The amazing Boy Racer Poll!

**Mr Skid** · 2nd June 2005, 00:59

Originally Posted by Zapf

Addition please.

4.1) asian driver who works his ass off to own a 25T skyline before any kids has one, and mod all the important bits performance bits and no wank body kits and knows how to drive.

There's none of them around here though is there?

**justsomeguy** · 2nd June 2005, 01:01

I really laugh at the clowns who do up their cars so funnily. The worst example was yesterday some fool in a civic had a blue LED - just above his bloody exhaust.....

Really distracting if you are following him even though he was several cars ahead. Hope he got caught that same night.

**inlinefour** · 2nd June 2005, 01:10

What I find really blardy funny is when you see a boy/girl racer who has modded everything nicely, just to give it shit and eventually kill it...

Allways brings a smile to my dial

**250learna** · 2nd June 2005, 01:41

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

What about those guys who belong to organised car clubs, go on regular club drives down twisty, lonely country roads and the occasional track day.

Modify as much of their car as possible without messing with the factory settings - no drastic lowering, bodykits, zero bling ==> only mechanical modifications to enhance rather than go extreme.

And who wouldn't be caught dead on Queen Street on any weeknight and instead would avoid it like the plague.

The only deisel they drive over happens to have spilt at the petrol pump.

Now a lot of these guys are boys and yup they do drive in a slightly racy manner - but would you call them boy racers??

I never belonged to a club, i use to go on the twisties and do a bit of...erm fast driving, usualy few of us in saperate cars, with one car ahead that cheacks the road is clear and givs us a go ahead, few close calls

but only ppl put in danger were ourselves. I still feel like doing that sometimes, but for starters each tyre is $290- m8s rates, and the car in general is quiet expensive to thrash. I have only done it a few times in my new car (well 12months new) but just cnt justify the cost

Hoping to get a bit better on the bike and then take it to the track

And just to clerify any of this dangerous driving NEVER took place around other trafic/ busy roads.

**justsomeguy** · 2nd June 2005, 01:59

Originally Posted by 250learna

I never belonged to a club, i use to go on the twisties and do a bit of...erm fast driving, usualy few of us in saperate cars, with one car ahead that cheacks the road is clear and givs us a go ahead, few close calls

but only ppl put in danger were ourselves. I still feel like doing that sometimes, but for starters each tyre is $290- m8s rates, and the car in general is quiet expensive to thrash. I have only done it a few times in my new car (well 12months new) but just cnt justify the cost

Hoping to get a bit better on the bike and then take it to the track

And just to clerify any of this dangerous driving NEVER took place around other trafic/ busy roads.

It doesn't have to be expensive. You just need to make some friends in the industry... and $290 tyres?? Why do you need such flash tyres?? Gonna do 300kmph??

Understand completely about your nice car, I was in the same boat too.... then I sold the thing........ bikes it is now

- until another 3 months then...should have the next project complete... and no I'm not telling any of you what it is..........

**Lou Girardin** · 2nd June 2005, 08:25

Originally Posted by scumdog

Yep, see it heaps, they lower the rear of a car with I.R.S. and exceed the amount of camber adjustment in the suspension so just drive around with that sad-ass 'knocked-knee' look, unfortunately apart from looking stupid it also allows the inside edge of the tyre to take most of the load and wear faster, outside edge (the part you can see) looks o.k. but inside can be 'down to the canvas' (old school terminology) and bloody dangerous.

Not to mention no traction for braking, horrendous 'tramlining' when they do try and stop. I'm surprised you guys don't write them off the road when you see that.

**Lou Girardin** · 2nd June 2005, 08:27

Originally Posted by Zapf

Addition please.

4.1) asian driver who works his ass off to own a 25T skyline before any kids has one, and mod all the important bits performance bits and no wank body kits and knows how to drive.

As rare as rocking horse poo. Nice to be different, isn't it?

**spudchucka** · 2nd June 2005, 08:47

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Not to mention no traction for braking, horrendous 'tramlining' when they do try and stop. I'm surprised you guys don't write them off the road when you see that.

I do!

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Stupid bloody message!

**justsomeguy** · 2nd June 2005, 10:35

Originally Posted by spudchucka

I do!

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Stupid bloody message!

And good on you too....... anybody who does that to their car can't be too great a driver - don't want any of them on our roads.

**johnny** · 2nd June 2005, 18:10

dont like them .... the car .. too noisy the driving style ... stupid and cou;d kill someone any second...

If you play with car and modify it .... you need to make it better not just make it so people hate it !! Also i dont think they got their own money to spent on these expensive things.... again ... parents issue......

**250learna** · 2nd June 2005, 23:57

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

It doesn't have to be expensive. You just need to make some friends in the industry... and $290 tyres?? Why do you need such flash tyres?? Gonna do 300kmph??

Understand completely about your nice car, I was in the same boat too.... then I sold the thing........ bikes it is now

- until another 3 months then...should have the next project complete... and no I'm not telling any of you what it is..........

yeah i got the bike so i can have fun on that to take the strain off the car, and coz i have wanted one for few years now

couldnt bring myself to sell the car tho.
Its also helping controll the milage on the car. Was going up like theres no tomorow for a while, but now bike takes some of the strain.
With thouse two im always wanting to go somwhere so i have an excuse to ride/drive

good tyres can do more for you than hold together at high speed, the also give you more...what the word?? traction

if you have always gone cheep on tyres you wont know what im on about, but you should try spending a bit more, then yo uwill appreciate what difference it realy makes to the performance of your precious

**FEINT** · 3rd June 2005, 00:20

Originally Posted by 250learna

good tyres can do more for you than hold together at high speed, the also give you more...what the word?? traction

if you have always gone cheep on tyres you wont know what im on about, but you should try spending a bit more, then yo uwill appreciate what difference it realy makes to the performance of your precious

Tires have speed ratings, you are right - usually the more expensive the tire, the better the rating therefore they faster you can go. Pressure makes a big difference and so does alignment settings (castor, camber and toe) and compound.

.

I appreciate good tires. Goodyear GSD-03 Eagle F1's or Dunlop Direzza.

**Zapf** · 3rd June 2005, 01:05

P-Zero's yum yum.....

**Brian d marge** · 3rd June 2005, 03:20

This is it I want one ,,,,,btw any one like gsxr s ???

if I have this right you should be able to click onn the above blue line and see a short movie of the ultimate boy racer cart

Stephen