Kill Stories?
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Let's not get carried away, okay? I'm not denouncing God here, just stupidity and those who defend it.
If I'm chided by the forum owner for criticizing an individual who promotes illegal and life-threatening behavior, then I have little respect for the forum and those who promote it -- that includes any advertisers and backers, and I will find out who they are and show them this thread and see what they think. Any argument in favor of racing on public roads is a no-win proposition, plain and simple, whether it's from those who do it or those who tacitly enable it. It makes the entire community look bad and sends a very wrong message.
You're all welcome to disagree, but do it responsibly if that's possible. (Hint: Calling me "douchebag", etc., doesn't help your cause. All that does is make me chuckle and puts me ahead 10 points.)
If I'm chided by the forum owner for criticizing an individual who promotes illegal and life-threatening behavior, then I have little respect for the forum and those who promote it -- that includes any advertisers and backers, and I will find out who they are and show them this thread and see what they think. Any argument in favor of racing on public roads is a no-win proposition, plain and simple, whether it's from those who do it or those who tacitly enable it. It makes the entire community look bad and sends a very wrong message.
You're all welcome to disagree, but do it responsibly if that's possible. (Hint: Calling me "douchebag", etc., doesn't help your cause. All that does is make me chuckle and puts me ahead 10 points.)
All I'm saying is you can't really just change the world. You just got angry quickly and thats not going to help the cause. When you quickly get mad at someone its only going to encourage them. You could have dealt with it differently. there are tons of babies dieing every day in america because of abortion. I don't agree with it but you don't see me fleeing america. There's nothing i can do about it. Bad example maybe.
There are people that do much worse things on the road. Just yesterday i went to go around someone on the freeway, i had just before nicely let him in front of me becasue he got stuck. A new lane opened for me and i decided to go. THis guy cuts me off. Then later he SLAMMED his brakes trying to make me wreck. (honestly i didn't care becasue my brakes are amazing.) SO i went around him and he's all flicking me off... i just pointed at him and chuckeled. Anyway get mad at those people. Those who intentionally try to harm people.
Also when you quote only what I said then talk about other subjects like you did, it makes me sound like I'm the one that said "douchebag". Honestly I can't stand that word. If you quote me please stick to what is quoted.
There are people that do much worse things on the road. Just yesterday i went to go around someone on the freeway, i had just before nicely let him in front of me becasue he got stuck. A new lane opened for me and i decided to go. THis guy cuts me off. Then later he SLAMMED his brakes trying to make me wreck. (honestly i didn't care becasue my brakes are amazing.) SO i went around him and he's all flicking me off... i just pointed at him and chuckeled. Anyway get mad at those people. Those who intentionally try to harm people.
Also when you quote only what I said then talk about other subjects like you did, it makes me sound like I'm the one that said "douchebag". Honestly I can't stand that word. If you quote me please stick to what is quoted.
mjbst111 hit it on the head.
X5 - if you're going to be upset at folks that own sports sedans, coupes, and GT class cars (M3's) for occasionally blowing the crud out of their car, or doing a little accelleration run with another driver - then that is your opinion, and accepted (and even agreed with, to a certain degree). But don't get bent out of shape, and don't take it personal. I'm sure any 'sponser' you show this thread to, will say 'wow, a little testosterone is flowing in that thread, but nothing to cause me to remove my sponsership from BMWboard.com'. Find anyone who will do that based on some posts about speeding, and I'll find you someone who doesn't have a clue about selling aftermarket parts, that all make your car faster/handle better. Now, why would ANYONE sell stuff like that, when the cars we own already outperform 90% of the cars on the road, and are more than capable of intense handling and speeds?
So on to my next point: Things drivers do on the road that is more dangerous, or just as dangerous as speeding:
1. Talking on the cell phone and driving
2. Fooling with kids in the back seat and driving.
3. Drinking and driving.
4. Not using signals, or deciding you're the person that is 'not gonna get stuck at that yellow' and runs the red..
5. Drivers that control others by slowing, or pulling in front of faster cars. (The most dangerous type of driver, one that feels he must 'police' everyone else)
I'd add 'doing the speed limit vs moving with the flow of traffic', however as dangerous as I feel this is, it's legal.. (unfortunately)
Unless you're giving grief to every driver you encounter that's doing those things, then you're being a bit biased and one sided, and really just arguing this thread to death..![[:(]](/images/smilies/frown.png "Frown [:(]")
Don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning street racing, or street drag racing or whatnot, what I do condone is driving within my abilities to avoid other folks that can't drive for ****, or doing what I need to, to get my car 'away' from folks like this.
And the occasional petal stomp to burn out the crud, when someone's feeling squirrelly..![[:D]](/images/smilies/biggrin.png "Big Grin [:D]")
X5 - if you're going to be upset at folks that own sports sedans, coupes, and GT class cars (M3's) for occasionally blowing the crud out of their car, or doing a little accelleration run with another driver - then that is your opinion, and accepted (and even agreed with, to a certain degree). But don't get bent out of shape, and don't take it personal. I'm sure any 'sponser' you show this thread to, will say 'wow, a little testosterone is flowing in that thread, but nothing to cause me to remove my sponsership from BMWboard.com'. Find anyone who will do that based on some posts about speeding, and I'll find you someone who doesn't have a clue about selling aftermarket parts, that all make your car faster/handle better. Now, why would ANYONE sell stuff like that, when the cars we own already outperform 90% of the cars on the road, and are more than capable of intense handling and speeds?
So on to my next point: Things drivers do on the road that is more dangerous, or just as dangerous as speeding:
1. Talking on the cell phone and driving
2. Fooling with kids in the back seat and driving.
3. Drinking and driving.
4. Not using signals, or deciding you're the person that is 'not gonna get stuck at that yellow' and runs the red..
5. Drivers that control others by slowing, or pulling in front of faster cars. (The most dangerous type of driver, one that feels he must 'police' everyone else)
I'd add 'doing the speed limit vs moving with the flow of traffic', however as dangerous as I feel this is, it's legal.. (unfortunately)
Unless you're giving grief to every driver you encounter that's doing those things, then you're being a bit biased and one sided, and really just arguing this thread to death..
Don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning street racing, or street drag racing or whatnot, what I do condone is driving within my abilities to avoid other folks that can't drive for ****, or doing what I need to, to get my car 'away' from folks like this.
And the occasional petal stomp to burn out the crud, when someone's feeling squirrelly..
wow, im gome for 3 days and i come back to this, this is awesome, the most excitement ive seen since ive been here.
My best kill:
2003 Nissan Sentra SER
I80 East, very lil traffic. i was on the 350 mile haul home when im doing about 80mph in the left lane and i look in my rear veiw mirror and see this yellow spot comming up on my kinda quick, so once he gets a lil closer i see the front bumper and realize thats an SER, SWEET, I wanted to see what this car can do. so he moves to the right of me, gets even and smiles. and then we were off. my foot went to the floor, the IS downshifts and takes off like a bat outta hell, no cars for miles. i immediatly pull on him and after a few seconds im doing about 110 and he is about 3 car lengths back. so i just cruise there for a bit and let him catch up, as soon as he get even i hit it again and down he goes once again, i gave up at 125 because we were comming up on some trafic, but by the time i got there he was about 2 carlenths back. that was awesome.
My best kill:
2003 Nissan Sentra SER
I80 East, very lil traffic. i was on the 350 mile haul home when im doing about 80mph in the left lane and i look in my rear veiw mirror and see this yellow spot comming up on my kinda quick, so once he gets a lil closer i see the front bumper and realize thats an SER, SWEET, I wanted to see what this car can do. so he moves to the right of me, gets even and smiles. and then we were off. my foot went to the floor, the IS downshifts and takes off like a bat outta hell, no cars for miles. i immediatly pull on him and after a few seconds im doing about 110 and he is about 3 car lengths back. so i just cruise there for a bit and let him catch up, as soon as he get even i hit it again and down he goes once again, i gave up at 125 because we were comming up on some trafic, but by the time i got there he was about 2 carlenths back. that was awesome.
I support the majority of X5's comments here. It may well be that the cars we own already outperform 90% of the cars on the road, and are more than capable of intense handling and speeds. However something like 80% of drivers think they are above average in skill. There's something fundamentally wrong there... its just that people can't drive as well as they think they can, especially young drivers.
Here is an interesting piece of information from NZ statistics, showing that young drivers & old drivers (65+ yrs old) have much higher road fatalities. Even more interesting that drivers 35-65 pay by far the lions share of fines & traffic infringements.
For those interested check out the website www.fastandsafe.org
Here is an interesting piece of information from NZ statistics, showing that young drivers & old drivers (65+ yrs old) have much higher road fatalities. Even more interesting that drivers 35-65 pay by far the lions share of fines & traffic infringements.
For those interested check out the website www.fastandsafe.org
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NZL, that is because young drivers are new drivers and old drivers are weird. From your and X5ed's posts, it is obvious why you have your opinions. Your 318 is slow and it probably doesn't even know what the word "fast" means. And X5ed's attitude and his car (SUV) show that he has never gone fast before either.
When we get cars that are designed to go fast, offer good handling, and braking, naturally you're going to want to push it. But on a daily basis for general driving around, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we just don't speed much at all. Personally, I follow a strict speeding system: 30mph in a 25 zone, 40 in a 35, 48 in a 40, and 60 in a 50. This is a system that works for me and flows with traffic (actually a lot of people tailgate and try to get around me when I'm doing "only" 30 in a 25 zone).
Do you and X5ed honestly think that we pull our cars out of the garage and just put the pedal to the metal?
You should probably try gently pushing a decently fast car. You'll be speeding before you even realize it and I GUARANTEE you'll be like, "Wow this is pretty cool.
Overall, you and X5ed are hating on something you guys know absolutely nothing about and you need to just chill out dude. This thread is called "Kill Stories", not "Let's discuss going fast or slow". All the kill stories posted here are "once in a blue moon" experiences for all of us and although we may sound cocky, it is simply because the experience is, well, QUITE an experience and is something we would like to share with others. So just do the rest of us a favor, and stop posting in here; haven't you and X5ed done enough?
When we get cars that are designed to go fast, offer good handling, and braking, naturally you're going to want to push it. But on a daily basis for general driving around, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we just don't speed much at all. Personally, I follow a strict speeding system: 30mph in a 25 zone, 40 in a 35, 48 in a 40, and 60 in a 50. This is a system that works for me and flows with traffic (actually a lot of people tailgate and try to get around me when I'm doing "only" 30 in a 25 zone).
Do you and X5ed honestly think that we pull our cars out of the garage and just put the pedal to the metal?
You should probably try gently pushing a decently fast car. You'll be speeding before you even realize it and I GUARANTEE you'll be like, "Wow this is pretty cool.
Overall, you and X5ed are hating on something you guys know absolutely nothing about and you need to just chill out dude. This thread is called "Kill Stories", not "Let's discuss going fast or slow". All the kill stories posted here are "once in a blue moon" experiences for all of us and although we may sound cocky, it is simply because the experience is, well, QUITE an experience and is something we would like to share with others. So just do the rest of us a favor, and stop posting in here; haven't you and X5ed done enough?
Sure my 318 is slow... it has a top speed of ONLY 128mph & an X5 would drag me off the line easily. But theres a reason why I own a 2.0L NA car. The main reason is because my employer meets almost all my running costs & need to have a car 2.0L or less in order to do so. So sue me I wanted one with style & got a bimmer & ended posting here.
I traded in my 2000 model Nissan 200SX 2.0L turbo 250bhp so I know what it is to have a fast car ... braking hard at the end of the back straight, shifting into 2nd, turning into the hairpin bend & putting the pedal to the metal.![[burnout]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_burnout.gif "Burnout [burnout]")
Good times with the local Porsche club at the race track.
Stop posting in here?? I'll post where I damn please just like MrPostWhore. Even since the Patriot Act is still mostly a free country.
I traded in my 2000 model Nissan 200SX 2.0L turbo 250bhp so I know what it is to have a fast car ... braking hard at the end of the back straight, shifting into 2nd, turning into the hairpin bend & putting the pedal to the metal.
Good times with the local Porsche club at the race track.Stop posting in here?? I'll post where I damn please just like MrPostWhore. Even since the Patriot Act is still mostly a free country.
Not to enter the flame war, but that isn't what you told me, Mr. E . . . ![[wave]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_wave.gif "Wave [wave]")
Believe me when I say I did far stupider things when I was your age. (Ever gotten a legitimate 3 feet of air at 95 MPH in an Accord? I don't recommend it.) I have mellowed a bit in my 'old' age, but I can still relate.
Safety is of course the key and there are many things that can happen when you play with 3000 pound objects moving at 120 feet per second.
Speaking of kill stories, here's a link to the last one I posted in bimmerforums. It also turned into a flame war, but for different reasons. I thought you guys might enjoy it.
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=230078&page=1&pp=25&highlight=NSX+Sport+Bike
Believe me when I say I did far stupider things when I was your age. (Ever gotten a legitimate 3 feet of air at 95 MPH in an Accord? I don't recommend it.) I have mellowed a bit in my 'old' age, but I can still relate.
Safety is of course the key and there are many things that can happen when you play with 3000 pound objects moving at 120 feet per second.
Speaking of kill stories, here's a link to the last one I posted in bimmerforums. It also turned into a flame war, but for different reasons. I thought you guys might enjoy it.
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=230078&page=1&pp=25&highlight=NSX+Sport+Bike
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Nice kill! One time I was at a traffic light in the right lane, by myself when this Sentra SE-R Spec V pulled up next to me and started revving his engine. I had two passengers in the car, a police station was up head, and it was only a 30 zone so naturally I just looked the other way but I don't think I would have run against him anyways.
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They're fast to 60mph, but not after. One time I was on the highway and this Sentra SE-R Spec V was right up my ass, riding my bumper. I hate it when people do that so I dropped it down to 4th gear @ 62mph (could have gone to 3rd, but didn't need all the power) and punched it and the Sentra didn't even stand a chance.
I like the Sentra SE-R Spec V, it is a nice sporty car for the money but what bothers me is that it's just a performance version of an economy car.
I like the Sentra SE-R Spec V, it is a nice sporty car for the money but what bothers me is that it's just a performance version of an economy car.
