I hate being this age.

"EuroJosh" (eurojosh) 01/16/2014 at 21:03 • Filed to: rant

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I'm 17 and am endlessly annoyed with the amount of kids that get their licenses and drive recklessly. I'm no angel but I like to believe its okay in my case because of the amount of time I put into practicing defensive driving techniques and heel toeing. I pretty much live in the middle of nowhere so I really only beat on it when there's nobody around. That makes me feel better because the only thing I'm putting in danger is myself and potentially an unlucky deer (hopefully not). But there's so many kids that don't think of the consequences of what they do. They speed around in their autotragic jettas oblivious to the fact that something could be in their path at any second and have not had any forethought into what they would do.

I'm sick and tired of Damn I'm Good nike shirts and V6 mustang drivers that hashtag #americanmuscle and double park so no one hits their car. This is something I actually saw today. Stupid fucks.

Edit: Here's a picture to balance out the rant

TurboSloth > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:05

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This is what you do about double parkers. Get a cheapo beater. Park right up next to them. Get some paper. Write "Deal with it," and stick it on their windshield.

Sit back, and say to yourself, "damn I'm good."

Godspeed11- I own a SAAB > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:06

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I have wanted to say this for so so so so long.

EuroJosh > TurboSloth 01/16/2014 at 21:06

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I might just have to get me one of them shirts then so everybody knows how cool I am :)

Godspeed11- I own a SAAB > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:06

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I have wanted to say this for so so long

TurboSloth > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:07

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I hope you're not being sarcastic. I have a "damn I'm good" shirt. :(

yes, I feel cool wearing it :(

EuroJosh > Godspeed11- I own a SAAB 01/16/2014 at 21:12

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I feel like because of how outwardly expressive I am of the fact that I like cars, I've influenced a whole school full of people that want to do "cool car-related things" like drive faster than they're supposed to or put shitty ass wheels on their car but they aren't even into cars. From a kill joy point of view, driving fast isn't condoned in any way, but I'd like to think people who are legitimate enthusiasts of cars in general or racing, combined with a level-head, are probably better off doing those things because they are actually interested in the progression and furthering of their skills not just AWH HELL YEAH PRESSIN' DOWN ON THAT GO PEDAL.

Bandit > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:12

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I'm 17 and you pretty much ranted what I wanted to rant about today (minus the heel-and-toe bit). It snowed today and all the morons in their fish face camaros, 3-series, and camrys were trying to do drifting in the school parking lot 5 minutes after classes ended. I nearly got taken out twice by a morons in a span of 50 feet. I usually wait 15 minutes after school waiting for the largest idiots to file out but recently I have just wanted to get home to take a nap before my swim team practice. I am absolutely terrified of drivers my age, scared of them enough that I always insist on driving.

Something has to be done, and I don't mean any of that stupid marketing shit that suggests you don't text and drive that my school and the tv keeps forcing down peoples necks. I mean something along the lines of tiered licenses based on skill (not age) and a required drivers ed of better quality than what we currently have.

Edit: I forgot! On the way home some teenage girl ditched her car (can I use the verb Orlove?). There was less than an inch of snow and no real ice. She was just being a complete moron behind the wheel (I know the girl... popular-whore-bitch). Naturally her moron friends come to help and they park their cars in the road on a blind sharp up-hill esse curve. Common sense people, please!

EuroJosh > TurboSloth 01/16/2014 at 21:13

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Haha I'm just messing do your thang, man.

ttyymmnn > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:16

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Enjoy being 17, because before you know it you'll be 47. Have the courage to keep being yourself and you'll go far. And you'll do it safely, without killing yourself or somebody else.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:16

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First snow day I saw a Camaro slide in the snow in an attempt to floor it in the snow, because you know, way not, floor it.

And my dormmate, he sucks at driving. Like thanks for taking me on grocery shopping trips since I don't have a car, but CRVs were not made for 5500-6000RPM.

EuroJosh > Bandit 01/16/2014 at 21:19

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I agree. Our drivers ed program is definitely flawed. Maybe if what to do in the event of something you may know how to handle was stressed more than the prices and points that go along with certain fines, we'd have people that were actually competent on the road. I forget where I saw it but there was a video from some video mag or something of a guy trying to get his license in another country (which I also do not remember), but they had to prove they could control a slide in the event that one were to happen. Too many people think that because they could drive around in a circle and park that they're really good at driving, but when winter comes or some other slippery condition, they don't understand what is happening or what to do and fear sets in, which usually causes people to over react and this is extremely dangerous.

AM3R > Bandit 01/16/2014 at 21:21

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Yeah my brother used to always wait 15 minutes after the last bell to leave the student parking lot.. At the time I thought it was just because he wanted to hang out with his friends, but I soon realized it's because of the oblivious NoVa teen drivers.

Your post is perfect, I've pretty much said those exact words to myself a million times

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:21

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You are so right it's not even funny.

EuroJosh > ttyymmnn 01/16/2014 at 21:21

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Yeah, I tend to let the fact that I don't like my own demographic get in the way of enjoying where I am. haha.

EuroJosh > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 01/16/2014 at 21:22

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No way bro! CRV has awd so its clearly a rally car! haha.

ttyymmnn > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:22

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Make your own demographic. You will be perpetually judged against others your age; make sure they are the ones found wanting.

Tom McParland > ttyymmnn 01/16/2014 at 21:23

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Kids these days... :)

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:25

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I know, cocky teens are the worst. I think they're trying to impress the ladies. I never saw the appeal of that..

NoahthePorscheGuy > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:26

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In their defense, if I could park a way to avoid being hit, I would. My highschool has no student parking lot so we all just park on the street and I am always so freaking paranoid. I saw my Fiesta almost get smacked by some dumbass driving a jeep because they can't judge the width of their car and the street. :s.

In all seriousness, car driving 17 year olds unite!

EuroJosh > ttyymmnn 01/16/2014 at 21:27

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I really appreciate your non-judgmental out look. Usually any thing that involves driving and someone younger on here immediately gets struck down as "nope you're a kid you're dumb anyway" and sure I've got a while to go. But I'd think to think I'm somewhat reasonable in thought lol.

N/A POWAAAHH > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:27

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I'm 18 and your situation is the same as mine. There's kids who drive on their G1 (learner's permit, can only drive with someone with more than 4 year driving experience in the car) and speed everywhere, but magically don't get caught. This one time, a dude took his mom's outlander too fast around the school entrance corner and hopped a curb and drove across the front lawn. Of course he didn't get in shit, because school president affluenza. Pissed me off

EuroJosh > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/16/2014 at 21:27

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Thank you.

Bandit > ttyymmnn 01/16/2014 at 21:28

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I like this sentence. A lot.

EuroJosh > N/A POWAAAHH 01/16/2014 at 21:29

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That's really rough. That shit would definitely not fly here haha.

ki-ki-ki-kia > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:31

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I completely agree with this as a teen driver! My other big issue is kids who's parents could care less when they crash there car and decide to just buy them a brand new one after it was totaled. If I even scratched a vehicle owned by my parents I'd lose my driving privileges and be grounded quite a while.

N/A POWAAAHH > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:32

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I'm pretty sure he got 2 flat tires from it too. To be honest, out of spite, I did drive on the grass a little on the last day..

EuroJosh > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 01/16/2014 at 21:34

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That's also why I mentally set myself from the rest. I know my limits and I'm not trying to look good for anyone. Plus I drive a really slow car, but it has a 5 speed so needless to say I really, really enjoyed PanchoVillenueve's Laws of Hoonage yesterday. Especially the third one.

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EuroJosh > ki-ki-ki-kia 01/16/2014 at 21:36

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I definitely hear that. You could imagine how scared I was two years ago when my dad took me out to learn how to drive and slide in the snow in my mom's Tahoe .

Somethingwittyer likes noisy > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:37

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No one knows how to drive. I blame drivers ed. Parallel parking is not the fucking pinnacle of car control, yet most people think once you know that your set to go.

EuroJosh > N/A POWAAAHH 01/16/2014 at 21:37

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As any reasonable hoon would ;)

ttyymmnn > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:39

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Struck down here on Oppo? That isn't Oppo's style. On Jalopnik, maybe. It sounds like you, and others who have contributed to this thread, have your head screwed on pretty straight.

N/A POWAAAHH > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:40

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exactly!

ki-ki-ki-kia > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:41

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Oh luckily I learned to drive in the sunny but rainy Florida roads and the rocky sandy/muddy roads of Arizona (yes there is mud in Arizona...shocking haha) I recently took a trip to visit a college I'm applying to in South Carolina and had some snow so i got to practice that for the first time. Definitely a scary thing in your moms car.

EuroJosh > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 01/16/2014 at 21:45

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I was actually just saying that to someone else on this post. If maybe our drivers ed system focused more on what to do in the case of something they didn't yet know how to deal with, instead of all the fines and points associated with various offenses. Like its as if they're saying just don't do anything bad but its okay if you fuck up because that happens to everyone . I have seen countless numbers of people who either under-reacted because they didn't understand what was happening or over reacted because they were afraid, which in my opinion, is the most dangerous thing.

EuroJosh > ttyymmnn 01/16/2014 at 21:47

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It was because I posted (jokingly) about going to prom and doing a burnout upon departure. I was pretty heavily berated for how dangerous and stupid that would be lol.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:47

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biggest con of law number 3: you're gonna get bad mileage.

ttyymmnn > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:48

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"Don't get cocky."
- Han Solo

GhostZ > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:49

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This post has been a huge flashback, V6 Mustangs and All, to my high school.

EuroJosh > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 01/16/2014 at 21:49

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Very true, its fun at times :)

EuroJosh > ttyymmnn 01/16/2014 at 21:50

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I promise I won't! It was all in jest anyway!

ihm96 > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:50

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I'm also 17 and have seen many kids hit other cars in the parking lot, and about 80% of the kids have to back all the way out and adjust every time they park because they suck that bad. The good thing about all the other idiots is I know that I'll always be able to succeed if my generation continues to be so dumb

jariten1781 > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:52

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Double parking in my highschool would end up pissing the cowboys off and your car would more than likely end up on its roof during class. Nowadays there're security officers at school so you probably couldn't get away with it and you'd probably be sued and accused of 'bullying' if you did manage to flip it.

EuroJosh > NoahthePorscheGuy 01/16/2014 at 21:53

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I like this. I was actually shocked how many other youngins' there are on here.

ttyymmnn > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:53

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BS. I would have done a burnout after prom too.

Bandit > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 01/16/2014 at 21:53

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They don't even follow clarkson's advice

EuroJosh > ihm96 01/16/2014 at 21:53

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Survival of the fitest.... to drive!

EuroJosh > AM3R 01/16/2014 at 21:53

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Thanks friend :)

Somethingwittyer likes noisy > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:55

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This.

EuroJosh > GhostZ 01/16/2014 at 21:57

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There's like a whole crew of guys that drive V6 mustangs in my school and swear its muscle lol. The only one that actually has a manual also has the newest of all of them. Its got an open differential and every time it snows he posts about going to try to drift. Then I see him casually drive by my house, go around the corner, and end up ass backward. My nickname for him?
Vaughn Gitten Jr.

EuroJosh > jariten1781 01/16/2014 at 21:57

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LOL that is great. I'm assuming you're out in Texas?

NoahthePorscheGuy > Bandit 01/16/2014 at 21:58

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So true :/

Nobody wants to join in on the Fiesta

EuroJosh > ttyymmnn 01/16/2014 at 21:58

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Okay, you caught me . I wanted all the older opponauts to not look down on me :( haha

jariten1781 > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 21:59

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Born and raised in Oklahoma.

EuroJosh > jariten1781 01/16/2014 at 22:01

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Gotcha, so whats the connection to the cowboys?

GhostZ > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 22:01

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Vaughn Gitten actually knows what he's doing, so that's a bit of an insult to Vaughn.

But when it comes to a car like that, 90% of it speed comes from the driver. A v6 mustang in capable hands is better than a V8 mustang in idiot's hands, in my experience. That's what makes me all the more enraged that they don't treat their car properly.

EuroJosh > GhostZ 01/16/2014 at 22:03

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Oh trust me I know, I've seen him driving in person. I just like to joke about it because of his endeavors to try and slide in a mustang, not to downplay Vaughn's driving in anyway.

jariten1781 > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 22:03

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Most of them were dudes who worked on ranches. Some were dudes who just liked to dress like they worked on ranches.

ttyymmnn > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 22:06

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Eh, just be yourself. Don't waste your time trying to impress people.

miniscus > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 22:08

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I'm seventeen too and it's pretty similar at my school too, except most kids drive way nicer cars than they should, lifted wranglers and trucks, one evoque, and then a ton of decent bmw/lexus/mercedes. And they don't understand my miata :/

GhostZ > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 22:09

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Also, I'd like to add, you can totally drift without an LSD, since a Mustang has a solid axle, the same basic suspension setup used on the Keiichi Tsuchiy's AE86 back in the mid-80s when he lost his racing license due to his drifting shenanigans.

But on the snow? That's not drifting. That's sliding around. There's a lot of misconception about what a 'drift' is, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter.

When I was 17, people just waited until Friday or Saturday night, and then you could put your car where your mouth was, if you thought you were something special.

EuroJosh > GhostZ 01/16/2014 at 22:13

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Again, I know I know, I'm just messing around. But yeah kids aren't like that here. Sort of like that one Regular Cars review on the mazda or whatever. They like cars but don't care enough to really learn anything about them. Posers. All of them.

EuroJosh > ttyymmnn 01/16/2014 at 22:14

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Got it! And thanks for being so cool!

EuroJosh > miniscus 01/16/2014 at 22:15

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You need to show them that miata's are always the answer. They are the way.

EuroJosh > Bandit 01/16/2014 at 22:28

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Shit, when I do it even I get turned on!

Justino6969 > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 22:44

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As long as you keep posting pictures like that, rant on little man.

EuroJosh > Justino6969 01/16/2014 at 22:49

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Oh I have plenty!

190e30-Now with COSWORTH > EuroJosh 01/16/2014 at 23:02

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I'm also 17, and our high school is a bit different: anyone who thinks they're cool drives a diesel truck. It's mostly the little group of hick kids, but there's definitely a lot more than just them. And anyone who doesn't have a diesel wants a pickup of some sort. Funniest of all, of the 20 or so pick ups at my high school, (roughly 50% of which are diesels) only two of the kids actually need it due to work. I'm getting real tired of their "roll coal" shit, especially when they do they're daily ritual of lining up on the speed bump and flooring it through the crowded parking lot, leaning out the window looking for the black smoke (*note: of all the trucks at my school, one actually does roll coal. The rest just yell it out the window with fresh air trailing behind them).
Also, I live in Connecticut. It's ridiculous. /end brotruck rant

EuroJosh > 190e30-Now with COSWORTH 01/16/2014 at 23:07

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New Jersey here. We got quite a few of those here as well. There's this kid with an old lifted ranger thing. I kid you not its doing pretty much a wheelie because the front is so much higher than the back and then when the wheels turn I kid you not, there's probably about 25 degrees of camber in the direction its turning. It looks like it wants to fall over. While the wheels are straight there's roughly 5 degrees positive camber and the passenger side front wheel is toed in like 8 degrees haha he claims there's nothing unsafe about that truck.

Marriokart > EuroJosh 01/17/2014 at 00:37

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I'm 16 almost 17 and I have very similar feeling about my friends who drive. At least here in British Columbia we have a graduated licensing program. Unfortunately it doesn't really reward you very much for getting lessons and not simply learning from someone who learned 30+ years ago with different regulations and may or may not be interested in cars. There are some people I refuse to get a ride from because I don't trust their ability. I have a friend who says "I'm the best driver in our school because I can parallel park a manual"

EuroJosh > Marriokart 01/17/2014 at 05:46

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Hahahahaha that's a good one. That friend must clearly be the best!

bob and john > EuroJosh 01/23/2014 at 07:44

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well come to life XD
18 here. in my first year of uni.
i think i got lucky on tht side. not to many d-bags at my old high school .1 dude with a PROPERLY fast WRX, a guy with a leased civic (stance-bro), and one rich kids who's parents bought him a cl550, he crashed it within 6 months. so they bought him another one...
me? i ride a motorcycle, so i just leave it near the back, and laugh at everyone stuck in traffic for the first 15 minutes after school end. filtering for the win!