Ricers at an all time low

[Mark_in_Tulsa]

Here is a vid of some ricers that discovered that Seafoam makes a great smoke show. Apparently it's the greatest thing since sliced bread to them.

 

I remember when I was in school, it was cool to make a smoke show with your tires. But then again that would require power.

 

http://www.unreal-deals.com/seafoam.avi

 

Oh and here is the page where he explains it to other ricers. He warns them not to use more than 5 cans at at time, because more than 5 will dry out your valve stem seals. LOL He learned the hard way.

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1502112

[drumset5994]

I never understood the facination with taking a Honda Civic with 80 Horsepower and "pimping" it out. What happened to the craze of yesteryear with with 396 (which some were really bored out to 402, but still branded 396). Now there was horses.

 

Part of me hopes all those baby boomers hold onto the classic cars in there garages, so i can buy them one by one like Leno-lol.

[Wingnut]

I never understood the facination with taking a Honda Civic with 80 Horsepower and "pimping" it out.  What happened to the craze of yesteryear with with 396 (which some were really bored out to 402, but still branded 396).  Now there was horses. 

 

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I don't care for them either...But the single reason that I don't mind them, is that it's a constructive hobby. They aren't lazing around being bored, kicking over mailboxes, etc....They're learning about weedeaters cars. And that's always better than just being a stupid teenager.

[Guest chevydeerhunter]

I never understood the facination with taking a Honda Civic with 80 Horsepower and "pimping" it out.  What happened to the craze of yesteryear with with 396 (which some were really bored out to 402, but still branded 396).  Now there was horses. 

 

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I don't care for them either...But the single reason that I don't mind them, is that it's a constructive hobby. They aren't lazing around being bored, kicking over mailboxes, etc....They're learning about weedeaters cars. And that's always better than just being a stupid teenager.

 

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I'm glad you've got some sensible ones where you are. Not the jackass ricers around here. I live two houses from a park the these a*%holes like to do burnouts at midnight and run around the park like it's the Indy 500. I've got the cops on speed dial.

[General Lee 01]

Don't you get it man, that's what parks are for at midnight.

[Guest chevydeerhunter]

d**n...I didn't get the memo!

[Wingnut]

I'm glad you've got some sensible ones where you are.  Not the jackass ricers around here.  I live two houses from a park the these a*%holes like to do burnouts at midnight and run around the park like it's the Indy 500.  I've got the cops on speed dial.

 

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But you see...That's not specific to the ricers. There are just as many idiots driving '98 Camaros or a '75 Cutlass doing the same crap.

 

I had some retarded kid (couldn't have been 20 yet) in a pretty nice and nasty looking 442 trying to race me today in some heavy-ass traffic. Of course, he may qualify as a ricer due to the dinner-plate tach (with bil 'ol shift light) he had mounted in the middle of his dash. But that car had a big block and the fat/skinnies tire thing going on. Good looking street rod, dipsh*t driver of the highest caliber.

 

Nationality of automotive construction is hardly indicative of etiquette or common sense in a vehicle operator's mentality.

[Elwood 2000]

In my neck of the woods, we have a lot of poor kids. Their "ricers" are old Honda's, Cavaliers, or whatever they can get with a 4 cylinder engine. They all have a HUGE fart can on the back and usually the front valance of some sort of ground effects kit. Of course, there are plenty of stickers everywhere from every company that produces every type of add on for the car that they WANT, but do not have. There is usually rust and some dents, but they sure do make a lot of noise as the grind thru the gears!

[Guest chevydeerhunter]

I'm glad you've got some sensible ones where you are.  Not the jackass ricers around here.  I live two houses from a park the these a*%holes like to do burnouts at midnight and run around the park like it's the Indy 500.  I've got the cops on speed dial.

 

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But you see...That's not specific to the ricers. There are just as many idiots driving '98 Camaros or a '75 Cutlass doing the same crap.

 

I had some retarded kid (couldn't have been 20 yet) in a pretty nice and nasty looking 442 trying to race me today in some heavy-ass traffic. Of course, he may qualify as a ricer due to the dinner-plate tach (with bil 'ol shift light) he had mounted in the middle of his dash. But that car had a big block and the fat/skinnies tire thing going on. Good looking street rod, dipsh*t driver of the highest caliber.

 

Nationality of automotive construction is hardly indicative of etiquette or common sense in a vehicle operator's mentality.

 

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Oh I agree wholeheartedly.

The funny thing is that the guys around here driving American muscle on the street know that the busy intersections aren't the place to display the power. These guys are weekend racers and are responsible as are a minority of the ricers. If they have a nut to bust, they do it in grudge matches at the track. It's the punk kids who want to flash all the brawn at the intersection during 5:00 traffic that piss me off. That's the way it is around here.

Like you said, it's usually the retarded kids who know no better.

[Schmids5.3l]

Were pretty much 50/50 around here. Half are junk cars with 4 bangers and coffee can mufflers, like Saturns and neons and older early 90's imports. The other half look decent (no rust dents ect), but they all have their heads in the same mindset. I'd love to race a riced out Saturn! Only Ricer cars Ive seen around here that are quick is a Black SRT4, and a guy I went to High school with has a Prelude with a bunch of bolt-ons. The funniest Ive seen was a Regular Neon with Dual coffee can mufflers.

[Wingnut]

There's some high-end rice around here that will flat wax me. REALLY makes me want to go FI.

 

It's funny...It's usually the cars that DON'T go fast that have the dumbest drivers. Had another one this morning. I have no f'n clue what kind of car it was. Lots of ground effects, spoiler, dueling fart-nozzles, and bright green. This guy is roaring through the gears like Mario at about 128 decibels, and I'm just watching him while I accelerate away from him at 1/2 throttle.

 

I was then treated to a flashy green flyby.

[General Lee 01]

That's another thing I don't get with the ricers, what's with the gay-ish bright colors they decide to go with?

 

Fast cars are supposed to be dark!

[Wingnut]

That's another thing I don't get with the ricers, what's with the gay-ish bright colors they decide to go with?

 

Fast cars are supposed to be dark!

 

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Nah, it was neon green. Like the kickass shoelaces from the 80's.

 

Not "Seafoam Metallic Green with Smoky Taupe accents and a Fuchsia interior".

[drumset5994]

Years ago...going back to the late 60s early 70s, "Transit Road" was the strip in Buffalo NY. Hundreds of cars would gather the streets at all late hours, as Transit Road runs 15 consecutive miles, evenly spaced stop lights, 4 lanes of traffic...ALL STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW. Cops would sit anxiously awaiting with the book of tickets they'd soon be done with by the end of the night. Camaro's, Nova's, Chevelles, Roadrunners...they all came to this stretch to flaunt their stuff to other muscle car drivers.

 

About a year ago, i was sitting at Main/Transit behind a beautiful car. One was greying, baby boomer, looking like an aged Tommy Chong straight out of 'Nam, sitting in a nice shiney black 69 Chevelle, straight pipes, simply smoking his cig while he waited for the light to change.

 

In the opposite lane, this 16-18 year old kid pulls up in what i thought was a yellow Toyota Corolla with a ground effects kit (companies employ people to make this s**t?) neons, rims (with REALLY bad tires) and a fart can the size of a Bethlehem Steel smokestack sticking out the back of this thing.

 

He pulls right up to the Chevelle, which MAYBE only had a 396, and starts reving his engine like a pure idiot...could he actually be egging on the Chevelle? Yes. He was. The Tommy Chong look-alike simply glanced over, threw his cigarette on the ground, and as the light turned green, the car took off like a bat out of hell. I say this, because while the Chevelle was already across the intersection chirping into 2nd gear, the Corolla was spinning its tires in fury, hardly moving. Did he think the yellow color of the car would "blind" people into losing?

 

What i did notice next, was sure experience, and complete honor for the baby boomers. Out of nowhere, as i follow far behind in my S10 (at the time), the Chevelle cuts over a lane, and pulls into a nearby diner, facing the road...like he's watching. The Toyota Corolla zooms past him on the road, flipping him off, screaming with his buddies out the window...not noticing that 50 feet up, a New York State Trooper was shooting radar behind a bush. The cop instantly nails them.

 

Who was the real loser in this race?

[Draenor]

Of course, there are plenty of stickers everywhere from every company that produces every type of add on for the car that they WANT, but do not have.

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I thought those made you go faster, especially if they are in the chinese lettering.