Eating Skittles
03-28-2007, 02:29 PM
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Eating Skittles
Beautiful morning is SWFL, perfect for the top down. I was riding with the girlfriend, we came up to a light and I could hear the unmistakable exhaust of an SRT4 a few cars up. We made a turn and I caught up to him but we were running out of road and I wasn't sure he wanted to play anyway. We both turned again and I worked my way in front of him. Traffic was a little thick to do anything, suddenly he takes off weaving through cars. I took it easy, not wanting to freak out any of the snowbirds, that seem to be unaware of a cars ability to travel in excess of 25mph. I came to a light behind the SRT4 a few blocks later; both in the turn lane going onto a nice wide 6 lane road. We got the green and rolled onto a nice empty section of road.
We lined up about 50mph and I gave the 3 honks. I pulled 2-3 car lengths before shutting down, although I felt like I'd jumped him a little bit. We lined up again, this time I let him go a little, to make sure he'd gotten a fair run at it. Once he'd pulled a fender ahead I ran him down and put another length on him before shutting down. Both runs were probably from 50 to 90. He both gave a thumbs up and cruised on our merry way.
Probably a mile later we both caught the same light and got to talk a little. He asked what I'd done and I told him it was supercharged. His response kinda surprised me, "Is that it???" I guess he wasn't used to being abused like that! I asked what he'd done and he said it was stock, although it obviously had wheels and some kind of exhaust (there's no way they sound like that from the factory is there? haha), maybe he meant stock boost? It definitely seemed a little faster than a stock S2000 but a stock S would have made a better race. Anyway, nice guy, fun race, a great way to get the adrenaline flowing and another win for the S2k.
We lined up about 50mph and I gave the 3 honks. I pulled 2-3 car lengths before shutting down, although I felt like I'd jumped him a little bit. We lined up again, this time I let him go a little, to make sure he'd gotten a fair run at it. Once he'd pulled a fender ahead I ran him down and put another length on him before shutting down. Both runs were probably from 50 to 90. He both gave a thumbs up and cruised on our merry way.
Probably a mile later we both caught the same light and got to talk a little. He asked what I'd done and I told him it was supercharged. His response kinda surprised me, "Is that it???" I guess he wasn't used to being abused like that! I asked what he'd done and he said it was stock, although it obviously had wheels and some kind of exhaust (there's no way they sound like that from the factory is there? haha), maybe he meant stock boost? It definitely seemed a little faster than a stock S2000 but a stock S would have made a better race. Anyway, nice guy, fun race, a great way to get the adrenaline flowing and another win for the S2k.
03-31-2007, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by scottrunsxc,Mar 28 2007, 05:29 PM
I took it easy, not wanting to freak out any of the snowbirds, that seem to be unaware of a cars ability to travel in excess of 25mph.
04-02-2007, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by vtec9,Apr 2 2007, 09:38 AM
SRT-4 owners have been known to claim all mopar upgrades classify as 'stock' 
And then if you actually find one who would admit the defeat..Be ready for the "Oh well if I was Stage this, or when I save up $200 more bucks, I'll be in the 11's...And how much $$ would it take your slow honda to do that?" It's like, shut up already, nobody really care's how cheap your 'neon with a turbo' is!
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Originally Posted by blessed,Apr 2 2007, 10:29 AM
SRT-4 owners have also been known to be total immature idiots too. They can't take a loss for the life of them. No matter what kind of car beat them, somehow there still better then them in some way, shape, or form. It's rather comical IMO!
And then if you actually find one who would admit the defeat..Be ready for the "Oh well if I was Stage this, or when I save up $200 more bucks, I'll be in the 11's...And how much $$ would it take your slow honda to do that?" It's like, shut up already, nobody really care's how cheap your 'neon with a turbo' is!
And then if you actually find one who would admit the defeat..Be ready for the "Oh well if I was Stage this, or when I save up $200 more bucks, I'll be in the 11's...And how much $$ would it take your slow honda to do that?" It's like, shut up already, nobody really care's how cheap your 'neon with a turbo' is!
