Have you seen these new Tail's?
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Originally posted by SWOOSHER21
i would have to say he didn't get owned, he just got ****ing rocked. :fawk: :lmfao: :db: i agree totally though. especially the part about there is more to rice than just a car, but rather the person driving it also. thats like this kid at the track the other night running an LS swapped civic with an open header b/c he didn't have the downpipe for the header. his car sounded like complete ass and when he was staged he would bounce off rev limiter for about 5 seconds or so and just dump the clutch spinning completely through first and some of second. the kid thought he would get the best start by dumping the clutch at 7600 and spinning the tires instead of feathering the clutch and slipping it a bit at lower rpm's until he got traction. this perception feeds right into the typical "i know everything my car is the shit" rice boy attitude.
i would have to say he didn't get owned, he just got ****ing rocked. :fawk: :lmfao: :db: i agree totally though. especially the part about there is more to rice than just a car, but rather the person driving it also. thats like this kid at the track the other night running an LS swapped civic with an open header b/c he didn't have the downpipe for the header. his car sounded like complete ass and when he was staged he would bounce off rev limiter for about 5 seconds or so and just dump the clutch spinning completely through first and some of second. the kid thought he would get the best start by dumping the clutch at 7600 and spinning the tires instead of feathering the clutch and slipping it a bit at lower rpm's until he got traction. this perception feeds right into the typical "i know everything my car is the shit" rice boy attitude.
and the perception of "i've seen the fast and furious and i learned everything from it"
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Originally posted by CivicRacr
and the perception of "i've seen the fast and furious and i learned everything from it"
and the perception of "i've seen the fast and furious and i learned everything from it"
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Originally posted by supermac88
nah bro if you look at my other posts I am asking questions and trying to learn. I was just saying that it's everybody's choice what looks good... not trying to argue
nah bro if you look at my other posts I am asking questions and trying to learn. I was just saying that it's everybody's choice what looks good... not trying to argue
well im saying, not you in particular, is those wannabe's say how great F&F is and that, it just urks me. in all honesty im anti-F&F, hollywood has made it into a joke IMO. i just plain dont like it
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Originally posted by supermac88
IMO it was a movie and that's it, most car movies have shit to do with actual car physics... like Gone In Sixty Seconds. That mustang woulda been toast
IMO it was a movie and that's it, most car movies have shit to do with actual car physics... like Gone In Sixty Seconds. That mustang woulda been toast
i know its just a movie, but movies have a big impact on certain people and how they perceive a culture, thing, place, event. i just didnt like how they did the movie, its the hollywoodism in it.
