So I attempted to race a GTO...

[BlackTigers]

Well, I pull up next to some middle aged dude in a Electric blue '05/'06 GTO at a stop light, and we're a couple blocks from the expressway ramp. I rev him out of sheer shits and giggles, and he lets it loose. This thing had at least cams and an exhaust on it, god knows what else this man did to this thing. It was an absolute beast. He grins at me and yells over to get on 8N, and I was just driving around, so I figured...why not.

Once on Rt. 8, the fun began. I took the left lane, and him next to me. We evened out at about 50, and I slammed my baby into third to take him. I fully planned on him not going when I beeped, but holy shit his car was ridiculous. By the time I hit 100, He had to have been 20 car lengths ahead of me. I hit 106, and my governor kicked in, so I flipped my governor-disable switch (why did I do this? it makes me test it =[) to keep going. I pegged it at 112 or so before I saw his brake light kick on from approximately 6 miles back.

Anyway, we stopped at a gas station to talk for a few, and he took me for a little ride, which was insane. (Yes, I got into the car with a stranger). All in all it was fun, and I wouldn't do it again. I don't actually think my tires are rated that high, which could have been alllll bad, haha.

Any other fun stories?

 

[SSSnail]

Well, this one time at bandcamp...

 

[TehMac]

I raced a '72 Corvette from one light to another, beat him, but barely. My guess is that he needed a tune and new tires.

 

[iamwiz82]

It sounds impressive to have 20 car lengths on you, until you mention you drive an Escort.

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
It sounds impressive to have 20 car lengths on you, until you mention you drive an Escort.

Shhh...but I have some exhaust mods tio make it faster! Erm, I mean I bored out some cross-sectioned holes into my pipes for more air flow.

Actually, I just lost my tailpipe (it fell off, haha) and I have two quarter sized holes - one on my cat and the other I believe is on the resonator. Defeats that purpose. =/ haha.

It's just loud and gets attention. And is fun.

 

[Kroze]

Is this a joke?

 

[angry hampster]

I bet he was laughing his ass off the entire time, as he raced you with the pedal half-way to the floor.

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
It sounds impressive to have 20 car lengths on you, until you mention you drive an Escort.

Where does he say he drives an Escort in the OP?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
It sounds impressive to have 20 car lengths on you, until you mention you drive an Escort.

Where does he say he drives an Escort in the OP?

Use the search button. I don't see where I said that it was posted in the OP.

 

[BW86]

uh huh...

 

[thescreensavers]

LOL that guy most of lafed at you when you tried to race him in your FORD ESCORT! lawl

 

[yh125d]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Well, I pull up next to some middle aged dude in a Electric blue '05/'06 GTO at a stop light, and we're a couple blocks from the expressway ramp. I rev him out of sheer shits and giggles, and he lets it loose. This thing had at least cams and an exhaust on it, god knows what else this man did to this thing. It was an absolute beast. He grins at me and yells over to get on 8N, and I was just driving around, so I figured...why not.

Once on Rt. 8, the fun began. I took the left lane, and him next to me. We evened out at about 50, and I slammed my baby into third to take him. I fully planned on him not going when I beeped, but holy shit his car was ridiculous. By the time I hit 100, He had to have been 20 car lengths ahead of me. I hit 106, and my governor kicked in, so I flipped my governor-disable switch (why did I do this? it makes me test it =[) to keep going. I pegged it at 112 or so before I saw his brake light kick on from approximately 6 miles back.

Anyway, we stopped at a gas station to talk for a few, and he took me for a little ride, which was insane. (Yes, I got into the car with a stranger). All in all it was fun, and I wouldn't do it again. I don't actually think my tires are rated that high, which could have been alllll bad, haha.

Any other fun stories?

Watching an HHR SS trying to keep up with my pops S60 R on the interstate for about 45 miles at erm....*cough* high speeds



Racing between the lights with mustang GT's. I get them off the line, they catch up in the middle, but I out brake them every time.

 

[jlee]

How many minutes did it take you to hit 100 from 50?

 

[Jeff7181]

OMG that's so cool! I bet you felt like you were in a Fast and Furious movie! :roll:

 

[BUTCH1]

I had an Escort, it's 0-60 times were measured in days, not seconds. I beat a moped with it once, barely. I think it was because a fat dude was on it...

 

[Possessed Freak]

The only time I *ever* street raced was when I was next to an HHR in my PT. It was summer and the guy leans out the window and said nice PT Loser. I revved my engine, he did too. Shame he did not realize mine was a GT (with the stage 1 kit). On green I did a nasty burnout (which got him in the lead) and then I blew past his ass. The traffic behind me must have been rightly pissed to eat all the smoke.

Ricers used to try to get me to race, the only thing I did was rev the engine so the blow off valve could be heard. They tended to stop after that.

 

[SearchMaster]

Originally posted by: Possessed Freak
The only time I *ever* street raced was when I was next to an HHR in my PT. It was summer and the guy leans out the window and said nice PT Loser. I revved my engine, he did too. Shame he did not realize mine was a GT (with the stage 1 kit). On green I did a nasty burnout (which got him in the lead) and then I blew past his ass. The traffic behind me must have been rightly pissed to eat all the smoke.

Ricers used to try to get me to race, the only thing I did was rev the engine so the blow off valve could be heard. They tended to stop after that.

Kinda like the Special Olympics

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: SearchMaster

Originally posted by: Possessed Freak
The only time I *ever* street raced was when I was next to an HHR in my PT. It was summer and the guy leans out the window and said nice PT Loser. I revved my engine, he did too. Shame he did not realize mine was a GT (with the stage 1 kit). On green I did a nasty burnout (which got him in the lead) and then I blew past his ass. The traffic behind me must have been rightly pissed to eat all the smoke.

Ricers used to try to get me to race, the only thing I did was rev the engine so the blow off valve could be heard. They tended to stop after that.

Kinda like the Special Olympics

Yeah ... two of the ugliest/handicapped cars out there....I have a severe hatred towards both of those vehicles.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
'05/'06 GTO ... This thing had at least cams and an exhaust on it

That would be a single CAM since it's a dinosaur technology era pushrod motor. :laugh:

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
'05/'06 GTO ... This thing had at least cams and an exhaust on it

That would be a single CAM since it's a dinosaur technology era pushrod motor. :laugh:

Oh, my bad. Ha my little 2.0 has dual cams baby! lol. Either way, I could just tell it had cam work done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-6r4cYkPu4

It had that sexy ass type of sound. lol

 

[RichieZ]

i ran into a R8 this weekend on a nice backroad, surprised it doesn't have that supercar sound (IMHO).

weren't racing but went at a pretty good clip ~70, no trouble for me in my boxster but i'm sure he could have easily pulled away on the straights

http://farm3.static.flickr.com...64738_dcd81b9d77_o.jpg

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Yeah ... two of the ugliest/handicapped cars out there....I have a severe hatred towards both of those vehicles.

I'd rather have the PT because at least it doesn't look as retarded as the HHR, lol what was that guy thinking?



Btw guys, I raced an M5 the other day, totally kicked its ass. :roll:

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Any other fun stories?

This one time I was just minding my own business in my custom painted "Electric Blue" GTO when this beater Escort start revving on me. I go on my way down the road and the guy is still revving his busted exhaust at me. I'm cruising at around 50 MPH and cannot stand the noise anymore. He's neck and neck with me and won't go away. I decided I've had enough and floor it. I must have put 20 bus lengths on him. He was now just a speckle in my rear view mirror. About 5 minutes later as I'm finishing up getting gas at a gas station I see the same Escort pull in. He pulls into a parking space and turns the car off. The car sits there for 10 seconds shaking and dieseling until I hear a loud bang come out of the exhaust followed by a hissing noise. The guy looks at me and gently rubs the hood of the Escort and says "Yep, purrs like a kitten". I try to hurry up and get back in the car but the guy makes his way towards me and blurts out "I didn't know Cavaliers could go that fast. What have you done to it?" I knew then that I wasn't going to be able to shake loose this guy. I show him the engine and get questions like "Does that air intake use a lot of gas?" as he points to the battery. I couldn't stand any more of that so I decided it was a good opportunity to have some fun. I offered to take him for a ride and he eagerly accepted. We get in and I ask "Are you ready?" He nods and we take off. I cut through some familiar back roads going at a good clip. I look over to the guy and he's got his eyes wide open. A few more turns and some nice straight-aways and the guy is yelling and screaming at me to be brought back. I politely agree and we head back to the gas station. As soon as I stop he quickly opens the door, gets out, and promptly loses his lunch in a nearby bush. I tell him to take care and then start on my way home.

 

[compman25]

Originally posted by: AdamK47

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Any other fun stories?

This one time I was just minding my own business in my custom painted "Electric Blue" GTO when this beater Escort start revving on me. I go on my way down the road and the guy is still revving his busted exhaust at me. I'm cruising at around 50 MPH and cannot stand the noise anymore. He's neck and neck with me and won't go away. I decided I've had enough and floor it. I must have put 20 bus lengths on him. He was now just a speckle in my rear view mirror. About 5 minutes later as I'm finishing up getting gas at a gas station I see the same Escort pull in. He pulls into a parking space and turns the car off. The car sits there for 10 seconds shaking and dieseling until I hear a loud bang come out of the exhaust followed by a hissing noise. The guy looks at me and gently rubs the hood of the Escort and says "Yep, purrs like a kitten". I try to hurry up and get back in the car but the guy makes his way towards me and blurts out "I didn't know Cavaliers could go that fast. What have you done to it?" I knew then that I wasn't going to be able to shake loose this guy. I show him the engine and get questions like "Does that air intake use a lot of gas?" as he points to the battery. I couldn't stand any more of that so I decided it was a good opportunity to have some fun. I offered to take him for a ride and he eagerly accepted. We get in and I ask "Are you ready?" He nods and we take off. I cut through some familiar back roads going at a good clip. I look over to the guy and he's got his eyes wide open. A few more turns and some nice straight-aways and the guy is yelling and screaming at me to be brought back. I politely agree and we head back to the gas station. As soon as I stop he quickly opens the door, gets out, and promptly loses his lunch in a nearby bush. I tell him to take care and then start on my way home.

:thumbsup:

 

[Mursilis]

Originally posted by: AdamK47

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Any other fun stories?

This one time I was just minding my own business in my custom painted "Electric Blue" GTO when this beater Escort start revving on me. I go on my way down the road and the guy is still revving his busted exhaust at me. I'm cruising at around 50 MPH and cannot stand the noise anymore. He's neck and neck with me and won't go away. I decided I've had enough and floor it. I must have put 20 bus lengths on him. He was now just a speckle in my rear view mirror. About 5 minutes later as I'm finishing up getting gas at a gas station I see the same Escort pull in. He pulls into a parking space and turns the car off. The car sits there for 10 seconds shaking and dieseling until I hear a loud bang come out of the exhaust followed by a hissing noise. The guy looks at me and gently rubs the hood of the Escort and says "Yep, purrs like a kitten". I try to hurry up and get back in the car but the guy makes his way towards me and blurts out "I didn't know Cavaliers could go that fast. What have you done to it?" I knew then that I wasn't going to be able to shake loose this guy. I show him the engine and get questions like "Does that air intake use a lot of gas?" as he points to the battery. I couldn't stand any more of that so I decided it was a good opportunity to have some fun. I offered to take him for a ride and he eagerly accepted. We get in and I ask "Are you ready?" He nods and we take off. I cut through some familiar back roads going at a good clip. I look over to the guy and he's got his eyes wide open. A few more turns and some nice straight-aways and the guy is yelling and screaming at me to be brought back. I politely agree and we head back to the gas station. As soon as I stop he quickly opens the door, gets out, and promptly loses his lunch in a nearby bush. I tell him to take care and then start on my way home.

:laugh: