No one is impressed!

[otter]

I was walking out of the theater last night, and since this is the cinema with the way overdone Egyptian grandeur scheme, there's a place to pull up and pick up/drop off people. This low, yellow sports car comes rumbling up, and


vvvVVVVRRRRRRR. vvvVVVVVVRRRRR!

It echoes, because the space is partially enclosed, and he's loud. He keeps revving, for no discernible reason. So finally I turn and yell at him, embarrassing my co-workers. He probably couldn't hear me, but yelling "Rev louder, I can't hear how small your p---- is!" certainly made me feel better!

Five minutes later I've finally made it to my parking spot and I can still hear him revving his motor in the pick-up area. Here's your sign, sir.

[LoTech]

We have the same problem when we're doing Shakespeare in the park bandshell right next to the road between downtown and the college. The vehicles of choice tend not to be sports cars, though. In a town of less than twenty thousand, surrounded by corn and bean fields, the rev-heads' choice of transport tends to be some form of hopped-up pickup truck either jacked sky high or with a giant diesel engine. In either case, they all seem to favor an aftermarket exhaust that pays only lip service to muffling engine noise. The sudden burst of acceleration that so many feel the inexplicable need to put on right next to the park is unjustified, being two blocks from the nearest traffic light.
One director did just what you did, yelling: "Sorry about your penis!" after more than one offender.

[otter]

Thats hilarious. I've never used it out loud before, but I can't say I haven't thought it when zoomed past by an overgrown truck or sports car with a 'tude. Seeing as my road to work is a 40 mph zone by the base, I'm surprised there aren't more people picked up for speeding insanely.

[Monterey Jack]

Ugh, I hate "revvers" with a passion...they're almost as bad as "subwoofers", who you can hear coming from a mile away due to the deafening bass thump of their music. Revvers are especially annoying at work...do you really think you're badass by gunning your engine and peeling out of your space at the supermarket, especially if you end up having to wait for the light to turn green?

[protege]

Seeing as my road to work is a 40 mph zone by the base, I'm surprised there aren't more people picked up for speeding insanely.

The neighborhood where I work is a 25mph zone. Doesn't stop the idiots on motorcycles (usually Harleys with loud exhausts), shitbox economy cars, or diesel pickups, flooring it right outside our windows. There's no reason for any of that, other than to annoy the hell out of people.

[EvilEmpryss]

The kids on South Park have a name for revvers. It wouldn't be polite for me to repeat it here, though.

[ComputerNecromancer]

Revvers are especially annoying at work...do you really think you're badass by gunning your engine and peeling out of your space at the supermarket, especially if you end up having to wait for the light to turn green?

I recall many a time when I was downtown on my old bike, havoing a revver next to me. He'd practically peel out when the light changed only to come to a stop a block away at the next light.

Meanwhile I just pedalled along lazily at hit the light just as it turned (they were apparently set for around 15 mph).

Repeat for the entire length on downtown.

[notalwaysright]

Brightly colored sports car revving engine... Yeah, there's a surprise. Same as when I'm trying to walk across the parking lot and a lowered, windows illegally tinted, truck is blasting music with the bass up so loud I can feel it in my teeth. You want people to know that you... What, can buy a stereo system worth more than your truck? Okay...

[protege]

Brightly colored sports car revving engine...

LOL some of us have a brightly colored sports car with a loud (factory) exhaust. Even 25mph sounds like 90. But, I don't go around blipping the throttle at every traffic light or stop sign. That car draws enough attention (both wanted and unwanted) with the lurid orange paint. The last thing I want is to get pulled over. I try to keep my journey as low-key as I can

But seriously, I never understood why you'd put a $500 stereo or a $2,000 set of rims on a $150 car. Wouldn't it make more sense to buy a decent ride instead of a heap?

[Catwoman2965]

But seriously, I never understood why you'd put a $500 stereo or a $2,000 set of rims on a $150 car. Wouldn't it make more sense to buy a decent ride instead of a heap?

This makes me laugh too! You see this teeny tiny 2 door, cheapest you can buy model of a particular brand, all pimped out. Really? What really cracks me up is those that have a giant sticker across the back window, proclaiming what kind of car it is "HONDA, TOYOTA" As if we couldn't read or figure out based on the emblem on the hood.

[TheSHAD0W]

vvvVVVVRRRRRRR. vvvVVVVVVRRRRR!

Just so's you know, revving an engine without a load is a great way to damage the piston rings on a vehicle. Most of the cars (and motorcycles) you've seen driving around burning oil and spouting black smoke? Revving the engine. So enjoy a bit of schadenfreude when you think of the idiot needing to get an expensive ring job.

[Jay 2K Winger]

It always amuses me when I read about someone from these boards actually using the phrase I popularized on the boards in real life. I feel like I've actually contributed to the world in a meaningless fashion.

[protege]

What really cracks me up is those that have a giant sticker across the back window, proclaiming what kind of car it is "HONDA, TOYOTA" As if we couldn't read or figure out based on the emblem on the hood.

Even better, are the "Powered by..." stickers that usually show up on such cars. Such as, the "Powered by Acura" ones you sometimes see on Integras. Really? Acura is just Honda's luxury brand. They don't even *make* engines--pop open the hood, see the big H on the cover? I could understand if you had something rare--like a Cobra replica or a V4-powered Saab Sonnet--and wanted to display your Ford allegiance. But, a Honda Civic? It's a bleeping Civic...we know who it's powered by

[otter]

It always amuses me when I read about someone from these boards actually using the phrase I popularized on the boards in real life. I feel like I've actually contributed to the world in a meaningless fashion.

I knew I'd seen it on this board, but I'd forgotten where! Its become one of my favorite phrases lately, I've never seen so many incompetent and wanting to show it off drivers.

[HawaiianShirts]

Just so's you know, revving an engine without a load is a great way to damage the piston rings on a vehicle.

I hadn't thought of that. I had a high school friend with one of those overpowered pickup trucks. He'd often rev up his engine in the school parking lot--probably trying to impress the girls--for several minutes at the end of a school day before actually leaving.

I got annoyed one day and said to him, "You do know that all you're doing is loudly wasting gas, right?" He actually started to argue that cars only use gas when they are moving, but as he was speaking, he realized that was wrong and just gave me that confused, rapid-blinking look for a bit.

He didn't stop revving up as a means of showing off; he did change to doing it only when stopped in traffic (red lights, stop signs, etc.) instead of just idling in a parking lot.

I recall many a time when I was downtown on my old bike...

Meanwhile I just pedalled along lazily at hit the light just as it turned (they were apparently set for around 15 mph).

I get the same thing once in a while, when I take a particularly busy street around 5PM and can pedal past the stop-and-go traffic at nearly twice their speed. The glares I get from some drivers are quite amusing, and I've been angrily called a "hippie" on more than one occasion.