Why do ricers w/ slow cars try to race me?

[MVGTP86]

If you have a early 90's civic w/ a weld on fart-can and a bunch of stickers from autozone please dont rev your engine at me at a stoplight and then be astonished that i smoked you. Some tool in a civic w/ a fart-can and auto zoo stickers that said NOS and AEM and crap like that thought he could waste me from a light i guess...he pulled up next to me and started reving his engine, i guess becuase i have zzp, magnaflow and SLP decals on my car I guess he automatically assumed i wanted to race him.....Anyway's i really didnt feel like wasting the gas but the light turned green he floored it i eased into the gas then went WOT and left him like he was sitting still....he pulled up to me at the next stoplight and said "I didnt think you would pull on me that much man, that car is pretty fast." I thought to myself you got to be kidding me....he actually thought he had a chance..... its so sad...please explain to me why people buy a civic, put on a fart-can and CAI and think they have a fast car....my car runs mid 13's and still dont think its that fast....*sigh*

[BlackGT2000]

Well sounds like he was dead on to me. You did race him, its not like you took the moral high ground and turned it down.

[freakray]

Originally Posted by MVGTP86

please explain to me why people buy a civic, put on a fart-can and CAI and think they have a fast car....

Because of a movie called 'The Fast and the Furious'.

[G-man422]

Originally Posted by freakray

Because of a movie called 'The Fast and the Furious'.

The Fast and the Furious= Ricers Bible in movie form.

[SilentNIght1647]

Because guys like me don't have stickers and I make guys that do look really stupid at the next light. I enjoy racing ricers and making them think they have a chance no sense in going any faster than I need to make my point. Keeps things interesting and makes sure nobody knows what's actually under the hood. There has always been rice though and there always will be rice it will just be called something different ignore it and race because you love it not because you saw it in a movie.

[kris]

Originally Posted by SilentNIght1647

Because guys like me don't have stickers and I make guys that do look really stupid at the next light. I enjoy racing ricers and making them think they have a chance no sense in going any faster than I need to make my point. Keeps things interesting and makes sure nobody knows what's actually under the hood. There has always been rice though and there always will be rice it will just be called something different ignore it and race because you love it not because you saw it in a movie.

The thing is kids these days are not in it for the pure enjoyment. They are in it to make a statement. Gone are the days of friendly trash talking, and weekend races. Now you have kids threatening each others well being, wanting to jack your shit, or who knows what else, just because you have a fast car.

[Evil04C]

I DO NOT race ricers for 3 reasons.

1). They tend to be horrible drivers, and will put anyone at risk just to try to show what a *badass* they are.

2). They DO NOT think. They just do, anytime, and anywhere, and they seem to be unfriendly, and know nothing about cars.

3). My car is ALMOST ALWAYS faster than what the ricer has!!!

[Right_LiRrr]

He wanted to race, you raced, you smoked him, he gave you props for your win.

You both have stickers. Sure you have the actual parts in your car, but unless you're sponsored by the company, you have no contractual reason to display their logos on the outside of your car. Hence, neither of you "should" have stickers on your car. So the sticker argument is kinda void.

These are the facts.

However imo, judging by the tone of your post, you would be the ricer given the amount of arrogance dripping from your post. So...happy new year! :-)

Originally Posted by MVGTP86

i guess becuase i have zzp, magnaflow and SLP decals on my car I guess he automatically assumed i wanted to race him

I guess he was right!!! :-)

[Musashi3000GT]

Originally Posted by Right_LiRrr

However imo, judging by the tone of your post, you would be the ricer given the amount of arrogance dripping from your post. So...happy new year! :-)


I guess he was right!!! :-)

+1
I get challenged by 18 second civics all the time! comes with the territory.
If your sick of it get a minivan and dont put stickers on it! fukking DUHHHH!

[MVGTP86]

Originally Posted by Right_LiRrr

He wanted to race, you raced, you smoked him, he gave you props for your win.

You both have stickers. Sure you have the actual parts in your car, but unless you're sponsored by the company, you have no contractual reason to display their logos on the outside of your car. Hence, neither of you "should" have stickers on your car. So the sticker argument is kinda void.

These are the facts.

However imo, judging by the tone of your post, you would be the ricer given the amount of arrogance dripping from your post. So...happy new year! :-)


I guess he was right!!! :-)

Exactly...I have all those parts on my car i had decals for...I didnt buy them in a fast&furious sticker pack from autozone, they came w/ the products i bought. My point was that he actually thought he might beat me and was surprised as hell that i did, he had a WTF look on his face. I dont go around my town reving at z06 corvettes and modded LS1's SS camaro's or WS6's or even some imports like STi's, Evo's ect...b/c i know i would get my ass handed to me...Im just proving that the typical "ricer" thinks his car is faster than it really is and knows nothing about other cars besides his.

[Right_LiRrr]

Originally Posted by MVGTP86

Exactly...I have all those parts on my car i had decals for...I didnt buy them in a fast&furious sticker pack from autozone, they came w/ the products i bought.

Yes, and by sticking them on your car you are endorsing their product and in reality advertising for them for free. This is personal choice of course, however, if you are then surprised that ppl are going to rev at you...then you really have some misconceptions of reality.

Originally Posted by MVGTP86

My point was that he actually thought he might beat me and was surprised as hell that i did, he had a WTF look on his face. I dont go around my town reving at z06 corvettes and modded LS1's SS camaro's or WS6's or even some imports like STi's, Evo's ect...b/c i know i would get my ass handed to me...Im just proving that the typical "ricer" thinks his car is faster than it really is and knows nothing about other cars besides his.

Maybe he didn't think he was going to beat you, maybe he just thought he would hang better. Plenty of guys on here try to race obviously faster cars - sometimes out of curiosity sometimes they just wanna hear a lambo open up to 6,000rpm.

Also, your car is modified, so how is he supposed to know if he can beat you or not? Maybe he's been very close to beating stock ones? Yes, I'm playing devil's advocate...but you really gotta think a bit outta ur own world.

You hate ricers, we get it, all I'm trying to point out is that your attitude is not exactly that of a model non-ricer i.e. throwing stones in glass houses.

Look, at the end of the day, you drive a sports car that is modified. You chuck on a few stickers and as my friend the swordman Musashi points out, you are going to get revved at.

Some ppl rev simply to see if you're interested - if you then go WOT and race them, I don't know what you're complaining about.

[Gotian]

Originally Posted by Right_LiRrr

Maybe he didn't think he was going to beat you, maybe he just thought he would hang better. Plenty of guys on here try to race obviously faster cars - sometimes out of curiosity sometimes they just wanna hear a lambo open up to 6,000rpm.

im with him, I know I take my jetta out to try and race cars that i couldnt beat when I was stock. I took my jetta against musashis gto and lost by 2 cars, thats not bad at all for a jetta. I can beat some other cars that I havent posted cause I know people will call bs but that's life. If i ever get around to getting new rims, a FMIC, and a turboback exhaust, you bet your ass I will race musashi again, and it will probably be very even.

[Igovert500]

Originally Posted by MVGTP86

i have zzp, magnaflow and SLP decals on my car

You answered your own question.

[Musashi3000GT]

Dude, we are not trying to bash on you but your being a hypocrite.
Stickers on a car are RICE! weather you got the parts or not installed is not the issue, its the fact that you got stickers slapped on.
And dont think Im just shooting words outta my ass, I know from personal experience. I used to have a 3000GT which was in fact sponsored by Ractive (Toucan Industries), Duplicolor, a local rim-repair shop and even Sony had given me a entry level sponsorship but that one didnt work out. The sponsorships where all set appart but I ended up with stickers on my windows, doors and hood. I got heat left and right so I know.
I resorted to getting magnetics and slapped them on ONLY on the days I hit the track, shows or AutoX since thats when the sponsors wanted my to show off. on the street I rolled a clean ride (except after I sold the C-F hood, I had like 6 small decals left on the hood)

Point is stickers belong on race cars....real race cars, like Deuces Wild or Jekyl, those are realz race cars, anything else is rice.

[Chiquae07]

if i see a car with stickers, knowing if it'll beat me stock or not, ill throw some revs. just to see the difference they made, if any. its just a thing. seriously, there are people at my school that put stickers on their cars. they dont say it makes them faster, it just looks so magazine material i hear. i seriously have a friend that is really into neon lighting and has neons underneath, in the car, the windshield fluid shooters, on the dash, pretty much everythin. he had all the neon you could basically buy, except the wing with the neon tube in it. he was about to buy it, but the car got totalled. i'd take a pic if i thought about it. he now is putting on an alumminum wing onto a corsica, yes you read right, a corsica. it drives me nutz. i just give up. i'll take a pic if it happens.

this is the thing, no stickers unless you're sponsored. end of story. i get called a ricer because of my altezzas. the same altezzas new cost like 200 somthin bucks, and i got them for 40. cheaper than for 2 stock ones so i was happy for the deal. no more rice for me lol.