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Old 11-08-2003, 05:54 PM
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I was lined up at a light with a new Jetta with nice rims. Cool looking car not all riced up. Any way I take off like normal and he jumps a little so I nail it and pull him to about the middle of my door.

This is where it gets a little weird cause he stayed there for a while. Then I hear his (obiously not stock sounding) blowoff when he shifts, but I had already guessed it wasn't stock. In second I pulled him another half and third I creeped a whole length then shut down.

I tried to get him to pull over but he said he had to go, so no specs on the car but I was impressed.

Moral of this story: I almost got my *** kicked by a Jetta
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But you didn't!
He was bent , probably had alot of cash in it and thought you were easy prey
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I promise I wouldn't have laughed if you had gotten beat..............YEAH RIGHT!
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i would of laughed too! nah just kiddin, yea some people make their cars fast no matter what it is, or how much money they spend on it...... even a jetta
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Don't worry, I got surprised by a Neon R/T last summer and almost lost until I increased from quarter throttle to half... lol don't worry bout it man, **** happens. Just tells ya not to underestimate any car on the road, even neons or jettas.
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damn SM i read a thread for a couple minutes and i come back to see you've respond to like 6. Gotta throw your .02 on everything huh.
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Hey man, I have a Neon R/T. Its EASILY as fast as my firehawk............
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I hate to say it here but you guys are pretty open minded. The Z is gone come early next year. I'm putting together my 93 notch right now and when it's done I'm gonna save a little cash and trade in the Z for a cobra.

Used of course. Can't justify a house payment for a car.
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just killin time til my buddy got outaa work
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Neon R/T.. easily as fast as a Firehawk
You in the Neon, me in the Firehawk = You me
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he had the 1.8 engine..you can get those to 400hp with Neuspeed stuff alone..
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Nice sig Excal
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Hey whats wrong with jettas? Well, they can be quick with not too much invested in them, especially the 1.8T engine. As excal said, easy to get like 400 hp out of. Now if only I had something like that in my car... ... weighs 700lbs less... ... But, Id rather have an LS1
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Originally Posted by gluemaker
I was lined up at a light with a new Jetta with nice rims. Cool looking car not all riced up. Any way I take off like normal and he jumps a little so I nail it and pull him to about the middle of my door.

This is where it gets a little weird cause he stayed there for a while. Then I hear his (obiously not stock sounding) blowoff when he shifts, but I had already guessed it wasn't stock. In second I pulled him another half and third I creeped a whole length then shut down.

I tried to get him to pull over but he said he had to go, so no specs on the car but I was impressed.

Moral of this story: I almost got my *** kicked by a Jetta
Hey glumaker, If you dont mine me asking, How much power are you making?
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Originally Posted by DD966
Neon R/T.. easily as fast as a Firehawk
You in the Neon, me in the Firehawk = You me
Your Firehawk must be a turd then.
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What's wrong with a Jetta? Are you kidding me? 1) Ugly little bread box 2) A teenage girlie car 3) slow as hell
400 hp? Again, are you kidding me? Who would want to put the time, effort, and money (lots of that) into a POS when you could buy a nice f-body or stang, put less amount of time, effort, and money and get better results? C'mon fellas, this is the LS1 Tech site, not the LS1.com site, get a grip
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Originally Posted by DD966
What's wrong with a Jetta? Are you kidding me? 1) Ugly little bread box 2) A teenage girlie car 3) slow as hell
400 hp? Again, are you kidding me? Who would want to put the time, effort, and money (lots of that) into a POS when you could buy a nice f-body or stang, put less amount of time, effort, and money and get better results? C'mon fellas, this is the LS1 Tech site, not the LS1.com site, get a grip
I agree totally. If your gonna tear out a car's tranny and motor, at least start on a good platform like the featherweight CRX or a rear mounted car like the MR2... I'd never start on a platform as bad as a Jetta.
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i would definately go for a better car to start out with. but you can do your basic BPU on that car and make decent power. good kill even though he freaked you out for a sec. good luck with finding the cobra glue!
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Originally Posted by MaxedOutSS99
i would of laughed too! nah just kiddin, yea some people make their cars fast no matter what it is, or how much money they spend on it...... even a jetta
Well said...you never know what's out there....
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I feel guilty enough riding a ZX9 , But I can't stand the Import VS. American Muscle debate
Put 10k in a import and yes it will go fast!
Put 10k in Stang or LS1 or GN and it will go FASTER!
Its all matter of cash, but you can bet the Domestic rides (with mods) will out last the Imports (with mods).
Its just a matter of time before the Import pukes parts
Just my opinion



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