Boy Racers decend on our City.

Aquos76

Reports of atleast 300 or so out around Bonmahon and another load in Kill and along the car parks on the quay.

mike65

Someone's organised a cruise God help us.

I'll post over on the motors board - see anyone knows anything.

Mike.

TempestSabre

Where are the fashion police when you need them?

mike65

I can hear plenty of Wavin pipe exhausts coming from erm proberly the Cork rd..hard to tell.

Mike.

Reaver772

They've now blocked off the n29 and are pulling donouts while an idiot holds onto the back windscreen or sits out the passenger window or both.

I hope this ends in an accident!

fade2black

They're all using walkie talkies as well...they think they're on Miami Vice.

Rollo Tamasi

notfink rong with a bita razing around da gaff boi
this be mee at da last raze, hafd sum laughf boi



i luvs getting offf mee chuck

fade2black

Deadly boy

Aquos76

mike65 wrote:

I can hear plenty of Wavin pipe exhausts coming from erm proberly the Cork rd..hard to tell.

Mike.

They were also tearing up and down around the docks/car parks on the quays area up to around 2.30 this morning. Like you I could hear all these exhausts.

deisemum

They must have been on the Dunmore Road, I could hear them in the small hours

Dac51

Driving along the outer ring road last night and 6 boy racers overtook me on the outside lane. They must have been doing at least 70mph they were going so fast.

Psychedelic

there was loads of them in Tramore last night, i was walkin home about 11:00 and there was dozens of them tearing around at high speed, they made some racket the noise was deafening

Our man in Havana

Head over to http://www.cruiseirl.com/index.php? and find out.

mike65

:rolleyes:

Mike.

Trotter

And where are the Gardaí?? Or better still.. the army.. the army would love to tackle something like this lol

Rollo Tamasi

Bond-007 wrote:

Head over to http://www.cruiseirl.com/index.php? and find out.

i have better things to be doing than reading posts by a lot of knobs.

Our man in Havana

The Gardai actually read that forum.

magick

And where are the Gardaí?

good point ! plus id love to see them chase the racers in that police toyota yaris thats around the town :v:

Trotter

Just to play devils advocate..

Are they really doing much harm?? As a friend of mine just said.. count ourselves lucky... where he grew up in Dublin they did the same thing.. only they robbed your car to do it first!!

mike65

Appently one of them buried his Scooby in a wall yesterday. Says it all really.

Mike.

bp_me

Dac51 wrote:

Driving along the outer ring road last night and 6 boy racers overtook me on the outside lane. They must have been doing at least 70mph they were going so fast.

So just like the people in a rush to go to work in the morning then :rolleyes:

@Psychedelic

I seriously doubt they were "tearing around at high speed". The guards had it at a standstill in tramore last night. Fair play to them.

Psychedelic

bp_me wrote:

@Psychedelic

I seriously doubt they were "tearing around at high speed". The guards had it at a standstill in tramore last night. Fair play to them.

when i saw them they were going fast where they could, i don't mean 100mph or anything, like they would just boot it up the road till they came to another car in front of them, just the usual way they drive.

Dac51

bp_me wrote:

So just like the people in a rush to go to work in the morning then :rolleyes:

@Psychedelic

I seriously doubt they were "tearing around at high speed". The guards had it at a standstill in tramore last night. Fair play to them.

The Gardai had it at a standstill in Tramore but it didn't look like they had it at a standstill on the outer ring road in Waterford. Are you trying to say that it is ok to travel at 70mph on a 40mph stretch when there is no more than 4 or 5 feet between each car? If the car in front had to stop suddenly then it was curtains for the rest. Doesn't seem like harmless fun to me.

kensutz

mike65 wrote:

Appently one of them buried his Scooby in a wall yesterday. Says it all really.

Mike.

Some fools never learn. You always hear of someone who destroyed a Scooby at a "cruise".

bp_me

Dac51 wrote:

The Gardai had it at a standstill in Tramore but it didn't look like they had it at a standstill on the outer ring road in Waterford. Are you trying to say that it is ok to travel at 70mph on a 40mph stretch when there is no more than 4 or 5 feet between each car? If the car in front had to stop suddenly then it was curtains for the rest. Doesn't seem like harmless fun to me.

Im not trying to justify the way they were driving, merely pointing out it isnt only modified cars that break the speed limit by a large margin on that road.

Gadgie

magick wrote:

good point ! plus id love to see them chase the racers in that police toyota yaris thats around the town :v:

LMAO! I love that car. :-)

Dac51

bp_me wrote:

Im not trying to justify the way they were driving, merely pointing out it isnt only modified cars that break the speed limit by a large margin on that road.

Fair enough, I accept your point about all types of cars breaking the limit on the road but I've never seen a group of normal cars breaking the limit and sticking so close together. It was an accident waiting to happen.

Rollo Tamasi

bp_me, you can't justify this kind of action. It's like a group of kids running around a kitchen with knifes in each of their hands. It's total anti social behaviour and the guards should do more to break up this nonsense. Modified Cars shouldn't be let on the road in the first place. Too often they create noise pollution with exhaust pipes and audio modifications. As well as been altered to be raised x amount of inches over the road and the like. I don't know how insurance companies insure these cars in the first place.

I really really hate scumbags, and i really really really hate boy racers. They are the scum of the earth. Ok, well maybe not the scum of the earth but they are still scumbags of the highest order. Scummier than your normal scumbag anyway.

bp_me

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

bp_me, you can't justify this kind of action. It's like a group of kids running around a kitchen with knifes in each of their hands. It's total anti social behaviour and the guards should do more to break up this nonsense. Modified Cars shouldn't be let on the road in the first place. Too often they create noise pollution with exhaust pipes and audio modifications. As well as been altered to be raised x amount of inches over the road and the like. I don't know how insurance companies insure these cars in the first place.

I really really hate scumbags, and i really really really hate boy racers. They are the scum of the earth. Ok, well maybe not the scum of the earth but they are still scumbags of the highest order. Scummier than your normal scumbag anyway.

*sigh*...where to start

1) I wasnt trying to justify anything.
2) You could argue getting pissed off your face and causing fights is anti-social.
3) Loud exhausts, fair enough. Though a fair amount of the lads I know have baffles they install most of the year round and only take them out for events such as this.
4) Altered to be raised over standard?? This is the opposite of what almost every modifier does
5) You may be surprised to know that insurance companies dont actually care once you dont alter the performance the vehicle.
6) You would be surprised at some of the people driving modified cars. You can usually tell the scumbag from the genuine person and shouldn't label all modifiers the same.

cianclarke

The noise pollution issue is a fair point, it's a royal pain in the arse. Surely there must be some sort of legislation in place - a certain dB limit or the likes?

bp_me

cianclarke wrote:

The noise pollution issue is a fair point, it's a royal pain in the arse. Surely there must be some sort of legislation in place - a certain dB limit or the likes?

74db by EU regulations, but the facilities to test according to EU regs dont exist.

Cabaal

bp_me wrote:

*sigh*...where to start

2) You could argue getting pissed off your face and causing fights is anti-social.

sigh... :rolleyes:
You don't have to argue that point, getting pissed off your face and causing fights IS antisocial!

trishw78

they were racing up and down the Ferrybank - Abbeypark road till very late saturday night

silverlining

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

bp_me, you can't justify this kind of action. It's like a group of kids running around a kitchen with knifes in each of their hands. It's total anti social behaviour and the guards should do more to break up this nonsense.

These people are adults not kids so get off your high (unmodified) horse.

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

Modified Cars shouldn't be let on the road in the first place. Too often they create noise pollution with exhaust pipes and audio modifications. As well as been altered to be raised x amount of inches over the road and the like. I don't know how insurance companies insure these cars in the first place.

You have evidence of this? and can you remember the last time you had your sleep disturbed by said noise pollution? (you sound like an 'ould wan to be honest)

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

I really really hate scumbags, and i really really really hate boy racers. They are the scum of the earth. Ok, well maybe not the scum of the earth but they are still scumbags of the highest order. Scummier than your normal scumbag anyway.

If you feel that way then maybe you should propose a "final solution" whereby you exterminate all the people you believe to be a scumbag (because that is precisely where that line of thinking eventually leads). What's wrong with people who show an interest in spending a whole weekend or many evenings tinkering about with their car and learning some real science/mechanics rather than drinking or smoking themselves stupid? Besides all that a lot of money gets spent on these cars so I wouldnt be surprised if the amount of crashes are minimal compared to the idiots who drive rusty eggshells on wheels.

Rollo Tamasi

silverlining wrote:

These people are adults not kids so get off your high (unmodified) horse.

Nope, they are kids. FULL STOP

silverlining wrote:

You have evidence of this? and can you remember the last time you had your sleep disturbed by said noise pollution? (you sound like an 'ould wan to be honest)

So you don't think that cars with modified exhaust pipes cause more noise than regular exhaust pipes! Interesting

If you feel that way then maybe you should propose a "final solution" whereby you exterminate all the people you believe to be a scumbag (because that is precisely where that line of thinking eventually leads).

Exterminiation is a good idea. I think i'll apply for a start up business grant straight away.

What's wrong with people who show an interest in spending a whole weekend or many evenings tinkering about with their car and learning some real science/mechanics rather than drinking or smoking themselves stupid?

Nothing wrong with learning stuff. But you said "rather than drinking or somking themselves stupid". Do they not do both at these meetings? I know i would smoke my brains out if i was there.
:v:

Cabaal

silverlining wrote:

These people are adults not kids so get off your high (unmodified) horse.

Yes your right their not kids!
However they are irresponsible adults who are extremely careless when they drive and there's no need what so ever for them to start shouting at random girls on Saturday night...think I'm making it up? I know three girls I work with saying otherwise!.

I can fully understand why people think their kids because they sure do act like bloody kids.

You have evidence of this? and can you remember the last time you had your sleep disturbed by said noise pollution? (you sound like an 'ould wan to be honest)

Ah the good old childish "You sound like a 'ould wan" argument
God man what age are you 14??
[EDIT] Hmm your profile says 26, perhaps your younger brother is using your account?[EDIT]

There's seriously no reason what so ever for a car to be louder then the norm, its needles and yes it does create noise pollution!

If you feel that way then maybe you should propose a "final solution" whereby you exterminate all the people you believe to be a scumbag (because that is precisely where that line of thinking eventually leads).

sigh... :rolleyes:
Your argument just goes from the lowest of the low to ending up in the mud
Your now comparing people that don't like boyracers to Nazi's....how mature! :rolleyes:

What's wrong with people who show an interest in spending a whole weekend or many evenings tinkering about with their car and learning some real science/mechanics rather than drinking or smoking themselves stupid?

By all means they can tinker with their cars all they want and learn their "science" (sigh) but there's certainly no need for them to speed around carparks and roads and start racing each other. Its careless and irresponsible!

Besides all that a lot of money gets spent on these cars so I wouldn't be surprised if the amount of crashes are minimal compared to the idiots who drive rusty eggshells on wheels.

In fairness what decade are you in?
I haven't seen a so called "rusty eggshell on wheels" in years, there's this thing called the NCT that kind of put a stop to it!

You might want to stop watching those muppets on Pimp My Ride doing their "science" (sigh :rolleyes: ) while working on inefficient "rusty eggshell on wheels" American cars
:v:

mike65

silverlining and everyone else be warned I'll ban people who drift (geddit?!) into abuse so be careful.

Mike.

Aquos76

mike65 wrote:

I'll ban people who drift (geddit?!) into abuse so be careful.

Mike.

Like you sense of humour Mike!

silverlining

I wont comment on your use of a certain MTV show to help(?) your position. I would be stupid and close-minded not to agree that there are problems but the benefits of this subculture far outweigh the minimal (a couple of days every few months?, a brief loud noise?, driving round and round in circles?) damage to the accepted norms of today's society. I dont know why rollo allowed himself to 'drift' (good pun mike) off topic onto the issue of boy-racer/scumbags (whatever they are?), perhaps he didnt read the thread properly. In fact I'll never comment on this again as there is nothing you can do about car modding but it is clear that car modders should be more open to the public to distance themselves from the stereotype that is commonly brandished on them.

So tough, we live in country where a lot of mildly annoying practices (for some) are tolerated by our wonderfull constitution.

Rollo Tamasi

silverlining wrote:

I dont know why rollo allowed himself to 'drift' (good pun mike) off topic onto the issue of boy-racer/scumbags (whatever they are?), perhaps he didnt read the thread properly

its because i'm a.....RACIST!!!!!!!!! HA HA !





(funnier than you Mike by a.....mile!)

cianclarke

Somebody is trying to defend the "odd bit of noise". Every saturday night my sleep is disturbed by assholes with tin cans on their exhaust pipes, there is no excuse for it whatsoever.

bp_me

cianclarke wrote:

Somebody is trying to defend the "odd bit of noise". Every saturday night my sleep is disturbed by assholes with tin cans on their exhaust pipes, there is no excuse for it whatsoever.

If there is a repeated offender, take the licence plate and document the time and place.

There are laws that can be applied when a complaint is made by a member of the public. The same laws that would apply if your neighbour had a dog that was barking all night and keeping you awake.

Talaghn

I was walking home to bally beg, i crossed the road at Waterford crystal and there was a paddy waggen Literally 2 seconds later there was the sound of an exaust and a car came flying up the road and did a doughnut then turned into templers!

Rollo Tamasi

Talaghn wrote:

I was walking home to bally beg, i crossed the road at Waterford crystal and there was a paddy waggen Literally 2 seconds later there was the sound of an exaust and a car came flying up the road and did a doughnut then turned into templers!

and........???????????

apriloneill

sigh... :rolleyes:
Your argument just goes from the lowest of the low to ending up in the mud
Your now comparing people that don't like boyracers to Nazi's....how mature! :rolleyes:




......making Rollo a nazi then

cianclarke

bp_me wrote:

If there is a repeated offender, take the licence plate and document the time and place.

There are laws that can be applied when a complaint is made by a member of the public. The same laws that would apply if your neighbour had a dog that was barking all night and keeping you awake.

Ah right, I'll take note of that! Thanks Bren...

Talaghn

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

and........???????????

And the gardai were around at the time!

Rollo Tamasi

Talaghn wrote:

And the gardai were around at the time!

ahh!
gottcha

Jor

I just happened to be in Tramore last Saturday night. There were at least 30 boy ( and girl ) racers lined up along the Prom. They seemed quite well behaved outside the cars but apparantly once behind the wheel, these kids just lose all common sence.
It is not the annoying noise from the exhausts ( Remember Nightrider, He had a cool car and the only noise it made was when it talked ) that really gets to me but the absolutely stupid driving behaviour.
If these kids are proud to be Modifiers!? or whatever the correct term is,and are happy for everyone to know it, then why do most of them have tinted glass. You can be sure the kept it a secret when doing their driving test.
As well as that, how does a 22 year old afford to buy and insure a Nissan Skyline. Any young driver should be restricted in the engine size and horse-power the can drive. Get a driving conviction and the restrictions are lengthened.

dogs

Jor wrote:

As well as that, how does a 22 year old afford to buy and insure a Nissan Skyline. Any young driver should be restricted in the engine size and horse-power the can drive. Get a driving conviction and the restrictions are lengthened.

Yup, cos nobody can drive like a tool in a 1 litre Micra.

I don't drive a modified car and I hate loud exhausts but there's no need for stupid arbitrary restrictions.

Better training, tougher testing (and re-testing) and something a bit more sensible than the NCT. But maybe I'm just making sense.

whispering

I have no problem with people making their cars look nice or lowering the suspension (although with the amount of speed ramps now in Waterford you would wonder why).....what I do have a major problem with is when they decide it is so super cool (not) to spin their wheels everytime they take off from a stop :mad: or perform wheel spins or drive doen the new outer ring road like f***ing demons :mad: terrorising other motorists.

For no other reason than the above and other stupid moronic things they do and this is my opinion they only do those stupid manouvers to have people look at them and they think people are saying wow look how cool he/she is in their cool car......really we are all thinking oh look there goes another moron going to drive his car into a ditch or worse and scarier still into someone elese and kill them....