You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?

[Leah]

Ricers. Why the hell do you need to pimp out your car to make it look absolutely audacious?

[ghouck]

Ricers. Why the hell do you need to pimp out your car to make it look absolutely audacious?

Because people these fail to realize that not all attention is good attention. It just may be that all the people looking at them are thinking "what an F-ing idiot".

[ulthar]

Ricers. Why the hell do you need to pimp out your car to make it look absolutely audacious?

Way back when, I was talking to my sister's husband who was a bit of a gear head at the time.  He had blown out a couple of Mustangs and had one Mach I that was scary fast off the line.  This was early 80's or so, and at the time I drove a Datsun pickup truck.  I asked him how he thought it would sound if I put glass packs on that truck.

"Like s&*t," was his terse reply.

Glass packs and headers sound great on a fully blown V-8 like a 350 Chevy engine or Ford's 351-C.  Bump it up to a 454 and it shakes the ribs loose. 

But on a four cylinder with factory valve train and stock cam?  What a waste.

Last year, for my son's birthday, we took him to a Custom Car Show at a 1/4 track and saw some of these jokers trying to run the 1/4.  There was one "real" car there, a Mustang that was running 12 sec 1/4 miles, and he was blowing all the little putt-putters completely off the track.  THAT was fun to watch.

[AndyC]

I agree. If you're going to spend the money, start by buying a more impressive car. And if you're going to put loud mufflers on something, it should rumble, not buzz.

[claws]

Homophobic and racist forum trolls. They don't admit it flat out loud but there is lots to read between the lines. Most of the time its even more obvious than hidden but still in disguise so that it is safe to continue posting.
So much effort so they can spread the hate in little doses. And they get away with it all the time.

Not referring to this forum btw.

[BTM]

Ricers. Why the hell do you need to pimp out your car to make it look absolutely audacious?

I had to Google that.  I'm so non-familiar with cars its painful.

Anyway, I found this:

[AndyC]

Ricers. Why the hell do you need to pimp out your car to make it look absolutely audacious?

I had to Google that.  I'm so non-familar with cars its painful.

Anyway, I found this:

Oh, that's a good one. I hate when I see somebody with a big wing slapped on the trunk lid of some dinky little car. Besides being an aesthetic mismatch, all it does is mess up the carefully engineered aerodynamics of the car.

And what exactly is the point of a rear wing on a front wheel drive car anyway?

Let's spend too much money to install an accessory that will degrade the performance of the car, look stupid and make it a target for cops. Brilliant.

[Mr. DS]

Yeah Ricing, I've seen quite a few vehicles with the cute lil wing on it to make it look cool.  They're usually accompanied by a subpar blasting stereo system.  

I also hate when people put ridiculous paint jobs on ghetto cars.   Example, a 10 year old Nissan Altima with flames.

[Jack]

Yeah Ricing, I've seen quite a few vehicles with the cute lil wing on it to make it look cool.  They're usually accompanied by a subpar blasting stereo system.  

I also hate when people put ridiculous paint jobs on ghetto cars.   Example, a 10 year old Nissan Altima with flames.

A couple of those idiots were drag racing at an intersection.  I drove right past them on the shoulder like they were sitting still - in my wife's SUV   

[BTM]

I still hate it when people wear their pants halfway down their butts.  Hey, moron, that does NOT look cool!

[Newt]

I still hate it when people wear their pants halfway down their butts.  Hey, moron, that does NOT look cool!

Well...drafty maybe...

[dean]

BahaHaha, BTMs pic is a Camry.  That's a family car!!!   If you're going to make a rice-rocket you do it to a proper car like a Skyline something, not a four door sedan!   

They may not be for me, but I'm all for stupid looking 'Fast and Furious' cars, as long as it's done right.  This is rarely the case though.

[AndyC]

I still hate it when people wear their pants halfway down their butts.  Hey, moron, that does NOT look cool!

Baggy clothes, sideways trucker hats pulled down tight, goofy looking tuques in all weather. Over the past two decades, there always seems to be a percentage of youth who think it's cool to dress like a Peanuts character.

[Trevor]

I still hate it when people wear their pants halfway down their butts.  Hey, moron, that does NOT look cool!

Baggy clothes, sideways trucker hats pulled down tight, goofy looking tuques in all weather. Over the past two decades, there always seems to be a percentage of youth who think it's cool to dress like a Peanuts character.

I once had a student here who had the following on:

1. Dark glasses
2. A hoodie
3. Pants so low I could tell his religion
4. A cap UNDER the hoodie.

[Zapranoth]

Aaargh.

People who whip a laser pointer out at a movie theatre!     

As the King of Rohan said in the film version of Return of the King:

Death!

Death!!

Death!!!!!!!!!!!