[ATAG_Bliss]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

lol Bliss, you're doing exactly what I was talking about, you're measuring your driving skills on how long your list of tools is or how fast your car goes (allegedly...).

No as usual you can't read very well. My driving skill and knowledge just like most things in life come from experience. I've been in some sort of motorsport racing for the majority of my life. Just a guess, but I probably know how to drive a car properly, and one could probably even assume I know how to push one to the limit.

That still doesn't make you a better driver than me.

There's no question I'm a better driver than you.

And to be honest I'm not in for a race with you man, my point was that your sort of addiction (as you defined it yourself) is just a translation of your small penis syndrome into having something that goes faster than people that can afford better cars than yours.

Once again proving that you don't know anything about cars. Small penis syndrome is the guy that spends all his money to get something ridiculous. People that build their own cars are gear heads. Again, you wouldn't understand as you don't know the 1st thing about cars.

Some words about my experience: I don't have an alleged racing pedigree as you do, but my family has always been one of petrolheads. We regularly had Porsches, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, BMW and Mercs in our garages, plus the odd British Morgan or Mini, and we all liked doing bit of tinkering with them. My uncle worked for Snap-On and that meant we always had a lot of quality tools around, nothing too fancy (I think the biggest piece of technology we had was a lathe!), but enough to do our own maintenance/experimenting etc...

Can't wait to see the pics - lol

I did some racing in my younger years, but it was amateur stuff really, done for the fun of it on mono-brand championship (where you measure the driver's skill, so the winner is not the team with more money, but the one with the good driver, all in all it's a sport), and boy did it teach me a lot!

If you knew anything about racing at all, that's how most classes are setup. Everyone has the same rules. It never boils down to money. It's always about skill. This reigns true for drag and going round and round.

At the moment I'm driving an Alfa Romeo Brera (had another one and swapped it for a 3.2 V6)

I'm sorry.

It's 320hp (stock setup is 265), AWD and a pure joy to drive (and looks fantastic!). Then (and that hopefully shows that I am a real all rounder)

Boy, it sure does. You seem like you really know what it's a about - rolfmao

I'm about to acquire a '68 Mustang with a stock V8, because I can also appreciate American classic cars for their beauty.

I bet.

If I want to race I just go see a couple of friends of mine down at a place called Silverstone (I'm sure you might have heard of it..) where I can try the latest performance cars that they have available at their club and thrash mine around (talking of which, I just bought and installed a new set of brakes, pads and hoses for it, EBC Red Stuff is amazing! But I'm sure you'll tell me you probably forge your own discs right?).

Boy that sounds like fun. Not.

So I think of myself as an all rounder, that can sit on a performance car or factory spec saloon and know how to drive it properly. Learning about stuff like the quirks of slip-diff or performance driving (the aforementioned heel-and-toe which you probably never used..)

Well I'm glad you think you know how to drive. I honestly believe you're complete moron. I could probably lap you in a car with 1/2 the power of your own. Any gear head will know just by the way you type that you don't have the 1st clue about what you're talking about.

is what makes a good driver; wobbling your steering wheel left and right trying to keep straight a car that was not designed to put down all that power ("the thrill of being killed", seriously??) is just stupid and irresponsible, because I'm sure you do your fair share of racing mainly on roads..

That's called drag racing. I do the majority of racing at the track. Any sort of racing on the street is over in a few seconds.

So the crass, puerile, irresponsible driving of your kind is something I will never understand.

Of course you won't. Again, you'd have to be gear head to understand.

You drive a fugly piece of trailer park junk with a ridiculous bonnet and feel like the new Andretti,

Once again proving that you are an imbecile. The Ford mustang is the number 1 tuner call in the world. It has been for 30 years. Not a single car on the planet has more of an aftermarket or following. The cowl hood is needed for the engine.

and you know what, good for you, we normally laugh at your delusional kind, but don't come around trying to teach me what makes a good driver, cos you certainly ain't one, especially cos you don't seem to understand that

No certainly not. I'm sure your 100hp alfa shit box has taught you how to hop into an F1 car with ease. You sir, are an beyond stupid. You probably don't own a car. By your pure ignorance, I'd take a wild stab and imagine you and your family live in a caravan. The trailer park reference you made probably comes from your own experience.

1) it's not all about going on a straight line.

When I'm drag racing it is.

2) it's not about winning, it's about having fun. You sound like the Charlie Sheen of automotive delusion.

It's about winning. The fun part comes naturally. People don't race to lose especially when the purse is money.