I had to go on a bid for a customer and took my white TR Limited (has the chrome package and not blacked out) granny looking regal. On the return trip I pulled up to a major intersection from a small cross street to make the right on red and a new saleen stang blew by so I made the turn and gently eased up to him as he hot rodded around and raced through traffic and happened to slide up next to him at a red light, we were the lead cars. He was playing with the throttle chirping the tires and bouncing the car as I eased up to a stop. He had a girl in the passenger seat and got her to ask me if the car had a turbocharger as he eyeballed my car front to back. I replied yes as I turned up the boost knob just in case he was supercharged (I run 11.30's @121mph on sticky dots but he don't know that so I ain't scared of his saleen). I know they can be fast and on the street it should be a good race as traction is limited for us both. He immediately stops the horseplay and when the light turns green pulls away from the light like there's a cop on his tail. He did not want to know. I stayed next to him as we gently increased to the 40 MPH speed limit waiting for him to go but he would not gas on it or look over. Never saw him again the whole trip down that road. Is that TKO or wishfull thinking as I really don't know what he had under the hood? I could not contain myself any longer as I finally gassed on it and went to full boost (25#) blew the tires away and slid away from him until I hooked and was gone. I really must stop doing that and act my age (I was drafted for Vietnam). Mikey
Definite KILL! I'd rather get my butt whipped than back down in front of my girlfriend, especially after strutting my stuff when no big dogs were around. :TU:
This story is like staring at a lion behind bars in a zoo, and bragging at home: I was eye to eye with a lion, and I won. Nothing really happened, maybe that Saleem driver was acting his age. Think about it................ :spank:
A Tko ? Now, I'm not saying I won. He was just having a little fun goofing off as I have done many times in the past myself. Don't get me wrong I'm no angel behind the wheel and the good Lord is working on me believe me but I also don't race on the street where there are cross streets or traffic and never get to speeds where I can't reign it in before the next intersection (I am 52). I just thought it was worth writing about because his whole character changed when a car showed up that he knew could be trouble or embarrasing in front of his girlfriend. By the way he was also very young, late teens early twenties. This is a town with 60K college kids and there are a lot of very rich, very young people and even a college kid with a Maclaren M-1 cruising around that his dad gave him to go to school in. There is even a gathering on Thursdays in a mall parking lot of all the ricers. A friend who has a WRX goes and asked me to bring the Turbo one night and as soon as I got it parked I was challenged which I promptly declined, I'm sure the cops watch that meeting like hawks and there is no place to race anyway except I-75. I enjoy reading the kill stories and wanted to share something I thought was funny. Michael
Give mustang boy a little credit here- He was smart enough to get a saleen instead of a regular rust-ang... And he was smart enough to know NOT to mess with with a buick sleeper. Yea, I'd call it a kill
Michael, All I'm saying is: He was throttle happy until he found out your car was a 6 banger Turbo car. He knew his stuff about cars, and he just thought: "This is one of the few Turbo Buicks I ever came across in my traffic light career.......give this guy a little respect...." I don't say a Saleem (maybe Supercharged or not) is a super car, but neither is a T Buick. Just the respect this guy was giving you is a big credit to his knowledge of other brands. Maybe you guys meet on another day on a meeting or parking lot, just pay respect to each other and you'll work out which car is the big gun. :TU: My money is on the T Buick, but never under-estimate the enemy :3gears:
I've owned a model year 1969 Mercury Marauder X-100 with the 429 engine. Ever seen one at a local car meeting ? Don't just think Buick rulezzzzz, there are a lot of fine cars out there :Smarty:
I didn't say Buick rules, I know there are finer cars. I got 2 Chevys and my mom has a Bonneville that could run circles around a Buick. I just don't like Fords. Mercurys are cool. My dad has a 1965 Montery Marauder with a 390, and it rocks. I just think Fords are overrated.
He was throttle happy until he found out your car was a 6 banger Turbo car. He knew his stuff about cars, and he just thought: "This is one of the few Turbo Buicks I ever came across in my traffic light career.......give this guy a little respect...." a real hot rod guy, given the chance to race a rare street muscle car, would jump at the chance. if he wins he wins, if he loses he lost to what he knows is a powerful car ... and there's no shame for either driver in that. there's just fun in the run to see what he has compared to what you have and possibly the chance to gain a friend with like interests. stang boy here was out on public streets acting like an ass trying to show off for his GF by 'intimidating' all of the mini-vans. when he found someone who could give him a fair fight ... he puts his tail between his legs, refuses to look at the other driver and slinks away? he's not a racer, he's a dick cheese using his car as a penile extension and deserves no respect. and i LIKE stangs. o No:
What Bob said! If it hadn't been a 'turbo' Buick (didn't he make the GF ask?), he'd have stomped the gas at the light cuz he'd have figured he had an easy kill. Worst kinda chicken. And it doesn't matter what brand car he drove, chickens come in all brands. I'm bettin' Daddy bought him the car.
