Ok, so its not really a race persay but I just gotta post this.
I'm driving home today in the NSX (rare I take it out during the day) and I see an 03 cobra drop top up ahead. I eventually catch up due to traffic flow and end up side by side with him, still in traffic. It's a much older gentleman. He decides to downshift and start lunging on me! Ya...lets race right here on this populated road for all of 30ft until we run into the cars ahead
At the next light, we end up side by side and our dialogue goes something like this:
Him: Hey man, nice car you got there!
Me: Ya you too!
Him: I really love those cars! I used to have a 330 and was thinkin about upgrading to one of those!
*at this point, i'm thinking "Hmmm...330? BMW? Was he trying to sound like a Ferrari owner and meant to say 328? 348? :shrug: *
Me: Hmm, they're great cars.
Him: Ya, well I decided to go with this instead. It's got 500hp!
Me: Oh ya? What have you done?
Him: Well, it already comes supercharged (duh) and they changed the ratio on the supercharger and added a cold air intake and exhaust. The guy who built it has 650hp on his!
Me: wow, thats pretty impressive! I know those things can be made really fast! Is that 500 at the wheels?
Him: Ummmmmm...Uhhhhh....no, its under the hood.
*at this point, i'm thinkin "hmmm....under the hood...isn't that where most horsepower is made? Did he feel it necessary to tell me that his engine was under the hood? or does he just not know the difference between what Ford says the car comes with and what it puts down at the wheels?" *
Me: well thats cool...still alot.
At this point, light turns green. I was done talkin anyways.
We both got on the same highway and ended up staying close for about 20 minutes on the highway but never side by side. A few times he would get on it and I would do the same and i was right there behind him the whole time. He drove pretty crazy too. He did have the top down so that definetly cuts his aerodynamics down and at 70, 80, 90mph, thats a big factor. It did start raining at one point and I just had to chuckle.
Anyways, all and all it was a beautiful car, it's just the owner needs to read up on it a little more before he starts talking. I'm still trying to figure out what 330 he was referring to...and was he implying that I was driving a Ferrari??
Oh well. Can't wait to get my clutch so I could actually line up somewhere and run 'em
I'm driving home today in the NSX (rare I take it out during the day) and I see an 03 cobra drop top up ahead. I eventually catch up due to traffic flow and end up side by side with him, still in traffic. It's a much older gentleman. He decides to downshift and start lunging on me! Ya...lets race right here on this populated road for all of 30ft until we run into the cars ahead
At the next light, we end up side by side and our dialogue goes something like this:Him: Hey man, nice car you got there!
Me: Ya you too!
Him: I really love those cars! I used to have a 330 and was thinkin about upgrading to one of those!
*at this point, i'm thinking "Hmmm...330? BMW? Was he trying to sound like a Ferrari owner and meant to say 328? 348? :shrug: *
Me: Hmm, they're great cars.
Him: Ya, well I decided to go with this instead. It's got 500hp!
Me: Oh ya? What have you done?
Him: Well, it already comes supercharged (duh) and they changed the ratio on the supercharger and added a cold air intake and exhaust. The guy who built it has 650hp on his!
Me: wow, thats pretty impressive! I know those things can be made really fast! Is that 500 at the wheels?
Him: Ummmmmm...Uhhhhh....no, its under the hood.
*at this point, i'm thinkin "hmmm....under the hood...isn't that where most horsepower is made? Did he feel it necessary to tell me that his engine was under the hood? or does he just not know the difference between what Ford says the car comes with and what it puts down at the wheels?" *
Me: well thats cool...still alot.
At this point, light turns green. I was done talkin anyways.
We both got on the same highway and ended up staying close for about 20 minutes on the highway but never side by side. A few times he would get on it and I would do the same and i was right there behind him the whole time. He drove pretty crazy too. He did have the top down so that definetly cuts his aerodynamics down and at 70, 80, 90mph, thats a big factor. It did start raining at one point and I just had to chuckle.
Anyways, all and all it was a beautiful car, it's just the owner needs to read up on it a little more before he starts talking. I'm still trying to figure out what 330 he was referring to...and was he implying that I was driving a Ferrari??
Oh well. Can't wait to get my clutch so I could actually line up somewhere and run 'em
