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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 10:37 PM
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Unhappy me vs Ford Lightning

So i'm on the way to work headed down the highway about to get on interstate when I see a White Lightning with grey flames on the front up ahead of me about to turn right and get behind me when traffic clears. I pass and we make eye contact and he pulls out and proceeds to follow me one mile to the interstate. We bear on and are going about 60 (still behind me) when I see him come up really close to my rear end. I wait till we get a clearing in traffic and ease over into the center lane. I see him coming at this point, I kick it in 3rd from about 65mph and he straight walks me like I was in 6th gear! I don't even make it to 100mph before he is 3 car lengths ahead. As he passed I noticed a plexiglass back window with a rollcage coming out of it....hummmm. I get to work and tell a couple of guys about the race and get asked these two questions: Was it white with grey flames? Did it have a plexiglass back window? Then I found out the truck has nearly 700rwhp and runs 6.9 in the 1/8th. Now my feelings weren't hurt again. Sorry for the length of this story, I felt that I had to give all the details on this one.
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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Gotta love gettin killed by a truck lol. Don't feel bad my old man's SRT10 (somewhere around 700 rwhp) waxes my *** all day long unless im on spray.
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 10:46 PM
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this guy has spray too!!!
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 11:17 PM
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well of course the srt ram which your dad has will kill your weak gto. good luck with the turbo though
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 07:53 AM
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try getting killed by a chevy van....
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Trans Am Dawg
try getting killed by a chevy van....
ouch, that has to hurt
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Trans Am Dawg
try getting killed by a chevy van....

That would be so badass
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 10:09 AM
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sounds like a sick truck, now if we only knew how much it weighed.j/k
good death
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Trans Am Dawg
try getting killed by a chevy van....
Hey now I'm all for posting deaths and staying humble, but that's one I would keep to myself.
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