Wtf?!?!

[4ss4s1n]

I was driving down alameda,In my t-bird(If any of you live near la)and I get to this stop.Then an accord coupe drives right next to me.He revs it and says,"Race to the next light".So the light turns green and I punch it.I guess his reaction time was a little slow because I kinda got him by 1/4th of a car at the start,THEN all of a sudden,he slows down and turns into a street!.Im like WTF.He just sped off into the little street.I was confused,did I forget something he said about a turn? He CLEARLY said "To the next light" So I guess I won,right?

Can anyone explain what happened? This was only my third street race.I must not have the lingo down yet or something.

[Zwrangler]

Originally Posted by 4ss4s1n

Can anyone explain what happened? This was only my third street race.I must not have the lingo down yet or something.

lol, the lingo well i'm willing to bet what happened is he expected to get the jump on you right from the start and when he saw you take off first he was too embarassed to follow through coz he could see his accord had nothin against your car. Either that or as an alternative it could be he was just being an ass and telling you to race till the next light when in reality he was going left all along. Who knows. remember, if you're gonna street race be safe about it and make sure you're willing to take the risks. have fun

[fugiot]

yeah, It's basically another version of the "Loser fly-by"(when you win but they keep racing by you even after you've started to slow down). He was just too emabarrased to look you in the eye again so he turned off the road. It's happened to me about 3-4 times. That kinda sucks that he gave up so early on you tho.

[Raz_Kaz]

What he could have been doing was to provoke you to race as he goes onto another street hoping that you get caught speeding. Its one of the things that these ricers do that pisses me off the most, they instigate the race yet, run off hoping you get a ticket.

[4ss4s1n]

Now everytime I see an accord dirve by,ill think of that coward as he was turning into that street.

[Raz_Kaz]

All Hondas just plain suck, do like the most of us and don't bother wasting your gas on these losers

[racerzchick]

haha

[Raz_Kaz]

Just while we're on the subject of Honda's,
is it just me or does everyone feel insulted at the fact that some Honda's are called import "race" cars? To me their economy cars, just like a cavelier or something.

[Polygon]

Let's not turn this into a bash on Honda thread.

[90CorollaSR5]

Maybe he said race to the next "right"

[street_racer_00]

I was gonna say the same thing Poly....we have had plenty of "(insert make or model here) sucks" threads in the past, and they are pointless.

[luxuriouslyloudz]

As far as cars sucking...Jaguar XJ220 can suck it-12 years old and still $210,000...darn right I'm bitter.

Anyways, what happened is that the guy obviously had a superiority complex....Your car was superior, therefore he needed to turn into the nearest apartment complex...funny no,true...VERY.

[93rollaracer]

i think the only honda worth of the race car designation is that AEM drag honda that runs 7s or something. of course that's not exactly what the cops like to call "street legal"...

and about the loser flyby...i know how ya feel. i was racing a guy on the freeway (wide open road for about 1/2 mile or so). 3 lanes cuts down to 2 so there's 2 cars side by side in the two lanes and the exit ramp is open. so i obviously slow down so as not to hit anybody (i'm in the left lane). this dip shit goes flying 95 onto the exit ramp and missed the big grass ditch at the end probably by 10 feet. then fish tailed the somehow regained control. one of the most hilarious things i've seen in my life.

[Sypherz28]

I'm a guilty one for doing the loser fly-by a few times, but it's my own fault for following through with races I know I wasn't going to win in the first place, just in it for the quick rush.. However most of the people in my area are really cool about races, they'll wave at ya after one whether they win or lose or flash their hazards at ya..

[Zwrangler]

Originally Posted by Raz_Kaz

Just while we're on the subject of Honda's,
is it just me or does everyone feel insulted at the fact that some Honda's are called import "race" cars? To me their economy cars, just like a cavelier or something.

haven;t you ever heard of Honda Type r's ???? my friend has a B18c5 engine in his crx and that thing spins the wheels on every gear change. its a beast of a honda let me tell you, almost as fast as my camaro and its a stock standard engine. When the Vtec kicks in at around 8000rpm its absolutely unreal. And this isn't even the best type r engine honda makes. you forget that hondas have two good points in their cars:
1) Honda engines love to rev and rev really high.
2) Hondas are mostly extremely light weight cars

yes calling them "race cars" is a bit of an exaggeration but bashing Hondas isn't right either.