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MattR 2004-02-09 09:01 PM

Street Racing: Pedal to the Metal on now!
 
looks like a cool show on Discovery Channel right now...Check it out.

Covers a lot of Street Racing topics and legit legal drags too.

tysonK 2004-02-09 09:16 PM

oh my.

BOO 2004-02-09 09:42 PM

Sweet Carbon Fiber on the Eagle talon ;)

:lol:

MattR 2004-02-09 10:02 PM

I didn't like where they went with that Talon. All power from Nos, it broke its damn axle. Typical half-ass tuning work, that car has so much more potential. Maybe their time constraints led to that, but???

As far as the Honda went, it seemed to be a lot more mechanically sound, that chick just couldn;t drive it yet.


Either way, big deal on the 9 second 1/8th mile runs. Those cars were both running nos and that was the best they could do??? Weak.

MattR 2004-02-09 10:17 PM

Ok that show really sucked, don't bother...

Turns out that chic ran a 12.4 in that car on the 1/4 mile, now that's more like it...however it blew up shortly after.

BOO 2004-02-09 10:17 PM

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Kevin M 2004-02-09 11:04 PM

Drag racing is for people that can't drive and can't tune. You can build a 10 second car for about $5-6k, but good luck building a champion autocrosser for that, outside of the lower stock classes.

Disclaimer: I will be at Sac Raceway once again this Wednesday (second time ever) because I've suddenly discovered that my RS may just be capable of running 14s. :shock: I'd like to pull that off before I do the swap (and suddenly get into the 12s on a bad day :P).

sperry 2004-02-10 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
Drag racing is for people that can't drive and can't tune. You can build a 10 second car for about $5-6k, but good luck building a champion autocrosser for that, outside of the lower stock classes.

F-Body + NOS. Straight line FURY!! :lol:

sybir 2004-02-11 10:06 PM

That show hurt my head so bad........


The girl with the Civic blew up her new B16A, and is selling all of those sponsored parts so she can fix the car now :lol: :lol: :lol:

BOO 2004-02-11 10:45 PM

That's a WOMAN for you :lol: :lol: (We are excluding "DKNV from this :lol: )

STIwish 2004-02-11 11:31 PM

Yeah, Debbie made me rethink my automatic assumption that women cant drive.

Kevin M 2004-02-12 12:09 AM

Bad driving by women isn't genetic. It's like when people say "you throw like a girl." What they mean is "you throw like someone who doesn't know how to throw." You looked like that the first time you picked up a baseball or football too, but then someone taught you. Same with driving. Women who have spent zero time attempting to learn how to drive (beyond the skills needed to simply make the car go, stop, and turn) suck just like they suck at throwing- unless they are taught. Don't blame the gender, blame the fact that nobody bothered to teach her.

STIwish 2004-02-12 12:24 AM

Dude, I've tried to teach my wife, my cousin, around 6 girlfriends and not ONE of them gets it... its tunnel vision city no matter how hard you try.

sperry 2004-02-12 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by STIwish
Dude, I've tried to teach my wife, my cousin, around 6 girlfriends and not ONE of them gets it... its tunnel vision city no matter how hard you try.

Either a) they have no interest in learning, so teaching them won't do squat, or b) you need to send 'em to Skip Barber. :lol:

Kevin M 2004-02-12 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by STIwish
Dude, I've tried to teach my wife, my cousin, around 6 girlfriends and not ONE of them gets it... its tunnel vision city no matter how hard you try.

I bet they didn't like baseball either.

JoelK 2004-02-12 06:21 AM

So teach em something different. I taught my sister how to throw a frisbee, and she can now launch one better than any girl I've ever seen... better than most guys I've seen, even. (Keep in mind I haven't attended my first freestyle frisbee meet; I'm sure that will change then :)).

AtomicLabMonkey 2004-02-12 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by STIwish
Dude, I've tried to teach my wife, my cousin, around 6 girlfriends and not ONE of them gets it... its tunnel vision city no matter how hard you try.

Scott nailed it - they have no interest in learning. Women don't have some innate deficiency that keeps them from learning how to drive a vehicle well, it's just that a majority of them don't care enough about it to learn. There's a shitload of men out there that are piss-poor drivers too. I've read that there is research showing that females are actually innately better than males at jobs requiring fast response, intense concentration, and a high degree of situational awareness; i.e. fighter pilots and race car drivers.

sperry 2004-02-12 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey
Quote:

Originally Posted by STIwish
Dude, I've tried to teach my wife, my cousin, around 6 girlfriends and not ONE of them gets it... its tunnel vision city no matter how hard you try.

Scott nailed it - they have no interest in learning. Women don't have some innate deficiency that keeps them from learning how to drive a vehicle well, it's just that a majority of them don't care enough about it to learn. There's a shitload of men out there that are piss-poor drivers too. I've read that there is research showing that females are actually innately better than males at jobs requiring fast response, intense concentration, and a high degree of situational awareness; i.e. fighter pilots and race car drivers.

Plus they have bewbies. Women are cool, even though they're PCE.

dknv 2004-02-12 09:41 AM

I knew I was hanging with some enlightened men in here.

Motivation/desire, followed by seat time, and good teachers is how I've been helped. Some measure of competitive spirit is also needed to go with the first & second items. What I don't have as much as many men I've driven with, and what I believe is rarer in women than men, is the amount of nerve it takes to push a car hard or through risky situations - i.e. race car drivers. I chalk it up to chemical variation, testosterone.

tysonK 2004-02-12 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoelK
So teach em something different. I taught my sister how to throw a frisbee, and she can now launch one better than any girl I've ever seen... better than most guys I've seen, even. (Keep in mind I haven't attended my first freestyle frisbee meet; I'm sure that will change then :)).

Dude!

Do you play Disc Golf?

It's what I do in the summer, Truckee, Tahoe, Cali: Grass Valley, Santa Cruz.

BOO 2004-02-12 06:35 PM

Ohhh NO !!! Dont get Tyson started again .. lol

STIwish 2004-02-12 06:48 PM

yeah seriously.

BOO 2004-02-12 07:00 PM

It's all good though.. Just cause I dont know how to Do that .. lol

JoelK 2004-02-12 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tysonK
Quote:

Originally Posted by JoelK
So teach em something different. I taught my sister how to throw a frisbee, and she can now launch one better than any girl I've ever seen... better than most guys I've seen, even. (Keep in mind I haven't attended my first freestyle frisbee meet; I'm sure that will change then :)).

Dude!

Do you play Disc Golf?

It's what I do in the summer, Truckee, Tahoe, Cali: Grass Valley, Santa Cruz.

Not really. I've never been on a real course. Never tried to throw driver discs, either. I've just been fascinated by discs since I was a little kid, and I "figured out" and perfected the sidearm and thumber throws just messing around with the discs. I learned later from a book what the names were and how to throw an overhand. I've always wanted to hang out with some freestyle jammers... been keeping my eyes on a list with a bunch of Santa Cruz members.

Anwyway... enough about my disc fascination. :)

STIwish 2004-02-12 10:57 PM

They actually have real courses for that 'sport'!? You cant be serious.


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