bl**dy H**l m5 vs rs4... scary

[Robert Myers]

Cody,

The "kids" assumption is a matter of perspective.  For some of us, 45 or 50 
is a "kid".  Regardless of the chronological ages of the two drivers 
involved in that video segment, they were driving as if they felt they were 
immortal and that their behavior had no potential consequences for others 
in their vicinity.  That sort of behavior is far more typical of young 
people than it is of old farts like me.  There is such a thing as safe fast 
driving.  There is also criminally fast driving.  The video under 
discussion falls, IMO, into the latter group.  Such racing belongs 
somewhere other than on a busy highway.

At 01:21 AM 8/24/2004 -0400, Cody Forbes wrote:




> >My God!  Those crazy kids must have some sort of death wish.  My car might
> >do that but not with me behind the wheel.
>
>Now thats pretty damn assuming! I dunno what video you saw, but in the one I
>watched the only part of either driver I saw that a hand blocking the lens
>in the begining. Just because they are driving like assholes automatically
>makes them kids?
>
>Thats the kind of bs that is making it hard for younger people in America
>these days to get into racing. I won every kart racing championship that I
>ever participated in, and finished on the podium in every kart race that I
>ever entered, but just because I was "some crazy kid" I couldn't move my way
>up into real racing without moving to Europe. Just as I turned 16 the SCCA
>started up a program that allowed me to race and even there I was leading
>every race that I entered until fouled up by mechanical troubles (new car
>that I hadn't worked the bugs out of), until I had to give up because I
>couldn't afford it. In my eyes these people who think that I'm just some
>crazy kid are who partially caused me to not be able to make it into any
>more then SCCA club racing, and now I'm at an age where it's likely that I'm
>too old to ever be able to make anything of my skill. All because
>stereotypes like you have made it so anybody under 18 can't live thier
>dreams.
>
>-Cody Forbes
>
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