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Wifey and I are returning home and during the drive, a little two seat Honda pulls in behind. Ya know the kind with blue headlights, hat on sideways, sucking on a cigarette....
Once the road opens up he starts the pass and I slowly squeeze the go pedal. Before too long we're cuttin 80 into the twisties. He's leading. Its a no brainer and he's holding a pretty decent line. After the rock store turn, (tighty-righty with a little off camber in the outside lane, marked down to 35mph) he cuts the apex from outside to inside and I hang tough on the outside and roll in more throttle to let him know there's so much more to go. The abrupt turn of his head tells me he didn't expect the challenge. By now Wifey is making "those noises" wifeys make when your starting to have fun. So I back down remembering that only one CHP has been spotted and we know they run in twos. A few minutes go by, the Honda was well outta sight. And we were cruising at legal +5 when I spotted a B/W pulling out of hiding well ahead of us. Yep there was number two, and within a few more minutes had our friend at the roadside. As we drove by, I tooted the horn. Was that mean? Wifey thought so. I'm still laughing!!! |
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| Matatk | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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 A little. But it's all in good fun. Matthew |
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| Vetron87 | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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I had an experience two years ago in July in which a Honda nitrous/tubro charged /you name it he had it pulled up next to my wife and I in the Vette. While at the light he was revving this thing and popping the clutch drawing attention to himself. He was watching me not the light. I was in the turn lane and he was in the regular lane. I turned right he thought I was going to beat him off the line and accelerated right into a 1 ton Dodge Ram 4x4 that had the green light to turn left in front of him. Honda didn't fair well at all. Punk kid with his hat on funny was hurt when the air bags deployed. He was ticketed and taken to the hospital.
I kinda smiled thinking WTF was he thinking. My wife was probably thinking oh I hope his not hurt! |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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You guys..........
Don't forget, you were once that punky kid. I can tell by your reactions. |
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| Vetron87 | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Punks NO!!! COOL yes!! |
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| Durango_Boy | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Sometimes I'll let out a little 'beep beep' when passing someone I see pulled over who was driving recklessly. I'm not tainting the driver however, in point of fact, I'm commending the officer for pulling over someone who might otherwise have injured themselves or someone else with their out of control driving. |
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| jdtireman | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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What is it about an old guy (us) in a corvette that makes these young punks think there peice of rice burning crap can possibly keep up with any corvette? It seems the only ones ever to feel challenged by my vette are those pimply faced, sideways hatted little s.o.b.s. They drive like idiots on the road, but they never show up at the autocross or the drag strip to be properly schooled. So frustrating! On the road I'm usually content to give a little throotle just to egg 'em on and then back off in hopes that they will run into our ever present constabulary, or better yet, blow through a posted radar camera red light. The best revenge is a $300 ticket in the mail!
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| BillH | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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I like to stare 'em down and just smile. I did that for two redlights to one of those kids. At the next light he yelled "Come On". I replied " How about 5 laps at the Fernley track, either car for $1,000?" He didn't have anything else to say.
Steve, come over on June 5th and run hard at the track with us, no CHP or NHP to worry about. |
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| SpectatorRacing | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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I always put our track event flyers on their windshields when I see them in parking lots (usually at the mall
 ).Strange that they never show up. Well...except the EVO's. But those cars are actually fast. |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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We'd have to ask the ol'timers back in the day what they called us. I don't think they were saying " Hey, check out that cool kid." |
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| Vetron87 | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Back in the day (60"s) it went something like this, slow that f***** car down you ass****. Next time I see you I'll blow fu*****car up!! with you in it!1 That was the WWII generation and they meant it!! They never said punk! it was always asshole!! They put the fear of god in you!! My dad was worse!!   |
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| Vetron87 | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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We thought we were COOL not punks, parents thought we were nuts. Back in the day you had the smart kids in high school the jocks and the hoods(punks). I was a jock 1 step above punk AKA asshole. |
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| JrRifleCoach | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Thats IT! I laugh cause my Dad's generation honked at me! By honking, we're passing on a tradition. Its like waving at another Corvette........ |
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| Ultraman | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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| Vetron87 | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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The greatest generation was mean! You should have seen our Indiana State Police! These guys didn't take any crap from anybody! All the State Troopers I knew were X-Marines driving around in 65 Impalas. Awesome!! |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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That was a time when most of the male population spent time in far away places and saw some of the worst atrocities of mankind. An ass kicking would be a light punishment. They lost buddies and brothers in the wars/conflicts. Some were POWs. I've met many and shared some of their stories. After surviving what some of them went through, you could see why they wouldn't take any shit from anybody. Today, your looking at jail time, loss of income/benefits and a host of other negatives if you so much as lay a finger on anybody.
Here I go drifting off topic again .... |
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| Vetron87 | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Your right Tommy! These guys took a beating and never complained. Unbelievable the shit they saw and lived threw! Thats why by the time you were 10 you had A REAL good idea right from wrong.
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| BillH | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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And parents actually taught right and wrong. There was no such thing as a "Time Out" |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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It was more like "Knock Out". |
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| Vetron87 | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Time out! back in the day was the time it took to recover from an ass kicking from dad or neighbors dad's. Your right! now it would be child abuse, lawyers involved, police, child protection etc. No wonder our kids are screwed up!!
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| teebee | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Ron, it's more of that liberal thinking crap. Some kids (most), need to be spanked. It isn't child abuse.
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Quick question.
Did anybody as a teen used to peel out trying to impress the ladies? We all know how much teenage girls just love a guy that can smoke his tires. Right? |
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| vetteblondie | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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I thought I was the only mean one around that did stuff like that... |
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| 383tpimachine | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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I never did this. However drifting in parkinglots got them wet... |
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| Ultraman | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Yeah back then it was all about seeing how much rubber you could lay down especially coming out of the school parking lot. It helped that it was a gravel lot to get things going. I tried it once in my old mans Rambler but I didn't get on the gravel enough and screwed up releasing the clutch and killed the motor. Yeah, I was cool! Upper class guys all waiting in line had a hayday with me for that one and the chicks didn't know I existed.
I did get back later when the old man bought a 64 Dodge with a 383 and a torque flite. That car did not need any gravel to get the 7.75 X 15's rolling. Fun stuff! |
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| BillH | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Define "peel out". Uh, you were talking about a car, right? |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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I grew up in Boston. Droves of kids hanging around on street corners would yell for you to "peel out" to see how much rubber you could leave on the roadway. Nothing like seeing a group of chicks hanging out. Great time to check out your throttle response. Actually, the smart thing to do was to pull over and try to charm the pants off them. That was never one of my strong suits. I let my buddies do the talkin and man could they talk some crap. I was one of the nice guys then. Found out why nice guys always finish last. |
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| BillH | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Just wanted to make sure you weren't talkin' about a zipper. |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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| Vetron87 | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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I teach at my old high school. Kids today have no clue about torque and horsepower in their little Hondas and Toyotas.
I had a 61 Chevy 409 Impala Conv/4sp. in 1967. The dumbass gene kicked in on the last day of school as a senior. With six big guys in the car I reved the Chevy in front the school and dumped the clutch and threw the driveshaft across the street. Real fricking cool! My high school buds to this day never let me forget that stellar moment.  |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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My buddy Jay in his 67 GTO thought he would wake up the cops at the local sub-station by burning out in front of the police station. He lost control of it and ended up on the sidewalk in front of the police station stalled out. They came running out. He told them his accelerator got stuck. (Way before Toyota) He just started it up and gently drove away. Buddies never forget. |
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| BillH | Re: What do women know? Its a guy thing | ||
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Ha, I had a 60 Coupe, factory 4sp. with the 348 pulled out and a 409 stuck in. in 1969. Paid $800 for it. |
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I wish I had that beast back! This thing was bad ass in its day. Worked at a Chevy Dealership when I wasn't involved with sports. Bought a 58 Corvette for 1200. in 1966 and the Impala for 750. in 1965. I thought the 409 was fast, my dad had a 1964 Thunderbolt Fairlane. He wouldn't let me drive it!!! Sold both cars before going to Vietnam. |
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The old accelerator got stuck trick. Never worked for me!! |
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