Is there a new 'Fast and Furious' movie being shot in Toronto?
Or did I just run into a meeting of the Toronto Chapter of the 'Honda Go-Faster' Club?
I was tootling along the 401 today in my nice 'new' little Miata - great day for a convertible - when behind me to my right I heard what sounded like a pack of vuvuzelas (another reason, as if more are needed, why The World Cup is so awful).
Turns out it was a heavily decked-out Honda Civic / Acura whatever-three-letter-designation-they're-calling-the-Integra-these-days (hard to tell which it was, with all the badges pulled off).
Bright white paint job; white wheels, the rears decambered to within a centimetre of their lives (wonder what it'll cost to replace those tires after about 10,000 km?); huge coffee-can exhaust system, hence the droning noise; 'aerodynamic' body kit - actually not a bad-looking set-up, given the genre.
He was looking like he wanted to pass me on the right.
As if.
He deeked to the right-most lane, but of course it wasn't open (if it had been, needless to say, I would have been in it), then moved back.
I pulled over, and let him pass.
He was soon joined by a couple other slammed Civics, a Honda S2000, and a particularly wild-looking NSX.
Would have taken a photo, but the e-mails I would have got...
Quite clearly, these guys knew each other.
They were more-or-less behaving themselves - maybe tailgating just a bit too close on occasion.
But they signalled all their lane changes, and weren't going noticeably faster than the flow of traffic.
No real point here - it was just nice to see young people enjoying their cars in a reasonably socially-responsible way.
It's one thing to see these goofballs on the highway with their never-finished paintjobs, amateur bodykits and - my favourite - the 'Powered by Honda' decals (Really? I thought you'd have an old Buick pushrod under the hood), but when they're buzzing along within city limits and drowning out every other sound at stop lights, they're more than annoying.
Posted by: Larry | July 06, 2010 at 04:27 PM
I did notice you, the gray miata with the roll cage. It looks like a fun weekend/track car. We are doing an event at Mosport International Raceway this sunday, called Import Expo. It's going to be track, race and show. You should consider comming by.
P.S Sorry for tailing too close to you!
Posted by: Stephen Wong | July 09, 2010 at 12:44 AM
Just reading through your blog and happened upon a comment you made about all cars signalling their lane changes. Upon taking a recent drive to Ft. Lauderdale and back you begin to notice how conditioned US interstate drivers are into properly signalling and staying out of the passing lane. And when a car does seem to appear from a distance as spending too much time or not signalling properly, that upon approaching it you realize that it is a Canadian driver.
Posted by: ted | August 04, 2010 at 11:51 AM