All Hail The Mighty Trans Am!!!

[CivRacer95]

Funny thing happened tonight. As much as I love Trans Ams, this guy just seemed like the biggest Douche in the world. This guy happens to live a few blocks from me and I've always admired his Trans. Gorgeous car. Black. Convertible with Ram Air Hood. I love. Never seen the guy race, but still loved the car the way it looked.

I was coming home from work, had to stay late, and I was on the back roads towards home. I was coming down hill, when I saw him. I was going maybe about 8 mph over. Nothing big here in Utah. I slowly passed him, then I signalled over to get around a car that was in my lane (going slow for the fast lane). So this must have made him mad that Civic passed him, casually I might add.

In doing so, he instantly pulled on my rear. I didn't pay him too much attention. Just kept driving. I obviously know my place with him. So once he had the opening he floored it passed me, and I just admired the sound of his exhaust. Lovely roar to it. Besides the point.

We reached town and were at the light before you entered in. We were both at the light, I had my windows down, and I glanced over at his car to check it out. Next thing I know he revs, and I look up and smile . Then he rolls down his window and starts yelling, "F-ing Ricer". This caught me off gaurd. I don't know why he was yelling, I didn't do any ricer fly-by or anything.

The light changed, and he punched it, I took off normally, and when I reached 50 mph(speed limit) he paced back to my side. Then he started yelling at me again. "C'mon! Where's the NOS? Where's the turbo's?" This pissed me off. Don't know why he was being a jerk. So, I turned down my music, looked over and just said,"UUWWW look at the V8, Oh you proved you can kill me! I'm not worthy!" He shut up and stayed with me until the next light. While waiting for the light to change again, I looked over at him to see he was pissed at me. So I just started bowing to him (Damn No Smiley). He flipped me off of course and took off once the light changed.

HAHA. Douche... I know, it's not a street racing story, but this guy was just being a jerk for now reason. I think the whole concept of Muscle picking on imports is a little too extreme for some. Sure we are a nuisance to some, but we're not all bad. Right? Well, if anyone has a similar story, please tell. I just want to know how many have experienced stories the same as mine. Late...

[Mase]

wow that guy's an ass....and doesn't he know that the most respected V-8 tuner, the late john lingenfelter, uses a twin turbo set up for his corvettes? douche bag

[Mediocrity]

what a fuckbrain.

douchebags like that are along the same level as ricers with tudes.

[jonnyboy9012]

Hahahaha, thats the way i used to be before some people here set me straight, but ya most V8 guys will be an ass if thats all they hang around with.

[93rollaracer]

yea i heard something like that at a car show once. it was pretty much all muscle (this was the last week before they banned imports all together). a guy rolls in in a Z8 and several people call him a ricer. i was kind of shocked at that one.

[Musashi3000GT]

Dude I had a guy in a Trans am mess with me too, I'd take a ignorant ricer over a V8 muscle asshole anyday. I went to one o those car gatherings with all muscle car freaks once.....never went back again. what a bunch of dicks. when I drove in to park (far from them since they treat import drivers like shit) they started yelling all klinds of shit at me. I like old cars too and have respect for muscle but that night I felt like setting a blaze. finally my sister and wife got fed up and told some old man to fuck off cause he kept on oggling them, its true though most muscle freaks are tired old men, even if they drive a fgaster car really thats all they got! impotent, weak, blind, bald, fat, brittle and lonely! thats 90% of muscle drivers. shit even if they beat us we can push them over and break thier hips right? the other 10% are the yonger guys who still hold a grudge against Japanese cars "cause they attacked pearl harbor"

[importeater38]

Attacked pearl harbor? what? When was the last time you heard a "young" v-8 guy say he hated jap cars because they had a grudge on japan from WWII? Alright, maybe im getting on your case, but you know that was a silly comment. Most young v-8 guys who know anything about cars respect a well moded import. Shit, i don't loose many street races, but im man enough to admit getting smoked by a super light crx with a motor swap and nos (a buddy of mine). V-8 guys are in the minority now, so maybe its an insecurity thing that most v-8 guys are dicks to ricers. Most v-8 guys just hate big wings, not the cars. But im glad civic racer admitted to lusting over trans ams. I know import guys like to ban together to bash v-8s. I actually let import guys drive my car and tell me what they think. You know how many of those guys said my TA was awesome and they wouldn't mind owning one--ALL OF THEM. You should see the look on thier face when i say " u wanna drive it?" Now, if i was given the opportunity to drive a nice supra or car of equal racing heritage, but its an import--i would most deffinatly consider owning one. But how many chances to i get to drive one? Sure most guys won't lend thier ride to some dude who wants to drive it. However, if we all had some common cromrodery (how the hell do u spell that word anyway) and be a little nicer, this whole import/domestic crap would go away.
Man that sounded gay--fuck imports! j/k!

[CivRacer95]

importeater, I actually used to own a Trans Am. Thats why I show appreciation for them. I know how powerful they are. I hope to own one in the future. But now i'm just learnig on my civic. Nice car btw. Late...

[fcdriver]

All I can say is his day is coming.....
Theres always someone out there that is faster then you are, and driving a fast car in stock form doesn't mean that you are the fastest thing on the road.
I've had people call me a ricer a few times but when I stop and start spouting off different set ups for different cars they normally tend to go back to the "well your car is a 1.3l that sounds like a lawn mower" then I normally get in the fact that I've owned V8s, V6s and inline 4s and none felt as good as my 7 does.
This isn't a bash on v8s because if I were to say that I don't like v8s then I would be stupid and never make any money from building cars. I personally don't like the newer "muscle cars" late 80s- current, for a few reasons 1) they tend to be under powered from the early 80s to the mid 90s untill chevy finally stepped up and made a motor from the factory that had some guts in stock form and could be easly modded for some very nice numbers. 2) I really can't stand alot of the body styles of newer model cars, few exceptions are buick GN, Monte carlo SS (80s and mid 90s), and I've got a soft spot for the mid 80s thunder bird.
With all that said I don't love imports to no end but I do respect those that tune their cars but keep them clean looking, I can't stand the "ricer" look, this includes the new age muscle cars that look riced.
Theres several exampels of this around here with a white mustang that has clear euro tail lights, hugh body kit, stickers all over it, and doesn't sound to have many engine mods done to it, and a newer camaro that I passed the night before last that had a big aluminum wing on it that looked like one from auto zone.

[TatII]

what have you got done to you FC anyways? just curious? ( i'm expectin to hear street ported engine and T4 turbo upgrade for some reason )

[fcdriver]

Hehe I just have a pace setter header ( I know pos) turbo 2 muflers (not sure if theres any differance) 2.5" y pipe, intake adapter, removed alot of junk that it didn't need, just put my t2 aluminum hood on last week and now I'm saving for a large street ported 13bt, I'm thinking of going full racing beat downpipe back and running a haltech either e6k or e6x(more likely e6k). I'm really making a list of mods that I'm going to do with the turbo engine that I bought and it should get under way of building this winter so I can tear up the track this spring. The T4 may come in with it sometime I'm just not really sure what all I'm going with atm.

[CassiesMan]

Personaly, I prefere the sound of the Import engines (I love the sound of any Euro engine...especially a Bimmer...but I'm biased), but I truely appriciate any well modified car, regardless of what brand. Sure, I personally wouldn't own a Domestic (comes from personal expierience), but that doesn't mean I dont respect things like Vipers, TAs, Cobras, and the like. That guy was an ass, and one day, when he least expects it, he'll get whats comming to him.

[i3o2Matt]

lmao

yea i hate it when people do that...even tho i've never had someone yell to me sayin i was a f***in ricer...most people like my car actually...but thats beside the point...

yes i drive an import, yes i like imports, but yes i do like domestics too. i've driven various years of mustang GTs, a SVT Lightning, and a couple of trans ams. i love the power of the V8 and i would love to have one...besides the gas-guzzler portion of it...lol but other than that...i kno there is no way in hell i could outrun any of them so i dont mess with them...except for when im bored as hell and i just wanna see how fast they are...lol but other than that...no i dont. i kno my place. some people are just ass's

[Boosted1]

That guy was a moron. Would have been the perfect time to have a turbo H22.

[Amish_kid]

ha, when he started spouting all that nos and turbo nonsense shoulda turned around and said "where's your mullet" or "how come your sister...I mean girlfriend isn't with you". Either way if you don't really like your car you coulda pulled a put manuvre on him