We've all seen them, and chances are we've all heard them long before we've seen them. That’s right, I’m talking about those geniuses who saw “The fast and the furious” and decided that adding a coffee can to their exhaust and stripes to their hood would make them coooool. Living in a small state I had the good fortune of never really having to deal with such stupidity, and then I moved to Los Angeles (which I otherwise love).
My friend and I were waiting at a stoplight when we heard it, and we both looked at each other and cringed. We heard the car long before we saw it; that high pitched rusty chainsaw sound that only a crappy mod car’s exhaust could make (maybe an old leaf blower). Mr. Cool pulled up next to us, revving his engine and rolling his civic back and forth, as to say “hey look, I drive a standard, that makes me cool!” We both looked at him; the disgust in our stare must have been obvious, because it got him mad enough to do a whopping 1sec burnout (about all you can do in a civic). To top it off, he did it a good 1/2sec before the light turned green….. wow, what a badass, its not like you can see the other light turn red or anything.
This guy must need all the stuff he added to his car, seeing that he got to the next red light a good 3 seconds before we did. Wow… he gets to wait an extra 3 seconds….what a reward. Not to mention he gets to brag about beating a car that wasnt even racing him. And I’m sure the massive spoiler on his car helped too, I mean, it makes sense to have a big spoiler on a front wheel drive car, right? I mean, it’s not like the spoiler would push down on the back of the car, taking power away from the front wheels, right?
Now let me make this clear, I have nothing against any type of car, especially Honda; their cars last forever. I do, however, have a great deal of contempt for anyone who would spend as much on the mods for their car, as the actual car itself. The fact is, no matter how big the rims are on your car, no matter how big your exhaust is, no matter how many stickers you have on your car, your car is still crappy. It’s rather hard for me to understand why someone would buy a $10k car and spend another $8-10k on modifications. Why not just save your money and buy a sports car to begin with? Then at least you don’t look like a moron, your car is actually made for speed, and it would probably still be able to beat out most of the modified cars out there.
Generally I just don’t care about this stuff, like, at all. But it didn’t end at the stoplight episode, nooooo, it dragged onto the highway. The dude followed us onto the highway, riding our back. That’s understandable though, he must have thought that we actually care about what he does with his car, and felt it necessary to prove himself to two strangers. So, as we’re getting ready to get off the off ramp he passes us in the breakdown lane and cuts us off, nearly slamming his plastic car into a divider.
That’s my story for today, and the reason I changed my signature
My friend and I were waiting at a stoplight when we heard it, and we both looked at each other and cringed. We heard the car long before we saw it; that high pitched rusty chainsaw sound that only a crappy mod car’s exhaust could make (maybe an old leaf blower). Mr. Cool pulled up next to us, revving his engine and rolling his civic back and forth, as to say “hey look, I drive a standard, that makes me cool!” We both looked at him; the disgust in our stare must have been obvious, because it got him mad enough to do a whopping 1sec burnout (about all you can do in a civic). To top it off, he did it a good 1/2sec before the light turned green….. wow, what a badass, its not like you can see the other light turn red or anything.
This guy must need all the stuff he added to his car, seeing that he got to the next red light a good 3 seconds before we did. Wow… he gets to wait an extra 3 seconds….what a reward. Not to mention he gets to brag about beating a car that wasnt even racing him. And I’m sure the massive spoiler on his car helped too, I mean, it makes sense to have a big spoiler on a front wheel drive car, right? I mean, it’s not like the spoiler would push down on the back of the car, taking power away from the front wheels, right?
Now let me make this clear, I have nothing against any type of car, especially Honda; their cars last forever. I do, however, have a great deal of contempt for anyone who would spend as much on the mods for their car, as the actual car itself. The fact is, no matter how big the rims are on your car, no matter how big your exhaust is, no matter how many stickers you have on your car, your car is still crappy. It’s rather hard for me to understand why someone would buy a $10k car and spend another $8-10k on modifications. Why not just save your money and buy a sports car to begin with? Then at least you don’t look like a moron, your car is actually made for speed, and it would probably still be able to beat out most of the modified cars out there.
Generally I just don’t care about this stuff, like, at all. But it didn’t end at the stoplight episode, nooooo, it dragged onto the highway. The dude followed us onto the highway, riding our back. That’s understandable though, he must have thought that we actually care about what he does with his car, and felt it necessary to prove himself to two strangers. So, as we’re getting ready to get off the off ramp he passes us in the breakdown lane and cuts us off, nearly slamming his plastic car into a divider.
That’s my story for today, and the reason I changed my signature
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And watch them bottom out on little bumps in the road too...
