my roommates 17 yr old brother is a bonafide tool. he bought a 1991 civic with whatever allowance money he saved up for 5 years. then he started with an ebay intake which in his words, made his car "really fast!" he also appropriated "race" headers for a penny and bought a "race" cat for $5. with these mods he claimes he walks 2004 & 2005 cars and he makes back what he spends on his car. this is the person who once thought i had a turbo because of my mp3 bumber, even though any literate loser can clearly see the "ES" stickers and oem badges on my car.

long story short, he street races his friends at nite (a la fast & furious style). he keeps egging me on to race against him. what can i (or my roommate) do to stop this kind of behavior before he ends up hurting himself or other people. he's in the process of buying $8 ebay coilovers...its not enought that his closest friend got arrested for street racing and his car got impounded. he says he wont get caught because they race in a safe, secluded area. i've talked about calling the cops, but my roommate still doesnt want him to get in trouble; but a pair of handcuffs is still safer than going home in a stretcher.
-meGrimlock

 

Well, unfortunately a lot of guys at that age think they are "invincible"... he probably wouldn't listen to a voice of reason anyway... he'll have to learn about the consequences the hard way. *shrugs*

Hopefully he won't kill anyone in the process. *heavy sigh*

 

so... they race @ a deserted drag strip?

 

tickets do wonders....trust me....i didnt have to pay mine b/c it got dismissed, but boy oh boy did it calm my sorry little **** down....

tickets = good working on stubborn teens..

p.s., you can pretty much tell "us" anything and we probably wont listen..
my dad showed me a car wrapped around a telephone pole that was put on top of a building for people to see to discourage street racing, but it didnt phase me, my remark was people need to learn how to drive...

sometimes getting in trouble is the only way to slow someone down..like i said...im perfect example of that...if it wasnt for that...i would still be pullin high speeds everywhere....but yeah....my 0.08 cents..

 

Don't waste you're time, just don't get in his "car"

 

That works to...

 

my two suggestions....do one and then the other


1. Take your friend to a local drag strip. Teach him how the staging lights work, how to prep his car, how to read his timeslip. then race him and spank his ***. this should excite him into bettering his times, not trying to be str33t l33t.

2. knock him on his back, straddle him. Slap him in the face hard enough to knock the taste off his tongue. Let him know everytime he talks about street racing you'll beat his *** and then call the cops on him.


You have to ask yourself. What would you say to yourself if you were sitting at his funeral..."if only I had...."

 

^ what he said.

 

and after that happens...mommy will go off the deep end....causing even more of a headache....

 

If a "mommy" is involved then THEY should be the one informed of street racing. Take that stupid car away and let him race on foot.

 

Problem solved!

just telleth teh mommy that her son wants to be a race car driver!!lol

 

if my roommate doesnt take it to their parents, i just might. their parents are really into cars, domestics mostly. the dad works on bowties and once built a 450hp classic camaro. it might be interesting to see how they take it, but then again i dont want to be in their family affairs, i just want the kid off the street.

as far as taking him to the drag strip; the kid goes to the local race track. its an oval track for stock car racing. he already thinks he's dale earnhart, and at this rate, he may be closer to him than he thinks. besides i'd rather not let him take his heap of soda cans and reynolds wrap in public more than he already does.

 

Cal the cops on him. Dont give him any warning, just call the police station and explain the situation to them and ask if they can send a unit out to just scare the **** out of him without getting him in serious trouble. Most of the time cops will cooperate if you're trying to teach someone a lesson like that, at least in my experience.

 

yeah! i was gonna say that but wondered how dumb i would sound...but yeh!

 

I tried telling the cops Miller was smuggling weed in his butt,......but they didn't search him. Lazy cops.