Traffic Light Racers
 

So, what's the etiquette?

Put some fancy wheels on a BRZ and it seems everyone wants to race you.

I was at a red light yesterday, talking to my passenger and unbeknownst to me a Renault Meganne Turbo pulled up beside me - well until the lights changed. Then in a screech of tyres and cloud of smoke it disappeared up the road.

Hmmmm I thought, 'guess he wanted to race me'.

So what's the etiquette? If the other car is clearly going to blow you away, do you race anyway or ignore him? Do you race other cars you know you can beat or is that lame? Do you just race MX5s (Miata's)?

Anyway my excuse is that I'm still running my engine in.

If you like your license you just smile and cruise..

Leave the racing for the track

For the safety of others please don't race on public streets.

Oh yes. Please don't get me wrong. Safety first!

I'm sure all those ppl fitting turbochargers, superchargers, adjustable suspension, brembo brakes, etc, etc are just doing it only so they can safely overtake that truck when they are on the freeway. ;)

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28502


I'd want to race you too.
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At the track.

Thanks for the morning chuckle :lol:

Once you have spent time on a track at the limit, pedal-mashing in a straight line between red lights will be about as exciting as watching grass grow.

IMO our car's strong suit is not straight-line acceleration. I think even a V6 Camry can beat us in a straight line...

Now roll down the window at the stop and tell them to take it to a track.. then we'll have some fun :burnrubber:

heres my rule: pushing limits on my car is for me to enjoy when im in control of the environment: on a favorite road, scooting around an empty onramp, when i know my tires will grip, when im not in a residential area, if i know i need to do so to avoid a more dangerous situation or etc.

when someone wants to streetrace, you are no longer in control of your environment - it may be in an unsafe area, may be dark out and difficult to see, you dont know the road, they might be so inexperienced that they crash in to you, whatever. so i skip it, i dont need to prove anything to that guy.

Or race where nobody can see
https://youtu.be/6tigTux__ls

Get some steelies.

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I've yet to have anyone approach me to race and I have bright green brembos! What am I doing wrong?!

Oh, sorry. It seems this topic has been done to death in another thread.

Apparently we have*no chance of loosing our licences... cause we are so slow that there is no point racing anyone!

Bottom line, it shouldn't done. Let the other guy tear off in a blaze of smoke. Show some maturity and brush it off. Not only is it illegal to start, you would be endangering innocent people in around you. So the next time it happens ask yourself, "if I screw up and kill some innocent bystander, can I live with that for the rest of my life"

Keep the racing on the track.

Yes, that is why i refuse to trim my front hedge.
I have this fear that i will fall from my ladder and skewer the innocent little old lady that happens to be walking by. ;)

Hey, I ain't no angel either, I have made many bad decisions in my life however..

Screwing up and taking someones life via a motor vehicle would not be something I would want to live with.

You seem to think it will never happen to you, but it may, and when it does you will regret it forever..

Suck it up and take it like a man, don't race on the the streets dude, for the sake of my friends and family.

Peace out

My dad used to have a 996 GT2 Porsche. Some high school kid in an old fox body mustang pulled up beside me, trying to get me to race but I was just cruising. Then talked shit about how I would lose n his car was faster. He would of very quickly realized he was an idiot had I tapped the throttle. But I just chilled.

When you got nothing to prove, the other guys look like a circus act.

If you had any seat time at all, trimming your hedges would be more exciting than mashing your gas pedal when a traffic light turns green.

I'm glad you live in Australia.

I'm not

Oh gawd...

If i wanted a lecture I would have told my mum that I hate going to bible studies 3 times a week!

:)

I got that "Wanna race bruh?"every fking day
People just rev next to me and take off at full throttle.

Come on now, be mature.