gpfarrell
10-14-2005, 10:56 AM
I was spanked by a hemi truck. I'm not liking this losing streak.
Don't worry, I wasn't in the Marauder when it happened!
I was driving our BMW wagon... 3 of us in it... and this idiot in really noisy Dodge truck with billboard size hemi signs slapped all over it is bullying his way through traffic.
I thought it was 4wd, but I'm not positive. Soon after (and yes, this is another dream... they can be so vivid!) we're lined up at a red light. Judging from his past performance, I knew he'd floorboard that noisy thing once the light changed.
Our wagon is a 528iT with a 5-speed (and a shorty-shifter :)). About 193 HP, but grab the gears right and it will hit 60 mph in about 7.1 so I thought I would throw a bucket of cold stationwagon water on this hemi-idiot.
Light turns, I ease off the 124,000 mile original clutch and stand on it. I got a fender in first, and held that through the middle of 2nd, but then that damn dodge truck pulled even and then freakin' pulled away from me.
I was so dumfounded I kissed the 6800rpm rev limiter in 2nd! Grrr. Hate it when I'm sloppy.
Anyhow, if I had kept after him to stupid MPH I might have got him back on aerodynamics, but those speeds could have turned this dream into a nightmare.
I think I would have beat him with the Marauder, but it would have taken all of it.
A truck? Geez.
Don't worry, I wasn't in the Marauder when it happened!
I was driving our BMW wagon... 3 of us in it... and this idiot in really noisy Dodge truck with billboard size hemi signs slapped all over it is bullying his way through traffic.
I thought it was 4wd, but I'm not positive. Soon after (and yes, this is another dream... they can be so vivid!) we're lined up at a red light. Judging from his past performance, I knew he'd floorboard that noisy thing once the light changed.
Our wagon is a 528iT with a 5-speed (and a shorty-shifter :)). About 193 HP, but grab the gears right and it will hit 60 mph in about 7.1 so I thought I would throw a bucket of cold stationwagon water on this hemi-idiot.
Light turns, I ease off the 124,000 mile original clutch and stand on it. I got a fender in first, and held that through the middle of 2nd, but then that damn dodge truck pulled even and then freakin' pulled away from me.
I was so dumfounded I kissed the 6800rpm rev limiter in 2nd! Grrr. Hate it when I'm sloppy.
Anyhow, if I had kept after him to stupid MPH I might have got him back on aerodynamics, but those speeds could have turned this dream into a nightmare.
I think I would have beat him with the Marauder, but it would have taken all of it.
A truck? Geez.