Driving home in our '65 GS and a guy in a (really crappy looking) Integra pulls alongside, revs his motor and takes off. I let him put a car length on me and then open the the secondaries in 3rd (which is high gear for me, 3 speed toploader). And here is the kill, courtesy of my wife, in her words: "Is he F$#%cking with you...in that piece of sh$#t? Is he Serious?? I don't think I need to state the obvious that I passed him like he was tied to a stump, but I will anyway. Ha!
"RVA65GS": Please put your name in your signature, we are all here on a friendly first name base :TU: And don't forget to introduce yourself (and your Buick) in the Wet behind the ears?? section of the board :Smarty: Does your wife know what she is talking about ? The top speed of your little A-body is much lower compared with the top speed of that Integra.
2nd post and already sporting a kill. Everyone knows rice is one of a Buick's favorite foods. Welcome to the board!
Haha! "Does your wife know what she is talking about ?" Yes, she does because he was effing with me, he was serious and it was a piece a crap. I drive a Buick so I'm not concerned about top speed, just how quickly I can get there.:TU: -Joe
Hold on all of you - we may not be understanding Erik as clearly as he means to be understood - could be a language barrier issue. That said, (and I'll put this in MPH terms) the 2000 Acura GSR had a top speed of 134 mph. If I'm right, it takes about 275 hp to the wheels, 5300 rpm, 26 inch tires and 3.08 gears and a big long stretch of road to hit about the same speed. I would realistically put the top speed closer to 120-125, but you never know what ol' RVA has got under the hood. So Erik, his wife might just know what she's talking about. I wish my wife saw things that way!
Erik means no harm. Everybody knows that. Your post seems a little harsh to me. And if you tried to malapropize douche because of his proximity to and fluency in German, good pun!
I don't know, I like that his wife thinks that much of his car. I remember rolling into the drive way with my 66 after unloading off the trailer in the street when I got it and hearing my wife using them same words about my "new" 66 and something about not bringing anything home that doesn't run again.:laugh: Good kill story. Also what engine you running in the 65?
North st Louis till I was 12. Moved to Florissant and now am in Hazelwood for 42 years. Cool to hear a nailhead kill story, not many any more.
No Kiddin'. My wife has hated my precious from the first time she saw it. Of course, I only got it 5 miles from home before the (admittedly) failing transmission let out the last of its smoke (there was another in the trunk, but women don't see those things). The dents and the remains of the shredded vinyl top didn't help at all. Every time I let one of my sons drive it, they come back with a story of some ricer trying to beat them up an onramp and coming up short. Harr! I still love my wife, but cars are not in her world for anything but getting from point A to point B...unless it was a POS Morgan Speedster. Which I wouldn't buy even if I won the lottery. She wins the lottery, fine. But then, she has to buy the ticket.
