pink slips
Who taught: Phil and Alex
Terry and James in control
Yesterday, for the first time, I went to Autocross with James, Mike, Brian, Kim and other friends. Oh, FYI, autocross is a form of car race, competing based on time. And, for safety, one car runs at a time. Here is the more detailed information about autocross. It was a total new experience for me. I have been driving my car, Mazda miata, for 2 and half years but have never driven in that manner. When James showed me how to drive in autocross using my car, I thought my car would roll over. It was so scary. But then I kind of picked up the way of driving in autocross and finally beat 50 second. My record was 49.16 seconds when other experienced drivers hit around 44 seconds. Well, I guess it was not bad after all. If you like cars, you should really try it. It is so much fun. The only thing you need to worry about is tires. By the way, my miata was the most famous car in the autocross. Everybody loved it.
Oh there were two tricks I learned from James with regard to autocross driving. First, always two hands on the wheel and second, try not to use clutch and instead stay in the second gear.
Phil was also thinking to come. So last Friday when I talked to him, he said, “Racing for pink slips?” Well, I knew what “Race” is but I did not know what “pink slips” are. So, “What is racing for pink slips?”, I asked. He told me that if any people race for slips or pink slips, then winner gets the loser’s car. Alex told me that it originated from the title of the car which is also called slip, or a small piece of paper. I was also curious about the origin of “PINK” color and I found one good explanation from the wikipedia. It says,
The “pink slip” reference is based on California state vehicle titles that were printed on pink paper. It was referenced in the 1978 film Grease and also on the Speed Channel racing series Pinks.
So, if someone says, “Do you want to race for pink slips?”, do not say just “yes” unless you really want to do it. I think when Phil said that, I should have said yes because I do not have title slip due to the fact that my car is lease. He’s got a bimmer. Who knows I might win. Phil, let’s race for slips next time, shall we? 🙂
to receive your pink slip also means to be fired.
Racing for pinks is generally referring to drag racing.
“receive pink slips” That is also very good to know. Thanks! Brian
Yeah, I’d never heard of racing for pink slips before – only pink slips referring to getting fired. I’ve seen Grease like half a dozen times, so I must never have picked up on it.
Is Grease a good movie? I guess I should watch it.
Absolutely – it’s a great part of American pop culture. It’s pretty goofy, but it’s basically a movie about a musical about an idealized, stereotypical 1950’s high school.
Oh, and Ashka and I sang karaoke of the song “Summer Lovin'” from the beginning of the movie.
Man, now I’m thinking about my articles. Is it “sang karaoke of”, or “sang karaoke to”? Or something else?
I remember that song. Didn’t we sing it together at the christmas party? “sing karaoke of” sounds right to me. Besides, if you say so, that is right.
Even when I said that to terry it seemed wrong, “racing for slips” is probably more common because pink slip also is about firing.
PS – terry when someone is videoing you racing you are supposed to do a tire smoking burnout when you launch.
Don’t worry! I will do a tire smoking burnout when I get the slip of your car after our racing. 🙂