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Yeah I have been watching your rally thread. I like where your taking your VX.
I just have not raced many people since I lifted it. I dont want to be let down becuase of the power that was lost per inch of lift.
Keep your head up bro, your time will come around. Im new here too just got mine in Sept 06.
i tend to lose alot but the funniest win is against a celica gt *corolla engine. it was on a up hill stretch of freeway. he at first was behind me, and decided to throw it into the slow lane then gunned it. i guess he was tryin to pass me, so i gave it soem gas and blocked him. he ended up getting behind me flashing me then switched lanes again, this time i let him get maybe 1 car length ahead before i floored it. passed him wiht ease, then i messed with him. i would slow down to 55 let him get next to me, then i would floor it going to something like 85, then 45 let him pass then 85. did tat probably 5 times before he honked at me. i laffed, threw it back on cruise control and watched him slowly fly-by me and turn on his hazards. good times good times.....
well im not really race a lot of cars with my VX but when im going 30-40 on the road and some big *** SUV trying to pass me and i see it in my mirror he is come in i cant stand, there always little race, and sometimes just those stupid people that putting big laud exaust think they have a lot of power cuz of it then i just have to flour it and not let them go in front of me and im always winning.
Just my short story.
I don't "race" much in my VX, with the gas prices and the god forsaken Vegas traffic and a 17mile commute... well you get the picture...
Buuuut, I did try taking on... I think it was a late model Frontier. The guy just wouldn't leave me alone on the freeway. (pulls up next to you and gases, then slows back down next to you, then gases up again type of deal) Lets just say after awhile, I could't stay up front.
[thinking to self]
Wish Morgen-Tech was still around for that S/C kit +intake and exhaust =(
[/thinking to self]
BTW Costie, Stick around, this place isn't all that bad. Alot of them chime in to help when needed and some come in and out with there own opinions (which happens in any convo/chat).
I raced a colorado recently, beat him.
A lot of cars/trucks start to mess with me,
but you can tell they are so unsure what the heck they are messing with.(debadged)
Ohh man, the one thing that really pisses me off is when driving on the free way, these larger SUV's and Trucks think they can just push Lil Ol' VX around. I constantly get cut off, like to the point where there tail end would touch my front if I dont "blip" (tap) the breaks. Makes me want to get a air horn so bad! [ROAD RAGE!!] naw j/kQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark Miller
I attended the event at the following link several times last summer and finally brought my supercharged VX out to take a shot at some of these guys.....the only problem....nobody would race me! I think that there is a bit of a clique there plus as mentioned above.....alot of people don't know what to make of a VX and don't want to take the chance of being beat by a SUV. I really felt that I could have won a few with the advantange of TOD & our gear ratio and the fact it was 1/8 mile. But, alas, I'll never know.
http://alteredgas.com/flashlight_drags.html
If you look at the photo gallery last event (October 14th) run at Zelionople, PA and scroll through the pics on page #7 in the gallery...you'll see my VX midway down the page below a couple of Wranglers....I tried to race them but they would only run against each other.
While making a left turn recently, some woman driving one of those BMW SUVs felt I was impeding her progress and went wide, trying to zap me on the outside. Well, she got me and it seemed that the VX didn't quite have the beans to put down the insult (sorry Costie', I tried). At the next signal, the arogant smirk on her face was rather galling, but a I am positive that deep inside, she realized that Proton yellow trumps blase Beemer silver any day of the week. Sure, I may have come in second, but I aced her big time on style points! :p
On the point of losses, some kind fellow in a testerossa (sp) was nice enough to let me keep up with him. Once the grade went from uphill to level he was gone.
like i said i don't race, just every once in a while when its safe enough there is a little race here and there, but thats it. but what i think is, if i get beat by a newer SUV or a car, i don't put to much attention for it, cuz i know if we take those NEW suvs or cars offroad, they wont last to long before something in there vehicals will break or inside of them with anger, lol. i just know this is not a sports car, but does have a little kick but off road, man its a monster and only a few real vehicals can challenge it, and i mean real offroad, dakar style racing, meaning all tarrean. wrx wont make it and there fellow friends, the only challenge are really good moded real rally vehicals or home made projects made for that kind of racing. and that makes me happy to know, and know that our little beast of a VX have a monster living in side of it, :p .
See Costie! People post! They might not all pile on in the first 24 hours, but not too many people are on the site very day. Be patient and don't get discouraged.
As for people's opinions, well, this is an anonymous and faceless forum, and people will express their opinions or concerns as honestly as they want to, so you really can't expect everyone to be either supportive or silent. (you need employees for that! Hahaha)
All in all, this is the best-behaved group of forum posters I've ever come across, which is the only reason I stay on. I was posting on pre-web bulletin boards since back in the early 90's and I swore off of them all for over a decade because of the puerility of the people on them and the pointlessness of the flame wars. I came here very trepidatiously (sp?!) only out of necessity - I needed VX information - and have been really happy with the quality of people and the quality of info here.
Just a snippet of information....
....even pumping off of a street light for 3 secs with another car is racing. The offense is called "Speed Contesting on a Public Roadway". I know.... I was arrested a few years ago for it.... in the VX. Yep, arrested. Instant liscence suspension, bologna sandwiches behind iron bars, and not so fun legal fees. I am not here to argue, just offering enlightenment. :)
When I moved to my new house over a year ago, there was a 1/4 mile track and a tarmac road course a few miles away. Road and Track PBS tv show did their road tests there. I was all excited about this. It turns out, the track closed for good this year. They are apparently building a school or a mall there. So much for that. This makes me sad. No fun for the VX and the Rex.
well said. hang in there costie!Quote:
Originally Posted by VehiGAZ
everyone was a noob at one point or another, and hopefully there will always be fresh batches of em'. opinions will be shared... good/bad/indifferent (indifferent = usually in the form of non-posting). when you start a thread be prepared to accept all kinds of responses, even a non-response...
personally, i know nothing about racing. don't watch it. don't participate in it (never have). wish people wouldn't do it on the roads i travel for everyone's safety. and honestly don't care about the topic - thus why i didn't read this thread until today, mostly out of bordom (no offense. just didn't seem like a thread that interested me).
i'm glad you're here - and personally love how you're modding your ride and have saved it from its previous state! again, hang in there and don't get discouraged... this vx forum is incredible!
-biju.
Man, from the posts I've read from you how can you stand to live there? Do they have razorwire around the public parks and patrol the streets after curfew with german shepherds? It seems like they are some serious car nazis. I can't believe a state like this can even exist in a country that touts its freedoms to such extent. Where I live it seems like if you wanted to roll down the street in a covered wagon powered by a leaky nuclear reactor, pumping your tunes loud enough to deafen people in China and running red lights at will, the cops would only pull you over because they wanted to know what you were driving and where they could get one.....Quote:
Just a snippet of information....
....even pumping off of a street light for 3 secs with another car is racing. The offense is called "Speed Contesting on a Public Roadway". I know.... I was arrested a few years ago for it.... in the VX. Yep, arrested. Instant liscence suspension, bologna sandwiches behind iron bars, and not so fun legal fees. I am not here to argue, just offering enlightenment.
Double-Dog-Ditto!!
WormGod, you have single-handedly made me swear never to move to Maryland! It sounds like the cops there really go out of their way to hassle anyone doing anything that they might just be enjoying doing in their personal motor vehicle.