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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 112 points 4 days ago (2 children)

My dad did the exact opposite of this when he had a Corvette. Some guys pulled up to the stop light, got him to roll his window down, and said, "Hey man, want to race?"

His reply. "Why?"

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 54 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's like asking someone with running shoes if he wants to run...

[–] n0respect@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's when you surprise 'em with the crowbar. haha sucker, better luck next time.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia," but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against Tonya Harding when temporary clout is on the line."

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago

I witnessed something kinda similar.

I was the passenger in an old beaten small panel van. The driver was a complete jackass, but I needed the lift. He pulled up next to an Alfa Romeo 159, and asked for a race. The driver of the Alfa just looked... confused. He gave us a very potent "I cannot sanction your buffoonery" look and rolled his window back up. My driver yelled at him. I sunk into my seat in an overwhelming combination of first and second hand embarrassment.

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 85 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I hear assholes in muscle cars going by outside my window a few times a day, and their cars are so loud following traffic at like 30-40 mph. I would get it if they were racing or something, but if your car is doing just normal low-level driving why does it need to make so much noise?

It feels like if a person walked from one room to another while panting and gasping for air like they just did an intense sprint. I would be more likely to call an ambulance than hi-five them.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

it's pitifully obvious that these people need more attention. they crave it, they're literally doing the 3 year old toddler melt down equivalent of it, they cannot stand it if people don't LOOK AT THEM RIGHT NOW.

I get it, plainly, momma and daddy did not love you very much and it shows in how you interact with the world now.

any rational society would see to it that they get the mental health treatment they so publicly cry out for VRROOOM..

but VROOM VROOM they can't help it, they're too time constrained to go door to door seeking whatever it was childhood denied them, no, now they're everyone's problems VROOOOM they've got to mass communicate that shit VROOOOOOOOOOOM

now everyone gets to suffVROOOOOOOOOM because these fucking idiots didn't give their children attention and love.

that's what I hear every time one of the pricks VROOOMS by, desperation, sheer, utter, pitiful desperation that someone, somewhere acknowledges their existence because without the tantrum, no one gives a flying fuck at a rolling donut about them.

you could say their cars are their personalities, but that's really a symptom, like exhaust coming from an engine, these people spew their problems onto society and we're all supposed to just sit around and ignore them.

pitiful fucks.

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

i remember watching some wrenching videos where the guy was dumping tens of thousands into a miata, and one thing kinda stuck with me: when you're in a tiny car, you want to be loud so that the other cars are aware of you. Can you imagine taking out your itty bitty car you spent 50 grand and months or years of work on just to get sideswiped by some jackass in a RAM truck?

That being said, muscle cars are typically not itty bitty, so i get the frustration

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"What is that loud and slow car?"

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 days ago

That’s actually my fault.

I stole all their catalytic converters to pay a lobbying group to get the local politicians to fund mass transit. Instead the batards passed vaguely worded noise ordinances that get selectively enforced by so-called public servants to target certain groups.
Sorry about that.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

What they should really have is bypass mufflers, where that loudness only comes at high RPM.

Sadly, most do not...

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

*vette spins out and wipes out a crowd of people on the sidewalk…

[–] Balldowern@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're thinking of a Mustang.

[–] Shave_MyBeever@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Oh man, I remember a sub that was just mustangs wrecking. Good memories

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can't I hate both of them?

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What has that guy's mom's 2015 Nissan Altima done to you?

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

He bought a Tesla because he thinks Elon is a genious.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 46 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Turns out it was about being loud and getting noticed all along. The really loud ones just like to annoy people because of psychpath tendencies. That has been studied.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Like those kids that put whatever it is in their Hondas or Nissans to make them sound like a lawn mower? Fucking obnoxious.

And what about all those booming stereos?

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

the vroom vroom idiot squad doesn't care, just like the nazi simp musk fellators don't care.

we're trapped on a planet full of morons in every ideological direction.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well, I would destroy both of their moms, emotionally, they would be so disappointed in me ... :(

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I...kinda love Corvette Man

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Makes me think of this guy

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That dude is like the opposite of Corvette Man

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Corvette only has 1 comma energy, not 3 commas.

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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 30 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

~~Lots of compensating sports car owners downvoted this lol~~

I retract myself I hadn’t seen it was a Tesla on the right

[–] morto@piefed.social 31 points 4 days ago

They can downvote this post in the quarter mile. We literally don't care.

burnout noises

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 17 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Going fast for a quarter mile is literally the only thing a Corvette can do, so it's like if the punch line was a Mustang Guy saying he's never been able hit a pedestrian.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

Huh? Racing corvettes have good records against Ferraris and Porches, going decades back:

458 vs C6R

Here's a street corvette keeping pace with a tuned Ariel Atom, a horrifically fast track car, round the nurburgring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYZs7Ta2SSk

The "corvette meme" is that they'll kill you in a crash, not that they're slow around corners. They are not slow around corners.

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[–] Laukidh@infosec.pub 17 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I had almost that exact vette when I was in high school. It was slow, but looked cool and was oddly decent on insurance.

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