Things to do with a Roadster

[NigelM]

Things to do with your Roadster:

Park it yourself. Been to 2 places now where the Valet told me I could leave the car right in front of the door. a) he wanted to look at it and b) the restaurant/club has a policy of leaving the best cars right outside where everyone could see them. All those 2 buck Valet tips will go towards amortizing the Roadster purchase price.... :biggrin:

 

[Slackjaw]

Park it yourself. Been to 2 places now where the Valet told me I could leave the car right in front of the door. a) he wanted to look at it and b) the restaurant/club has a policy of leaving the best cars right outside where everyone could see them. All those 2 buck Valet tips will go towards amortizing the Roadster purchase price.... :biggrin:

I'm not sure I'll mind ours being parked with the nice cars! Might be statistically less likely to be stolen or scratched if it's parked with a pack of other exotics. In NYC many parking garages I walk past seem to charge double for "exotics" (as if they'll actually drive it more carefully or something? Not sure).

I think it might also be fun to see the look of disappointment on the guys face when you actually put it in "valet mode" which I guess limits it to 5 mph or something. I'm sure there are plenty of horror stories from people who drive anything but Honda Civics and trust them to valets. We once had to run out and grab our manual transmission CR-V from a valet who was lurching it around the car park in shuddering eight inch spasms.

 

[NigelM]

P.S. I didn't leave my key! :wink:

 

[zack]

I went on a first date last night with a horse owner. She has three, and she's not very familiar with fast cars. I asked her if she wanted a ride, she was instantly fascinated, and when I punched it she said "Do it again!"

After about 10 times racing away from stop signs and signals she turned to me and said (between giggles) "it makes my tummy tingle!"

We have another date on Saturday. Grrr.

BTW, apparently good horses go for about the same as a Model S.

 

[Slackjaw]

... she turned to me and said (between giggles) "it makes my tummy tingle!"

I'm not going to say anything or even make a singe joke about that. But I want you to know how hard I am biting my tongue right now.

 

[zack]

She just called me to ask me what I meant by some silly text I sent her and I read your comment to her... she couldn't stop laughing.

 

[bonnie]

She just called me to ask me what I meant by some silly text I sent her and I read your comment to her... she couldn't stop laughing.

I want you to know how hard I am also biting my tongue right now. You're killing me.

 

[tdevince]

I think it might also be fun to see the look of disappointment on the guys face when you actually put it in "valet mode" which I guess limits it to 5 mph or something... .

I don't think it limits speed to any significant degree (if at all), but it does power limit the car.

 

[zack]

I believe if memory serves, 40mph max in valet mode.

 

[Dragon]

Well, why don't try it? Hey, maybe it would be a great method to put the car in valet mode if you need to maximize range!

 

[NigelM]

Pull up to a stop light alongside a Boxster Spyder on a long straight 6-lane road with no other cars around.

Then he catches up at the next stop light and you do the same thing all over again.

(Happened to me tonight - sheer bliss!:biggrin

 

[SByer]

I live near a community college, and surprisingly it's only happened once, but having a rice rocket (*) pull up next to you is also really fun. Reality is such a harsh mistress for the young punks.

(*) I hope nobody is offended at this tem, but it does such a great job at succinctly describing an archetype - that includes VWs, BTW - that's quite prevalent around here and I don't know of another term that appropriately substitutes.

 

[Jaff]

Love it SB...this is almost as good as "the rumbling block of inefficiency..." :biggrin::biggrin:

I live near a community college, and surprisingly it's only happened once, but having a rice rocket (*) pull up next to you is also really fun. Reality is such a harsh mistress for the young punks.(*) I hope nobody is offended at this tem, but it does such a great job at succinctly describing an archetype - that includes VWs, BTW - that's quite prevalent around here and I don't know of another term that appropriately substitutes.

 

[doug]

Urban Dictionary: rice
RICE == race inspired cosmetic enhancement

There tends to be a RICE section at your local Kragen.

 

[vfx]

I live near a community college, and surprisingly it's only happened once, but having a rice rocket (*) pull up next to you is also really fun. Reality is such a harsh mistress for the young punks./.

Same for organ donor bikes.

 

[TEG]

I live near a community college, and ...

Anyone who doesn't know what he is talking about just needs to watch some of the "Fast and Furious" movie series for plenty of examples...

 

[Dragon]

Well TEG, this still are very nice cars. Here in Europe my Roadster will in majority compete with things like this one:

 

[TEG]

Problem is sometimes they don't have the drive-train mods to justify the style. A Roadster will easily determine who is "all show and no go."

 

[strider]

I live near a community college, and surprisingly it's only happened once, but having a rice rocket (*) pull up next to you is also really fun. Reality is such a harsh mistress for the young punks.

(*) I hope nobody is offended at this tem, but it does such a great job at succinctly describing an archetype - that includes VWs, BTW - that's quite prevalent around here and I don't know of another term that appropriately substitutes.

Wait, you're talking about a car? Ah, you lost me there. I've never heard anyone describe a car as a rice "rocket". In my experience this term is reserved for Japanese sportbikes (motorcycles). Those bikes are quite fast and if someone is reasonably talented will smoke a Roadster from a stoplight. Rice'd-out cars on the other hand are nearly always slow as the owners spend more time on cosmetics than mechanicals.

 

[richkae]

I was following a Ferrari 430 for a few miles today and was hoping to get a chance to get next to it at a stop light.
I never did because it had to pull into a gas station to fill up... LOL!