Scion Driver Dies Racing On 360 in Arlington
02-21-2007, 01:47 PM
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It's been proven time and time again that speed doesn't kill.
Speed VARIANCE kills.
If we had an Autobahn with enforced 90mph minimums, there'd be fewer accidents than a single interstate system with varying speed limits and varying driving styles.
I agree that 'the track' is the only correct venue to race...but how many of us have been cruising on the interstate at around 80mph and ran up on a granny in the fast lane doing 55?
Speed VARIANCE kills.
If we had an Autobahn with enforced 90mph minimums, there'd be fewer accidents than a single interstate system with varying speed limits and varying driving styles.
I agree that 'the track' is the only correct venue to race...but how many of us have been cruising on the interstate at around 80mph and ran up on a granny in the fast lane doing 55?
02-21-2007, 05:35 PM
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Um. We do have variance control. 15mph under the limit CAN get you a ticket (maybe you'll get one, or maybe not). 5 over will get you a ticket. So technically, if everyone drove according to the law all the time, we wouldnt have this problem. Including slower drivers in the wrong lanes.
Of course no one does, except me. I drive like an old man on the highway. 60 in the right hand lane.
Of course no one does, except me. I drive like an old man on the highway. 60 in the right hand lane.
But yes indeed. Speed variance kills.
02-22-2007, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by tekisui
I'm losing my stomach for the whole tuning/performance thing, and this kinda stuff is why. I used to go to general car meets but people being stupid ruined it. I can't drive my tC around with out some idiot burning out at a light because he thinks I'll race him. It's to the point that I don't even like telling people that I have a car that's souped up, because of the street racer stigma that goes with it. I really hate to put it like that, but it's how I feel.
Stupid people annoy me.
02-22-2007, 06:48 PM
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Yeah exactly, checksum. I've been nearly run off the road before (into a ditch almost, into oncoming traffic almost, etc) by kids who got ____ed off because I waved them off when they wanted to race. I just can't handle that B.S. anymore and I'm trying to distance myself from it.
I might actually be Scion-less in as little as two weeks. I'm doing alot of thinking about what I want to do about another car if/when this girl buys mine. Part of me wants a '91 Porsche 944 Cabriolet I found.. Part of me wants a Yaris.. I just don't know where my heart lies anymore. It sucks.
I might actually be Scion-less in as little as two weeks. I'm doing alot of thinking about what I want to do about another car if/when this girl buys mine. Part of me wants a '91 Porsche 944 Cabriolet I found.. Part of me wants a Yaris.. I just don't know where my heart lies anymore. It sucks.
02-22-2007, 07:28 PM
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I have been to the brink and Im lucky I survived to tell about it. I am also lucky that nobody was hurt in my accident. I can see though how the Audi TT and 350z can be mistaken for the other to a normal pedestrian. However, both of these cars would stomp a tC into the ground am I right. Are they looking for the wrong car?
02-22-2007, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by whatmovesu
go with the yaris....IMO
Originally Posted by newt0n
I have been to the brink and Im lucky I survived to tell about it. I am also lucky that nobody was hurt in my accident. I can see though how the Audi TT and 350z can be mistaken for the other to a normal pedestrian. However, both of these cars would stomp a tC into the ground am I right. Are they looking for the wrong car?
02-22-2007, 10:04 PM
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i still cant say i have ever had any problems with idiots wanting to race me.... 
ken, from what i heard you say, my car sounds like its got something going on to other drivers, why is it i cannot relate to this expirience i wonder....
ken, from what i heard you say, my car sounds like its got something going on to other drivers, why is it i cannot relate to this expirience i wonder....
02-23-2007, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by gjpjr84
i still cant say i have ever had any problems with idiots wanting to race me....
ken, from what i heard you say, my car sounds like its got something going on to other drivers, why is it i cannot relate to this expirience i wonder....
ken, from what i heard you say, my car sounds like its got something going on to other drivers, why is it i cannot relate to this expirience i wonder....
02-26-2007, 08:30 PM
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Hey guys...I'm just now getting back to this forum!! (Hi guys!)
I don't get very many people egging me on to race either (I guess it's because I'm in the "reserves" lol and don't drive around much). I get asked all time if I race my car and/or how fast it is. I guess it's that "SFX" sticker I've got....it adds horse power, you know.
I don't get very many people egging me on to race either (I guess it's because I'm in the "reserves" lol and don't drive around much). I get asked all time if I race my car and/or how fast it is. I guess it's that "SFX" sticker I've got....it adds horse power, you know.