing can do!" He revvs a few times and pulls away, thinking I'm gonna follow. I don't, and as he accelerates his back bumper partially falls off and starts dragging on the asphalt. I waved as I drove by.

Chalk one up for the Cooper and the "old man."

 

LOVE IT!! Tee-Hee!
When I get "challanged" at a signal, I'll squirm around in the seat, then as the opposing light goes yellow, I'll throw a huge rev and hold the RPM at 4000. When the light goes green, I drop the revs and crawl away slowly from the light. Gets 'em every time!
Jim

 

So once again, old age and treachery wins over youth and testicular energy

 

This happened today....

I was driving down a 4 lane hwy with a turn lane through a heavily built up shopping area (stores, strip malls, and fast food everywhere). Anyway, an old Honda Civic whizzed past me, then got in my lane. This thing was pretty clapped out, but it had decals all over it and a giant chrome exhaust tip (which was blasting out a lot of blue oil smoke). At the next redlight, the driver repeatedly revved the little car up.... My buddy told me that he was really gonna show us something when the light turned green.....

He had it at redline when the light changed and he launched! I took off normally, did the 1-2 shift just shy of 3000 rpm (probably ~2750)....then I had to stab the brakes because I almost ran up his gargantuan exhaust pipe....WTF??!? How does something make that much dang noise and be so slow when he was OBVIOUSLY trying? I wasn't trying to run him and neither was the old guy in the Tahoe (with boat in tow) in the other lane who just drove outta sight. I got tired of listening to that thing and choking on the oil cloud, so I passed him. About 30 seconds later, he blew by me at about 60 sounding like a hive of angry bees...

I think he was hacked off, but I wasn't messing with him.

Rawhyde

 

Yeah I have some fun tales from this week.

Today a security guard threatened to taze me because he followed me down a dead end row in the school parking lot and I found there were no spots left. I put it in reverse and he rolls up like a bat outta hell and just sits there 2 feet off my back bumper. He sat there for like a minute, and I did too with my reverse lights on, I don't know how it could have been more obvious. I got out of my car and raised my arms up at him and asked him what the hell he planned on doing? He said "Sir get back in the vehicle." Im like "And do what sit there with my girls until school starts in a half an hour?" He goes "Sir get back in the car" I go "You back up and I will." "Sir get back in the car." "You going to back up?" "Sir get back in the car" "Get back in the car or what Rambo?" "Sir get back in the car or you will not like the consequences." "Oh really... What are you going to do, call in reinforcements... what a joke." "Sir return to your vehicle or I will have to taze you" I started laughing so hard I almost cried. I said "Yes sir captain renta cop." and got back in the Explorer, then jumped the curb to get around him while he just sat there and watched. I love people like that. I would have loved getting tazed. I have gotten tazed before, and it's nothing special. Plus I would have had about 20 of my friends as witnesses and take Renta Cop Inc to Court. The school corporation gives them permission to write $15 tickets to people that don't park between the lines and to direct traffic after school, and this cat thinks he's a supertrooper, gimme a break. I found out he was the same guy to tried to get my friend suspended from school for having the stereo cranked on his car. The plastic badge has gotten to his head.

Second, was on my way home from work last night, the road going to my neighborhood is a 35 mph zone and double yellow all the way. That doesn't seem to matter to some people though. I see this silver honda accord in the opposing lane prolly 400ft or so away whip into my lane and pass a blacked out Crown Vic. OOOOOOO guess what the blacked out crown vic had pretty red and blue lights on it too. How stupid can you get, passing a blacked out crown victoria with huge antennas, a brush guard, lights in the back window, and a Police Liscense plate. Doesn't that just scream cop car to you? I went home, changed, cleaned the windshield on the MINI, and went to make a burger run and the cop was still writing the guy up when I went past. I love it.

Third was about a week ago right now when I was bringing one of my good friends home from her best friends house. Were going down the same street as the one above and this guy in this pickup blows by me (again on a double yellow) going prolly about 60-70 (in a 35mph zone). Kala was like "He's in a hurry." Like 10 seconds later out of nowhere a code 3 police cruiser blows by me going prolly 80-90. The pickup scared me and I at least saw him in my rearview. The cop literally almost made me crap my pants. Sure enough about 1/2 mile down the road mr. police officer had mr. f150 sitting on the hood of the police car. I don't get how some people can be just so stupid. It amazes me.

I love the description of the Sentra "The thing was blowing puffed rice cereal out the exhaust." ROFLMAO

Mikey

 

 

i had one of those cheezy ford pos cars reving at me at a light last
weekend. i was enjoying some nice jazz in my car and just looked at
the girl (yes, girl) and just looked forward. light turns green, she floors it
i just continue normally and enjoy the nice jazz. about 45sec down the
road i see a cop pull out with his flashers on and i continue on my merry
weekend drive listening to some nice jazz.

she was probably going 65+ in a 45.

 

Im not getting how my zest for living has anything to do with my "*********"

 

I was driving home on I-44 and a kid in a yellow 78 firebird pulled up beside me and stayed beside me for about a mile. When I continued to ignore him, he gave me the finger (as if I deserved this gesture) and took off ahead of me. All of the sudden, a HUGH black smoke cloud literally exploded from the hood of his car and I was amazed that he kept going!! Up over a steep hill and disappeared from sight. Three miles down the road and guess what car was sitting in the medium with no driver in sight?!! I like to think he was so embarressed that he ducked when I drove by. Is it because these kids are so young that they don't think, or is it a stupid gene?

 

Mini driving Man (regardless of Age) + ********* = Zesty living!!

 

OK, guilty as charged but, that was 25 years ago. The difference is, cars being sooped up by my generation were late '60s and early 70's muscle cars.

 

According to my Uncle they "Actually had potential" That's why he sticks to V-10s and 12s now I guess.

 

Mini driving Man - ********* = Mini convertible driving Man

 

Mini convertible driving Man = Mini driving man - ********* :e ek2::eek 2:

Convertible for sale

 

I would prefer that to be "wisdom and treachery" thank you very much. I'm only 44!

 

some people need tickets to wake em up

 

15 years ago, in the UK.......

December 27th at about 7:30 in the morning I was headed to the office for an emergency take-over meeting, I had to cover a lot of ground fast and I was in my company Ford Sierra. I joined the M1 (motorway) headed north. The limit is 70, but like most people I was motoring along at 85+ when a Red Vauxhall pulled onto the motorway in front of me and sat in the inside lane at about 85-90mph.

Despite being in a hurry i am carefull to not stand out, so I shadowed the Vauxhall (it was an Astra GTE for any euro types) for something like 30 miles, when a Rover 827 (?) overtook me and then overtook the Astra. The Rover was travelling at maybe 100mph ?

As soon as the Rover was past the Astra, the Astra de-cloaked with blue flashing lights in the rear window and took off after the Rover.

Within a mile or so it was all over for Mr Rover driver.....

As I passed at an utterly legal 68mph, the driver of the Astra gave me a mock salute as if to say - 'I could have booked you, but you played it safe'.

I covered the rest of the trip at exactly 68mph and spent the next couple of years dodging red Astra's

 

Watched a girl on a cell phone in a Tiburon drive past me at 15+ over the speed limit, 2 wheels drifting onto the shoulder with a cop on her tail, just jabbering away. Took her almost a mile to notice he was there. Friendly constable smiled when the little Fiamme "toot toot" drove by.

Minis can give constables the "mini thumbs up" too, can't they?



(Great term, "de-cloaked")

 

probably messed up his compression. there is a talon in my city that drives around like that