natronathon
07-29-2004, 11:57 PM
Gentlemen, tell me... is there any better feeling than when 2 seconds after launching from the line, you see the headlights of a Mustang in the rear-view mirror? Here's the story...
My good buddy recently bought a 2000 mustang GT, and we finally got around to racing the other night. He won. :( It was due to my stupidity of course, not because my car is slower, it isnt. I was dumb enough to leave ASR on. Instead of launching from about 1600 rpm and rapidly accelerating, my car bogged and he shot ahead. Needless to say, I caught him at about 115, yet as you can well imagine, I heard more shit than I care to remember about how he beat me. (It was a bit of a pride-buster, since I had been occasionally making mustang-slurs). That was Tuesday night.
Well, after we got off work tonight (Thursday), I said "care to join me at the light?" He agreed. Well... I wont mince words. I turned traction control off. This time I won. Respectably. By atleast 2.5 car lengths, and even more once I passed 90. From start to end, he was never in-front of me, and I had almost a car length on him by the otherside of the intersection. The funny thing is, I think I could have done much better, cause my tires were cold, and I spun enough to the point that the backend was loose all the way through first.
I want to make it clear that I respect mustangs. I like F-bodys much more, but I have to give ford credit for what they are able to pull from such a small v8. The score is now 1-1, and I plan to join him for a tie breaker, Ill let y'all know how that goes.
I LOVE THIS CAR!
My good buddy recently bought a 2000 mustang GT, and we finally got around to racing the other night. He won. :( It was due to my stupidity of course, not because my car is slower, it isnt. I was dumb enough to leave ASR on. Instead of launching from about 1600 rpm and rapidly accelerating, my car bogged and he shot ahead. Needless to say, I caught him at about 115, yet as you can well imagine, I heard more shit than I care to remember about how he beat me. (It was a bit of a pride-buster, since I had been occasionally making mustang-slurs). That was Tuesday night.
Well, after we got off work tonight (Thursday), I said "care to join me at the light?" He agreed. Well... I wont mince words. I turned traction control off. This time I won. Respectably. By atleast 2.5 car lengths, and even more once I passed 90. From start to end, he was never in-front of me, and I had almost a car length on him by the otherside of the intersection. The funny thing is, I think I could have done much better, cause my tires were cold, and I spun enough to the point that the backend was loose all the way through first.
I want to make it clear that I respect mustangs. I like F-bodys much more, but I have to give ford credit for what they are able to pull from such a small v8. The score is now 1-1, and I plan to join him for a tie breaker, Ill let y'all know how that goes.
I LOVE THIS CAR!