My wife came home on Sunday afternoon and told me something that she saw. I didn't think it was a big deal, but here's the story:

My wife and her friend were at a stop sign on the 280 exit ramp going onto Woodside Road in Redwood City. She said they pulled up next to some fellow in a WRB Impreza (she can't tell if it's a WRX or an STi -- she's not an enthusiast like most of us here). She said this fellow had short, crew-cut hair, was "on this side of chubby," and was sporting an aftermarket exhaust. She said that when she and her friend pulled up next to him in her Tahoe, he looked over and revved the engine up really loud. She and her friend looked away. Then he revved it up even louder, she said. At this point she and her friend looked back, but they laughed under their breaths. I told her this was very rude, and she said she couldn't help it because he continued to rev it up a couple more times while staring at them. I told her she should have left the guy alone, but she said she was "intrigued with seeing someone this moronic outside of a Hollywood character."

I was irritated that she said all these hateful things about a fellow Suby enthusiast so I told her to "just leave it alone." She then said he looked like "a little boy desperate for attention, as though he didn't get breast-fed as a baby or enough hugs from his daddy or was touched in the wrong places from Uncle Stevie, and that he probably stole milk money from smaller kids until someone bigger beat him up" yadda yadda yadda. I told her she needed to give the poor guy a little respect because he drives a pretty cool car, but she didn't relent and said she couldn't care less about someone who thought he was performing some incredible physical or mental feat by revving up his engine, when all he did was pressed his "monkey foot" on a gas pedal, which requires "the skill of a monkey with a lobotomy."

I was really sad that she said all these awful things. So, if the person she's talking about is reading this post, I'm apologizing for her. You are not a monkey with a lobotomy, and, even though I don't know you, I'm sure you have more skill than a chimp. Please accept my sincere apology and I hope you continue to rev your engine up really loud at stop signs because it's good for the image of all Scooby owners.






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bwahahaha. someone needs to confess

 

im sorry but i did it cause she was hot.

 

I would have lauged at the guy as well.

Owning a nice car doesn't make up for one being an idiot.

 

wow. its funny how people who don't take pleasure in certain things, automatically call those things idiotic. maybe the guy was bored? maybe he just got his exhaust and enjoyed the new sound? if he was making kissy faces at her or trying to get her to race, that'd be stupid, but just reving can be done for many different reasons. There are somethings done in the car community that my girlfriend doesnt understand either. What car was your wife in?

 

he said it was a tahoe

 

Was your paragraph written with sarcastic undertones?

 

The kid revving his engine IS an idiot.

Your wife is right.

end of story.

 

+1 an enthusiast does not needlessly "rev" the engine for show off purposes unless done so at an appropriate time. ie. a meet or at a strip, etc. but to show off to your wife and the likeness of it. i commend your wife for laughing at the sap. i mean to rev once or twice for sheer fun is ok. but to rev to show off....
yup... definitely sounds like it.





as for me. i rev in private away from any other cars unless i'm stuck driving uphill in frisco.. then its expected. but yea.. i rev for my own stupidity.. but not in the presence of other drivers..

 

what if he had torrets or something, with a leg twitch

 

end of story.

to the wife of the OP, you are correct to bash on. 1 rev should have sufficed. but multiple revs, JUST to get attention from the women in the car next to you is just a sign of compensating for the size of the worm inside your pants.

 

The guy is an idiot.

Reving engine to get chicks attention = SAD!!!

 

All you guys are jumping to conclusions.... what if he is haveing some type of intake problem where if he doesnt punch the gas while stopped it will kill out...i know ive had to do that in some cars where the idle is bad....yeah you feel like a douche doing it, but whatever.....none of you were there....none of you know from first hand experience....perhaps he was looking at your wife cause she and her friend were looking at him...ever think of that..there are many different scenarios and none of you know what it is....

i know im a noobie and i might get "flammed" but i have been noticing a bunch of hen talk comming out of this forum. i love the subaru community but it is starting to sound like a bunch of silver haired hens clucking at a hair salon.

sorry for the rant but this is how im feeling.

 

I feel sorry for you that your apologizing for your girl when she is right.

 

nah.. not gonna flame you. your reasons for revving is quite possible. but according to powerband's wife...
its clearly seen that the guy was doing it for the attention and not to diagnose potential troubles the engine may have.