Alright, here is the deal... I want everyone's 5 most hated things that they see on cars driving around today.

I know that this isn't really tech/generel engine, but it seems like it could be fun anyways, so please keep it open!


-=-Mike

 

1) stickers
2) rear louvers (sp?)
3) 3 ft high spoilers
4) 6" coffee can - weedwhacker sounding mufflers
5) **** on chevy things (stickers I know, but they deserve their own catagory)

 

i cant spend much time writing this, bc it makes me so incredibly mad. i stopped at a rest stop one day, and somehow got talking to this rather old fella(75 or so), and he told me, for a reason i cant remember, that he simply drives in the left hand lane on the freeways and about 5mph under the speed limit so he never has to pass anyone. i just about exploded, what do these people think? so you try to get revenge by passing them, and slowing down in front of them so they get out of the damn lane, but they wont! they simply stay there! argh oh my bleeping bleep bleep goodness! how are they still legally driving.... grrrrr!!!!!!!!

[This message has been edited by mtx28 (edited November 13, 2000).]

 

Mike,

If it stays somewhat technical, it will probably stay open. Your topic leaves the door open fairly wide, however.

I'll start...

#10 - "Hot Wheels" cars - the ones with 215/30-13 tires wheels that look like a grocery cart rolling loose from it's pen in the parking lot. The poor little POS is probably turning six grand down the highway at 45 MPH;

#9 - People jumping around in the seats with the beat of the subwoofer in perfect synchronization with the sway of the aluminum foil/coat hanger antenna, all while sticking their fingers in the air, out the window, through the headliner, etc. You just KNOW they're belted in the seats and really in control of the vehicle - yeah, RIGHT!

#8 - Applying makeup while talking on the cellephone and eating breakfast, scanning the CDs, and digging for toll change while cruising down the road at 85 because they're "running late". These people are future statistics;

#7 - Blue ion headlamps. If they only understood light wavelength and reflectivity. Oh, well, I guess Barnum was right...

#6 - (Omitted due to subjective political content.)

#5 - The kid white-knuckling it down US41 on glare ice at 15 MPH in both lanes - with a "No Fear" decal in the window. It is highly unsafe to force me to laugh my feakin' **** off while driving;

#4 - Blaring music at the intersection. (Notable exceptions are Snot, Korn, Seven Dust, and Staind);

#3 - Aftermarket driving lights that are aimed like an advertisement for a new shopping center;

#2 - People driving with red lights on the dash. I give these people lots of space, since I can't tell if they have no brakes or just a POS car that should be in the garage instead of on the road;

#1 - Ford Emblems.

 

Sh*t, I forgot to post mine...

1. $50.00 car, $850.00 wheels.
2. Thats a jammin sound system, where are
the seats?
3. Fake chrome rims from walmart
4. "I drive a BMW (mercedes, rusted pinto driven by a 89 year old woman, jaguar, any other over priced toyota you can think of :rolleyes , I have every right to cut you off"
5. "yeah I modified it, it has a K&N airfilter"

[This message has been edited by burntblues (edited November 13, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by burntblues (edited November 13, 2000).]

 

1. People with music so loud their quarter-panels vibrate.

2. Honda Civics

3. Those cars with the color-changing paint.

4. People who have their signal on for miles and don't even realize it.

5. THOSE HARLEYS WITH NO MUFFLERS!!!!!! I don't appreciate hearing those from 20 blocks away!!!!

Thanks.

 

1. good cars going to crappy people
2. loud exhausts on rice burners...sounds like a lawnmower
3. those damn japenese character stickers
4. mercades benz, decent car, crappy people who drive it (often afraid to drive with windows down through any neighborhood with houses under 1 mil)
5. those people that start their car up on a cold day, and giving it no time to warm it up, proceed to do neutral drops and go extremely high speeds
i got my revenge on that last one when i was driving behind a mustang that used to do that all the time and its tranny blew when he tried to race me :-)

 

1. Rice Burners
2. Those ugly-*** 80's mustangs. Shouldn't be called a sports car. They just aren't.
3. Old timers who love to cut you off, not signal, drive around town at 5mph, and then complain because YOU are a crazy driver
4. People who spend $1000 on subs, and that'
s it. No improved mids, no tweets, nothing but subs and an amp and a new deck.
5. Idiots who tell me to get a bigger engine. Yeah, moron, I'll drop a 350 in if you pay for it. Oh, yeah, what are you driving?

 

um... let me think... oh yea
#1 Import Cars
#2 Import Cars
#3 Import Cars
#4 Rice Burners
#5 ummm let me think... oh Rice Burners...
I have more but they are the same as above

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1982 Pontiac Trans Am
Cross-Fire Injected 5.7l V8
Eldebrock Headers, 3" Hooker Cat-Back, 2 nice tips with duel outlet on each side.
Mods: 1.6 Proform Roller Rockers, electric fan.

Future mods: X-Ram( Aftermarket Cross-Fire Injection Manifold that proves to have as much power as TPI www.x-ram.com )
Cross-Fire Injection after market chip that says that it will proform like 90's injections.. http://www.turbocity.com/CorvetteCro...ECMUpgrade.htm

 

LOL

 

Hmm...

1. Mustangs ( except MACH I's )
2. Riced Fbods
3. SUV's Without a Purpose
4. Any Neglected Pre-70's American Car.
5. Dirty, Dented, Cheaply lowered, Bean Can Sporting, 1000 Watt Sub Blaring Bubble tinted Imports With people Driving Who should spend More Money feeding their kids and less screwing Up their Car.

And I have to add a #6 here, Because Living in a very affluent town as I do, I run into this one alot.

6. People with sick cars who DONT DESERVE THEM, Anyone who Cant tell you what Sort Of Motor their "Sports car" has In It.. UUGh!

"Im not really into cars, But Daddy Bought me this NIce show quality 69 Big Block camaro For My 16th Birthday, its pretty Cool But the gas milage sucks So I think Im going to sell it and Buy a Integra"


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85 Z28 - Daily Driver
60 Ranchero - Project ( Money Hole )

 

Personally I like to buy a car that looks good to start with,like my TA,factory ground fx,spoiler,T-tops,cowl hood,alloy rims little extras, even if it needs a paint job,it still looks cool and it's a genuine american car. rice car drivers are people just like us,motorheads & enthusiasts.even if it's all sho and no go,many muscle cars look nice but have nothing to back it up under the hood too it's all freedom of expression,but still...each day I witness both foriegn and domestic cars are discraced.
the first three most common offenses here in So. Cal. involve rims........
1.oversized goofy chrome rims on an otherwise plain compact cars,exposing weakness like the stock miniture rusty brake drums that have nothing to do with true preformance.

2.brand new dodge neon with even newer 22" rims with expensive low prophile tires stock width!weeeeeeaakk!!!!all that $$$ for 4" wide tires??

3.all kinds of money into styling kit lowered ect. and still has stock wheel covers or worse:four dognuts!!

4.big monster truck SUVs,if it doesn't have mud all up in the wheel wells and offroading scars,you don't use it,you don't need it and your wasting gas.

5a.cars with high wattage stereo that do nothing but enhance rattles and otherwise have no acoustical qualities.

5b.punks at intersections who rev thier
$h!tbox exaust and give me dirty looks,like they're just making sure thier car is still running when they can't hear it over my borla pipes at idle.(actually I like that!)

 

I hate those damned cushions that people put on the shoulder part of the seatbelt.

I hate ski carriers with no ski's on them in the spring. "Look! I'm a skiier! I have the rack on the roof!"

I hate simulated drilled rotors under the rear wheels- where's the calipers, buddy?

I hate BIG suv's that park next to me with their BIG doors, BIG off-road headlights with the covers on (never get used!), BIG bush-bar in the front, BIG rust/scratch-free hitch under the BIG bumper. Even when I park away from everyone, and have to walk 5 minutes to get into a store, I come out- and one of those f'ing things is parked RIGHT NEXT TO ME! What the heck?! Do they say "Oh, that guy thinks his car is nice, I'll park right next to him to show him what a real man drives!" Puh-leeze.

I hate seeing "PONTAIC" or "CAMARO" or "HYUNDAI" or "CIVIC" in big, bright letters across the back window- as if none of us knew what kind of car it was. I don't think we need that big of a hint.


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1) Damn people who drive slow as **** trying to be safe...yet they make a right turn from the middle of the road with no blinker on.

2) "Parents" who let their little kids jump around the back seat with no seatbelts on.

3) Maxwell mufflers that dangle around the back of a car because the moron that installed it didnt use any type of hanger to secure it

4)I dunno if this is just my area (Central Jersey) but it seems that lately cars still go thru a light when it's been yellow for a long time...and then 3 guys continue to follow thru the light after it turns red. This ties in with the fact that people start going when the other side of the light turns red, NOT wairting for their side to turn green. What kind of morons are out there breeding?

5)The way people try to make their rice burners look good. I dont have much against stickers...I have a window banner that says heartbeat and also have a **** on ford on my back window, but why the japanese lettering? i doubt half those people know what the hell that means. and the checkered thing goin on...thats plain gay. and whats with all the yellow? and the REDICULOUS spoilers...and the low profile bumpers people put on...PHAT yo!!
I just dont even stare with confusion anymore...because you KNOW they love it when you look at their car

I just thought of a 6th...

sticker that say "caught ya lookin"

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350, Comp 262, Edelbrock Performer intake 600 cfm carb and exhaust, headers

 

10. Mustangs
9. Old people in the fast lane
8. Old people in the slow lane
7. Mirror tint
6. Fart pipes
5. Mustangs
4. Super wings
3. Stickers advertising what stereo they have in their car (or a big sign saying "hey come steal my stereo)

2. Mustangs
1. Mothers in mini-vans

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'92 Formula
305 TPI 5speed
1LE package
Mods: SLP headers,SLP catback,SLP air foil,ported plenum,Crane AFPR (42psi),MSD6AL,homemade cold air,K&Ns,3:73s,JET fan switch, Macewen white face gauges...ZZ9 cam (i still have to install it )

 

Yes, Barnum was right.

 

1: Those little cars that have as much horse power as my rideing lawn mower, but yet this giant muffler device that screams at pitches that make me postal, especially fro 6 and one half miles an hour and up..

2: Red lights in the rear view...
(OUTCH!!!)
3:People in the extreme left lane going slower then anyone else on the road, fueled further when I notice the out of state tag...

4: That person driving the hundi right up my tail, and I cant leave him because there is excessive rain or snow on the road....(rear wheel drive BLUES-----RWD--B)

5: The yuppie pig in that huge SUV that is trying to run over my rear spoiler, and I got 10 cars ahead of me on this tiny 1 lane road..

 

Im not going to post mine, but I do wanna add to a couple of you guy's. First off...

THANK YOU!!!!! Damn does that ever ****ing **** me off!!! There is this one guy that my friend introduced me to... Well my friend told him that I had a 92 Maro. So he said "Do you have a V8?". And I said no but I like my car the way it is. It doesnt really bother me that much if I have a SB or not. Anyways he kinda smirks and says "****, Ill race you." And I asked him what kind of car he had and he said a 25th Anniv T/A. So I said nah thats ok but how much HP do you have? And he said the most dumb thing I have ever heard. He said "350." I about busted out laughin! I said "No man, thats the size of your motor!" And he was all like. "well the guy I bought it from did some stuff to it, and its really fast." Damn I hate stupid *** holes! Any ways...

My next add-on is about the K&N thing. I dont know if he was talking about people who put the sticker on their car or if thats the only mod they have... But if you are talking about the sticker part then this is how it is... Ive got one on the back lower left hand of my bumper, the only reaon for that is I race alot at like stop lights. And that just lets the person that is looking for a race that I will join them. Its perfect cause everyone knows that people who put K&N filters in their car will race at a light. So I put the sticker on my car so they will know that but thats all they will know. I just think its crappy when people put ****ing stickers like "NOS equipped" or "Vortech Powered". If you put those on your car then you will never get a race!



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1992 Camaro RS 3.1L
T5 Manual 5 speed
Open Air Intake
Z-28 Exhaust
8.5mm MSD Ignition wires
TB Coolant bypass

 

5. Rice rockets slammed so low it takes them half an hour to get over a speed bump.

4. People who stop 10 carlengths back from the car in front of them at a stoplight.

3. Women who put on makeup in their car, especially when they stop 10 carlengths back at a stoplight and proceed to inch forward every few seconds.

2. Slow people in the fast lane. Or in any lane for that matter, but especially the fast lane.

1. And number one, people who wait till the absolute last possible second to merge, or try to ride the side of the lane as far up as they can before merging. Let me just say that i will take up two lanes, of drive half on the road, half off, just to block these ****ing guttersluts from doing that.

 

#1. People with "Pontiac", "Toyota", "Mustang", "Civic", "Corsica", in big bright letters across their front or rear windows. Well thank you very f*&#$@g much buddy, I had no idea what that car was!!

#2. People with "Pioneer", "Alpine", "Rockford", "Sony", pasted on their windows can only mean one thing....."I want my stereo stolen!!!"

#3 Imports with loud stereos, where you can here nothing but bass and the trunk and quarter panels vibrating and ready to fall off!! Meanwhile moron behind the front sit thinks he's pigsh@t swaying to the beat with one hand on the steering wheel and the other beating himself!! God these people annoy me!

#4 Sunday driver's on a Monday morning.

#5 MUSTANGS!!!!!! Every Mustang ever made makes me sick!!

#6 Guys who have a Mustang and have put Flowmaster's on them, which is pretty much every Mustang where I live. And all they do is sit there and rev the guts out of the engine because they love the sound of those tinny flowmasters...."Yeah man I got a fast car, just listen!" Give me a break!

#7 Imports!! Especially the ones that have the 5" exhaust tips on them, and those cherry bomb mufflers, and chrome Wal-Mart rims, and I should stop before I lose it!!!

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88 GTA
L98 350
700R4
3:27 axle
MODS,
Edelbrock TES headers, 2.5" straight pipe, Flowmaster 80 series, K&N filter, Accel 8.8mm wires, Bosch Platinum plugs, Wells cap and rotor button, Wells ignition module, MAF screens removed, Hypertech TB air foil, Thermomaster stage II chip, 180* Powerstat, Hypertech cool fan switch, B&M shift kit, B&M power clutch pack, B&M servo, GM fuel filter.

 

Hey buddy, did ya ever think that some people might be proud of the car they have? Ive got "CAMARO" in big ****ing white letters across my front window. Now are you putting my car AND ME down just cause it doesnt meet your idea of being "cool"? Wow, if I had just known! Let me go rip my block letters off right quick!.......Ok back. Now another thing. I think its really stupid for you guys to put down ricers, imports, and mustangs. What just cause you dont like the car it and the person driving it is a dumb *** ? Again, maybe they're proud of THEIR car. You put down ricers, saying their 4 banger is slow and all. But when a CRX with a ****ing TCer pulls up next to you at the light and kicks your *** inside out, you make up excuses. But why put down someone elses style just because YOU dont like it? If everyone in the world had Camaros and Firebirds it would be ONE SWEET WORLD but it also would be a boring world.

Now one thing that pisses me off is dumb *** automatic people who pull up RIGHT BEHIND you on a hill and when you inch up so you dont roll back and hit them they also inch up with you. UGH! that pisses me off!

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1992 Camaro RS 3.1L
T5 Manual 5 speed
Open Air Intake
Z-28 Exhaust
8.5mm MSD Ignition wires
TB Coolant bypass

 

Well, despite the fun, this has become pretty non-tech. I guess you knew this was coming. If we could have only kept the threads this "clean" on the old Non-Tech Board, we could still be having fun with this one.



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Vader
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