Bent a Rim Tonight, Then Raced :{
05-15-2011, 12:07 AM
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05-15-2011, 12:12 AM
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So incorrect! Caution has minimised accidents at many levels.
The fact isn't about you, but the next person that might be probably unaware or sanity in a questionable state. You are not any safer if you don't factor these in place. You are tossing caution to the wind.
05-15-2011, 02:12 AM
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Sorry guys Ive been racing on the street since I was in high school and can't get enough of it. Its the whole rush of it, running from the cops and stuff like that. There just isn't a place where I can race on the track near the Bay Area so I have always resorted to street racing.
05-15-2011, 03:24 AM
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LMAO! you sound like you're still in high school. I have a friend that's paralyzed and confined to a wheel chair now, he had the exact same mindset as you. check yourself before you wreck yourself.
Infineon is only about an hour away from the Bay, even less if you're in north bay
not that far if you ask me. trust me ive been out to all kinds of PR's, 7th street runs in Oakland, Antioch runs...you name it if it was a local street race setup, ive been there. fun at first, but I'd rather have time slips in my glove compartment.
Infineon is only about an hour away from the Bay, even less if you're in north bay
not that far if you ask me. trust me ive been out to all kinds of PR's, 7th street runs in Oakland, Antioch runs...you name it if it was a local street race setup, ive been there. fun at first, but I'd rather have time slips in my glove compartment.
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05-15-2011, 09:55 AM
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05-15-2011, 12:02 PM
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Well, with age and time you learn how to be a bit more careful about what you do in life - especially when it comes to things that can actually hurt or kill you, like a car.
It is very normal for males, especially in the 18-30 age, to be brazen and fearless when it comes to this type of stuff. That's why the insurance rates are so high, look at the statistics.
Trust me, I know that feeling of throwing caution to the wind too. I think most of us do. But there comes a time, where you wake up, and hopefully it's before something serious happens. All it takes is one little second. Sometimes your car is perfect and everything is going right, but one little event can throw it off. In this case, your case was far from perfect and could have potentially caused you to go off path at such speeds.
Sometimes you notice but don't mind this, because when you are racing someone else, it is indeed very exciting and feels great.
We all like adrenaline, but I would like to still be able to feel adrenaline in my older age, and not have it end in my 20's.
It is very normal for males, especially in the 18-30 age, to be brazen and fearless when it comes to this type of stuff. That's why the insurance rates are so high, look at the statistics.
Trust me, I know that feeling of throwing caution to the wind too. I think most of us do. But there comes a time, where you wake up, and hopefully it's before something serious happens. All it takes is one little second. Sometimes your car is perfect and everything is going right, but one little event can throw it off. In this case, your case was far from perfect and could have potentially caused you to go off path at such speeds.
Sometimes you notice but don't mind this, because when you are racing someone else, it is indeed very exciting and feels great.
We all like adrenaline, but I would like to still be able to feel adrenaline in my older age, and not have it end in my 20's.
05-15-2011, 01:55 PM
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Well, with age and time you learn how to be a bit more careful about what you do in life - especially when it comes to things that can actually hurt or kill you, like a car.
It is very normal for males, especially in the 18-30 age, to be brazen and fearless when it comes to this type of stuff. That's why the insurance rates are so high, look at the statistics.
Trust me, I know that feeling of throwing caution to the wind too. I think most of us do. But there comes a time, where you wake up, and hopefully it's before something serious happens. All it takes is one little second. Sometimes your car is perfect and everything is going right, but one little event can throw it off. In this case, your case was far from perfect and could have potentially caused you to go off path at such speeds.
Sometimes you notice but don't mind this, because when you are racing someone else, it is indeed very exciting and feels great.
We all like adrenaline, but I would like to still be able to feel adrenaline in my older age, and not have it end in my 20's.
It is very normal for males, especially in the 18-30 age, to be brazen and fearless when it comes to this type of stuff. That's why the insurance rates are so high, look at the statistics.
Trust me, I know that feeling of throwing caution to the wind too. I think most of us do. But there comes a time, where you wake up, and hopefully it's before something serious happens. All it takes is one little second. Sometimes your car is perfect and everything is going right, but one little event can throw it off. In this case, your case was far from perfect and could have potentially caused you to go off path at such speeds.
Sometimes you notice but don't mind this, because when you are racing someone else, it is indeed very exciting and feels great.
We all like adrenaline, but I would like to still be able to feel adrenaline in my older age, and not have it end in my 20's.
05-15-2011, 02:26 PM
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Street racing - Dumb, but I get it. People do it. And in the perfect conditions, doesn't bother me too much.
Street racing to 140mph - Beyond stupid. Can't cure stupid.
Street racing to 140mph on a bent wheel and shot tire - Candidate for the Darwin Award. (Google it)
Really man? Really?
Good lord. The best news isn't that you didn't kill yourself, it's that you didn't kill the father, crossing the street with his 3 and 5 year old sons. You know, like me.
Street racing to 140mph - Beyond stupid. Can't cure stupid.
Street racing to 140mph on a bent wheel and shot tire - Candidate for the Darwin Award. (Google it)
Really man? Really?
Good lord. The best news isn't that you didn't kill yourself, it's that you didn't kill the father, crossing the street with his 3 and 5 year old sons. You know, like me.
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05-15-2011, 03:22 PM
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Spend $300 like me and get a clearanced 19in rim with tire as a spare. At least you have POM if you get a bent rim again. Replicas have been known to come completely apart after hitting a curb/pothole/raised manhole cover.
05-15-2011, 05:42 PM
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I bet you would be telling a different story if you lost control, went into another lane, smashed into another vehicle and killed everyone in it... Maybe someones mom, daughter? kids?
05-16-2011, 11:19 AM
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05-17-2011, 06:11 PM
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05-17-2011, 06:16 PM
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To the OP: You have made some critical errors. Seriously.
1. Racing after you KNOW you hit a pothole.
2. Oh wait....racing on the street.
3. Continuing to accelerate AFTER feeling severe vibration.
4. Trolling on MBWorld.
5. You actually said you are going race him again in the vette, and you like to "outrun cops".
WOW. You have got to be inciting this. You get the...TRIPLE FACE PALM sir.
Gotta have more facepalm....
1. Racing after you KNOW you hit a pothole.
2. Oh wait....racing on the street.
3. Continuing to accelerate AFTER feeling severe vibration.
4. Trolling on MBWorld.
5. You actually said you are going race him again in the vette, and you like to "outrun cops".
WOW. You have got to be inciting this. You get the...TRIPLE FACE PALM sir.
Gotta have more facepalm....
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05-17-2011, 08:03 PM
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You don't honestly believe your superior driving skills would allow you to control a car with a blow out at 140 MPH... do you?
05-17-2011, 10:43 PM
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05-18-2011, 07:15 PM
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