I took my truck in to get it inspected and the kid started talking about how slow my truck was(didn't tell him I had my measely 60hp Van Akken unplugged) and how fast his buddies 05 Duramax was. I asked him the stats on the truck and what chip, turbo, etc... He proceeded to tell me it made 850hp on the dyno with nothing but an attitude, shift kit, and 6in. exhaust.
I refrained from laughing in his face and simply said nothing. He continued talking trash about my truck till I told him I didn't I didn't care if I could outrun everything on the road, But that I was more than willing to race his ricer. He got kinda quiet and didn't say one more word against my truck.

 

It's easy to talk about your buddies truck, cause you can't prove anything about it. Some people are stupid. He drives a ricer and thinks it's cool, you don't have to make fun of him he does it himself. (ricer means slow stock car with fart can, decals, wing, and stripes that make it "look" fast.)

 

You can always drop subtle hints about accidently backing over a car just like his particular brand of ricer. Just last week. Use the line about how your lug nuts require more torque than his import can make. Say something about hauling his car in your bed. Then park your front bumper right over his fender and smile.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricer

I would have politely asked if he would like to run his car vs. your truck after the inspection. And after demolishing him, I would have asked if his buddy's dmax spanked him as bad as bad as you just had.

 

Most people have no idea what they are taking about, I was a at a tire store one talking to this dude about diesel truck's I told him about my buddies Stroker and how it does the quarter in 12 on straight diesel (which it does day and day out), he then tells me that his truck can do that while pulling his enclosed. I grined at him like ya thats funny ya know but he was dead serious, so I just agreed with him and bought tires somewhere else.

 

I wonder if he wasn't maybe mixed up and thinking about torque?

 

That's funny, I don't care who you are...

It's easy to make big power if you make up the numbers yourself...

 

yeah?!?!? my dad is bigger than your dad.

I love stupid people. they make so many of them. it kills me that I need a license to drive but any 2 idiots can raise children. stupid people shouldnt be allowed to breed. there should be an IQ test instead of a blood test for marriage.

 

But the people we need to weed out aren't always getting married first (I'm trying to leave moarls out of this...) There should be an IQ test before you are allowed to leave the hospital. Or at least make sure they know the difference between a dyno sheet in real life, and their make believe world

 

A lot of people just don't know any different. I had a running feud with my son-in-law for years about the old muscle cars vs todays cars. He always came back, yeh well they measured HP differently in those days (which is true). But the difference is only about 25 HP (for temperature compensation).

So I bought a 65 big block corvette (425+HP) and took him out. I run er up to 3500 RPM and dumped the clutch ... went through 1st, 2nd, and about 1/2 through 3rd put in the clutch - we hadn't moved yet. Told him now that we have the tires warm let's see what she'll do. Came up to 1500 RPM and dumped her ... rear end broke loose and fishtailed and then hooked. Hit 2nd gear and rear end tried to come around. Hit 3rd gear and rear end broke loose. Went into 4th at 110 and the rear end broke loose. When I stopped his eyes were as big as saucers and he said; "Christ this is a fast car!"

I said; "Now let me show you something else that is different between 7 liters of raw power versus the little hopped up 4/6 bangers." Stopped the car, put her in 3rd, and without slipping the clutch took off without lugging the engine. He the said he had no idea, which is valid because he had never experienced one of the old 7 liter cars or even small block muscle cars.

Same son-in-law saw one of these movies where they've hopped up the rice burners and while they are in the middle of the race (down a city steet) they are dialing it in using their laptops. So for a period all I heard about were 10 second cars this and ten second cars that (crap from the movie).

We were at a ballgame and they had a new Viper parked outside the stadium door. He said; "Boy bet that thing is fast". I told him yeh, it has roughly 500 ci and 500 HP and turns low 12s or very high 11s. Now for one of your rice burners with a 4/6 banger to run over a second faster it will need meats about the same size and between 100-150HP more than that modern, computer tuned Viper V10 is cranking out. It can be done, but you probably aren't going to drive that car to and from the track. Never heard anymore about 10 second cars.

I have a couple of friends that are into drag racing. Got the son-in-law a ride in a 10 second car (at 6500') and it scared the hell out of him.

People aren't necessarily stupid (well some are), they just don't know any better!

PS my vette turns 12.4 at 6500' and has no problem with Vipers. Still running the original 11:1 compression, balanced, blue printed, with Dart racing heads, solids, factory side pipes, 4:11 tail, and cheater slicks. The engine isn't quite stock ... the original engine lives in my basement - since I like to "drive" the car I couldn't take a chance on blowing the original.

In the truck I hit em with smoke, in the Vette I hit em with side pipe noise!

 

The only reason they put upside down wings on there cars is cause they don't have enough power to take off

The lug nut thing is funny, I love that one, or the my starter motor has more torque than your motor, any of those are funny. But yes, when they are beat you tell them they just got smoked by a work truck

 

I'll wait to race him till I get some jammer stage 5 nozzles.
Then he will really wonder what happened.

 

Hey guys;
Don't think for one minute that the stupid stick is used on GM owners only. I have ran aross my share of really stupid people over the years, and it runs the gammet.

 

Aint that the truth... "Ford owns Cummings"

This kid is just one example. I had a supposed Cummins guy tell me that the limit for the 12v engines is about 300HP. From a guy that had owned 4 Cummins over the years.

 

Its people like that that give us a bad name. They spread their wealth of stupidity and some idiot will believe it. Please make sex have a liscense so that stupid people will be curved in the near future.

Its as bad as the guys who say ya well I got 700 ponies because the boxes on all the stacks I have under the hood add up to that.