Killed for inspiration
On my way home from a nice spirited drive in the mountains, I catch a green turn arrow and take the corner fairly quick, and get close up (not so close to be stupid) to the bumper of a silver STi. I heard an exhaust and a BOV as he punched it and shifted, and thought to myself, "nice car. I can't wait for a turbo."
He passes by a VW, I pass the Dub, and I creep up on him about 5 MPH... when we get bumper to bumper I give it a little gas, he gives a little gas, then the empty traffic light ahead turns yellow.
Perfect.
I'm not one to street race--I just like my spirited mountain drives--but sometimes when the time is right, it's just right. With an empty road as far as one can see, one very red light; I look over, he's looking at me: I give one quick nod and we know it's on.
Bring the revs up to 4K, I hear him do the same, opposing light turns yellow, our light turns green.... "screeeeeeech!" Damn front-wheel-drive--I didn't even dump the clutch. 1st gear is pretty even until about 20 MPH, then he's pulling hard. He absolutely owns me in 2nd (2-3 car lengths) and shuts down. I pass by him (not fly by) and give him the thumbs up out the window, and turn off on my road for home. Nice car.
This makes me curious to see how my TII would've fared. But for how old and how many miles this car is and has, how badly it needs a tuneup, and for being FWD... not bad. Of course I knew I wouldn't even come close to winning that race, but it was cool to see nevertheless.
Probe GT vs. WRX STi = owned. And inspired.
He passes by a VW, I pass the Dub, and I creep up on him about 5 MPH... when we get bumper to bumper I give it a little gas, he gives a little gas, then the empty traffic light ahead turns yellow.
Perfect.
I'm not one to street race--I just like my spirited mountain drives--but sometimes when the time is right, it's just right. With an empty road as far as one can see, one very red light; I look over, he's looking at me: I give one quick nod and we know it's on.
Bring the revs up to 4K, I hear him do the same, opposing light turns yellow, our light turns green.... "screeeeeeech!" Damn front-wheel-drive--I didn't even dump the clutch. 1st gear is pretty even until about 20 MPH, then he's pulling hard. He absolutely owns me in 2nd (2-3 car lengths) and shuts down. I pass by him (not fly by) and give him the thumbs up out the window, and turn off on my road for home. Nice car.
This makes me curious to see how my TII would've fared. But for how old and how many miles this car is and has, how badly it needs a tuneup, and for being FWD... not bad. Of course I knew I wouldn't even come close to winning that race, but it was cool to see nevertheless.
Probe GT vs. WRX STi = owned. And inspired.