Fw: Greatest Driving Moments

[Rave Racer]

        I didn't want to send this to the list at first because I take
enough crap off the locals for my driving style, but after all the other
responses I figured what the F***.

> >
> > Now none of these eXperiences are a very smart thing to do. but i am a
> > kid fitting the stereotype of the irresponsible maniac after school gets
> > out, so what can i say?
>
>         Don't knock f***ing around.  I am older now and don't condone
> f***ing around, but the experience gained saved my life more then once!
>         I have a 89 Jetta (Constantly under estimated, overpowered little
> rustbucket).  The chinspoiler on my car was modified but this didn't help
in
> the winter.  I was going onto a major highway but the on ramp wasn't
plowed
> and the chinspoiler dug into the snow.  Have you ever tried to push the
tip
> of a pencil with the end of your finger?  The other end spins around.  My
> rear end swung wide and slingshotted the entire car into the center of
this
> major highway facing the opposite direction traffic.  A transport truck
> didn't have enough time to react as I was looking straight at his
Peterbilt
> grill.  I threw the car into reverse and spun the front tires out
backwards
> spining the car 180 degrees.  Knowing how to do this save my life.
F***ing
> around taught me how to do this and recover into forward motion at the
same
> time.  Screwing around saved my life both by practicing the maneuver and
by
> teaching me how to react in time, plus being able to smoothly add other
> maneuvers to get out of the middle of the road quickly.
>         This isn't the coolest thng I've ever done with four wheels, but I
> feel it is by far the best representation of what happens when you do
> illegal stuff in real life.
>                                        Don't just enjoy it, Learn from it.
>                                                                 RR

     What else is there?  45 minute drive from the Customs bridge at Niagara
Falls to Guelph Ontario, in heavy traffic with my Bro as co driver watching
my distances and spacing.  (This is a 3 hour drive on a good day for my
mother).  This was done in a 95 Monte Carlo 3.1L.  What a peice of junk!
        Out running Suburbans, Limos, Honda Rice Rockets, Cops, Junkies (The
druggy kind), Hitmen (haha... ha... ignore that one)......  the list goes
on, in my 89 Olds delta 88 COUPE, 3.8L FWD.  Rare one that is.  I attribute
this more to skill and being underestimated, then to the ability of the car.
        I didn't win (how could I), but in heavy traffic I was able to keep
up with an early 90's model BMW 540 on my way to Niagara, for about two
hours.  I bought a majorette dinky car of it at the duty free to commemorate
the occasion.
        When I lived in Florida, some pissed off hill billie hopped out of
his truck and pulled a gun out the bed liner (Go figure) because he was
having a bad day and thought I was following him.  I was just using him as a
cop barrier.  I reached for the throwing knnives I keep handy just for
occasions such as these, but  he decided that cause I was a white boy just
like him we were actually long lost buddies or some disturbing swamp
idealistic thing like that.  All the nuts roll down to Florida.  I'm not
worried that any hill billies will be readin this.  I'm not worried than any
hill billies are reading.....  at all.  If you're reading this and are
offended by it, then you don't qualify as my definition of a hill billy.
You're prol'y just a run of the mill red neck.  That's different.
                                        Enjoy.        RR