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dB Drag Racing

Posted by michael on from the highway-to-the-danger-zone dept.

Exedore writes "For a paltry $80,000 outlay, you too can fight back against the punk kids blasting gangsta rap from their Honda Civics. Enter the strange (and rather loud) world of dB Drag Racing and join a small group of dedicated competitors in their quest for the loudest car sound system possible. The numbers: 130,000 watts output, 177dB, 10,000 lbs. of equipment (including the vehicle and all the sound insulation needed to protect those nearby). It might not be quite up to Disaster Area standards, but it's not far off."

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  1. This shouldn't be aloud by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 0, Troll

    (no the subject isn't a spelling error -- it's a pun!).

    I have no idea why anyone would want to turn their vehicle into the equivalent of an acousticaly driven blender.

    "take one nerdy noise-fanatic with half a brain but a fully loaded credit card. Add a 5 GW audio system and mix well in the confined space of an autombile. Now pour the gelatinous mass this produces into molds and allow to set for 4 hours. Yes folks, you to can make your own geek mousse."

  2. Hey PUNKS! I now have THREE HERF GUNS.... by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thank you slashdot, for arming me to battle these little bastards.
    Build Your Own HERF Gun
    and
    HERF Gun: Make it in your basement

    These little assholes drive up and down my street day and night, cracking my skull with this shit.
    My eardrums are damaged, I have severe inner ear problems and the sound pressure levels these things produce cause me agonizing pain in my inner ears and that causes me intense migrane headaches.

    The cops will not do anything about this.
    This is an invasion of my privacy.
    In my house I have the right to peace and quiet.
    NO ONE has the right to intrude into my privacy by any means. These sound systems are invasive, obtrusive and dangerous.

    Because the police will not do anything about it, I will. There are some kids living across the street from me that park in the front of my house and turn that shit up LOUD. There is NO ESCAPE from it.

    Be it known, here and now, that I am taking the law into my own hands. I am waging war.
    I will lay the buttons down on the HERF GUNS and I will melt their shit. I hope they have to call a tow truck to haul off their trucks.
    I hope that I destroy everything electronic in their home, their cars, anything they are carrying, and if they get too close, I hope I cook their stupid freaking brains.

    Anyone that thinks this loud shit is "cute" or "cool" is a retard and should have the ever loving shit stomped out of them until they stop breathing.

    Thank you Slashdot for helping to arm me with a most excellent weapon for this new war..

  3. racism on slashdot? by darweidu · · Score: 0, Troll

    fight back against the punk kids blasting gangsta rap from their Honda Civics I'm surprised such blatant racism made it's way onto the front page :( What upsets me is that so many old people won't give the music a chance just because they don't like black people... Also, the quote seems to imply there's something bad about honda civics, when in fact they're good, cheap cars. Just because not everyone can afford the same expensive cars that you old people do, it doesn't mean that you should make fun of them. :(