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Old 10-16-2008, 06:16 AM
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Mines a 4At to suite the wife...........

Her version telling me when I got home from work.

She was driving in the wet & a truck came through the intersection running a red light. "I hit the brakes & they started thumping on the pedal but I stopped before the truck rammed me"

"Thats good honey, now do you appreciate the extra expense of buying this car".?

My turn.......

Cruising along at 120km/h down a motorway. Traffic speed averaging 90-100km/h. Dude changes into my lane only 15m ahead. Wife screams, I swerve into the dudes lane, past him & back into my original lane in a flash.

All over & done with before screaming wife runs out of breath

REgards
Old 10-16-2008, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by yokohamaboi
Ok i guess, that not all that happen. ok imma just just post how everything what happed. ok
Ok so what happen i was coming back from my grandma's birthday party, when i was driving home i was almost about to be their 3 minutes or so. And some guy or girl dont know followed me in my neighborhood, he followed me so i got scared and turned off my headlights and tail light and day time running lights so he or she couldnt find me, then she or he turned his or hers off, but the dumbass didnt know that the day time running lights were on, so i was getting away and as soon as i turned mine back on, i saw him or her turned back on so i drove as fast as i could going through gears going 60mph in the neighborhood. I know im not supposed to,! any ways he or she kept following me, and then BOOM! turned off all my lights and speeding through sub-divisions, getting a little sideways happy, but not reall just a little bit. Finally i lost him or her. but now im scared he or she is gonna retrace my steps and try to find my car and mess with it so for tonight im on steakout with my paintball gun, yeah i know! not a real gun, hopefully i can scare him or her away and follow him or her get his or her license plate number and call the cops on him or her. Im sorry guys if i pulled a stupid stunt but i got scared and my heart was bumpin and adreneline kicked in, so i was basically freaking out!

Stop waching the friggin....... Sopranos ...... your stress out .

Plus stay at school . After reading this , I now have a headache.

Thanks...........
Old 10-16-2008, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by yokohamaboi
Really? but idk i got scared,cause down here in texas their like these mexican people who are like mafia and stuff. so i didnt really wanted to get jumped if thier was more then one person in the car, what if they had a gun?!! i have a replica katana in my trunk for protection,but how the hell am i gonna stop a bullet, thats why i just tried my best to get away from them.

oh and i cant pull over cause they were following me for 10mins around the place

If you go on their website you can see theirs tons of space where you can drive around http://www.sharyland.com/index.aspx
omg lmao mexican mafia katana replica
Old 10-16-2008, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by reaper1
Stop waching the friggin....... Sopranos ...... your stress out .

Plus stay at school . After reading this , I now have a headache.

Thanks...........


ahhhhh hahahaha sopranos he wants to be bobby bacala
Old 10-16-2008, 07:40 AM
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ive been told by others that these million dollar houses near me or more are drug lords and stuff,plus the boarder is like 30min away O.o
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Handling saved me 2 times....once when i was on the highway someone stopped infront of me and i swooshed out the way.

2nd time was someone cutting me off i turned and missed him by like an inch.
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Originally Posted by yokohamaboi
ive been told by others that these million dollar houses near me or more are drug lords and stuff,plus the boarder is like 30min away O.o
Yup, so millionaire drug lords are hunting you down for your apex seals, give me a break!

You were probably driving like an *** and cut someone off and they followed you to scare you (which they succeeded at evidently).
Old 10-16-2008, 09:04 AM
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I can't even count how many times the brakes and amazing responsiveness have saved me from either hitting something or screwing up my car by running over a pothole.
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nothing major, so no stories from me haha, which is a good thing~
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Originally Posted by yokohamaboi
ive been told by others that these million dollar houses near me or more are drug lords and stuff,plus the boarder is like 30min away O.o
I've been told that people who carry katanas or replicas are yakuza and eat sushi off of naked womes after taking a hit of blow out of their belly buttons......

Plus, everyone know that you're more hardcore for committing a felony with a weapon that won't really help you in real life.

You don't know how many stupid bitches I've scared by following them after they almost killed me or ran me off the road.
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THANK YOU!!! finally some one can tell them it isnt a great place to hang at night. and no i didnt say that their hunting me down, im saying what if they are.

Phoenix7 tell me your ways of scaring people.
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Haven't been in a situation where my life was in danger; haven't even come close to being in an accident. I live in Manhattan. With all due modesty, it's not the car; it's the driver.

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My car is a Master of Evading Potholes :D Love it!
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Originally Posted by New Yorker
Haven't been in a situation where my life was in danger; haven't even come close to being in an accident. I live in Manhattan. With all due modesty, it's not the car; it's the driver.

You just pwned everyone in this thread.

yokohama, you can't learn to intimidate, you just do. Next time, rather than run through neighborhoods with no lights, just head towards a police station. I know you KNOW where the cops hang out too (if the station is too far) so just be smarter.

I mean think about it: Your story was full of reckless driving, lack of common sense, disregard for anyone else AND you carry a useless weapon that will get you jail time. I bet if we got the other side of the story we'd hear about how reckless you were and how this person felt the need to follow you (perhaps they were on the phone with the police) and you just freaked out.

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Old 10-16-2008, 05:12 PM
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Yeah your right thats why i was on stake out so i can their license plate number and call the cops on them. Also idk why they followed me, i didn't cut them off i used my turn signals, i wasn't speeding. also why would they turn their lights off after i turned mine off.
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well, it begs the question: What makes you or you car so important as to REQUIRE someone to follow you in this manner? Also, do you know how long you were being followed? Is it possible that they were following you longer than you realize? Perhaps by the time you knew you were being followed you had not done anything but 15, 20 minutes before that you were out with your shenanigans and THAT'S when they followed.

1. You pissed them off at one point
2. They wanna rape you
3. They were bored and wanted to see how far you'd go
4. Your car is so pimped out that people want to steal it to smuggle coke to and from the border.
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Originally Posted by yokohamaboi
Yeah your right thats why i was on stake out so i can their license plate number and call the cops on them. Also idk why they followed me, i didn't cut them off i used my turn signals, i wasn't speeding. also why would they turn their lights off after i turned mine off.
that was smart leading them into your neighborhood btw
Old 10-16-2008, 06:14 PM
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Amillion times (seriously)...bump..
Old 10-17-2008, 06:37 PM
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Today i picked up my first 8 and about 30 min after i picked it up i was driving about 60 in a 50 mph zone and BMW pulls out in front of me and in my old car i would have been done but the 8 slowed down in time and i avoided the accident
Old 10-17-2008, 06:50 PM
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Going 75 on an on ramp and felt/heard the tires squealing. Then I saw that Traction Control light come on and put me back on track.

My fault but w.e
Old 10-20-2008, 12:40 AM
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Awesome brakes + stupid deer = close call

65 to 0 came quick.

Just happened today. Glad i'm not posting something else right now.
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My 8 really saved my this morning! I was driving 70 mph in the fast lane and following about 4-5 car lengths behind a Corvette. There was an 18-wheeler on my right quarter panel and some good distance to the car behind me. A Toyota Camry had crossed the opposing lanes and was sitting in the median waiting to get onto my side of the highway. The Corvette passes him and the jackass turns out RIGHT in front of me - no hesitation, he never even saw me. I threw the anchor out and came, literally, within inches of his rear bumper. I have no doubt whatsoever that had I been driving any one of our other cars, I'd have been sitting in his back seat. Thank you, Mazda.
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Originally Posted by hry_glb
My car is a Master of Evading Potholes :D Love it!
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Old 10-22-2008, 02:41 PM
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TOO many times.


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