Been offered a race...

[anonymous-user]

carinaman said:

279 said:

I don't visit Pistonheads for two days and the calibre of posting seems to have dropped to 4chan levels of immature, inane and unhelpful nonsense?

The guy has asked a car enthusiast type question on a car enthusiast webiste and has been met with nothing but trolling bks, save for maybe 3 posts. In a thread with 175 replies and counting that is VERY poor form PH...

'Offered out' sounds like pub fighting or handbag swinging talk to me.

There was no mention of a venue for such a competition so one could be forgiven for assuming it was to happen on a public road.

How do you factor out the differences in drivers in such hypothetical scenarios?

Most car forums seem to actively discourage and distance themselves from racing on public roads and even mentioning such driving and enthusiasm online can have consequences, look at 10_Pence_Short's Prison Diary thread.

I've seen the 10 Pence's thread. I've also seen numerous thread regarding 'Keeping up' with more exotic machinery on B roads since, and yet there. It would seem "racing" on public roads is only justified to this forum when corners are involved? Anyway, I digress.

I do entirely agree that one should (rightly or wrongly) be incredibly careful as to what they choose to post on the internet. Perhaps it would have been more beneficial to the original poster and the forum as a whole to have highlighted why this is the case, rather than posting numerous trolling references to a film that is now over a decade old? Or perhaps answered the question and let the original poster and the acquaintance get on with it and take their chances?

[Riknos]

wolves_wanderer said:

Do you know what DK means?

• Shrug* Donkey Kong?

[RussH91]

wolves_wanderer said:

Do you know what DK means?

Donkey kong?

• damn you Riknos.

[DannyScene]

279 said:

carinaman said:

279 said:

I don't visit Pistonheads for two days and the calibre of posting seems to have dropped to 4chan levels of immature, inane and unhelpful nonsense?

The guy has asked a car enthusiast type question on a car enthusiast webiste and has been met with nothing but trolling bks, save for maybe 3 posts. In a thread with 175 replies and counting that is VERY poor form PH...

'Offered out' sounds like pub fighting or handbag swinging talk to me.

There was no mention of a venue for such a competition so one could be forgiven for assuming it was to happen on a public road.

How do you factor out the differences in drivers in such hypothetical scenarios?

Most car forums seem to actively discourage and distance themselves from racing on public roads and even mentioning such driving and enthusiasm online can have consequences, look at 10_Pence_Short's Prison Diary thread.

I've seen the 10 Pence's thread. I've also seen numerous thread regarding 'Keeping up' with more exotic machinery on B roads since, and yet there. It would seem "racing" on public roads is only justified to this forum when corners are involved? Anyway, I digress.

I do entirely agree that one should (rightly or wrongly) be incredibly careful as to what they choose to post on the internet. Perhaps it would have been more beneficial to the original poster and the forum as a whole to have highlighted why this is the case, rather than posting numerous trolling references to a film that is now over a decade old? Or perhaps answered the question and let the original poster and the acquaintance get on with it and take their chances?

let the original poster and the acquaintance get on with it and take their chances?

I assume you mean by having this race on a public road full of innocent road users who probably would rather not have the risk of a 2 ton jag doing 150 odd barrelling into the back of their car while chasing/being chased by matey boy in his modded focus

won't someone please think of the children etc etc

[woody2846]

Oh st! We got cops, cops, cops, cops!

[SturdyHSV]

279 said:

Perhaps it would have been more beneficial to the original poster and the forum as a whole to have highlighted why this is the case, rather than posting numerous trolling references to a film that is now over a decade old?

You're right, heaven forbid we share a laugh. Right then people, let's keep GG strictly factual and for the love of Vin, can we only cite relevant up to date sources?

[carinaman]

I've only even seen about 5-10 minutes of one of them. It involved some cars racing up or down a mountain road with sparks coming off of the Armco then an ending with a smiling elderly chap and possibly an attractive woman in a short skirt?

I can't spot the film references.

[DeolTheBeast]

Spirit. Thank you. Thank you for providing us with the direct-port nitrous... uh... injection, four-core intercoolers, an' ball-bearing turbos, and... um... titanium valve springs. Thank you.

[Some Gump]

Deol, because you were the first to eat the chicken, did you say grace?

[DeolTheBeast]

Some Gump said:

Deol, because you were the first to eat the chicken, did you say grace?

I was only praying to the car gods

[Lazadude]

Some Gump said:

Deol, because you were the first to eat the chicken, did you say grace?

Everyones gotta' eat.

[Tiger Tim]

l80ous: I'll see you in the desert next month. Be ready to have your ass handed to you.
Dom: You're gonna need more than that crotch rocket.
l80ous: I got something for you.
Dom:

[Tiger Tim]

l80ous' underage girlfriend: What's the retail on one of those?
Jag Driver: More than you can afford pal. Jaaaaaaaaaag.
l80ous' underage girlfriend: [turning to l80ous] Smoke him.

[woody2846]

279 said:

I don't visit Pistonheads for two days and the calibre of posting seems to have dropped to 4chan levels of immature, inane and unhelpful nonsense?

It seems that the other 150 odd people who posted disagree. Lighten up.

[MuZiZZle]

279 said:

I do entirely agree that one should (rightly or wrongly) be incredibly careful as to what they choose to post on the internet. Perhaps it would have been more beneficial to the original poster and the forum as a whole to have highlighted why this is the case, rather than posting numerous trolling references to a film that is now over a decade old? Or perhaps answered the question and let the original poster and the acquaintance get on with it and take their chances?

People still quote the Bible..........

[DeolTheBeast]

Tiger Tim said:

l80ous' underage girlfriend: What's the retail on one of those?
Jag Driver: More than you can afford pal. Jaaaaaaaaaag.
l80ous' underage girlfriend: [turning to l80ous] Smoke him.

The Jag bit got me

[Some Gump]

I think i know why 279 is getting upset - look at his car history. I bet he asked to be an extra, but they turnd him down.
279 - you need nos. and 279, you need it by tonight.

[Greg_D]

Some Gump said:

I think i know why 279 is getting upset - look at his car history. I bet he asked to be an extra, but they turnd him down.
279 - you need nos. and 279, you need it by tonight.

That thought had crossed my mind as well... Stroppy ricer

[laam999]

If you lose don't take a 3/4 torque wrench too him, you're too controlled for that OP

[RussH91]

279 'Where did you get them cars? At the bottom of a cereal box?'