thecoolnessrune
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JulesMaximus
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Kadarin
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You gotta watch out for us middle aged dudes; sometimes we have money to burn.
My most recent story was from a couple of months ago when a Bentley Continental GT pulled up next to me on the freeway and wanted to race. There was just too much traffic to do it, but for a short bit when traffic had cleared we were toe to toe, but I never had a chance to really spin the motor (the M3 hp peaks at 8300rpm). We gave each other a thumbsup, and that was that.
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thecoolnessrune
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Never was referring to the car. Although such a high-strung high-maintenance design certainly isn't my cup of tea either. I was referring completely to the sound. Those cars sound like pissed off bumblebees and remind me of riced out civics.
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::laugh:
There's actually three GTO's in the area near my school, two of them have been parked in its lot. Both of those were the 05-06 models with the LS2. I think I need to learn to hotwire cars. :evil:
TraumaRN
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Well I had a Prius try to race my Fusion Hybrid... kinda pathetic cuz you cant really rev the engine while stopped. It'll turn the gas motor on and wont really rev at all
Anyways considering the electric motor(106hp) on my Fusion has almost as much combined electric+gas HP as the Prius(110hp) it was no contest.
But well that GTO would have smoked me...at least it would have been more interesting than the escort
Anyways considering the electric motor(106hp) on my Fusion has almost as much combined electric+gas HP as the Prius(110hp) it was no contest.
But well that GTO would have smoked me...at least it would have been more interesting than the escort
JulesMaximus
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No shit...an Escort against a GTO? And you lost? Really? I'm stunned...
This just in: The world is round.
This just in: The world is round.
I once raced this sweet Corvette on the highway. Totally walked him, too. You could tell he was embarrassed about it because he didn't even look over before, during, or after the race. Pussy.
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BlackTigers: "Nice car. How much does one of those go for?"
Douchebag: "More than you can afford, ASSHOLE!"
BlackTigers: to Paul Walker "Smoke 'em"
Such a lame movie, but I love that part. One of the videos we watched during my last defensive driving class showed that clip, lol.
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