Re: Racing & Pricing...

[Bryan Billings <billings@codenet.net>]

Coming home from work early in the am it was me and this black
Trans-AM.  One of those with the ram air intake's in the hood.  He had
an automatic. My car is really loud with only a K+C 12" stainless steel
glass pack. We got off the line and I was ahead by two car lengths, we
were going about 65 mph.  I slammed on my breaks to avoid that pesky
beep on the radar detector. The next light the guy rolled his window
down. This man was ghost white and asked what I was running. He was so
pissed he said he was taking his car back to the "fuckin dealer".  I
told him that 320 horse was nice but not powering a tank.  That old
power to weight distro is important. I am sure after about 120 he would
have blown past me but I just chuckled as went home.  Oh and that state
trooper was hiding around the corner up the next mile.

Bryan

Marc A. Brown wrote:
> 
> My brother has an Eclipse GS-T with a few mods.  I pull from him off the
> line, but he starts to creep up on me when I'm in third.  I really start
> puling away from him when we hit about 100mph.
> 
> I got a friend with a highly modified Integra GS-R (the only Integra I
> respect)  We run with each other most of the way.  He starts to creep away
> from me at about 125 mph.  We only ran this high once, and it was at a time
> when I had a bad clutch, so I am looking for a rematch (before he puts on
> his turbo).
> 
> I've raced many a Mustang GT, all with similar results (some modded, some
> not).  In stock form (except for a P-Flo with the K&N filter), I stayed
> with Mustangs no problem.  When I had a few more mods, I raced a 1995 5.0
> GT on the highway.  I started to pass and pull away from him in fourth
> gear.  As I passed, he looked over at me in amazement. That night I ran the
> car up to a speedometer indicated 150 mph (yes, the was chipped then).  I
> also ran against a 4.6 GT Convertible one day, with four people in my car
> (he was alone).  He tried to pull away from me, but he couldn't do it.  I
> stopped after some people in my car started to complain.
> 
> I have been embarrassed a few times though.  Once was against a new Mustang
> Cobra.  I was coming back from the NY Auto Show with four people in my car
> (again).  I saw the with Mustang coming up behind me quickly, but he had
> the fog lights off, so I thought it was a GT.  He got on my tail and
> flashed me.  I dropped the car into third and nailed it.  To my surprise,
> he stayed on my tail.  At that time I started to think that it wasn't any
> GT.  At 120 mph, he pulled next to me and began to pass.  Everyone in my
> car looked over and said the same thing when we saw the Cobra symbol on the
> fender.  I decided to continue playing with him.  I caught up to him (more
> like he let me) and we got side by side.  I nailed it and started to pull
> on him.  Then he realized that this wasn't any normal VW and downshifted.
>  He went by me giving me a thumbs up as I looked at his tail lights.
> 
> The other time was during the period when I had my bad clutch.  This guy
> with his brand new, just off the lot, Ram Air Trans Am heard about my VW,
> so he wanted to see what it could do.  I was reluctant because I knew that
> I couldn't beat him in a straight line race, but my friend Mike talked me
> into it by saying "It's only an automatic".  We found a light.  The light
> turned green, my clutch slipped, he didn't have to worry about that, and he
> was gone.  I did run against him again when I put in my new clutch.  Even
> though he did win, I made it interesting for a while.
> 
> Marc
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Chuck Simpson [SMTP:csimpson@zeltech.com]
> Sent:   Friday, January 09, 1998 6:08 PM
> To:     jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject:        Racing & Pricing...
> 
> I'm just curious... has anyone raced any other vehicles like Eclipses,
> Talons, Integras, Taurus SHO, etc. etc....???  I'm just wondering how
> the GLX/GTI VR6 holds against others.  Any good race stories???
> 
> I'm in the market for a new Jetta GLX.
> I found two here in Virginia Beach (both are $20,990).
> Both are '98's.  One is Tornado Red/Black leather... the other is
> Black/Biber Beige leather.
> Both have Cold weather package as well.
> Is that a resonable price?  It is a one-price dealer... so there is no
> hope of getting it lower... :(
> 
> -Chuck...