Re: SoCal riceboys

[Christopher Cooley <chriscooley@worldnet.att.net>]

Rob,
Nice writing.  Your vivid description of the night's event makes me want to
go take a spin in my '97 Windsor Blue GLX...

Question, at 5,800 rpms, what's a power shift?

Chris


Robert A Parsons wrote:

> 2 stooopid slammed, stickerladen, coffee-can draggin Integras wanted to
> play with my vr6 this weekend.  I was near UCSanDiego at 11pm and a 1/4
> mile ahead of me the sides of the road were lit up with bouncin' blue
> light.    As a concerned citizen I went to investigate and, sure enough,
> the above-mentioned perpetrators were cruzin at 35 in a 45 zone with only
> 10ft separating their cars.  Well, as you might imagine, I just couldn't
> in good conscious let these fellows off the hook.  I crept up next to
> them, saw two heads barely clearing the door sills, and then rocketed off
> into the night.  I slowed down and in my rearview watched them break
> formation and start the hunt.  I let them catch up (otherwise this would
> be no fun :) and at the next light one was to my right reving away his
> lawnmower and the other was on my ass - rendering my normally biber-beige
> interior a cheap blue.  200' ahead of us on the left was a 101s onramp
> that all of us were taking and when the light turned green I eased off
> the line and watched as the guy next to me sped away and then jerked hard
> into my lane (I fully expected him to lose control but as it was he just
> slid to the left a little as he tried to right himself).  When we reached
> the onramp riceboy#1 was about 3 car-lengths
> ahead with riceboy#2 still dousing neon.   The onramp is a sharp ~120 deg
> left that is much smoother from the other direction and it's a 3 lane
> uphill grade for 1/4mile before the freeway - I was in 2nd at 4000, ready
> to punch it as soon as I had traction, and I sweeped thru the turn with
> the left tires going over a rounded 1" curb like the nascar dudes
> skipping over road course curbs.  I nailed the throttle, hit the mute
> button on my stereo, listened to much better music and reeled in
> riceboy#1 as #2 became a non-factor.  Powershift at 5800 and pulled away
> from #1at a rewarding constant rate.  Merging into traffic I coasted down
> from 90 to non-ticket freeway speeds and watched  #1come from at least 3
> lengths back to right on my butt.  That's how we were for 2 miles - sore
> losers  these SoCal riceboys!
>         *****I felt DAMN good about my 4 doors and trunk!!!*****
>
> Rob in San Diego
> 97 Vento VR6
> Garrett 08, K&N panel w/ modded box
> Dunlop SP 4000
> Eclipse 5341 /  BOSE
>
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