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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 01:27 AM
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so i'm driving down by the benbrook lake last saturday, on a leisurely drive, and i see what appears to be a low riding porsche with a wide body kit coming up in the opposite direction. as it approaches me, i realize that it is a Carrera GT!!! knowing that this isn't an everyday sighting, i decide to bang a U-turn right there and follow it. he bangs a left onto Bryant Irving, and i pursue... before i know it, we're going 100 down bryant irving!!! i was really hoping to be able to pull up next to him at a red light , but before we got too far down the street, he pulls into Mira Vista (which is a gated community), and my adventure for the day was over

my best run-in with an exotic thus far... usually its simply a ferrari going 60 in the right lane of the highway with some 60 year old jack-off in the driver's seat who's afraid of the go pedal. glad to see this guy had at least some interest in getting his $$$ worth out of his car!
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Sweet car.....saw one at a Sam's Club meet here in Houston last year....It was parked, so I didn't have to chase it.
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damn i still havent seen one except at the auto show
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Originally Posted by SSilverSSurfer
damn i still havent seen one except at the auto show

Aww...you ain't missing much....it's just a 600hp car for a half a million dollars. Heck, you can get that much power for less than ten grand!!






But, yes, I want one....
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Mira Vista! You were racing a doctor!
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by slayer_taunu
so i'm driving down by the benbrook lake last saturday, on a leisurely drive, and i see what appears to be a low riding porsche with a wide body kit coming up in the opposite direction. as it approaches me, i realize that it is a Carrera GT!!! knowing that this isn't an everyday sighting, i decide to bang a U-turn right there and follow it. he bangs a left onto Bryant Irving, and i pursue... before i know it, we're going 100 down bryant irving!!! i was really hoping to be able to pull up next to him at a red light , but before we got too far down the street, he pulls into Mira Vista (which is a gated community), and my adventure for the day was over

my best run-in with an exotic thus far... usually its simply a ferrari going 60 in the right lane of the highway with some 60 year old jack-off in the driver's seat who's afraid of the go pedal. glad to see this guy had at least some interest in getting his $$$ worth out of his car!
You should have been doing 140 that should have caught up to him.
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 01:13 PM
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I see a yellow one all the time on I-45 and the beltway
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I see a yellow one all the time on I-45 and the beltway
naw, this one was silver.
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