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Dan
06-23-2004, 10:00 PM
I have a close friend who, in many ways is a lot like me. He knows how to drive well and likes to. He is a fast thinker and he is pretty hard to fool.

When I want to fool him I have to think about what I would do to fool me. Even still, I rarely get him.

Except for tonight.

This friend also likes Saabs. It is one are where we diverge. I don't really see the point of the cars but hey, to each his own. Sometimes I think that his goal with his Saab is to best my Marauder. I know it isn't but, in his last Saab, he had the boost tweaked so high that I couldn't believe it. When I first got the Marauder his car was down but while riding in the MM with me he sort of felt that his car would match mine.

We later learned it wouldn't.

Tonight, he got another Saab (his old one was murdered by a falling tree) and asked me to help him get it as the trip was 100 miles long. Of course, I was glad to help.

On the way home we were having fun driving and taking turns in the lead, etc, etc. At one junction I suggested we take back roads instead of the highway. In the twistys I am pretty sure that a Saab will best an MM. His is an SPG so that means really grippy. Anyway, on the first set of back roads I found it impossible to shake him. Of course, he was as unfamiliar with the roads as I was so he had the advantage to follow my tail lights going for him.

On the next set of back roads I was a lot more familiar so I decided to try a bit harder. I waited until an uphill straight came along and stood on the gas. Now, it was a bit more even except I knew the road better. A few miles later I decidedly slowed down and let him catch me. It was fun but not as fun as what was to come up.

The next part of the drive home was a long, uphill on ramp leading to a nice highway know as Rt. 9 in CT. As we were coming up to the on ramp I programmed a text message to him in my cell phone which read, "RED BOX" meaning, "don't you wish you had your higher performance red box computer installed right now?"

I sent the text message so that he would get it just as we began the climb up the hill. Cruel, huh? :D

Now, for the good part. I took off on him and got to the on ramp corner well ahead. I scoreched the corner nice and saw to it that I was ahead of him by a decent amount. Sort of like the distance between the peak of one hill crest to another.

After a couple of miles of this (lulling him into knowing where my car was on the road, my knowing that he would be looking for my brakes as a "tell" for cops) I waited for a corner, swooped to the inside of it and hit the shoulder and killed my lights.

Yes, that's right. I was a Crown Vic, at night, sitting at the crest of a hill on the shoulder.

No sooner does he pass me than I turn on my lights and pull right on to his butt. He had slowed down so, so much it was hilarious. After riding his butt a little bit I passed him to let him know it was me.

Less than 30 seconds later my cell phone rings and I hear, "You got me SO BAD!!! I thought you were way up ahead and went I went by your parked I thought you were a cop. My heart was going a MILE a minute!"

I laughed so hard I cried. It was a blast and he took it like the great sport that he is.

Anyway, I figured I would share the story. I hope you enjoyed it.

Dan

JamesHecker
06-24-2004, 12:28 AM
That really is a good story! :lol:

You are quite cruel!

dwasson
06-24-2004, 05:23 AM
I admire the way that you don't hold your buddy's Saab devotion against him. Of course if it was Renaults you'd have to throw him off.

FiveO
06-24-2004, 05:55 AM
:lol:

Classic!

Dan
06-24-2004, 06:05 AM
The Marauder is a dangerous weapon in the wrong hands.

I feel so dirty.

Best,

Dan

PS: I am sitting here at Starbucks with the same friend. He got a kick out of this story. He said that the relief of my NOT being a cop overpowered any possibility that he had of getting p!ssed off. Hey! I guess I found the perfect practical joke!

Sactown
06-24-2004, 06:06 AM
Next time, he'll think it's you until the light bar starts glowing :lol:

Dan
06-24-2004, 06:08 AM
Next time, he'll think it's you until the light bar starts glowing :lol:

By next time I will have the "show car" wig wag unit installed.

Next time it won't be so easy to tell.

Ahh, next time. I can't wait til next time.

Dr Caleb
06-24-2004, 06:16 AM
:lol:

You sir are an evil, evil man! I tip my hat to you! I will have to remember this in case the opportunity presents itself for me in the future, but I will give you credit :)

crimzon
06-24-2004, 06:20 AM
haha, awesome story. I'll have to try that sometime.

Bluerauder
06-24-2004, 07:11 AM
Great story --- cruel and evil. Remember that "Paybacks are h377"!!! And don't forget to post that story when it happens. You know that it will happen, right?? :D

woaface
06-24-2004, 07:22 AM
AH! Just like the good-ol'-days of hide and seek.

Dan
06-24-2004, 06:04 PM
Great story --- cruel and evil. Remember that "Paybacks are h377"!!! And don't forget to post that story when it happens. You know that it will happen, right?? :D

Well, it happened and it happened today. :LOL:

This sumb!tch wasted no time getting even.

Here is what went down....

I am a real estate investor - as some of you know - and "occasionally" in the interest of getting things done ore quickly I "might" do work on a property without always having all of the correct permits. In fact, I am in the middle of just such a project. (Go figure)

Anyway... I did go down to town hall today to get a permit for doing some electrical work and learned that said permit would add another 12K to my job if the walls were exposed. Needless to say, I walked without the permit.

Off I went to the local Lowes Depot store to get parts when my friend send a text message that tells me to call him when I got done shopping.

When I called him he told me that an inspector had stopped by and left a cease and desist at the premises. He really had me for a minute but then, once he knew I was hooked, he let me off the hook.

What a bastid! But I deserved it and I got a good a laugh out of it, too.

When I got back to the job I said, "That was good but you know what? When this job is done I will STILL HAVE MY MARUDER!!!"


Muahahahahahahahahaaaaaa

Best,

Dan

Patrick
06-24-2004, 06:54 PM
:up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up:

Dan
06-25-2004, 09:03 AM
Well, I got him back for getting me back. LOL. This one keeps on going.

I left the job to run errands but wound up doing some things outside while he was still working in the unit.

I needed to go back into the unit which is kept locked and knocked on the door and announced myself - in a much deeper voice - as the inspector.

:lol:

It cuts both ways, baby. :)

Best,

Dan

RoyLPita
06-25-2004, 10:05 AM
Dan,
Let the games begin. Keep it up the hijinks.:up: