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Old 11-16-2005, 12:58 AM
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Had to stop for a red light tonight coming home from dinner. A z3 pulls up on my left and I look over and see a fiftyish couple in the car with the top down. The light turns green for the people turning left and this boob almost jumped over the line thinking it was his turn to go. I'm sitting there in my '03 Cobra going no way he's going to try and race me. Sure enough, he throws a couple of revs at me and when the light turns green he's already pulled so far up he's got a one car lead on me.
I'm thinking what a joke. He nails it off the line and I took off after him. I pulled even right before I shifted to second and then watched him turn into a spec in my rear-view mirror.
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Old 11-16-2005, 02:38 AM
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LOL i love people like that. Nice kill
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Nice kill. I wonder when it dawned on that guy that he made a serious error in judgement. Who knows? He may be at the dealership tomorrow checking out a snake for himself!
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you prolly made that Poor guy want to go sell his car now
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Great kill dude.
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awsome kill dude, what mods are done to your cobra?
Old 11-16-2005, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by EvilStang
awsome kill dude, what mods are done to your cobra?
No mods so far. I'd like to do an exhaust upgrade and a pulley swap this coming year. I hear porting the stock Eaton is the way to go. What do you guys think?
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Nice job man, I love the look the older rich guys give you after you win.
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Alot of power can be made by porting the stock eaton blower.
Old 11-16-2005, 08:59 AM
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i get people like that all of the time- lincoln mark VIII the other night, trucks, maximas, vw's etc... i give it JUST enough gas to keep their nose at my door. . then if given the chance i really get into the next time putting buslengths on them and confusing them.
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Good kill, btw. give the old man a break. Thats pretty awesome, still has some youth in 'em.
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killed the old man, I love it. Too bad he was so old, he can't even go home and get a sympathy screw from his wife, well maybe the little blue pill will help him out.
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Originally Posted by Stanger88
Good kill, btw. give the old man a break. Thats pretty awesome, still has some youth in 'em.
Seriously, when I'm that old I hope to be like my old man(56) pimpin' an 05 Goat, racing for fun
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maybe he just wanted to get bitten by the snake??

but really, i know when i'm old (although i'll drive something better than that) if i happen to be in the wife's car or something i'm sure i'll mess with kids in nice cars.
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I had one of those try to race me the other day, but traffic wouldn't allow it.
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There is a move to handle people like that...especially if you're going from a roll. You rev it up pretty good, put your "racing" face on, downshift and give 50% throttle for about 2 seconds then hit the brakes and laugh when they go flying away. I pulled that trick out of my *** when this Civic tried racing me.
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The Z3 is in the same group with the S2000 very peppy but lacks torque!




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