Quote Originally Posted by Lankhoss View Post
You see, here's the HUGE disparity.

The guys who build their 14 second cars are probably the ones that are more concerned than the guys who paid a lot for their cars. I don't understand what is so hard to understand about people not wanting to be bothered by slower cars who ask them to gimp their ride just to make the slower person happy.

I don't give a SHIT about my reputation or ego on the street. My car is not a defining characteristic of my persona. If someone "respects" a 15 second Honda more than my car, then good....everyone has different opinions. I know one thing that never crossed my mind when I bought my car was how it would affect my fucking street rep.

This is where it boils down to maturity. Anyone who thinks that the car they drive makes them more or less cool....or that their vehicle is what constitutes how much respect they deserve as a human being is completely delusional.

Now let me ask this. How often do you see 11 - 12 second cars going out of their way to call out 8 and 9 second cars, if they gimp themselves? I just don't ever see it. The only thing that comes close is you have a lot of people who use different setups, and sometimes people will ask for a motor or pump gas run.....but even then, those people often times don't use that stuff on the street all too often anyway (unless it's for money).
When I spoke of respect, I wasn't talking about street cred. I was talking about the fact that a car guy is a car guy whether he's building 9s cars or 15s cars and a douchebag is a douchebag whether he's driving a 9s car or a 15s car.

As far as 14s cars calling out faster cars, what's wrong with it? Why would someone get offended, especially if money is being offered to make it worth the person's time/money? There's no reason at all to get bent out of shape over that IMO. How does it make a person a ricer? It just means that they're willing to run and trying to make it worth the other person's time & money.

I see people making handicap races all the time. A roll race can be a handicap race if it's an AWD car vs. a RWD or FWD car. People frequently give up an advantage or two to run another car. Running off the bottle, running on low boost, running on street tires, starting in a higher gear, etc. 99% of the time, no one gets offended. They either do the run or they don't. It's only here on the KF that I see people making a big deal out of it.

Anyhow, getting bent out of shape over being called out by a slower car is more indicative of believing that the amount of respect you deserve as a human being is somehow tied to your vehicle. A challenge from a slower car should not be an affront to your personal dignity. Period.