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A couple days ago, while sitting in my Automotive Technology class, my friend got into a sort of argument with a guy in my class. This is a great example of the ricers in todays world.
I think a couple of you will enjoy reading it, so I thought I would post it up.
I will use "Dude" as the other guy, "Friend" as my friend, and "Me" = self explanatory.
Dude: *watching D1 cars on the internet*
Friend: *Playing dumb* "WOW, how do they do that!?"
Dude: "Oh, they pull the handbrake."
Friend: "The whole time?"
Dude: "yea."
Friend: *Not playing dumb anymore* "If they pull the handbrake, then why are the wheels still spinning?"
Dude: "They press the gas."
Friend: "The car is RWD, if they press the handbrake, the wheel stops, so how can they press the gas at the same time?"
Dude: "They just do, it works."
Friend: *Finds a video of an in-car drift session, the driver never pulls the handbrake.* "Look, no handbrake."
Dude: "Well, I don't know, but my friend does it, and he's the drift king of Harrisonburg."
Friend: "What car does your friend have?"
Dude: "Twin Turbo Eclipse."
Friend: "That car is FWD, it's not the same."
Dude: "So? It doesn't make a difference, you still drift the same!"
Friend: "No you don't, I've been learning about drifting for 5 years, I know what I'm talking about."
Dude: "You wanna race or something?"
Friend: "What's that going to prove? And I don't drag race anyways.(referring to the ricer sprints between traffic lights)
Dude: "What, you don't street race?"
Friend: "No, street racing is stupid."
Dude: *To his friend* "He doesn't even street race and he thinks he knows how to drive." *chuckles*
Friend: "Where do you street race anyways?"
Dude: "In my church parking lot."
Friend: "So you drag race from one end to the other?"
Dude: "Yea, but we still drift!"
Friend: "You drift while drag racing?"
Dude: "Yes, my friend does it and he's the best!"
Me: *I looked up a picture of a turbocharged Eclipse engine* "Is this what the engine looks like?"
Dude: "Yea, just like that."
Me: "That's a single turbo."
Dude: *Points to exhuast turbine, then intake turbine.* "One, two, see?"
Me: "That's the exhuast turbine, and that's the intake turbine, two turbines, but it's only one turbo."
Dude: "Whatever man, you guys don't know anything."
Friend: "Dude, I know what drifting is and how to drift, I go to autocrosses and tracks, I know how to drive and how things work."
Dude: "Well, lets go race then!"
Friend: "No, street racing is stupid."
Dude: "Well, then don't say anything until you beat my friend!"
Then yesterday, he is watching another guy in my class look at pictures of Tiburons on the internet, and then says "Oh man, that car is fast, it's one of the best drift cars!"
Then later, he puts up the 2F2F Skyline as his wallpaper. My friend asks him what the car is, again playing dumb. He goes "It's a Nissan Skyliner, that car is fast, it has a V8 with nos!"
I just though this would be a good example of the knowledge ricers have about cars, which is close to none. And the annoying thing is, when you talk to someone who has a good knowledge of cars, and they get something wrong, you just show them proof of their mistake, and they accept it and learn something new, while ricers insist that they are correct, and street racing is the best way to answer questions or solve problems.
This guy still believes that his friend, with his twin turbo eclipse, is still the "drift king" of Harrisonburg, despite all the proof we present to him that says otherwise.
I think a couple of you will enjoy reading it, so I thought I would post it up.
I will use "Dude" as the other guy, "Friend" as my friend, and "Me" = self explanatory.
Dude: *watching D1 cars on the internet*
Friend: *Playing dumb* "WOW, how do they do that!?"
Dude: "Oh, they pull the handbrake."
Friend: "The whole time?"
Dude: "yea."
Friend: *Not playing dumb anymore* "If they pull the handbrake, then why are the wheels still spinning?"
Dude: "They press the gas."
Friend: "The car is RWD, if they press the handbrake, the wheel stops, so how can they press the gas at the same time?"
Dude: "They just do, it works."
Friend: *Finds a video of an in-car drift session, the driver never pulls the handbrake.* "Look, no handbrake."
Dude: "Well, I don't know, but my friend does it, and he's the drift king of Harrisonburg."
Friend: "What car does your friend have?"
Dude: "Twin Turbo Eclipse."
Friend: "That car is FWD, it's not the same."
Dude: "So? It doesn't make a difference, you still drift the same!"
Friend: "No you don't, I've been learning about drifting for 5 years, I know what I'm talking about."
Dude: "You wanna race or something?"
Friend: "What's that going to prove? And I don't drag race anyways.(referring to the ricer sprints between traffic lights)
Dude: "What, you don't street race?"
Friend: "No, street racing is stupid."
Dude: *To his friend* "He doesn't even street race and he thinks he knows how to drive." *chuckles*
Friend: "Where do you street race anyways?"
Dude: "In my church parking lot."
Friend: "So you drag race from one end to the other?"
Dude: "Yea, but we still drift!"
Friend: "You drift while drag racing?"
Dude: "Yes, my friend does it and he's the best!"
Me: *I looked up a picture of a turbocharged Eclipse engine* "Is this what the engine looks like?"
Dude: "Yea, just like that."
Me: "That's a single turbo."
Dude: *Points to exhuast turbine, then intake turbine.* "One, two, see?"
Me: "That's the exhuast turbine, and that's the intake turbine, two turbines, but it's only one turbo."
Dude: "Whatever man, you guys don't know anything."
Friend: "Dude, I know what drifting is and how to drift, I go to autocrosses and tracks, I know how to drive and how things work."
Dude: "Well, lets go race then!"
Friend: "No, street racing is stupid."
Dude: "Well, then don't say anything until you beat my friend!"
Then yesterday, he is watching another guy in my class look at pictures of Tiburons on the internet, and then says "Oh man, that car is fast, it's one of the best drift cars!"
Then later, he puts up the 2F2F Skyline as his wallpaper. My friend asks him what the car is, again playing dumb. He goes "It's a Nissan Skyliner, that car is fast, it has a V8 with nos!"
I just though this would be a good example of the knowledge ricers have about cars, which is close to none. And the annoying thing is, when you talk to someone who has a good knowledge of cars, and they get something wrong, you just show them proof of their mistake, and they accept it and learn something new, while ricers insist that they are correct, and street racing is the best way to answer questions or solve problems.
This guy still believes that his friend, with his twin turbo eclipse, is still the "drift king" of Harrisonburg, despite all the proof we present to him that says otherwise.