Does every cracker in a Subaru want to race you?

I was driving to work on the freeway in the fast lane (going 65 mph) and passed a subaru wrx with an Eminem clone driving. Well the dumbass flies up next to me and I slow down because I need to get in the right lane to get off on the next exit. He slows down too and then accelerates a little, slows down, accelerates a little, etc. I blast my horn and have to slam on my brakes to get over into his lane to make the offramp for the exit in time. This has happened to me twice now. What is up with these ****heads? Do they feel the need to act like a complete dick around everyone who drives a Porsche or is it just me. I have to admit, I never had this problem in my Camry!

Subis race me all the time and they always win. I suspect that they go on Subi web sites saying they blew off a GT3. I don't race on the street. period. besides by ignoring them I think I give them the impression that it isn't worth my time to race a WRX.

dmac - great topic! And yes - I have Subaru WRXs and Mitsubishi EVOs flying by me all the time here in Los Angeles - they also normally have a coffee can exhaust as well. I won't race them on the street either. I actually like the fact that they will draw police attention before I will and then I can still move quickly down the road without notice.

Yes, and I did bite once. The 996 was faster, but not much though and this was a supped up WRX, definitely not stock.

I will sometimes play with them at a red light and speed up to the speed limit and slow down. They like that they "won". Then I will look over and give them a "hang loose". That usually gives them an ear to ear grin. Face it, they will trade in their ricer for a Porsche someday and join our board. God help us...

I know these cars (Subaru WRX-Sti and the Mitsubishi Evo) are a great value for their level of performance and I'm almost sure they would out perform my stock 02' C4 cab on a freeway run. I guess I am getting old (36 y.o.) and didn't street race when I was younger so I find this whole new experience unwanted and unpleasant. I hate to generalize, but I see many corvettes on the road and none of those drivers feel the need to flip on the idiot switch whenever I drive by. This is a litle of topic, but I just talked to a friend in San Diego and there is a diesel truck there that frequents the track and runs the 1/4 mile in the 11's. Now I would love to race these idiots in something like that where I could race them and beat their ***, run over them and then tow their heap of crap to the dump while blasting some obnoxious country song as loud as my eardrums can handle it. Sounds like this would make a good episode of "Pinks" on the speed channel.

I haven't experienced this with Subies or Evo's so far, but Mustangs all the time. These guys are complete idiots! Whenever I drive a little fast on the street, the Porsche seems to lure aggresive Mustang drivers out of nowhere, while my Toyota pickup goes unnoticed in similar situations. Last week for example, as I approached a red light it turned green. With my lane open I past a new Mustang that was waiting at the light. I thought to myself, watch, this guy will floor it and make a fool of himself. Sure enough, he didn't disapoint. Just after I passed him, his modified exhaust and air filter roared. A few seconds later he flew past me doing around 80 in a 45 zone. I never hit wide open throttle or broke the speed limit during this "race", but I'm sure the Mustang driver was very proud of himself for beating a Porsche.

You must take your ride to Oregon City. I lived in Lake Oswego for about 7 years before moving here.

I owned a WRX for a few years before I recently traded it in for my current 99 C2 coupe. Those are certainly quick cars and surprisingly capable- but not in the same league. I can imagine an STi or an EVO *might* (with a good driver) beat me from 0-60 or something, but on the highway it's another story. On the highway, my car - which is stock - is simply in another league and I can't imagine an STi even being close to me if I really wanted to go jail speeds on the highway. A stock WRX's 4th and 5th gears are BOTH overdrive gears and over 85mph or so they are simply dogs. An STI has 6 gears, but over 100mph it is a dog. Those cars may as well have parachutes dragging behind them on the highway. At any rate- I don't bother trying to race them. In my WRX, I used to hope that Porsches and other fast cars would race me, just so I could see them run, but I and every other WRX owner knew that Porsches aren't for drag racing. Any rice rocket owner knows that at the end of the day, even if he beats you in some little drag race, he is still in a subaru or honda - and you are still in your beautiful Porsche!

that would be a YUP!

This is probably very unfair of a story to relate to the EVO or Subaru ( hard to tell apart sometimes ). I was at a West Coast track and the first run of the AM, I was passed by one of these cars quite handily. I'm sure he felt pretty good about this since he was working on me for a bit. Kinda fast to be running on a cold track I thought, but very impressive nonetheless. A couple of laps later, said car was adorning a concrete wall on a spinout. A bit off topic, since I don't think this was a lot of Ahole factor here. Just a case of an inexperienced yahoo in a very capable (but not THAT capable wrt a Porsche) car. The run group was pulled in for a "talking" to since the Black flag came out. I give the driver a lot of points for coming in an apologizing to us.

Corvette drivers barely look up. Their necks are weighted down with the gold chains... (How's that for a stereotype?)

I'm Italian and have a hairy chest, so I would fit right in. Actually, my next car will probably be a corvette. I plan wait about 3 years and pick up a used C6Z06 as a dedicated track car. As much as I would like to get a 997TT, I just couldn't swing it as a track toy (yes, I am a poser because I haven't raced yet, but I have big plans-if I can only get my wife on-board with my future track plans) .

LOL! Hey I'm a corvette driver (owned 3) looking for a 996. Any corvette driver I ever met was fat and old. I'm younger (35) and skinny. LOL!

Haha - you are certainly in the minority, my friend! There's a guy that works in the building next to mine that drives an '03 Z06 with full exhaust kit (sounds badass), but the guy's gotta be 350 if he's an ounce, and pushing 50. (Not that there's anything wrong with pushing 50, I'll be there soon enough) Although she indulges my Porsche habit 'cause I'm a great guy (that's what I tell myself, anyway), my wife is so tweaked on the stereotype that she's made me PROMISE to never drive a Corvette. I think it has something to do with her dad buying a Z28 at 45 and going full mid-life, but I could be wrong. Subies want to race because they're mostly 25 or younger, no kids, and a live forever mentality. Wait 'till they hit 36 with 3 kids, mortgage and a career - see how many races they'll be looking for then.

YUP, Hang Loose!

About Corvettes .. around here most of the vettes I see are driven by women - usually blonde, fancy nails and artifical 'frontage'.

Ditto here as well, & usually the 6 cylinder ones.....lmao

That's good enough for me.

This is very common with many cars driven by kids... I was a stupid kid once too so I don't get too upset. I just smile and wave

You're right! I'm must be turning into a grumpy old bastard already. I guess I bought the Porsche, now I need to loosen up a little bit!

You should try going out in a NSX,them come from all directions !

LOL! Acutally I was in Beaverton on Cornell Road on my way to work. Small world.

Honda's, Subis, VW's, station wagons, state police....had them all but again....I was young once too and recall those days. I try not to give the kids the "typical sterotype" of a Porsche owner but usually compliment their cars. I ask questions about their modifications, have an interest in their work and try to tell them to set goals in life. Remember we were all young once and dreamed about owning a Porsche, Ferrari, Lambo, etc...

Yes, I find the subs etc fun and interesting. I had an sti wrx wirring and stirring at a light one time, it was popping the blow off etc, very cool sounds. He was souped up quite a bit and was very proud of his car, nice kid. He was right there with me as long as the cars were under 100. He admitted the car was gutless on the hwy and only liked to challenge at the lights for this reason.

Very true!!

...doesn't make 'em bad people....

im under 25 have an STI and dont race on the street, its just like the stereotype that porsche drivers are rich old guys that can't drive.... PS. 996 1/4 mile 13.2 STI 1/4 mile 13.5 not leagues off

Is there such a stereotype? I always thought the Porsche stereotype was "Handsome, intelligent, age defying, finanacially secure with a rugged individualistic streak and mad skills".

And the down side of that would be......? Now, all we need to do is convince them to put a clear bra on that artifical 'frontage'!

Good one!

What brand car is qualified to challenge you or do you never street race?

I apologize that my original post may have led you to believe that I am so sort of snob elitist and that I feel that this brand of car is not worthy of street racing me. It has nothing to do with the brand of car. I think I even said that the Subaru would probably have whooped me (can't remember for sure). It's just that my previous cars were a Nissan pick-up, Expedition, and a Camry and I never had anyone entice me to street race, nor have I ever street raced so I was just kind of shocked by the whole thing. I was just trying to change lanes so I could get off at the next exit and get to work and this dumbass nearly caused an accident, so I really didn't give a **** what he was driving unless it was a police car.

I see, you never street race..

Hey, I bought my car 'cause I like to drive it. The WRX STI looks like a fast car too, and if I had one I'm sure I'd be proud of it too. But I don't need to street race to prove I like my car. A few months ago I almost got run over by two Evo's racing on the freeway. They came down the left lane, side by side. That's right, both of them side by side in the left lane, except for when they were cutting each other off, running on the left shoulder, or jumping two lanes to the right to get around another car. I slowed waaay down, got over to the right, and prayed I wouldn't get caught in whatever accident they were going to cause. I'm just glad nothing happened. I guess my point is, street racing seems dumb and pointless no matter how you look at it.

Yep. Save it for the track !

Driving home tonight with the family in the Expedition, full of Christmas presents from my folks house, and almost slammed into by some dumbass in a tricked out Integra with fart cans, scared the hell out of everyone when he comes flying up behind me going at least 100. Grrrrrr....

I like to pull up to the light, let the challenger signal his intent, then I rev back - letting them know the game is afoot. When the light turns green, I pull off the line as slowly as possible....then I rush home, turn on the computer, go to the forum of the car type and wait for the "911 kill story". I know I've made at least one civic owner very happy.....

I just rev up the PSE and they realize I'm not impressed with their fart can potato shooting muffler. At that point I usually get a "whoa, that is a sweet exhaust man" and the obligatroy thumps up or peace sign and we go our merry way.