I'm loving the "stealth operations" aspect of the '03 Cobra, as I know some of you are.
Driving the car yesterday on Pacific Coast Highway, I came upon some work-of-art ricemobile with wild green paint (definitely not a color offered as OE from Honda I will guess ;-) ), wings, stickers, fart can, etc. Apparently it had some sort of turbo on it because you could hear it spooling and the wastegate "popping". Anyway, when this guy sees me he gets all agitated and starts revving and lurching (to no avail since he's got a car in front of him). Meanwhile my lane is wide open, and since he's making me nervous, I floor it in 2nd and immediately shoot ahead 3 car lengths. Not a kill since he was blocked -- just better to be in front of this moron before he crashes into my new Cobra. In the rearview mirror I saw this stunned look on his face like "I didn't know V6 mustangs were that fast". :bash:
Earlier in the day, I was on Hawthorne Blvd and I wound up at a stoplight next to some 750 cc sport bike. I look over and the guy gives me a thumbs up. So at least he realizes it's not a V6.
So, when the light goes green we both take off normally but then we both get on it a little harder. Finally I say "f*** it" and nail it and shift into 2nd at around 6000 rpm with a lovely chirp of the tires. Note: the owner's manual didn't say not to go to 6000 rpm with 100 mi on the odo, it just says "vary the speed for the first 1000 miles", and so I was varying the speed! Anyway, it was obvious that by the time the sport bike guy realized I was going for it, he was caught the wrong gear or something, because he didn't pull on me until I let off because we were already going 60 something mph.... You could tell he was a little annoyed that he couldn't pull on me, though. You know, kept looking over with this expression like "what is that Mustang still doing right there????" :bash:
Stealth operations is one thing I will miss once my catback system goes on, but we all must make sacrifices!
Driving the car yesterday on Pacific Coast Highway, I came upon some work-of-art ricemobile with wild green paint (definitely not a color offered as OE from Honda I will guess ;-) ), wings, stickers, fart can, etc. Apparently it had some sort of turbo on it because you could hear it spooling and the wastegate "popping". Anyway, when this guy sees me he gets all agitated and starts revving and lurching (to no avail since he's got a car in front of him). Meanwhile my lane is wide open, and since he's making me nervous, I floor it in 2nd and immediately shoot ahead 3 car lengths. Not a kill since he was blocked -- just better to be in front of this moron before he crashes into my new Cobra. In the rearview mirror I saw this stunned look on his face like "I didn't know V6 mustangs were that fast". :bash:
Earlier in the day, I was on Hawthorne Blvd and I wound up at a stoplight next to some 750 cc sport bike. I look over and the guy gives me a thumbs up. So at least he realizes it's not a V6.
So, when the light goes green we both take off normally but then we both get on it a little harder. Finally I say "f*** it" and nail it and shift into 2nd at around 6000 rpm with a lovely chirp of the tires. Note: the owner's manual didn't say not to go to 6000 rpm with 100 mi on the odo, it just says "vary the speed for the first 1000 miles", and so I was varying the speed! Anyway, it was obvious that by the time the sport bike guy realized I was going for it, he was caught the wrong gear or something, because he didn't pull on me until I let off because we were already going 60 something mph.... You could tell he was a little annoyed that he couldn't pull on me, though. You know, kept looking over with this expression like "what is that Mustang still doing right there????" :bash:Stealth operations is one thing I will miss once my catback system goes on, but we all must make sacrifices!
