You've got to love stuff like this.

My neighbor is one of those guys that thinks his car is the sweetest/fastest things on the road. It is a 2000 Mustang V6 with racing stripes of all cars. He comes over wanting to race my Z, I laughed and asked what all he's done to it. Well he rolls up his sleeves and in an "I'm cool" type attitude, Exhuast, K&N, and premium fuel! Oh yes, he did say premium fuel. I wasn't going to race him but he was giving me crap, so I promised to race him going from 1st, to 3rd, to 5th.....just to make it interesting....his friend even rode with me to be sure. So we race, and I pull about 5 cars on him, skipping gears. Because of how I beat him, he is convinced my car can beat anything on the road (I have an intake and grounding kit, so its pretty much bone stock) and is telling his friends that I have over 600 HP. People like that just kill me, much like the guy who just peels out next to you and takes off with his girlfriend in the car, you proceed to drive normally, and when you hit the next light he talks trash like his 86 escort with a fart cannon and green neon just beet you by 30 car lengths. I just hate crap like that..............but its funny.

Any other stories like this out there? I have a few more....I will share later.

 

That's a great story. I hate talking to people like that, usually the only thing they know about cars is what they read in magazines. I blew past a guy when I was in high school and he thought I had a turbo on my car, but what he heard was the intake, dumba$$. Yes I did own a civic, but I learned and moved on.

 

Yeh I know people like that but fortunantly for me they are all between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. I think anybody older than that must either be considered mentally retawded or just beging for the wrong attention.

I get people in sentras and neons blow by me all the time only to flash their hazards like they won "the race" 10 car lengths down. I love that! They always wait for me to pull alongside them, but to their surprise I am always LMFAO . My philosophy is why waste gas.

I realize this post sounds a bit harsh, but those people just get to me with how far away from reality they really are. Don't get me wrong, the ones that don't egg me on crack me. There has been times where I wanted to see what a faster car standing next to me at a light can do. But for god sakes, trying to race a 360 modena with a stock 350Z just looks bad. There are always ways you can ask the person or let them know your intentions.

 

i did the premium fuel mod this morning. had the same effect as my grounding kit.

 

Yeah, I used to do that in my 81' Volkswagen Rabbit diesel. I'd roll up next to them, put it in nuetral and blow a couple revs on them just to see what their car can do. Kinda dumb but that was a long time ago. Pretty funny to see the look on their faces though.

 

So if I'm reading this right, premium gas will give me nearly 300 hp? Man, I really gotta start using that stuff.

 

V6 Mustang=boat ( I used to have one)
Mind you, some guy in a new Chrysler mini van was keeping up with me from like 65-80..I was like WTF( I was'nt flooring it but still I could'nt put much distance on him..thats annoying

 

Minivans are underated. I raced a slk230 from a stop in my mom's minivan and kept even with him all the way through till 60mph. Granted I'm not sure if he was pushing it all the way, but he was really pissed towards the middle part when he couldn't believe that I was right next to him. I know slk230 aren't that fast, but neverthless they're not that slow either.

 

Wow premium gas. Was that on a full service pump as well?

 

God that story is so obnoxious. It's hilarious though. When you told the story, I was imagining the face Chris Farley used to make on SNL as he started to explain something.

MAN! PREMIUM FUEL! That dude is a big spender!

 

I have never understood how some people can be so out of touch with reality. The exaggerations that come from their mouths are truly entertaining to be sure. On the other hand, I have a hard time really cutting them down because of the unbridaled enthusiasm that they seem to have. I usually just sort of humor them and try to interject a bit of actual knowledge when I get a chance.

On the minivan thing, chrysler made a turbo minivan back in the eighties or early ninties that could be tuned to go pretty fast. There is a guy over in another forum that has one that was running 10.7's in the quarter IIRC. There is a video of him out there somewhere laying waste to a camaro.

 

heh i have to agree with some mini vans being underrated. they're not all THAT fast, but they're definitely faster than a mini van needs to be. my friend drives a nissan quest usually with the back full of big heavy parts for engineering projects and he's beat so many ricer civics and such. the torque really gets his quest moving from stop lights!