Fed up of stereotyping!!!

YbFocus

Maybe I'm putting this in the wrong area...

I'm just wondering and I'm sure there are, other people who are just fed up of the stereotypes that owners of modified cars are placed in!

We always crash, we go fast, we tailgate the whole time, the whole 'boy racer' thing which I hate!!

I know there are some who are always ditching it and stuff but surely we shouldn't be all branded the same???

Your thoughts?

Graham_B18C

Ah it does my head in too but to be fair, most of the people that slag me are my friends, like they have no interest in cars and just slag me for driving a white Honda!!

I dunno what you're really looking for...but yeah! It makes me angry too!!! Grrr!

But as far as speeding is concerned, I think the big exec cars are the worst, I tried overtaking a S320 on the M4 a few weeks ago, was quite late and he was doing about 100, so I go to overtake and he stays side by side with me until i'm quite a bit over 120...I just said "Ok then" went back in behind him and he slowed down to 100 again...now that annoys me!

DOC09UNAM

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1193

Was quite late and he was doing about 100

Thats why most people would call you a boy racer.

Atomic Pineapple

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1193



Thats why most people would call you a boy racer.

Going 100km/h in a 120km/h gives people the right to call you a boy racer?

DOC09UNAM

draffodx wrote: »

Going 100km/h in a 120km/h gives people the right to call you a boy racer?

I'm still living in mph, my bad.

YbFocus

Grahamo999 wrote: »

I dunno what you're really looking for...but yeah! It makes me angry too!!! Grrr!

Sorry I didn't explain myself so good, I just seem to get stared at and pulled over by guards every day of the week, does anyone else get it or am I special

Pdfile

YbFocus wrote: »

Maybe I'm putting this in the wrong area...

I'm just wondering and I'm sure there are, other people who are just fed up of the stereotypes that owners of modified cars are placed in!

We always crash, we go fast, we tailgate the whole time, the whole 'boy racer' thing which I hate!!

I know there are some who are always ditching it and stuff but surely we shouldn't be all branded the same???

Your thoughts?

im fed up with poor examples of modified cars, im sick of no-nothings talking like their a true greeze monkey, im sick to death of halfords jobs , im sick to death of mostt every form of expession through the medium of car modification.

You can afford to do it, but you still do

your car isnt fast so you make it loud

your car isnt loud so you make it louder

your penis is small so you make it even louder again

you add type R, vtec etc badges to cars that clearly arent what you say they are...

what else...


Bad paint jobs, ****ty replica wheels, crappy body kits, ugly fella's thinkign they'll pull hoar's just because they spent 10k on their polo/fiesta/focus etc

eh whatelse...

go faster stripes, lack of any driving talent, people who think " diffin " is cool, it Really isnt, its about a dynamic a sport as marmalade eating is.

need i continue ?

Atomic Pineapple

I never get any trouble from the Gardai, have never been pulled or even stopped for no reason at a checkpoint.

My car isn't loud, I drive it responsibly and I never get hassle from the Gardai or even other road users (apart from the odd gob****e in his Tdi that has a go and I just laugh at him)

The general public are simply ignorant, they'll believe anything and with newspapers and news pumpin out the "Boy Racer" stereotype and the RSA's ridiculous adverts there no chance that the general public will ever see the real side of the proper modification or performance car scene.

Lots of charity events happen every year through modified/performance owners clubs and forums yet there not covered by media or news, why? Because if doesn't sell papers. If joe soap see's modified/performance cars doing some good he'll get confused and think the paper is lying as all them lads are baseball hat wearing chavvies :rolleyes:

YbFocus

Pdfile wrote: »

im fed up with poor examples of modified cars, im sick of no-nothings talking like their a true greeze monkey, im sick to death of halfords jobs , im sick to death of mostt every form of expession through the medium of car modification.

You can afford to do it, but you still do

your car isnt fast so you make it loud

your car isnt loud so you make it louder

your penis is small so you make it even louder again

you add type R, vtec etc badges to cars that clearly arent what you say they are...

what else...


Bad paint jobs, ****ty replica wheels, crappy body kits, ugly fella's thinkign they'll pull hoar's just because they spent 10k on their polo/fiesta/focus etc

eh whatelse...

go faster stripes, lack of any driving talent, people who think " diffin " is cool, it Really isnt, its about a dynamic a sport as marmalade eating is.

need i continue ?

My car was not a halfords job, nothing was bought from there,
I could afford to do it and spent money doing it right,
My car sounds completely standard and makes no noise whatsoever,
My car is not an ST Focus or an RS so it has no badges anywhere or stickers,
I paid almost 2000 euro for the spraying the kit and it fits like factory,
I also don't have replica wheels,
No racing stripes, flames etc.

Drifting is a good sport and it's now a worldwide recognoised motorsport so the same as touring cars or anything else you can find!

And you can see for yourself too, can you find something on your list here?

YbFocus

draffodx wrote: »

I never get any trouble from the Gardai, have never been pulled or even stopped for no reason at a checkpoint.

My car isn't loud, I drive it responsibly and I never get hassle from the Gardai or even other road users (apart from the odd gob****e in his Tdi that has a go and I just laugh at him)

The general public are simply ignorant, they'll believe anything and with newspapers and news pumpin out the "Boy Racer" stereotype and the RSA's ridiculous adverts there no chance that the general public will ever see the real side of the proper modification or performance car scene.

Lots of charity events happen every year through modified/performance owners clubs and forums yet there not covered by media or news, why? Because if doesn't sell papers. If joe soap see's modified/performance cars doing some good he'll get confused and think the paper is lying as all them lads are baseball hat wearing chavvies :rolleyes:

Your right about the whole charity events thing man, I never thought of how the paper would affect everyone's view but your right!

Atomic Pineapple

YbFocus wrote: »

Drifting is a good sport and it's now a worldwide recognoised motorsport so the same as touring cars or anything else you can find!

Diffen is different to drifting though.

Diffen is some ejit in a car park making his rwd car go around in circles, I think that is an absolute waste of time and is part of the "showboating" element that leads to the negative side of modified and performance cars

Jemmy

YbFocus wrote: »

Sorry I didn't explain myself so good, I just seem to get stared at and pulled over by guards every day of the week, does anyone else get it or am I special

I have had this experience, I had an ex who had a civic and the guards followed us a few times. My ex was terrified of damaging the bloody thing so he used to drive at a slow enough pace (used to drive me mad!) anyway we were pulled over one day actually doing 40-45mph! Told us to get out, checked every inch of the car asked him 50 questions and then asked me to empty my bag on the seat! ffs

It was ridiculous, neither of us with so much as a speeding fine at the time! He was looking for something that wasn't there because of the car he drove. :rolleyes:

YbFocus

Jemmy wrote: »

I have had this experience, I had an ex who had a civic and the guards followed us a few times. My ex was terrified of damaging the bloody thing so he used to drive at a slow enough pace (used to drive me mad!) anyway we were pulled over one day actually doing 40-45mph! Told us to get out, checked every inch of the car asked him 50 questions and then asked me to empty my bag on the seat! ffs

It was ridiculous, neither of us with so much as a speeding fine at the time! He was looking for something that wasn't there because of the car he drove. :rolleyes:

Yeah thats the sort of thing stopped and searched for drugs or whatever,
Saying they'll have to impound the car when there's nothing wrong!
If you stand up to them and ask them why though they back down very quick, because you can report them for harassment!!

YbFocus

draffodx wrote: »

Diffen is different to drifting though.

Diffen is some ejit in a car park making his rwd car go around in circles, I think that is an absolute waste of time and is part of the "showboating" element that leads to the negative side of modified and performance cars

Yeah well I dont agree with that at all either, there the boys I suppose everyone sees when they think of a boy racer!

Jemmy

YbFocus wrote: »

Yeah thats the sort of thing stopped and searched for drugs or whatever,
Saying they'll have to impound the car when there's nothing wrong!
If you stand up to them and ask them why though they back down very quick, because you can report them for harassment!!

Lol yea first time it happened so I said nothing, dodgy town to do anything to upset anyone tbh. It's ridiculous though, noone in his family never did a thing wrong either, they had no grounds to do what thye did to us.

Funny thing was I was in the process of applying to the guards at the time! Had more trouble from them on another incident and soon changed my mind half way through the application process! lol If I was stopped now I would question them tho.

YbFocus

Jemmy wrote: »

Lol yea first time it happened so I said nothing, dodgy town to do anything to upset anyone tbh. It's ridiculous though, noone in his family never did a thing wrong either, they had no grounds to do what thye did to us.

Funny thing was I was in the process of applying to the guards at the time! Had more trouble from them on another incident and soon changed my mind half way through the application process! lol If I was stopped now I would question them tho.

You just need one line, just go ' so what exactly is wrong with the car?'
They usually just tell you to go on then!!

colm_mcm

What car do you drive OP?

YbFocus

colm_mcm wrote: »

What car do you drive OP?

This I love it!

Jemmy

I have to agree tho, it's the little sh*ts in the glanzas/starlets etc that cause these stereotypes. They break into carparks down my way and of course everyone hears about it... Oh its those folk with their souped up cars'!!! :rolleyes:

YbFocus

Jemmy wrote: »

I have to agree tho, it's the little sh*ts in the glanzas/starlets etc that cause these stereotypes. They break into carparks down my way and of course everyone hears about it... Oh its those folk with their souped up cars'!!! :rolleyes:

Yes theres a few of them alright, quite a few, I doubt it'll ever change though, the minute they get a licence, the first glanza they meet and there gone roaring! But it's not all them either, there are a few good lads aswell

Jemmy

YbFocus wrote: »

Yes theres a few of them alright, quite a few, I doubt it'll ever change though, the minute they get a licence, the first glanza they meet and there gone roaring! But it's not all them either, there are a few good lads aswell

Oh I know, all to well!

Had a very funny encounter with one in a starlet last week, thats why it was the first car that popped into my head! He got quite embarrassed when I burst out laughing at him, trying to act so cool in his little piece of metal in front of me, I just couldnt hold back the laughter!

Am I cruel?!

YbFocus

Jemmy wrote: »

Oh I know, all to well!

Had a very funny encounter with one in a starlet last week, thats why it was the first car that popped into my head! He got quite embarrassed when I burst out laughing at him, trying to act so cool in his little piece of metal in front of me, I just couldnt hold back the laughter!

Yeah it's just about the worst car money can buy, but they think they're lords going around in it! Leaving it in first and roaring up the street to get as much attention as possible!

It's hilarious how they act when you think about it, there at such a lean in the car their almost in the passenger seat, so low they can hardly see out over the dash!!!

No god no not a bit, he should be treated like a knob if he acts like one!

Jemmy

YbFocus wrote: »

Yeah it's just about the worst car money can buy, but they think they're lords going around in it! Leaving it in first and roaring up the street to get as much attention as possible!

It's hilarious how they act when you think about it, there at such a lean in the car their almost in the passenger seat, so low they can hardly see out over the dash!!!

No god no not a bit, he should be treated like a knob if he acts like one!

There are so many in carlow with those irriating dump values, going up and down the one VERY SHORT little street with ramps on it outside my old apartment block. :rolleyes:

This guy I couldnt help but laugh at he came over a pedestrian crossing after letting a lady cross and there was only room for about 3/4 the other side til he met the traffic stopped and he went as fast as he could for the few metres revving the crap out of it, and stoped beside my car as I was going the other way into town and looked in with that I'm so cool, aren't you impressed look on his face me being a girl (or a hoar as Pdfile puts it :rolleyes:) I'm meant to be impressed...que me almost wetting myself with laughter. I could see his mates giving him a hard time when they saw me in stitches at him! What an idiot!

Ah good times!

Edit: Sorry ill stop now, derailing the stereotype question here!

YbFocus

All that roaring and he's going nowhere fast! Ahh sure it's probably as fast as a Ferrari if ya ask him! I know a guy who will swear that his BMW 320i is every bit as fast as an M3 and that he often races them!

All this showing off must be compensating for something..

Ahh well we're pointing out the exact ones, we're not stereotyping with the one brush like!

Atomic Pineapple

Going a bit off topic there ladies & gentlemen,

Keep it to the thread topic and off bashing certain types of cars,

YbFocus you in your original post were complaining about being stereotyped yet you've went ahead and stereotyped starlet drivers

So back on topic please

Testament1

YbFocus wrote: »

I know a guy who will swear that his BMW 320i is every bit as fast as an M3 and that he often races them!

Maybe he's racing M3 replicas and doesnt realise it?!;):p

YbFocus

draffodx wrote: »

Going a bit off topic there ladies & gentlemen,

Keep it to the thread topic and off bashing certain types of cars,

YbFocus you in your original post were complaining about being stereotyped yet you've went ahead and stereotyped starlet drivers

So back on topic please

Yeah soz mod, we did alright!

Graham_B18C

I know why Glanza's have a bad name, same reason as the Type R's and all the rest, but in fairness to Glanza's, they are quick lil things!!!

A chap I know had one and I really liked bein in it.

And pdfile, stop trolling every thread you see will ya

B00MSTICK

^^ Indeed, a well tuned glanza or gt starlet will eat alot of cars in a straight line. They have cheaper tax and insurance too hence why they're popular.

As far as the sterotyping goes, it hasn't effected me at all really. I suppose its not too load unless you go high up the rev range and that generally doesn't happen unless im overtaking.

1.6 lump in your focus Yb? No multistorey car parks for you I bet!

Midnight_EG

Apparently I'm one of those boy racers....honda civic, woop de dooh.

1.3 litre engine, as if it's capable of speeding :P

tossy

This is why i love driving a Volkswagen,vw's don't have a bad name at all If i pull up at a check point the garda asks me about the price of cattle

Midnight_EG

tossy wrote: »

This is why i love driving a Volkswagen,vw's don't have a bad name at all If i pull up at a check point the garda asks me about the price of cattle

Or they ask is that petrol engine really a diesel, fuckin noise of it

tossy

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Or they ask is that petrol engine really a diesel, fuckin noise of it

yeah and is there a bearing gone with the whine out of it! It's funny looking at garda doing a double take over their shoulder as you try and 'gently' pull away

Midnight_EG

tossy wrote: »

yeah and is there a bearing gone with the whine out of it! It's funny looking at garda doing a double take over their shoulder as you try and 'gently' pull away

While you try to gently pull away, you didn't realise you totally shot past first and went into reverse with that useless layout and shoot backwards :P


Saw it happen, was two cars behind, happened to be my mate who just got the car, I fucking lol'd.

tossy

Midnight_EG wrote: »

While you try to gently pull away, you didn't realise you totally shot past first and went into reverse with that useless layout and shoot backwards :P


Saw it happen, was two cars behind, happened to be my mate who just got the car, I fucking lol'd.

You would want to be pretty stupid to do that,considering you have to push down to get reverse!

Midnight_EG

tossy wrote: »

You would want to be pretty stupid to do that,considering you have to push down to get reverse!

Ever slap it into gear, yeah, you know what I mean :P

tossy

I can honestly say that has never happened to me

Midnight_EG

tossy wrote: »

I can honestly say that has never happened to me

Some have it lucky, wasnt me that did it btw, I drive a shiviccccckkk schwarrrr


Sorry :P

The-Game

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Some have it lucky, wasnt me that did it btw, I drive a shiviccccckkk schwarrrr
Sorry :P

Bloody Boy Racers.... ^^^ :cool:

Flyer1

You can afford to do it, but you still do

your car isnt fast so you make it loud
It's pretty fast, 0 - 60 in 5.4 seconds
your car isnt loud so you make it louder
It's loud but I have a silencer for road use to keep it legal
your penis is small so you make it even louder again
I've never had any complaints
you add type R, vtec etc badges to cars that clearly arent what you say they are...
I actually took all the stickers off mine ( which came standard on the car), the only one that remains is a Tuning Factory logo on the back, mostly because they did work to it
what else...


Bad paint jobs, ****ty replica wheels, crappy body kits, ugly fella's thinkign they'll pull hoar's just because they spent 10k on their polo/fiesta/focus etc
My paint is good, i've got genuine Rota lightweight wheels, no body kit, i'm an average looking guy with a steady girlfriend driving a respectable make.

eh whatelse...

go faster stripes, lack of any driving talent, people who think " diffin " is cool, it Really isnt, its about a dynamic a sport as marmalade eating is.
No stripes on mine, i've driven a lot of track days, i'm leading the karting championship i'm involved in, I cant go " diffin " because I drive a FWD car
need i continue ?

I do know what you mean tho, there are a horrific amount of cars that are modded so badly, totally halfords-ized. I too hate people that go for chrome whels, wolfrace katanas, body kits, type r stickers etc. But please don't tar people who are genuinely in to their cars with the same brush.

TestTransmission

tossy wrote: »

You would want to be pretty stupid to do that,considering you have to push down to get reverse!

You would have to be an idiot

The-Game

Flyer1 wrote: »

You can afford to do it, but you still do

your car isnt fast so you make it loud
It's pretty fast, 0 - 60 in 5.4 seconds
your car isnt loud so you make it louder
It's loud but I have a silencer for road use to keep it legal
your penis is small so you make it even louder again
I've never had any complaints
you add type R, vtec etc badges to cars that clearly arent what you say they are...
I actually took all the stickers off mine ( which came standard on the car), the only one that remains is a Tuning Factory logo on the back, mostly because they did work to it
what else...


Bad paint jobs, ****ty replica wheels, crappy body kits, ugly fella's thinkign they'll pull hoar's just because they spent 10k on their polo/fiesta/focus etc
My paint is good, i've got genuine Rota lightweight wheels, no body kit, i'm an average looking guy with a steady girlfriend driving a respectable make.

eh whatelse...

go faster stripes, lack of any driving talent, people who think " diffin " is cool, it Really isnt, its about a dynamic a sport as marmalade eating is.
No stripes on mine, i've driven a lot of track days, i'm leading the karting championship i'm involved in, I can go " diffin " because I drive a FWD car
need i continue ?

I do know what you mean tho, there are a horrific amount of cars that are modded so badly, totally halfords-ized. I too hate people that go for chrome whels, wolfrace katanas, body kits, type r stickers etc. But please don't tar people who are genuinely in to their cars with the same brush.

What type of car have you for curiosity sake??

Midnight_EG

Sounds like an SiR?

Atomic Pineapple

Back on to the topic of stereotyping please lads or I'll be forced to close the thread, Keep anything else to pm's please

The-Game

draffodx wrote: »

Back on to the topic of stereotyping please lads or I'll be forced to close the thread, Keep anything else to pm's please

My Bad sorry!

zero19

Genuine Rota wheels lol

colm_mcm

I don't have a problem with Rotas, I know quite a few people with them and they're a good wheel.

zero19

They're great wheels alright but they copy a lot of designs which is what i thought was funny about the genuine part, slipstreams i think are a copy of spoon wheels for example. Wouldn't bother me as they do lovely wheels

B00MSTICK

Midnight_EG wrote:

Sounds like an SiR?

Would need a nice turbo (NOS maybe?) to get to 60 in 5.4s

copeyhagen

the rota debate does my head in, yes, they do copy a lot of wheels, but theyre normally wheels that i personally wouldnt spend thousands on to own the originals.

some people would of course and thats cool. but for me, give me a set of rotas anyday over forking out for originals.

though my liner is sittin on 18" advan rg 2's

Midnight_EG

Just yesterday I got a set of Rotas put on my car

And on the stereotyping side of it, people generally think you only buy them to avoid having to pay ludicrous prices for real brands :rolleyes: