My Theory On Boy Racers

oddone

I call them 'gay racers' and this is nothing to with sexuality, what I mean is that these idiots take ordinary cars and try to 'glam them up' , pink lights, skirts, fancy dials, black windows, wanting to be different to everyone else, hanging out at fast food outets,parking right up against each other,young lads in baseball caps,doing 'donuts',enjoying loud rave music, yep theyre all GAY!!
You know it makes sense!

You heard it here first!

Moderators, please be kind. Its a bit of fun.:mad: kinda

mloc123

Define a boy racer please..

slade_x

mloc123 wrote:

Define a boy racer please..

I would define a boy racer as either a young driver who excessively speeds or a younger driver who has added performance enhancements to their car so they can excessively speed.

I have even seen young women in certain cars that i would consider "boy racers" and who love to accelerate really fast onto new roads or leaving an adjacent parking spot

to be honest I dont see any theories contained in this thread, maybe just a juvenile insult/opinion.

Hobbes

Having your fogs lights on during the day when there is no fog nearby.

Normally a hint the person is a boy racer.

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Hobbes wrote:

Having your fogs lights on during the day when there is no fog nearby.

Normally a hint the person is a boy racer.

wow...90% of the population so.

Kashkai

Now I know those of us in our thirties and above love to have a go at the baseball cap wearing, "I'll sit on your bumper brigade", but how many of us weren't guilty of at least some of the boy racer antics in our teens and early twenties??

While I'd now classify myself as a safe driver (with three small kids to protect)and with a 20 year long no claims bonus to back it up, I'd be the first to admit that I did some pretty stupid things in my early years of driving that but for the grace of God, Allah, Buddha etc (take your pick), I didn't wind up killing either myself or some innocent on the roads. I remember blasting along back roads in my Dad's old Renault 12 (not a car known for its handling), with the window down and the radio blaring thinking I was the 10th level of cool. Looking back now It just seems embarrassing. However, at the time (and this is the important point), I was enjoying my new found freedom on the roads after years of using a bicycle.

The boy racers of today fall into two categories, those of the "fast and the furious" brigade (i.e. they are proud of their machines and want to show them off) and the morons with bangers who greatly over-estimate their driving skills (as we've all done at some point). It is the latter group that causes me most worry on the roads as their heaps of scrap aren't worth much and therefore their owners aren't as worried as the first group if they end up in an accident. They probably believe that this will enhance their reputations where they'll be able to boast of wrapping their cars around a lamppost and walking away (if they're lucky).

As for speeding on the roads, who isn't guilty of this crime?? My mates grandmother (78 years old) was done for driving at 100 kph in a 50kph zone. What the boy racers need is more access to track day events at Mondello and the like where they can try to out do each other in a relatively safe environment. However, anyone caught doing dougnuts on a road or car park or beach should be hammered by the law.

Thats my tuppence worth!!

Zascar

Well said dave. Finally some sence in what seems to be a weekly theread attempting to slate anyone that likes modifying cars. Please don't tar usall with the same brush. When I see these posts I am tempted to do over to the Football forum and start a post saying that anyone that likes soccer is obviously a scumbag, and most supporters are tracksuit & runner wearing hiooligans. See my point?

OP I'm 25, I drive this car that has been slightly modified from 197BHP standard, to 220BHP now. I don't wear tracksuits, sovereign rings, caps, burberry, listen to trance, have a shaved head or have a nacker accent. I do drive fast but I don't fcuk about. I'm very passionite about cars. I paid a lot of my hard earned money for this motor, I have a 4k excess on my insurance policy and certainly don't intend to have to use it.

I have had 4 Civics now: a 91, a 95, a 96 and now a 2002. They are fantastic cars but they hvae this horrible reputation for scumbags. I've never had any raving stripes, massive spoilers or generalyl tasteless modifications.

Scumbags are scumbags, no matter what car they are in. Please don't change the name to boy racers and brand us all the same.

fuzzywiggle

Why do you call them ''gay racers''? I don't see why you would use the word gay in such a derogatory way

smash

I have to an extent a certain level of respect for some some modified cars - by this I mean nice sports cars that have been modified professionally with good extras etc. But I do hate the burberry baseball cap wearing toe rag driving a glanza turbo and it "hisses" down the road with the windows down and some stupid trance music playing while 5 of his mates are sitting on top of eachother in the back seat! - p1sses me off!

I do like speed myself and I get a rush out of it but I don't drive fast because I love my car and I'm terrified of getting points and then I couldn't afford the insurance - keep the speed to the tracks, get a mondello membership!

Kashkai

Nice car Zascar.

I take it thats its a modified type R Civic. Much nicer than the new model that looks plain daft IMO.

What will you move onto next when you want to change?? EVO's, Impreza's?

I wish I'd had the money for a car like that when I was in my early twenties (15 years ago). The best I could afford at that time was a Corrolla GTI that wasn't great to be honest but at the time it was an impressive car, how times have changed. Now I look for airbags, ABS, ESP, NCAP safety rating etc. when buying a car for me, the wife and three kids.

Drive careful Zas.

Dave

Gurgle

fuzzywiggle wrote:

Why do you call them ''gay racers''? I don't see why you would use the word gay in such a derogatory way

I agree.
How about children with expensive and dangerous toys?

smash

Gurgle wrote:

I agree.
How about children with expensive and dangerous toys?

Sounds about right.... Zascar - what mods have you done to the engine to get that boost? chipped, Induction kit....

Here's my car - only thing I've modded are the wheels, it's 190bhp which is quick enough for these roads.

Henry Ford III

Your car looks ,lovely Zascar, but I'm wondering why did you change it from standard?

The Civic Type R is quick and able straight out of the box.

How did your insurers feel about the changes?

SonOfPerdition

Prosperous Dave wrote:

Now I know those of us in our thirties and above love to have a go at the baseball cap wearing, "I'll sit on your bumper brigade", but how many of us weren't guilty of at least some of the boy racer antics in our teens and early twenties??

<SNIP>
Thats my tuppence worth!!

well said that man!

oddone

fuzzywiggle wrote:

Why do you call them ''gay racers''? I don't see why you would use the word gay in such a derogatory way

OH MY GOD!

Joeface

Strange U didnt have a theory and when posters give some damn good reponses
all u can say is OMG
Im not a fan of boy Racers, really really cant stand the Modified Punto's and Polos seems like a waste of time . But those who have the Celica's and MR2 my god they are amazing when done well .....always makes my integra look ugly
why dont u tell us what u drive

Zascar

Cheers guys, thats not my exact, car but mine is identical to that one. I personally didn't do any of the modifications. There were done by the guy that owned it before me. He is a mechanic, and does things properly. The only thing he did was fit a Full Stainless Steel Exhaust, and a carbon indction kit from a german racing company called GruppeM - crazy thing, takes the air in from up by the wndscreen wiper. pic here: http://www.gruppem.co.jp/product/intake/ramcharger/photo/dome/ep3.jpg - sounds incredible, as it should, it costs €700! Apart form that he put some racing brake pads on it and apart fomr that she's standard.They they are sh1t quick out of the box, but the extra 20 odd horseys make a nice little difference. I'm so delighted with the car, its just brilliant. Didn't think I'd be driving somehting like this when I'm 25, it costs me a fortune, but she's worth every penny!

NeMiSiS

What age are you Zascar and what's your insurance like ?
I'm 25 in September and was thinking of getting a 02 CTR.. depending on my financial situation..

TK

Zascar

Well, I've always took the cheap option and gone on my mothers insurance, so I haev zero no claims built up. It would be impossive to get normal insurance, but I got a great deal with www.wrightgroup.ie through XS Direct. Just over a grand, my own policy, fully comp, but I have a 4k eccess. There are a few threads on them do a search. Not for everyone, but works for me.

mloc123

Like Zascar I don't wear tracksuits, baseball caps, rings and chains. I drive a relatively fast car, 206 GTi, does this make me a 'gay racer'?

At a guess I would say the OP drives a 10 year old micra/fiesta/starlet...maybe even his mothers car and is envious of these so called 'gay racers'.

Excellent point from Prosperous Dave too, how many crashed skylines, ITRs, CTRs are there compared to clapped out bangers with a 'nice' set of alloys on them?

smash

Zascar wrote:

Well, I've always took the cheap option and gone on my mothers insurance, so I haev zero no claims built up. It would be impossive to get normal insurance, but I got a great deal with www.wrightgroup.ie through XS Direct. Just over a grand, my own policy, fully comp, but I have a 4k eccess. There are a few threads on them do a search. Not for everyone, but works for me.

4k... wow. I'm 25, insurance is 1200 and my excess is like €90 with Quinn.

mloc123

steve06 wrote:

4k... wow. I'm 25, insurance is 1200 and my excess is like €90 with Quinn.

On what car? You're the magic age tho... 25

smash

mloc123 wrote:

On what car? You're the magic age tho... 25

Celica 190, there' a link to a photo on the previous page.

mloc123

I'm blind. Nice car.

ianobrien

I think that there are two groups involved here, the genuine modified car enthusiast, and the boy racer.

The genuine modified car enthusiast generally is not a boy racer but is interested in modifing and showing their car. The amount of money that they spend on their cars can be crazy, but as they have so much money invested in their car, they can't afford to wreck it by driving fast on our (poor) roads.

The Boy Racer on the other hand, drives without consideration all the time. The problem is that some Boy Racers stick on bodykits on to their car, and then ordinary people can't distinguish between the Boy Racer with a bodykit and the genuine modified car enthusiast.

Maybe the genuine mdified car enthusiasts should come together and maket their ideas more (more shows, driving lessons and lectures on road safety, for example)

Tarring them all with the one brush won't work.

Before anybody thinks that I'm into modified cars, I'm not. I think that it's stupid spending that money modifing a car, but if that's their thing, fair enough. I drive a standard micra (it cheap to run) but at home there is a Citroen AX GT & a Mk2 Escort for fun (not on the roads mind!)

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Zascar

Oddone - what car do you drive?

lightening

oddone wrote:

I call them 'gay racers'

Very odd. I hope you never meet a gay boy or girl racer... I guess you will be running to the church. I take it your old or very narrow minded and havent really seen much of the world with that attitude.

Boy racers are not the worse thing in the world, better they spend their money on cars than sticking it up their veins. Its a hobby, let them at it. They drive by my house every now and then making silly hissing and growling noises. Its a culture, happened in America in the 1950's (American graffiti) when all the money was there. Now we have a few bob new cultures emerge. I usually find them to be good drivers.

Zascar

For the last few years no one could really get insurance on any decent car unless they were a million years old. So they spent lots of money making their micra look like a supra etc. This has now relaxed quite a bit and even young drivers are able to buy 'real' cars. When you have a decent car in the first place you are less likely ot nacker it up, and more likely to drive more sensibly. thats my theory anyway

mloc123

Zascar wrote:

For the last few years no one could really get insurance on any decent car unless they were a million years old. So they spent lots of money making their micra look like a supra etc. This has now relaxed quite a bit and even young drivers are able to buy 'real' cars. When you have a decent car in the first place you are less likely ot nacker it up, and more likely to drive more sensibly. thats my theory anyway

Very true. Less 'kitted' micras and fiestas on the road these days and more Skylines, Silvias, GT Coupes etc.. Which isn't a bad thing. People are alot more carefull in a car worth €10k+ than a kitted 1 litre.

Squirrel

Not all people who drive Micra's and the like are boy racers or are jealous of boy racers. I drive a bog standard 97 Micra (my mam's car), well, it does have a cd player fitted now. I know it's a piece of crap and I see no point in dressing it up, I'm saving my money to get into something nicer in a few years, the Micra is a start for me.

This is my dad's car which I hope to be getting in a good few years (only 17 now)