how to kill speed addiction?
#41
Why are suck meaningless threads allowed up? ya, you have problem, you drive like a moron; now seek some help from a support group... there must be some kind of help group for people that watch 2Fast 2Furious... smarten up, drive the limit and address your needs on a track away from the general public, otherwise you would learn and it takes a lot more then just tickets...my friend learned the hard way by taking a life because he was drive like a jack @$$... he can contemplate his driving skills in prison.
#43
when i get the bug and speed alot, i go to some websites where they showed wrecked cars, then i picture the speed they were going, and the speed i was going, and then try to picture a body in the driver seat and how bent it would be, think of your funeral and all the things youll never do because your dead, it works. i was in a bad accident with my friends when i was 15, i really dont speed but when i do, for some reason the same song i heard when we wrecked comes on and i slow right backdown.
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Originally Posted by Prophecy1
Learn Self-Control
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Proph
#49
Originally Posted by bullfrog
I need to stop flying around town all the time. It is bad for me and my car. I don't get very many tickets at all and when I do, they aren't bad, but that isn't the point. I've owned 3 cars now including my max and all of them have sustained some amount of body damage just from me being stupid at one point or another. It almost seems as if I'm destined to never have a car with a perfect body. If I could just slow down and be normal then I could ride in style like everyone else.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Anyone have any suggestions?
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#53
Its ok, let him speed like that. There will come a time when he will get pulled over going double the speed limit and hell get arested... oh yea you do know its a felony right??? At least thats how it is in NY. I used to be a dumba$$ like you on the road but i got pulled over topping out my old VR6, i got away with it by some miracle. After that i never drove like a moron again. Ask yourself this question, if you hit someone and kill them but live, how will you live with yourself?? At that point being sent away would be the least of your problems.
#54
hmm .. i got into this habbit of speeding.. but i did it in wide open areas with nobody aroud... even then its stupid.. causeur wasting gas and tires etc.. and if you get tickets.. picture this.. wiht the money you spend on gas an tickets.. add it together.. u can get the SUPERCHARGER...
so i stopped.. and i put away enough money now from the gas.. but hey every little helps... and im getting closer to supercharge... by the time i get it.. thell have hte 8th generation max and i will need a new engine.. hehee
so i stopped.. and i put away enough money now from the gas.. but hey every little helps... and im getting closer to supercharge... by the time i get it.. thell have hte 8th generation max and i will need a new engine.. hehee
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why does every thread turn into a honda hating thread no matter the topic, lol
just keep speeding man, its the way u were born, there is absolutley no way out of it, it is your destiny
just factor in all the speeding tickets / extra labor / body work in with your driving budget and you should be ok
you just wont be able to afford more expensive cars - buts its OK, because you get to SPEEEEDDDDD WAaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhrrrr
just keep speeding man, its the way u were born, there is absolutley no way out of it, it is your destiny
just factor in all the speeding tickets / extra labor / body work in with your driving budget and you should be ok
you just wont be able to afford more expensive cars - buts its OK, because you get to SPEEEEDDDDD WAaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhrrrr
#59
Originally Posted by f550maranello2
buy a honda
in all seriousness dude, you just need to make a consious (spelling?) effort not to do it because apparently going through as many cars you have had and getting tickets hasnt detered you from doing it. just chill it out, there is really no other way.
-Tom
#60
Have a kid and keep him/her in a car seat in the back so you can see him/her in the rearview. If you still speed then it's time to get a bicycle.
#61
The only way to kill your speed addiction, well lets look at it this way, KILL YOUR EGO. Dood stop speeding damn it, who you tryin to kill, Save your car a bunch of miles, save your self money from the cops. Take it to the traqs if your a real man
#63
Originally Posted by passEMonTHErite
You guys just dont get it.
He is SUPERMAN!!
He cant possibly get hurt or killed.
He is SUPERMAN!!
He cant possibly get hurt or killed.
#64
nah i feel u man, i got the same little addiction, to relax i think about a little kid jumping out in front of me, and i chill out.....think about my mom crying cuz i slammed into something like an idiot, and u speed with one hand on the wheel, i know ure type.....i think about the wheel slipping, just think negative thoughts, youll chill out....
#67
I got pulled over..I was in a group of cars going donw the highway..(u know when you are in a group u get the feeling that cops cant touch you)..anyway, I see a cop on the opposite of the highway going in the opposite direction. 5 minutes later I see lights beind a group of cars. They get out of his way. I slow down trying to keep the cop from getting behind me...but he pulls up to my side and points his finger at me. he says, "Son, I know those other cars were going fast, but you sir, were blowing them away"
He let me off with a verbal warnign though...I now go the speed limit..but Im losing it and have ceratin "bursts" since then
He let me off with a verbal warnign though...I now go the speed limit..but Im losing it and have ceratin "bursts" since then
#68
Originally Posted by f550maranello2
which car my max or my ss. cuz id like to see a honda run a 12.57
#69
buy big 18' or 19' expensive wheels with bling stuff and very thin, low profile tires. You'll be so worried about hitting a pothole that you won't be able to speed.
#70
Originally Posted by enjoyincubus504
actually, the worlds fastest honda civic ran a 1/4 mile in like 6 1/2 seconds or something like that.. thats just a little faster than 12.57
#71
Originally Posted by f550maranello2
like i said after 8 or 9 thousand dollars...
to get into 8s for under 10k is not bad at all you know since you spent 9k on mods and only 900 for the crx
and link me to this 10 sec caravan i want to send it my friend that has one
and bout speeding i use to speed alot too, but if you just take it easy its more relaxing to drive plus u get to see more phatties, speed wen needed but ssave that gas till then
#72
Originally Posted by MaxNismo1
That's great - I'm sure it was: on street tires/is street legal/runs on regular gas/and is not simply a Civic shell tubbed and lacking any original Civic parts. I'd venture to say dude's SS can drive to the track, run a 12.5, and then stop for milk on the way home.
6.25>>>>>>>>>>12.5 dumbass
#73
Originally Posted by bullfrog
I need to stop flying around town all the time. It is bad for me and my car. I don't get very many tickets at all and when I do, they aren't bad, but that isn't the point. I've owned 3 cars now including my max and all of them have sustained some amount of body damage just from me being stupid at one point or another. It almost seems as if I'm destined to never have a car with a perfect body. If I could just slow down and be normal then I could ride in style like everyone else.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Anyone have any suggestions?
1) close calls that neither driver recognized
2) drivers doing incredibly stupid, careless, dangerous stuff
You'll realize that it's only a matter of time before you kill someone or yourself doing this. You'll witness cars backing out without looking, running stop signs, crossing blind corners and hills not in their lane, running red lights, weaving while on cell phones, etc. I've logged a few thousand hours running on public roads and I see it on a regular basis.
It's only a matter of time before something huge and ****ty happens when you constantly drive 25-35 over the speed limit. You're not old enough to have seen enough yet, but in time you will.
One other point - 25mph is generally considered reckless driving in most states, and puts you at additional liability. At 5-10mph over, it's kind of hard to prove that speeding made an accident unavoidable, but at 70 in a 45 zone the courts will make it your fault. If anyone driving recklessly ever hurts/kills someone I know, I would actually resort to a schiester lawyer (yak, the thought) to make sure that driver gets pounded for every penny they'll ever earn. That and DUIs, ugh.
But if you ignore everything, please, for the love of God and Nissans, stop speeding in 25 and 35 zones - these are downrated because of parked cars, pedestrian traffic, and driveways. On these roads you NEED to be going slow enough to react to things coming your way, and they DO happen. 45 and 55 zones tend to be more conservatively rated, although for some reason they're more patrolled.
Dave
#76
Try driving with your coffee cup half full and with the lid off. Keeping the coffee in the cup is a good way to learn to drive smoothly and driving smoothly is a function of anticipating things. Gentle braking and low Gee turns, smooth starts, etc. all comes from not going faster than your brain will let you plan ahead, and that will slow you down while having fun doing so. As you get better, fill the cup more, and then when you are really good, you put the coffee on the dash, right above your favorite stereo.
#77
Originally Posted by tomj
Have a kid and keep him/her in a car seat in the back so you can see him/her in the rearview. If you still speed then it's time to get a bicycle.
Bottom line - GROW UP!
#79
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Originally Posted by tomj
Have a kid and keep him/her in a car seat in the back so you can see him/her in the rearview. If you still speed then it's time to get a bicycle.
Do we really want this kid reproducing?
Bottom line - GROW UP!
Originally Posted by tomj
Have a kid and keep him/her in a car seat in the back so you can see him/her in the rearview. If you still speed then it's time to get a bicycle.
Do we really want this kid reproducing?
Bottom line - GROW UP!