"wanna race?", says the punk in the VW

[SpeeDDrifT]

Tuesday, i'm just casually and quietly driving down the street. the light ahead turns red and as i'm rolling up to the stop i notice a VW Jetta in the lane next to me with 18's. i take a long drag of my cigarette and just try to block out their presense next to me.

"hey!,.......HEY!" yells the driver of the jetta. i take another drag of my smoke.....turn my head slowly to look at these 3 grinning goblins in their nicely polished Favennugen.(sp?) "hey ...wanna race???" he says looking at me and then his two friends, revealing more teeth than a dentist office. his two friends also smiling like two kids sitting on Santa's lap.

i take another drag off my cigarette, look this ...volkswagon...over from front to rear and back again, exhale my carbon monoxide filled breath. "you wanna DRIFT?" i question the smiling monkey behind the driver's wheel. no answer. i continue, "huh? you wanna drift....cuz if you don't you'll just be wasting my time. however you are driving a FWD...so probably not ....your sisters car doesn't drift does it?" suddenly the smiles disappear. i watch their eyes go out of focus thinking ...drift? what's that?

the light turns green.....i ease on the throttle driving away from the stop at a normal pace...meanwhile the VW and it's 3 passenger driving next to me....shifting 3 times, while only accerating up to 35...the reason this driver shifted so often was only to reveal to me...he is TURBO...as i hear each time his blow-off valve releases excess air. now he's in 3rd....im still in second with my RPM's at 3500...my car sweet spot. i lay on the throttle hard, he's got turbo lag, gotta downshift, still lag.....i've already pulled 8-9 cars on him....i swing my car left and then back right pulling a perfect feint motion drift off to a street on the right....never giving him a chance to catch up and leaving him with only a trail of tire smoke and a definition of DRIFT.

hope you all enjoyed.....i know i did.

[blink0r]

LOL, that was written very nicely. I like when you asked if his sisters car drifts.

[LilGold240sx]

Bravo! Take a bow (heh heh heh)

[TrueSlide]

Hell ya, another point for the 240s

[Ceptos]

heh, awesome...i gotta learn how to drift =)

[MAXIMUS Nismo]

fo sho fo sho. that was a sweet kill................AND you hit him with the Initail D. <---blatant inital D refrence.

[90240sx]

nice job pal, congrats on the win

[skydragoness]

sweet story, you must be into literature or something like that,lol

it's cool us people have 240's, we're part of the culture even though some of us don't drift

heehee, i play Initial D music anyway

[MaineExport]

Somebody needs to send me some of this Initial D stuff! I know what it is... I just don't have access to any videos. I'm not going to waste time downloading videos... as my dial-up service is painfully slow.... so come on... somebody send me some vids...PLEASE I want to see what this is all about!:)

[MAXIMUS Nismo]

Somebody needs to send me some of this Initial D stuff! I know what it is... I just don't have access to any videos. I'm not going to waste time downloading videos... as my dial-up service is painfully slow.... so come on... somebody send me some vids...PLEASE I want to see what this is all about!:)

ok, on one condition. U send me 4 blank video tapes and return postage and i'll send u them back with all the Initial D stages and the movie for ur viewing pleasure.

Email me or aim me and we can set up something. My cousin works at an videogames/anime import shop so i got hookups up the ving vang...........well not really UPthe ving but you know what i mean.

[MaineExport]

ok, on one condition. U send me 4 blank video tapes and return postage and i'll send u them back with all the Initial D stages and the movie for ur viewing pleasure.

Email me or aim me and we can set up something. My cousin works at an videogames/anime import shop so i got hookups up the ving vang...........well not really UPthe ving but you know what i mean.

I e-mailed you.... does anybody have the ability to burn VHS into VCD or DVD? I don't care so much about the quality, but mailing 2 CDs is a lot easier than 4 VHS tapes!:D

[blink0r]

I can burn .avi and .mpg into VCD's (work in dvd players).

I do it all the time.... i just burned spiderman and signs the other day, and i've got the complete collection of all jackass episodes and CKY videos.

[UncleBen]

ok, on one condition. U send me 4 blank video tapes and return postage and i'll send u them back with all the Initial D stages and the movie for ur viewing pleasure.

Email me or aim me and we can set up something. My cousin works at an videogames/anime import shop so i got hookups up the ving vang...........well not really UPthe ving but you know what i mean.

is that offer out for anyone? i'm in teh same situation. i know what initial D is, just don't have access to any of the stuff around here.

[MaineExport]

I can burn .avi and .mpg into VCD's (work in dvd players).

I do it all the time.... i just burned spiderman and signs the other day, and i've got the complete collection of all jackass episodes and CKY videos.

I have CKY and CKY2K on VCD... do you have any Initial D that you could burn for me... If not I'm just going to pay the postage and send it to MAXIMUS. BTW... I've seen a picture of a third CKY... do you have that... or does it exist...I' love to get a copy, I'll send you a CD if you have it and would be willing to burn me a copy!!!!!

[MAXIMUS Nismo]

ok, it's like this. The offer is out to anyone.But my video capture card crapped out on me and i can't buy one right now. I too can burn VCDs, but I cant get the video on ma PC.

maybe someone who can burn VCDs will offer to burn em for us and i'llsend em a copy of my Initial D collection.

[blink0r]

Yes i have CKY 3 on cd... i accidentally burned 2 copies too, so i've got another one sitting here.

I could also burn Initial D if someone would send me them, since i have none on my computer.

[nametakennow]

This means that 1. His car was stock except for the bov, 2. He can't drive worth his car, and 3. Neither he, nor his friends, smile when they see a 240 anymore.

[MaineExport]

ok, it's like this. The offer is out to anyone.But my video capture card crapped out on me and i can't buy one right now. I too can burn VCDs, but I cant get the video on ma PC.

maybe someone who can burn VCDs will offer to burn em for us and i'llsend em a copy of my Initial D collection.

Sounds like you can send those copies to blinks... tell ya what, I'll mail you 4 VHS tapes.... you copy them, and mail it to Blinks... I'll pay the postage for both trips... BlinkOr copies them onto VCD format... and sends me the CDs... hell, I'll even pay for the postage on that trip too..... now MAXIMUS... e-mail me your address and I'll get on it... as long as blinks will do the CD swap for me... I'll even send the CDs to you Blink! You guys are the coolest... I can't wait to see this Initial D anime and find out what all the buzz is about!!

BlinkOr... I would LOVE to have that extra copy of CKY 3... is it as good as the others... I love the freestyle chinese take-out rap on CKY2K... my favorite part out of them all!!

[MaineExport]

Oooh... wait, do you have the ability to go from your VCR to the computer BlinkOr.. I didn't think about that....

[89sxRCR]

This isnt about the initial D stuff but its related to the story: who the **** awnsers "you wanna race" with "you wanna drift?" sorry but that seems stupid to me. Chances are unless you have gone onto a track that you dont know how to drift correctly (or maybey just drift period.) Add to that your on a street, and drifting is just plain DUMB. This isnt initial D, this is real life. What if you spin out and smash your car up, or get injured? what if HE spins out and smashes his car up and gets injured? Just dumb. And while some argue that street drag racing is dangerous, its no where near the level of drifting on public roads. And reading the rest of the story it doesnt sound like you really even raced, u did a rolling start and those dont count worth ****. Dont be a foo, stay in drugs and dont do school man.

[240SXer]

Those 1.8T VWs aint got nothing. I raced one at the track running 11psi, intake, exhaust and he only ran 15.8 pathetic. Plus I rocked him off the line, I got a 2.45 60ft and his was like 2.62.With 3 people, unless he was really moded I think you'd take him anyway.

David.

[MaineExport]

Those 1.8T VWs aint got nothing. David.

I respectfully disagree! Maybe the 1/4 mile times are slow... but their high end is very fast. Perhapse the driver didn't know how to take advantage of the turbo and shifted FAR too soon. Those little 1.8ts are FAST.

[skydragoness]

oh well, i enjoyed Speedrift's story, for his fine writing ability

ask me, and imo, i think streetracing is stupid, and drifting on public roads absolutely insane. save it for the track i say, no point in risking lives and totaling your car, i love my car dammit

also, maybe the kid had an aftermarket blow-off valve, the kind that sound all high-pitched, like a nail on a chalkboard... *shudder*

back to Initial D, i'd send some VHS tapes too! i've only watched clips here and there and they were in cantonese.

Do you have a yahoo! messenger handle MaximusNismo? If you do, contact me as 'akina_240sx_333' or leave an offline message (what a surprise, eh?)

[MAXIMUS Nismo]

no yahoo but I have aim ma name is MaxBast.hit me up if you want.

maybe this Initial D stuff shoud be made into a new thread?

[APEXi240]

1) You can hear a BOV on a Jetta, especially if its aftermarket (which is usually the first thing a lot of people do with their 1.8s)2) If it was a Jetta it is very possible for him to beat it. 1.8 in that car is a DOG, in a Golf its a different story. Him being in third or whatever gear, he first has to drop gears, then wait to get into boost. 3) Why would you respond saying that? I would, cause maybe you can't beat him, but he definitly can't drift.4) Why are you so leary that people know how to drift? You act like its the hardest thing in the world. There are PLENTY of people all over the US that can drift really well.

[APEXi240]

Somewhat.....

The not being able to drift thing is what pi**ed me off, that was 89sxRCR. He said, if you haven't been on a track, then you can't drift correctly or at all. That's like me saying you don't know how to drag race cause you've never been to the strip.

As far as the BOV, I have no doubt that you can't hear it in your car....An Audi has a quieter ride then a Jetta or Golf IMO. Plus is your Audi auto?

And I think you were right that him beating the Jetta was attributed to driver error, but like he said the kid was in 3rd or whatever, and had to downshift....it wasn't a "real" race.

I'd respond with "You want to drift" cause that's just being an a**hole, and I'm all for being an a**hole to kids in Jettas that sport goofy as* grins all the time.

[MaineExport]

no yahoo but I have aim ma name is MaxBast.hit me up if you want.

maybe this Initial D stuff shoud be made into a new thread?

Hey... I haven't got your address yet MAXIMUS... should I IM you? I would REALLY appreciate this.. if there's anything I can do for you... let me know.. I'm all about the fair trade!

[Tino]

I got smoked by my friends cavalier today totally my fault cuz I suck at shifting.

[ninjak84]

street racing is bad.now that i said that, great kill on the VW. maybe you can teach Tino how to use that black pedal on the far left...

[nametakennow]

Remember, this IS Tino you're talking about...

Just screwin' with ya Tino, cause you aren't part of the car and/or licenseless club anymore.