Almost killed by a Neon
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Almost killed by a Neon Yeah. you read it right. A neon.
Before I say anything, let me tell the story. I was going down the fast lane of 287 about 85-90 mph (no cops ever on 287... hehe), when I see this silver neon riding my ***. Wtf? I didn't even know they could get up to speeds like that. So I start to accelerate a bit, move by a car in the middle lane and move over. He starts ripping it, so I stick two fingers out of the window ("Peace!") and push a little more throttle. Little do I know, the little **** is still on me, but I'm walking away from him. By now we're going about 105-110, I was impressed that he was still with me, and embarassed for being such an ******* with the two-fingers thing. I ripped it, and I quickly ran away from him. After shutting down at about 125-130 and decelerating to about 115, he did the famous import fly-by with a middle finger out the window, and I'm pretty sure I heard a turbo. The exterior looked stock, and it definitely was NOT an SRT-4. My friend, who was in the car, said he saw R/T badges (not SRT). I was impressed though, quick little car. The driver definitely knows his stuff.
Good to see a driver with a quick neon, civic, etc that hasn't been riced it out. It was kinda cool, at first I was angry because I hadn't blown him away, but even with the middle finger, ya gotta respect the car.
That's it guys. Hope ya enjoyed it.
UPDATE- Just found out later tonight that a plug wire has been fried on my headers. I found out after I heard a tick under the hood, popped it, and saw a few sparks. So basically, I still ran a Neon with a blown v7... I feel a lot more secure about my car now, lol. Just thought I'd let you guys know, to keep my honor. Peace.
Before I say anything, let me tell the story. I was going down the fast lane of 287 about 85-90 mph (no cops ever on 287... hehe), when I see this silver neon riding my ***. Wtf? I didn't even know they could get up to speeds like that. So I start to accelerate a bit, move by a car in the middle lane and move over. He starts ripping it, so I stick two fingers out of the window ("Peace!") and push a little more throttle. Little do I know, the little **** is still on me, but I'm walking away from him. By now we're going about 105-110, I was impressed that he was still with me, and embarassed for being such an ******* with the two-fingers thing. I ripped it, and I quickly ran away from him. After shutting down at about 125-130 and decelerating to about 115, he did the famous import fly-by with a middle finger out the window, and I'm pretty sure I heard a turbo. The exterior looked stock, and it definitely was NOT an SRT-4. My friend, who was in the car, said he saw R/T badges (not SRT). I was impressed though, quick little car. The driver definitely knows his stuff.
Good to see a driver with a quick neon, civic, etc that hasn't been riced it out. It was kinda cool, at first I was angry because I hadn't blown him away, but even with the middle finger, ya gotta respect the car.
That's it guys. Hope ya enjoyed it.
UPDATE- Just found out later tonight that a plug wire has been fried on my headers. I found out after I heard a tick under the hood, popped it, and saw a few sparks. So basically, I still ran a Neon with a blown v7... I feel a lot more secure about my car now, lol. Just thought I'd let you guys know, to keep my honor. Peace.
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Re: Almost killed by a Neon
Respecting an A-hole who flicks a bird at ya? Oh, the car. So his crap is fast. Still can't get over the finger.
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Re: Almost killed by a Neon
Hey at least it didnt beat you but next time don't slack at all on the throttle.
Re: Almost killed by a Neon Well the reasoning for that was not to go easy on him, but the rebuilt motor has only got about 300-350 miles on it, so I'm trying not to push it too much yet. Sometimes I just gotta show people the car's got mroe than a catback and some enkeis, though...
As for the neon, never EVER let that happen again. You realize what is going to happen here? First hes gonna go tell his buddies, "yo this kid in a Z thought his car was fast and gave me a peace sign, and barely pulled on me" ... then his buddies are gonna tell they're friends "yo blabla ran up to this Z who gave him the peace sign and he stayed dead even with him". .... then its gonna goto they're friends, who are gonna be like "yo blabla in his neon decimated this kid in a Z that gave him a gang sign."
I can see it now ...
Heh, I'm just kidding. Thats what happens when you underestimate a car, you find yourself either losing, or making it a much closer race then it should've been. Btw, for future reference, its always best to give some sort of hand guesture AFTER your already blowing by the guy. Otherwise you wind up in the situation like you were in, or WORSE, the guy starts passing you as you have your sign out the window. How embarrassing that would be ...
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Re: Almost killed by a Neon Hey guys... just found out I fried a wire on one of my header tubes... so the car is only runnin on 7 cylinders. Could be why I didn't blow away the neon. Big relief there.
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Re: Almost killed by a Neon Damn! I'm gonna have to start driving my wife's Neon some more, lol. I have taken out anemic 5.0L mustangs with it before, although it wasn't even hard.
Those SRT4's have been picking on LT1's here recently.
Those SRT4's have been picking on LT1's here recently.
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Re: Almost killed by a Neon
Those SRT4's have been picking on LT1's here recently.
The exterior looked stock, and it definitely was NOT an SRT-4. My friend, who was in the car, said he saw R/T badges (not SRT).
And I think I showed him that he made a big mistake to pick on this LT1, even with a cylinder not firing.
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Re: Almost killed by a Neon Just to add something interesting...
My car, being 5.7 liters, is about .7125 liters per cylinder. Take those same .7125 liters, multiply it by 7 (the number of firing cylinders when I raced the Neon), and what do you get... 4.9875. Rounded off, it becomes 5.0.
5.7 / 8 = .7125
.7125 x 7 = 4.9875
Lol, dunno, I was just foolin around wondering what my displacement would be in general with one less cylinder, and it seemed pretty coincidental that Joseph mentioned the stang 5.0s. Pretty pointless, but still interesting.
I'm gonna have to start driving my wife's Neon some more, lol. I have taken out anemic 5.0L mustangs with it before, although it wasn't even hard.
5.7 / 8 = .7125
.7125 x 7 = 4.9875
Lol, dunno, I was just foolin around wondering what my displacement would be in general with one less cylinder, and it seemed pretty coincidental that Joseph mentioned the stang 5.0s. Pretty pointless, but still interesting.
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Re: Almost killed by a Neon Another "shocked by a Neon story":
I was shocked when I went to Skip Barber racing school. The students all had formula 1 style race cars, and the instructor (lead car) was driving a NEON ACR. Those friggin' cars handled incredibly straight from the factory. They pull over 1g in the corners, and actually had decent acceleration (all about the gearing) Anyway, I have a new respect for the ACR version of those stupid little 4 bangers... not that you ever see those on the street.
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I was shocked when I went to Skip Barber racing school. The students all had formula 1 style race cars, and the instructor (lead car) was driving a NEON ACR. Those friggin' cars handled incredibly straight from the factory. They pull over 1g in the corners, and actually had decent acceleration (all about the gearing) Anyway, I have a new respect for the ACR version of those stupid little 4 bangers... not that you ever see those on the street.
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Re: Almost killed by a Neon
If some punk gave me the finger I would have followed him and beat the **** out of him. I am pretty combative though.