Nobody wants to race me....
Nobody wants to race me....
But everyone acts like a flaming toolbag around my car. I get ricers who rev on me then turn off, I get people at gas stations who talk quit about their POS ricemobile, I get morons who try to cut me off, people who scream at me to slow down because my car is loud, and every time I find a cool car on the road, they just don't want to go. Not to mention the people who tailgate me for miles for no conceivable reason. Once, I even had a Prius start weaving to try to keep me from passing him as he was doing 35 in a 50. Fart-sniffing eco-fag.
Anyone else get this crap? I'm putting it down to the awesomeness of the Goat giving everyone else around me small-man syndrome.
Anyone else get this crap? I'm putting it down to the awesomeness of the Goat giving everyone else around me small-man syndrome.
I drive a Phantom Black 2005 GTO M6. I commute in a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited.
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The thing is that most people probably only know about the classic Goats, or at least prefer them over the new. Small-man syndrome happens too often. Thats why I take pride in flying past Lambos and Lotuses etc every time I see one driving slow. Overcompensating morons.
Nobody knows about the STI, but those who do worship it or fear it. I had the same problem with my RS. People were douches around me, especially ricers (until I would blast away from them). Gold rims and a wing from a 747 are no way to be stealth.
Nobody knows about the STI, but those who do worship it or fear it. I had the same problem with my RS. People were douches around me, especially ricers (until I would blast away from them). Gold rims and a wing from a 747 are no way to be stealth.
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No problems in the Mazda3, but in the Camaro folks would try to take me on. Not sure what the fuss was all about.
When test driving a Prelude for my brother two weeks ago, we were raced three times in the course of 2 miles. Grant it, the thing had a loud exhaust, gutted cat, and I had to keep revving it to keep it from stalling.
When test driving a Prelude for my brother two weeks ago, we were raced three times in the course of 2 miles. Grant it, the thing had a loud exhaust, gutted cat, and I had to keep revving it to keep it from stalling.
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you could always swap trunk lids for a wingless or WRX spoiler, or buy a wingless trunk and swap them back and forth when you want. the wing is at least functional, producing lots of rear downforce at highway speeds and above.lordhamster wrote:The Darned STI is such a great car, and they had to go and ruin it by factory ricing it. I would have bought one were it not for the damned wing.
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The problem is, my wife wasn't going to let me get away with spending 30K+ on a car, that I then had to modify immediately...jomotopia wrote:you could always swap trunk lids for a wingless or WRX spoiler, or buy a wingless trunk and swap them back and forth when you want. the wing is at least functional, producing lots of rear downforce at highway speeds and above.lordhamster wrote:The Darned STI is such a great car, and they had to go and ruin it by factory ricing it. I would have bought one were it not for the damned wing.
Unfortunately, I needed to appease her with a nice interior for the car, a nice look and good performance. I really like the looks of the new Evo coming out, that looks like a good combination of looks/performance.
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I like understated cars; that was one reason I got the GTO. Actually, I did consider an STI, but I drove a GTO first, and I fell for it, so the rest is history.
If I were going to get an STI though, it'd be the STI Limited....it trades the wing and rims for better heated leather seats and a sunroof (I think). Much better, IMO.
If I were going to get an STI though, it'd be the STI Limited....it trades the wing and rims for better heated leather seats and a sunroof (I think). Much better, IMO.
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I love STi's. I'm gonna buy a Z, and then an 04 STi. By thte time I get around to it, they should be decently priced, and hopefully I could have a Z and an STi.
and then I'm gonna continue collecting Z's.
and then I'm gonna continue collecting Z's.
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Call in the scientists! I think eagle has learned how to sh*t cash! (j/k)eaglecatcher wrote:I love STi's. I'm gonna buy a Z, and then an 04 STi. By thte time I get around to it, they should be decently priced, and hopefully I could have a Z and an STi.
and then I'm gonna continue collecting Z's.
I can understand wanting a Z, but... Collecting them?
You'd better keep your insurance records squeaky clean, or your car insurance will be in the $*that's a fcking lot of money* per year range if you get a bunch of cars...
To tehfade:
Anybody who doesn't know what the GTO is will down it... Until those 400 ponies leave them choking on the dust... The GTO would chew up and spit out pretty much any Honda, so ricers have no right to talk.
(I've been in a goat. They kick ass.)
If all goes well, I'll have an '04 or an '05 someday. I'd also love to pick up and restore a '74. The older ones are teh sex. However, if you start revving at some moron at a stoplight in a '74 GTO, he's gonna know that he's pretty much screwed if he can't match the pony factor. With the new GTOs... I've heard stories of "Dude, it looks like a Cavalier. Let's race it!" followed by "What the? f**k... What is that thing?!"
That's one of the best thing about the new goats. Stealth. However, more and more people are starting to get to know them, so the stealth factor is beginning to wear off. Ricers still don't know shit about them though.
Also, anybody who complains about the GTO being loud can go f**k themselves with a rusty spork. I LOVE the sound of that engine. Even at 1,200 Rs, it sounds like the demon seed of natural born sleepers.
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collecting them? why not?comingbackdown wrote:Call in the scientists! I think eagle has learned how to sh*t cash! (j/k)eaglecatcher wrote:I love STi's. I'm gonna buy a Z, and then an 04 STi. By thte time I get around to it, they should be decently priced, and hopefully I could have a Z and an STi.
and then I'm gonna continue collecting Z's.
I can understand wanting a Z, but... Collecting them?
You'd better keep your insurance records squeaky clean, or your car insurance will be in the $*that's a fcking lot of money* per year range if you get a bunch of cars...
theres a guy on 3ZC.com who has a garage, and has like 7 or 8 Z's that he's fixing up. Its crazy.
I wont be able to collect them until I get out of college and get a real job, and a house, and by that time, I'll be like 30 years old, because school and med school is gonna take so much time.
I'd rather have a collection of Z's than a ferrari though.
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Solotw: It's supposedly either that someone read GTO as GOT and pronounced it as "Goat"-----or it's an acronym for Greatest Of All Time. I tend to go with that.
Comingbackdown: Thanks! I once overheard the neighbor's girls talking about how loud my car is... "That car is so loud!", "It's the GTO---EVIL CAR!".
Comingbackdown: Thanks! I once overheard the neighbor's girls talking about how loud my car is... "That car is so loud!", "It's the GTO---EVIL CAR!".
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