Do you guys ever get laughed at?

Last night, I was cruising around in the C32. I come across an EVO 8 with some nice gauges, exhaust (thats all i could tell) and gave my car a little gas. there were 4 people in the EVO and they all looked over and laughed at me. i had to seriously egg 'em on to race...and they didnt know i was seriously until i took off from a light and went a little sideways and THEN they decided to race, only to have me pull hard on them (considering there were 4 people in the car)

and then only 30 minutes later, i get the same crap from a 335i, which i find totally unexpected. sure, i understand the lack of knowledge about the AMGs from perhaps the guys with imports from Japan, but from fellow German cars? The guy was in a 335i sedan with two of his buddies and once again, laughed when i gave my car some gas. Some guy in the backseat took out his phone and im guessing tried to record what happened as he was laughing too. He had no idea how to race and tried to make it into a cat and mouse game to make me follow him all around. the only race i got off resulted in my being ahead about 1 car despite his getting a slight jump. the speed of that thing with 3 people in it totally surprised me and when i asked the guy what he had done he goes, "what?" i asked him if he had any of those piggyback ECUs, and he goes "piggywhat?

when you guys try and race other cars (or if you do), do you guys ever get laughed at like this? is this from the lack of knowledge of the C32 AMG in general? This wasnt even an isolated incident. This has happened many times from ranging from coming from people driving cobras, camaros, srt4s, and SS Cobalts (s/c) to STIs and EVOs. The only cars i havent gotten acknowledgment from anyone without having to prove my C isnt slow (like the non AMGs everyone must think it is) with the exception of the E46 M3s and some S4s. Thats it. It just pisses me off....sorry, just had to vent

 

plain do not know what is under the hood of that old benz.They do now!
So keep it on the track,and be safe.You don't want to end up like tommygunn do you?

 

I don't even bother looking for races unless I know its close
to my HP/TQ specs. What you just did giving gas is like a
typical young kid (in a cheesy as car) revving up to catch your
attention.

As a matter of fact yesterday on my way to work I caught a
C5 Z06 staring at my car at a red light, the guy scuffed, so
I looked at his Z06 badge w/the 405HP badge and I scuffed.

Well the guy revved up and he didn't go anywhere and I
couldn't pull on him either. I'm pretty sure he was baffled
and wonder what the hell just happened and I was driving
away with a smile from ear to ear. Oh yeah he heard my SC.

 

when i look, i only look for good ones. i dont look for just any old one. i stick primarily to the evos, stis, LS1s, WS6s, cobras and such. i guess it is a big childish.....its not like i got their attention by really flooring it....i kept it on the current gear at low rpms, and gave it a little gas so they could hear the exhaust kind of by their window....idk

 

i'm no C32, but just imagine how I feel... I don't even have an AMG badge.

 

i get that all the time i had a kid in an m3 with his girlfriend trying to show off laughing thinking it was just a car with badges but when he saw i had three car in front of him he wasnt laughing anymore all he asked was if it was a real c32 and at the track a had a similar situation with a modded srt-4 all i can say is that he was pretty upset i beat him all three times we raced so i wouldnt get mad remeber he who laughes last laughes the hardest
my .02

 

i gotta tell you man, i laugh at people sometimes when they try and race me just for the sheer fact its like - dude were on a public road and there are cars everywhere, or its raining outside or something, its like...are you kidding me?

it has nothing to do with what type of car they are in, more like why bother racing, who cares? not everyone buys these cars to race...sounds like thats what the 335 guy was doing, just driving along, hence the "cat and mouse" you bring up. Probably just messing with you, wanted you to take off so he could just watch.

 

I dunno, no one really tries to race me, probably because I'm debaged in the back and most people have no clue what our cars are (especially since almost all the later W203's have AMG kits/mufflers). Maybe if I do the resonator delete it will be a little more obvious.

 

jturkel: I dont think they laughed at your car they were probably laughin at you for trying to race..........

 

specially SUV, Diesel Trucks with BOV's and rice rockets...

I never get laughed at.. but they think they are going to do destroy me.

Usually let them make the first pass or cut me off.. by the time they blink a few times.. I'm already going by and taking my spot back.

 

Why do you even care? Maybe you should put big stickers on the side of your car that say this is an AMG show me some respect!

 

I never get laugh at when i'm in my 32 . All they see is A blk car with big FMIC. they usually give me a !

 

Laughed at? No. I've only seen a few people who even knew that my C32 was any different than a regular C-Class. This isn't a "high profile" car, if you know what I'm saying. A non-enthusiast would have trouble distinguishing it from an '04-07 C230 sport sedan.

Not to date myself, but I've definitely noticed that street racing has become less common and acceptable than it used to be. I hate to say it, but a lot of folks consider it kind of white trash. Maybe revving your engine as you did was what triggered the laughs? I wasn't there but if someone pulled up next to me and revved her up, I'd shake my head -- whether the car was a C32, an Evo, an STi, or a Mustang Cobra. I won't give a lecture on how dangerous street racing is (especially with cars as fast as ours) but you know what I'm saying.

 

if a guy in ANY car pulled up next to me at a traffic light and revved his engine at me, i would laugh too. so don't worry, they were probably not laughing at your car.

 

LOL! Great pic Zed. That's probably exactly how Turkel's face looked as he zipped away from the light

 

Nobody knows these cars (if they did, resale values might actually be respectable!) and the whole brand still suffers from being known as cars for old men.

Even if the folks you ran across were into street racing, they wouldn't expect much from a "lowly MB C-class."

Doesn't matter - we get the last laugh every day when we drive 'em!

 

what happened to tommygunn

 

I agree. They weren't laughing at the car. They were laughing at you. Sorry.

You didn't add a rice wing to your car, did you?

 

I had some idiotic kid in a new Eclipse try to race me not even 20 minutes after I drove away from the dealership Friday night... He downshifted and pulled up next to me, trying to show off, but as quick as he pulled up, I pulled away

Proved his idiocy by blowing through a FULL red light about 10 seconds afterwards and almost causing an accident... F'in asshat...

I've actually gotten a lot of smile+nods from older drivers of early/mid 2000's 5/7-series and S-class sedans at stoplights as I look around; apparently our cars are recognized enough, heh.

 

I definately agree with that statement. Mercedes have been selling tons of C230 Sport Edition between 2003 to 2007, and given that they look almost identical to a C32 from the outside, most people can't tell the difference. So I'm guessing that guy raced a lot of C230s and C320s and beat them easily, and probably thought your car was a C320 that is missing a zero for some reason (maybe broke off). Little does he know that it is a C32 AMG.

No worries, next time they encounter an AMG, they will definately think twice before laughing

 

Agreed. It is pretty hard to tell from far a 07 C350/230 from a C32 when rolling, unless you really know your benz. I too get funny and dirty looks sometimes from EVOs and STIs when I roll to the light from behind. Although once we get rolling and they saw the quad pipes, they tend to stay back a little.

 

What happened to Tommygunn?

 

[QUOTE=jturkel;2532245]Do you guys ever get laughed at?

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The c32 is a respectable car. Giving the car gas at the light isnt. They will go if they will go.

Enjoy the races as you beat them all.

 

I believe I voted "**** em"

Everywhere u go, ther will be haters sip'n on hatoraid, immature highschool ****s with fast or riced' out imports....

Just ignored them n smoke all them fakres while u can.

 

I am 37 and though I really don't get people trying to race me I bet its cause I don't naturally hangout in places where the races can happen...but I will admit I do find myself looking for C5/6 to play with and even Evos,STI,WS6, Mustangs and anything competitive but I by no means initiate anything just hoping they would. What ever the case be safe and try to race in wide open scenerios like a straight open merge or street where you can really floor it showing what you have.

I never knew of the C32 til I started searching to buy an E46 M3 but very proud of my C32....my friends never really knew what I had and probably never respected it til we did a couple of races on a dragstrip and I bet its respected now.