CLIFF NOTES: cops hate us
you could still get framed even if you aren't racing
remember the lives, imagine if it was your mom, or you kid sister, or your grandparents in the car you accidently t bone at an intersection...
i didn't read all the posts but i'm gonna contribute...
i love racing, more of a roll on cruising down the highway just kinda fucking around than a draging on the streets type racing... but any racing, even against my own times is a thrill
the only thing i can say, and i cannot stress this enough, is think about the lives of other people and yourself
people don't realize that they aren't driving nascar race cars... if you fuck up at 80 or 90 mph, there is a very good chance you are gonna be dead, cars rip apart, roll, crumble, and crush, and your little delicate human body made of mostly water is being smashed around the whole time...
and people don't realize how little it takes to get fucked up and lose control... all it takes is one less than full tire, or one slick oil spot on the road, or one bad ball joint, or one bad tie rod end... any of these things could have fatal results... and after saying that, the only way to safely race it to bring it to a track, or the back back roads, but even on the back roads you are still at risk with trees and ditches and the like along the side of the roads...
i agree that movies have fucked us, and that punks with their cars have fucked the import image
its like the muscle cars during the 70's... cops just look for us, whether we're just cruising or if we're fucking around, they just want to bang us out all the time...
and even if you are an excellent driver and never lose control, think about the newb in the car next to you, what if he can't drive and torque steers right into your car? its happened to a friend of mine, another friend lost a year of his life, and i'd imagine his anal virginity cause of a stupid small town in PA...
two kids were driving down the interstate, one with a camaro, one with a mustang, they were NOT RACING, but merly traveling together a little faster than the general speed of traffic, so to the lame person this may appear to be racing in some far stretch of the imagination...
so they were cruising and went to get off at their exit, the kid in the mustang was in front and going too fast, the ramp was not marked well as a U turn kind of exit ramp, so the kid lost control, slid into the on ramp straight ahead, and killed some woman in a head on crash...
so they both ended up going to jail cause people claimed they were racing...
so just keep this in mind, even if you aren;t racing , if you are driivng with someone you could get pinned
i just dont ever wanna have to life with a life on my hands, especially an innocent person, or a child, that wold destroy me inside...
and i also don't wanna loose my freedom, both car freedom and jail freedom for a few minutes of fun
EDIT:
does anyone have any info on a cordless laser timer type setup
i have been thinking about having a small just for fun type of drag setup at the local airport, its real small and hardly ever used... i just wanna give people a place to race so they keep it off the streets... what do people think of this idea?