Some Guy In A Z28 Tried Me!

hehe =) i had my homecoming last night so i had fuuuun with the car. i'm still getting used to the power in first gear at WOT(i literally bounced off the rev limiter in 1st like 5 times). one of my friends with his grand prix thought he'd try me....ha ha.

stoplight.....i launch in first, nail second, get off the throttle, my friend's like 10 carlengths behind. i shift into third and wait for him to accelerate. when i see his car start to really move in my rear view, i stomp on it, he got on it about 2 seconds before i did and was like 2 carlengths behind before i pulled on his azz and killed hima gain he he


later that night...here's the irresponsible thing i did. there's a long empty road called skypark in torrance. i started in second and by the time i finished i was at the top of fourth(120)....the car handles AMAZINGLY good at these speeds and feels very secure although i'm not going to do that very often hehe.

161mph! That sounds so exciting just thinking about it. I can't fully imagine what that would be like, since the IS is the fastest car I have ever had. I have not been to these incredible speeds. Plus in South Florida you're kind of limited on good roads for very high speed.

The fastest I have ever gone was when I was about 18 y/o. I was using my friends new Corolla to take someone home about 60 miles from Miami, so being Presidents day and all my friend said I could haul butt if I wanted. There was barely anyone on the highway at 10pm. The whole way up no one was on I-95 North I did about 100mph. About halfway on the way back I slowed down to 60mph just to see how slow it felt compared to 100mph. I could'nt imagine driving the rest of the way at 60mph it felt like 30mph on a regular road, So I went back to 100mph and about 1 mile from my exit I got to about 110mph and what do ya know , I get pulled ove by FHP. Damn! He told me that he only clocked me at 102mph 'cause there was a car that blocked his reading. That ticket cost me close to $400 big ones. I mean big ones 'cause this is just before I got out of H/S and did not have the money let alone a job to pay the ticket.

Maybe it's things like that which make me not want to go fast alot. One day I can only hope to drive the Autobahn.

[This message has been edited by jiggafett (edited October 30, 2000).]

yeah i started getting that effect at 120... =) i have to go to a track sometime, i dont' knwo any near where i live, but i suppose i'll find one

I recently hit 140 in my Eclipse

Ive driven that fast before, but it was in my Talon, which felt MUCH more stable at that speed because of the AWD. 140+ mph in a light FWD is kinda spooky.