Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #15 – August 05, 2005, 12:56:07 PM Those don't look like slicks and pizza cutters to me.Yes I show off but don't do it in the middle of town where theres traffic everywhere. Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #16 – August 05, 2005, 01:10:12 PM Quote from: IfixyawataThe same thing happens every year when people are leaving the park at CJ (minus the wrecking, and lots of horsepower). I'm pretty sure each and every person goosed the throttle on the way out of the park, then abruptly slowed down when they relized the traffic ahead of 'em wasn't moving. Hell, I even saw Ric squeal the tires in his showroom-condition '85.Still doesn't change my comment on the guy. I just don't see any point to showing off. To me, showing off implies that I care what everyone in sight thinks of my car, and I don't. I appreciate my cars.. a few friends whose opinions I value might appreciate my cars.. that's all that really matters to me. I don't have to hot-dog it for their benefit or my own. Others want to do that, that's fine for them.. but when one of them screws up like this guy did, don't expect me to be understanding of the screw-up. Then again, mine's just an opinion too.. so it matters just as much or (I tend to think) as little as the rest of 'em. Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #17 – August 05, 2005, 01:12:35 PM Quote from: IfixyawataThe same thing happens every year when people are leaving the park at CJ (minus the wrecking, and lots of horsepower). I'm pretty sure each and every person goosed the throttle on the way out of the park, then abruptly slowed down when they relized the traffic ahead of 'em wasn't moving. Hell, I even saw Ric squeal the tires in his showroom-condition '85.i did'nt... a few rev's but i was a good boy :D untill after the show at chili's oh wait i am guilty of one thing. Ed and I hammerd the gas at the light at the on ramp to I680 Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #18 – August 05, 2005, 01:21:44 PM Quote from: Blown306CougarEd and I hammerd the gas at the light at the on ramp to I680I'll probably be right behind ya on that one next year. I LOVE gettin on the highway with the coug...Anyways, shiznit talkin or not the guy was not smart for tryin to show off, listen to that mofookie its obvious he was runnin alot of power, he had nothin to prove there. IMO, by the looks of the vid once she broke loose on him there was no attempt on recovering(front wheels stayed straight) and she went straight into the parked cars, sounded like he got on the gas even more instead of letting off tellin me there was a lack of experience somewhere. Besides the parked cars it did look like he was pretty much by himself on the road though, so I can atleast give him that because that couldve been much worse...Dont forget thats just my opinion judged by what I seen in the vid and I nor anyone else here (that I know of) knows this guy and actually knows the whole story behind it Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #19 – August 05, 2005, 02:02:50 PM true it was stupid what he did he f'ed up im sure he is the one feeling the pain of losing his car. but to say that its stupid to show off is just dumb to. who drives a 600 hp car not to show it off once and awhile. im sorry but if your not going to have fun with your car, note that my bird is my toy i have a daily driver that i dont do anything with just drive, but if i didnt want to have some fun i would just drive a 98 hp hybird and save a load on gas Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #20 – August 05, 2005, 02:28:39 PM Who says I don't have fun with my car? I don't need to show off to have fun with a car. Maybe you do.. who knows? If you do, that's fine for you.. just don't expect me to understand or agree. As best I'm aware, we're still legally permitted to disagree.I also don't see any point to things like posing in parking lots with other car people, but some of you can't seem to get enough of it. Does that make either of us "dumb"? No. I may think it's pointless for them to do it.. and they might think it's pointless for me to have a car and NOT do it. Doesn't make either side "dumb". It means we see things differently, and there's nothing wrong with that.What makes this guy a dumbass in my opinion is showing off to a point where it negatively impacts someone else.. like slamming into their cars. As for showing off itself, I merely said I see no point to it and explained why I see it the way I do.As for driving a 600 hp car as you say.. can't say I'd put myself in that situation to begin with, let alone show off with it. I don't lust after pure raw horsepower like many of you. In fact, I personally see no point to ME driving anything much beyond maybe half that. Again, you wanna do that, more power (pun intended) to ya. Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #21 – August 05, 2005, 02:41:49 PM Quote from: Bird351Well I call him a dumbass for showing off, and I don't care if everyone else was doing it. Cue the tired old lines like: "If everyone else was jumping off a bridge, would you?" I don't care if I couldn't do any better in a situation like that.. because frankly, I wouldn't be looking to put myself in that kind of situation to begin with. So the "dumbass" comment still stands.but in your post you didnt say anything about him hitting another car you just said he was dumb for showing off. thats where i had a problem with. but you are right it would have been better if he just f'ed up his car and didnt enclude anyone else Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #22 – August 05, 2005, 02:46:53 PM We all saw the video. That he hit someone else is obvious. Yeah, I see where I should've clarified that part, though. Had to scroll up and re-read it a few times. Sorry about the misunderstanding. I tend to edit these posts a lot both before and after I make them, and they still don't always come out how I intend them to. Ugh. I guess sometimes I have thoughts that continue on past the extent of the sentences I express them in. *shrug* I'll probably think of something wrong with this post in ten or twenty minutes.EDIT: Or ten or twenty seconds later.. heh.QuoteWell I call him a dumbass for showing off, and I don't care if everyone else was doing it.After the comma should've been a statement about the situation getting out of hand. At that point, I was thinking more about the "everyone's doing it" justification than the first part of the sentence. I was already looking toward the next line about the "everyone's jumping off a bridge" thing. Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #23 – August 05, 2005, 02:52:54 PM This is great! Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #24 – August 05, 2005, 03:02:00 PM its cool man and was that a 10.5 sec mini van? Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #25 – August 05, 2005, 03:04:08 PM Actualy 12 sec he has a web site but can't find it right now. He drives the thing to the track and lets the wife and kids out then goes through tech.Just one more reason not to laugh untill you know what is under the hood. Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #26 – August 05, 2005, 05:07:05 PM bleh...showin off is almost a part of owning a car like that. if the guy layed 100 feet of rubber instead of wrecking it would have been cool. sure the guy still would have been a tool either way. ive done it and im sure the better part of you have too. im sure i will again. its unfortunate the car was wrecked. shiznit happens. that could have happned for any number of reasons. still doesnt change the fact that it did happen and it makes him the tool. all the other guys rippin it up in traffic like that were tools too. id almost surly be on of em. such is life. hopefully nobody was hurt, other than maybe the guys pride. if it was my family in the car he hit id have is f*ckin ass though... Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #27 – August 05, 2005, 05:14:39 PM Quote from: 88SptCoupewho drives a 600 hp car not to show it off once and awhileand thats fine but lets make sure you can handle 600hp and have a good feel for what could happen and what to do to prevent something from happening like this if say like your rear end happens to kick out too much like what happened to this guy.Me, you would have heard me immediatly get off the throttle and seen the wheels turn almost if not all the way to the right. Its happened to me in the rain being stupid screwin around with my truck every once in awhile but theres nobody else on the road where I love to do this at...And believe me my trucks not 600hp but shes got an ass load of bottom end torque and in the rain the rear end will swing around on you just as fast as this stang did on dry land. I give him hella props to even have a vehicle capable of doing that on dry land though! :D Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #28 – August 05, 2005, 10:04:51 PM Sure the guy in the cobra did not need to show off but have you guys checked the ****tards in the Firebird TA street skiing, wow that takes the cake. Quote Selected
Re: How not to parallel park an 03 Cobra!! Reply #29 – August 05, 2005, 11:07:28 PM That Minivan run was great. I don't know if this is the same guy, but here is a link: http://www.turbovan.net/van.htmlEDIT: Yup, It's him. Quote Selected
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