another notch in the belt.

[GryStrm]

heres my question....if racing is a big part of why some of you guys buy a car....why the alti?...it certainly aint a racer in any scence of the word....its a peppy little machine...but not a competiton vehicle unless its converted...i mean i havent seen altimas ....in any form...in competiton..unless u count funny cars...with an alti shell...the car "stock" aint made for the stresses of racing...if any of you have looked at the stock suspension....ud see that...hence alot of the conversions on here....endlinks, sway bars and such...judgin' by the way some of you describe your "racing"....u need more than a 1/2 diameter link to hold ya steady and the stock breaks?....lol...we all love our cars and the gracefulness of them...but lets not think lookin fast means bred to be fast...theres more to intake and mufflers that make a race car...

and we arent even touching on the safty end of things!

for craps sake...those of you who race at a regulated track make you ..wear a helmet..take everything out of the trunk and cabin...why?...hmmm

driving is a responsiblity....to everyone..even ur pretty coupe!

[spockrock]

heres my question....if racing is a big part of why some of you guys buy a car....why the alti?...it certainly aint a racer in any scence of the word....its a peppy little machine...but not a competiton vehicle unless its converted...i mean i havent seen altimas ....in any form...in competiton..unless u count funny cars...with an alti shell...the car "stock" aint made for the stresses of racing...if any of you have looked at the stock suspension....ud see that...hence alot of the conversions on here....endlinks, sway bars and such...judgin' by the way some of you describe your "racing"....u need more than a 1/2 diameter link to hold ya steady and the stock breaks?....lol...we all love our cars and the gracefulness of them...but lets not think lookin fast means bred to be fast...theres more to intake and mufflers that make a race car...

and we arent even touching on the safty end of things!

for craps sake...those of you who race at a regulated track make you ..wear a helmet..take everything out of the trunk and cabin...why?...hmmm

driving is a responsiblity....to everyone..even ur pretty coupe!

well said

[Hussain]

no, you only have to wear a helmet when your quicker then 14.00 (when your in the 13's or faster) and if you're 11.5 or faster then you need a roll cage. my car is stock except for exhaust and that doesn't turn a car into a beast on its own so i mean, why would Nissan make a car that can't handle itself in stock form? isnt that a bit of a liability?

i wanted a Mustang but after one of my brother's totaled his and my other brother blew his engine in his mustang, my dad said no to Mustangs. went to the Nissan dealership and fell in love with the altima coupe, my dad tried to get me a 2007 350z (last year) but i said NO! i want the altima coupe. thing is, i want a fast car BUT it's going to be a daily driver. in my opinion a 350z is a really bad daily driver, no back seat and pretty much no trunk. 3.5se altima coupe is fast stock and can be even faster with some modifications. it has the power, the speed, the looks, the interior, and then the price. it pretty much has the total package. stock it's just as fast as many sports cars, it has a G35 motor in a lighter car and many people have beaten G35's, it's just a tiny bit slower then a 03-06 350z and those are 2 seater sports cars in every sense. so pretty much the speed of a sports car but with the practicality of a daily driver and then theres the looks lol

[Viperjunkie]

reading the title to this topic reminds me of Wedding Crashers...

[Hussain]

ya it does lol

[alphapig]

I read "another notch in the belt" and I just assumed someone got fatter.

[Scandinavian Flick]

I read "another notch in the belt" and I just assumed someone got fatter.

that is just the coolest thing ive read all day

[GryStrm]

no, you only have to wear a helmet when your quicker then 14.00 ......

...

ok..but bro the other rules apply!..and one big thing...ITS CONTROLLED!we all heard or at least i think we did about the poor dude who blew apart at the track the other day...englishtown no?....im sure a few of you visited the track themselves to race....now...he was hitting speeds that our little runners will never see unless hooked to a few rockets and some steriods.....but, no one...save the driver was injured...translate that a race occuring on the street....ok water down the speed.....and the outcome would be much different....newspaper front page different.,....broken family, dead kids, and one stupid careless driver different.

my heart goes out to scott and his family....as a close family member of 2 drag racers, both of whom are regulars at englishtown, i can say with certainy he knew the possibility of severe injury or death everytime he got in the cockpit....he just didnt take that risk for other people like some of our street racer friends on this forum do!

we all love the thrill... the adrenalin.. the rush we get when we step on it, hear the growl and feel our backs against the seat press back...2.5 or 3.5...5.0 or the rocket good ol' scott rode to heaven....its all the same..the power of a machine under our control..making it move..and do all the things we love to brag about.....

we wouldnt be on this forum or doin the work to our cars that we do if we didnt...

we just have to constantly remember.....that a car like any other machine can kill and destroy....without prejudice or care, it'll plow through a school yard of little kids, or take out a pregnent woman crossing the street, it can burst into a ball of flame from under us at any moment.....it does as we tell it, but like a machine can mechanically fail....

i cant see how zipping around 10 ton trucks weavin in and out of traffic and cutting other people off so u can hit ur hazzards and "own" them anything less than stupid...at the very least..extremely immature and not worthy of the responsibilty a driver lic carries...

now that i got my soap boxin outta the way...some eye candy for the HP nuts...my broiin laws 900hp monster of an engine...

[RobPaulson]

Gry, /agree, well put.

i used to be like octa when i first got my license and i was in high school . . . and then i found Buddha =P haha

[LongBeachCoupe]

Autocross requires a helmet.

His racing is more like autocross than a drag

[GryStrm]

...but still on a controlled track no?...i can go to a gun range to shoot my gun....or just head to the local street corner...one is controlled safe and legal...the other...an opening scene to grand theft auto ...the altima chronicles...

and i wear a helmet always....and depending on the drive time..a diaper!

[NissanPride247]

LOL you guys crack me up... I didn't start these races. They did, and they just couldn't drive... and yea homie, I got a 4 banger and blew them out the water. its sad, but so true... on the straight away - the game is theirs, we established that, but in traffic, or even straight away leading to traffic, that's my game... and folks can't drive - especially ALL the muscle-heads I've burned in my lifetime. and at the end of the race, I always like to wait and ask em if that's all they had LMFAO

Sounds like big fish stories to me. And I fail to see how weaving in and out of traffic is skill. I guess it's intense to change lanes at a high speed but really? And I'm with everyone else with the doubt that you beat all those cars. Sounds like someones a little full of themselves...

[GryStrm]

yo guys...no jok...i just own'd some ole' bitiach in a wheelchair...she like pulled up on me for real ..i wuz at a lite..and shez like at the corner waitin to roll across right...so shes like eyen' my s**T..right and im like nah yo...shes like ole and erything..but like yo..she starts like pullin des lill wheelies in her chair yo! like.. yo that things got like what...2 hand power...im thinking yeaa aight easy kill!...word..so then like she pulls her ebrake...and yanks a 360 on me! for real...yo i had to serve dis hag...she was beggin..so wez waitin fo the green..and dis wise cat pulls up wit his crusty old walker...and lines up!! can u belee dat? pssss yo man 2 birds wit one stone...straight up!light hit green and i peeled em yo...bridgestone dust all ova dem folks...word!look in the rearview and saw nutin but they home medical alert badges getin smaller and smaller!~,.....chalk up geriatrics on the list of alti coupe prey.....im hittin the playground seeing if i cant serve some kids on razors dey "you been roasted" papers...

[Canadian Coupe]

As long as its safe and nobody is in danger or around you I don't have a huge problem with a little friendly street racing.

I prefer more organized stuff myself. Abandoned roads, remote dirt roads that haven't been used in decades.

I've done my fair share of racing and have even raced some of my buddies vehicles who compete illegally (Jag). And no, it's not because of 'the fast and the furious', in fact I've never seen any of those films. I do it sometimes because I enjoy it. Life is short and I'm going to take some risks. I would never put someone innocent in danger unnecessarily, but I have no fear in potentially hurting myself. I know that if something happens I only have myself to blame.

I've taken it to the track before. Our local police service has a thing set up here for people who like to race.

For me, the thrill just isn't the same. It's not as raw, and there isn't the likelihood that your real driving skills are going to come into play.

I know I've fishtailed on old abandoned roads before and come within inches of smashing my back end against a tree, but I've never, ever put a friends life on the line.

If I race, I do it by myself. I won't allow anyone in the car with me. That's the way it is. If anybody gets killed, it will be me.

Some people go to too great a length to convince some people that what they're doing is satanic and they should stop immediately.

Do what you want to do - DO NOT endanger others. If you're willing to put your life on the line and take risks, that's your M.O.

[spockrock]

so long story short I can add another notch with the logic of racing in traffic, going to see my headlight guy, yesterday bumper to bumper traffic totally smoked a CL63 AMG. I was in the Left Lane he was in the Middle Lane.... his lane wasn't moving I was 10 car lengths infront of him before he knew what was going on.

[racingtiger03]

WOOT SBC all the way. tell your bro in law I love his engine lol... those valve covers with just painted headers though... why arent they at least wrapped, or more ideally coated :P

[Canadian Coupe]

so long story short I can add another notch with the logic of racing in traffic, going to see my headlight guy, yesterday bumper to bumper traffic totally smoked a CL63 AMG. I was in the Left Lane he was in the Middle Lane.... his lane wasn't moving I was 10 car lengths infront of him before he knew what was going on.

Don't be silly.

I doubt anyone thinks that that is considered racing.

Acceleration from a dead stop or acceleration from roughly the same speed from point A to point B is what he's likely talking about.

[Canadian Coupe]

yo guys...no jok...i just own'd some ole' bitiach in a wheelchair...she like pulled up on me for real ..i wuz at a lite..and shez like at the corner waitin to roll across right...so shes like eyen' my s**T..right and im like nah yo...shes like ole and erything..but like yo..she starts like pullin des lill wheelies in her chair yo! like.. yo that things got like what...2 hand power...im thinking yeaa aight easy kill!...word..so then like she pulls her ebrake...and yanks a 360 on me! for real...yo i had to serve dis hag...she was beggin..so wez waitin fo the green..and dis wise cat pulls up wit his crusty old walker...and lines up!! can u belee dat? pssss yo man 2 birds wit one stone...straight up!light hit green and i peeled em yo...bridgestone dust all ova dem folks...word!look in the rearview and saw nutin but they home medical alert badges getin smaller and smaller!~,.....chalk up geriatrics on the list of alti coupe prey.....im hittin the playground seeing if i cant serve some kids on razors dey "you been roasted" papers...

I find your play on words highly offensive.

If you want to stereotype, at least do it with a shred of credibility.

[GryStrm]

.... I have no fear in potentially hurting myself...

I've taken it to the track before. Our local police service has a thing set up here for people who like to race.

For me, the thrill just isn't the same. It's not as raw, and there isn't the likelihood that your real driving skills are going to come into play.

well put! ,,,ur 19 bro... at least thats what ur profile says...ur fears arent realized yet...not even enough to realize its the fear that drives you....if you have no fear like you say....then theres no thrill...like you also said....is there a thrill in regular daily driving? no cause your not afraid of ending up in a mourge...,......and what are "real driving skills" the ability to swerve in and out of traffic without hittin' anything?...or being able to regain out of a spin?....i hear where you are comin from...ur an adrenalin junkie...nutin wrong with it...but the point is...do what you wish on your on neck...not at the risk of others...the fact that you like more organized stuff like tracks and abondoned roads is fine...the other people there are like you...knowin full well what they are there to do...the family drivin home from summer vaca on rte whatever doesnt know you looking to "own" your buddy for some braggin rights...

[GryStrm]

WOOT SBC all the way. tell your bro in law I love his engine lol... those valve covers with just painted headers though... why arent they at least wrapped, or more ideally coated :P

he can careless about dressy items...its the sonic boom he creates that drives him!

[GryStrm]

I find your play on words highly offensive.

If you want to stereotype, at least do it with a shred of credibility.

aww im sawy...my words offended "no fear" man?...ok im sorry.. ill bring you some cookies and milk as a peace offering

what stereotype are you refering to?...street racers? or are you stereo typing and making presumptions as to my thoughts on your own?

what credibilty?...do i need to be qualified to write a saterical post about the stupidity of street racing?....last time i checked the way i write is my bussiness and how i put my words togther my perogative! i am the farthest thing from racial you'll ever find. and i have never flug even the slightest slur here..well except for goomba...but that dont count!

so dont be mad just cause i dont defend ur need for speed torreto...opps...i stereotyped again....

[Canadian Coupe]

well put! ,,,ur 19 bro... at least thats what ur profile says...ur fears arent realized yet...not even enough to realize its the fear that drives you....if you have no fear like you say....then theres no thrill...like you also said....is there a thrill in regular daily driving? no cause your not afraid of ending up in a mourge...,......and what are "real driving skills" the ability to swerve in and out of traffic without hittin' anything?...or being able to regain out of a spin?....i hear where you are comin from...ur an adrenalin junkie...nutin wrong with it...but the point is...do what you wish on your on neck...not at the risk of others...the fact that you like more organized stuff like tracks and abondoned roads is fine...the other people there are like you...knowin full well what they are there to do...the family drivin home from summer vaca on rte whatever doesnt know you looking to "own" your buddy for some braggin rights...

My fears haven't been realized yet? Is that supposed to be a joke, or do you know me? I've been through more in 19 years than you likely have in your lifetime, or someone twice my age.

So, losing my father at 9 while on family vacation in Seattle, Washington. Having two of my best friends caught in the cross-fire of a gang drive-by shooting on another gang and watching one of them fight for his life for two weeks in hospital before finally letting go. Seeing my mother come with-in inches of her life on two separate occasions due to freak accidents. Having my grandmother and grandfather pass away... all of this in a 10 year time-frame.

You have the nerve to tell me that my fears haven't been realized? How incredibly ignorant of you.

I know what drives me, it's not up to you to decide that. Like I said, I don't put other people in danger because I know what it's like to lose someone close to you. I don't race on streets if there is a single pedestrian or other vehicle around, I simply won't do it.

I do care about my well-being, but again I like to do what I like to do. If that makes me an adrenaline-junkie - which is a term that carries no appeal to me, than so be it.

[Canadian Coupe]

aww im sawy...my words offended "no fear" man?...ok im sorry.. ill bring you some cookies and milk as a peace offering

what stereotype are you refering to?...street racers? or are you stereo typing and making presumptions as to my thoughts on your own?

what credibilty?...do i need to be qualified to write a saterical post about the stupidity of street racing?....last time i checked the way i write is my bussiness and how i put my words togther my perogative! i am the farthest thing from racial you'll ever find. and i have never flug even the slightest slur here..well except for goomba...but that dont count!

so dont be mad just cause i dont defend ur need for speed torreto...opps...i stereotyped again....

You know damn well what stereotype I'm referring to. I'm not going to take the bait and amuse you when I have better things to be doing.

Again, you can think what you want, just don't try and convince people that you're right and they're wrong.

[LongBeachCoupe]

Ok, im thinking about locking this thread now...

Gry, although i personally laugh at all your "joking" posts, some members who arent as active dont know you are joking, and take things out of context.

The internet sometimes jumbles things that would be OBVIOUSLY a joke if spoken, but without hearing it and seeing the delivery, it may be mis-interpreted.

IM WATCHING THIS THREAD NOW... DONT CROSS THE LINE GUYS... I still havent had to bring the hammer down on a member, but fighting/bickering about illegal activity (racing off a track) will not be tolerated.

[GryStrm]

bro please...u made assumptions about me...and i of you....u disagree with my feelings about street racing and i disagree about your support of doin it on public roads.sorry for your lossesbut lets not get into an "ive been through" match...cause you never know who your talking to and what they have been through!

i meant that at 19...u still have alot more crap to go through....when i was 19 and told the same crap i was pissed at people older and wiser than me tellin me that...but ...youll see...

i have nothing against you, but i personally think street racing is stupid...not racing...just street racing....those are my beliefs...which are free for me to express, just like you feel free to express your driving skills...

[Canadian Coupe]

bro please...u made assumptions about me...and i of you....u disagree with my feelings about street racing and i disagree about your support of doin it on public roads.sorry for your lossesbut lets not get into an "ive been through" match...cause you never know who your talking to and what they have been through!

i meant that at 19...u still have alot more crap to go through....when i was 19 and told the same crap i was pissed at people older and wiser than me tellin me that...but ...youll see...

i have nothing against you, but i personally think street racing is stupid...not racing...just street racing....those are my beliefs...which are free for me to express, just like you feel free to express your driving skills...

Fine.

[GryStrm]

don't want lbc to lock me out.....ill hold his endlinks as hostage!

[mcheddadi]

I really want to know what's going on, but three pages of something about notches in a belt doesn't sound interesting lol

[GryStrm]

a lill too much feeling on this topic for me...and canadians passion of driving buttin' heads thats all...we cool...

and my bosses are away today...so i have nothing better to do...

[LongBeachCoupe]

hahaha im alone in the office too! i have my crocs up on the desk!

hold my links hostage, and ill take your brother in laws car for a spin!