Connal
04-25-2008, 03:14 PM
Ok, so long story short I quit my job.
Well, I leave, just cruising down the road with the stereo on (and this awesome new fedora that I got). This lincoln pulls up beside me and I glance over at it. It was a mark 8. I think it is a nice car, just not my style. So I notice the kid has his hat on sideways. And when I say kid, must have been mid twentys.
I think nothing of it, until he revs at me. My first thought "Don't these things come with the old mustang v8s?" Then my second thought. "That thing weighs more than me, and most of my interior is in my living room."
So I pondered for a second or two, then he revved again. So I check, no cars are comming, it's an open stretch, no turn offs for anyone to come out of (only at the intersection I was at). So I give it a little bit of gas, and a second later the light turns green.
I roll off the clutch, get no wheel spin but a somewhat decent launch. He gets epic wheelspin. So I get the jump on him. I'm taking it to about 6k before shifting. At the end of second (why bother with first it was done quick anyways) I am about a car and a half ahead. Third he starts to pull on me a little bit.
Ended up stopping at around 100. I was maybe half a fender ahead if that.
My main thing, is that I thought they were much faster. Now granted, I'm not stock. But I thought those were mid 14 second cars?
Granted, it could have been beat on. But I was proud of myself and my turd. She did good.
Well, I leave, just cruising down the road with the stereo on (and this awesome new fedora that I got). This lincoln pulls up beside me and I glance over at it. It was a mark 8. I think it is a nice car, just not my style. So I notice the kid has his hat on sideways. And when I say kid, must have been mid twentys.
I think nothing of it, until he revs at me. My first thought "Don't these things come with the old mustang v8s?" Then my second thought. "That thing weighs more than me, and most of my interior is in my living room."
So I pondered for a second or two, then he revved again. So I check, no cars are comming, it's an open stretch, no turn offs for anyone to come out of (only at the intersection I was at). So I give it a little bit of gas, and a second later the light turns green.
I roll off the clutch, get no wheel spin but a somewhat decent launch. He gets epic wheelspin. So I get the jump on him. I'm taking it to about 6k before shifting. At the end of second (why bother with first it was done quick anyways) I am about a car and a half ahead. Third he starts to pull on me a little bit.
Ended up stopping at around 100. I was maybe half a fender ahead if that.
My main thing, is that I thought they were much faster. Now granted, I'm not stock. But I thought those were mid 14 second cars?
Granted, it could have been beat on. But I was proud of myself and my turd. She did good.