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Originally Posted by STIwish
Scott, get with the real world here for a second, not everyone can go out and auto-x every other weekend, nor can they hit the track whenever they feel the need. Im glad you are in a position where you can get ur kicks on the track, but some of us will never be in that position. I am not saying 'street race because there are no other options' im saying that not everyone wants to be an auto-x class winner, or even a professional driver. Most of us simply dont give a fuck and want the adrenaline rush that can most easily be obtained stop light to stop light or at 120+ mph on the freeway (or in my case coming back from 4th Turn wasted off my ass). You need to get off your soap box because its really beginning to piss people off, I dont care how much you end up racing on the track, that doesnt make you the end all of opinions on what we should and should not do.
Keep it on the track can kiss my fat ass, ofcourse I live far enough away from one that i dont have to worry about it getting even close. I dont give a fuck if it IS the only place its legal, the street is where a daily driver spends 95% or more of its time, and to me, thats what counts, not hot laps at Buttonwillow or Thunderhill by professional drivers, not IHRA sanctioned drag racing at LA Raceway, just the adrenaline rush gained by a 0-120+mph run or any other 'Street Stunnaz' move.
And Art, its not cool to be a hypocrite, if i remember correctly, we've blown through traffic at 100+mph speeds playing tag, as well as a few other encounters as mentioned above.
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Nice attitude. That's why your car is wrecked, and the rest of us are out playing on the track and autocrossing and listening to you bitch about how you can't afford a car to race with us.
The real problem with street racing or excessive driving on the street, is that you're risking
other people's lives. I'm not one to care what people do with their own lives, since that's their perogative. However, once your actions enfringe on my rights, I've got every right to bitch about it.
120mph on the freeway makes the freeway more dangerous to me. Driving drunk makes the streets more dangerous to me. Fuck you if you truely believe those are acceptable ways to get your kicks, at the expense to my saftey and the lives of everyone around you.
I'm "on my soapbox" because I see people doing stupid stuff like that every day. To be honest, I think we're lucky that no one in the club has gotten themselves killed yet. We've already had one car impounded for excessive speed, one person get a DUI/wreck, and you totalled your WRX driving beyond your limits. If my constant bitching about safe driving prevents one of us from killing themselves, then I'll take all the verbal abuse anyone wants to pass my way for being anti-street racing.
In the "real world", people fucking DIE. And that
is the world I'm living in. Feel free to disagree with me, but don't come around here expecting to convince me that there's ever a good reason to drive the way you're suggesting. If you can't get to a track, then you don't get to drive agressively. That's how it works.
If performance driving is truely something that you wish to do, you can find a way. I don't believe in this "I'm too far away", or "I can't afford it" or "it doesn't mean anything unless it's on the street" BS. Where there's a will there's a way. Hell, I've even seen offers from people in the club to help get you a ride for next season's autoX... it's not like you're out of options. ('Course I don't know how many people would be willing to co-drive a car with you now, after you piss all over the sport) Besides, "keep it on the track" doesn't mean you necessarily have to be running for points or anything. Plenty of people hit the track
simply for the adrenaline rush... for example the two guys at Reno-Fernley on their bikes today.
Just know that pulling 'Street Stunnaz' moves or drinking behind the wheel aren't acceptable to me, or the vast majority of people in SECCS. Nobody here wants to go to a funeral.