end of the line for me.

[Micahwc]

I had a friend who bought an evo 8 when he returned from Iraq. Evo's had been his dream car for years. He almost sold it within a month because he got two 500 doller reckless driving tickets within a week. He drifted through the same intersection twice, got pulled over by the same cop, and went before the same judge. The judge let him off for the first one. He wasn't so lucky a week later.

[CyFi6]

sorry to hear it but doing something illegal is doing something illegal. I have a supra, i had an mr2, both flashy cars, but i stick to the law, i dont speed, i dont go out late at night and drive around with other people that race, ive never gotten a ticket. Its easy to stay out of trouble, you just gotta have self control

[Grandavi]

Originally Posted by CyFi6

sorry to hear it but doing something illegal is doing something illegal. I have a supra, i had an mr2, both flashy cars, but i stick to the law, i dont speed, i dont go out late at night and drive around with other people that race, ive never gotten a ticket. Its easy to stay out of trouble, you just gotta have self control

Agreed... bearing in mind... 55 mph is a bogus speed limit in my opinion. (for normal highways). Having said that, though, 30 years ago when I got my license (yikes... thats a long time ago!) there were not any where near the amount of people on the roads. At that time as well, cars were not anywhere near as safe either.

I think that it would be nice for every "area" (this is a pipe-dream btw) to have a test area for young drivers to drive. Allow for a quarter-mile race, a place to experiment with skids and slides (I watched Tokyo-drift... to do that on public roads is like walking downtown with an uzi... but that's my opinion) and try for a top end on your vehicle. I also think it would be great to have supervised playgrounds for kids. Both dont exist any longer other than perhaps race-tracks in your area that allow you to run. I am teaching my kids how to react to different events in vehicles by finding areas that are as safe as reasonably possible, because in my youth all the racing, rat racing (thats chasing each other through town and country roads) and experimentation I have done have saved both me and my family in several incidents that should have turned into major accidents.

However, I strongly believe that today, 99% of road rules will prevent you from being injured/killed or injuring/killing someone else and therefore should be obeyed. Its just nice to know how to avoid that accident when someone else (or nature) disobeys the rules.

Possibly the worst thing that a person can do is to believe they can do something because they saw it on TV or in a movie... lol

[mnewxv]

thats a good idea grand, around here to keep the skaters out of trouble(vandalism etc) they build skateparks. There should be a track or 2 in each area for people to mess around on without putting others or themselves in danger. either way, I just turned 18 and am thinking of saving up for race car driver school, just so that I can be more in touch with a vehicle and know how to manuver it in emergency situations.

[Micahwc]

I have to agree that obeying the traffic laws, and not street racing are the best things to do. I haven't had a ticket of any kind in three years now, and I drive around the speed limit most of the time. I save my aggressive driving (and tires) for autocross tracks.

Or occasionally when I get to drive a humvee off road.

[Grandavi]

I'm not gonna lie to you, though. I do take my Supra up to about 110 mph if I think I can do it safely and without waking up our neighborhood police. Just to feel the accelleration, speed and smile, then back to my lawful persona. Its very hard to not do that in this car. (which is why I recommend the Hyundai Pony for your first car.. lol)

[suprakid91]

i had to sell the supra. this time for real. its gone to a guy that works at carlson toyota in coon rapids minnesota. he bought it for 700 plus he gave me his 93 corolla with a new 1.8 that has 27000 on the engine. i figured since all that i have gotten out of the car and all the money i have put into the car, it was time for it to leave. i felt very shhhittyyy after watching it drive away from my driveway. although he only live about 15 miles from my house we decided that he would keep me posted on what he was doing with the car. he is planning on taking the 7m out and putting a jdm 1jz in it. =( which sucks cuz thats what i wanted to do in a few years. but i know that i will get another one a little down the road... and i will be on here as much as i can tryin to help anyone out that needs it. so thanks for all the help to anyone that talked me through stuff with my bhg (Grandavi) and supramacist thanks to you too.

Mitch