duhtroll
08-03-2003, 02:41 PM
This would be the first RT since having Stage I completed on Monday. I was really looking forward to taking her out on the highway for a couple hours.
Most of the trip was predictable, with the same result at every chance to "play" - my MM pulling away and little satisfaction gained from the experience. I believe the list goes as follows (well, the worthwhile ones anyway):
Dodge Hami, er Hemi Ram
2000 Lincoln LS (my dad's - then we traded cars so I could show him just how much he was missing since he chose to not buy a MM this year - opted for the used 2K LS)
another Dodge Roam, er, Ram from 70-100 MPH (c ya!)
VW Passat
every frickin' Pontiac I saw ("super" Bonneville included) including one very suprised kid in a Sunfire when I got about 1/8 mile ahead of him in 20 seconds. :up:
Like I said, most were predictable. I was beginning to think there was going to be no "real" fun until I got about 15 miles from home. I am doing 80 and I come up on, lo and behold, an Impala SS with both lanes open for miles. I began to pass at which point he jacked his up to 80 to pace me. Without even looking at him I punched it, and so did he.
And I pulled away. :D
Not quickly, mind you, but I was the clear winner and he was reading my rear plates within 5 seconds or so. He then backed off at about 115. My wife was asleep in the passenger seat the whole time - didn't even wake up.
I guess those SSs aren't as scary as I have been led to believe after all. :P
Which leads me to wonder - since I have not lost a race yet in 4500 miles - Would anyone be willing to admit what types of craft they have lost to? (Rocket Sled, X-15 test plane, the space shuttle, and so forth)?
Just a thought.
Thanks,
-A
Most of the trip was predictable, with the same result at every chance to "play" - my MM pulling away and little satisfaction gained from the experience. I believe the list goes as follows (well, the worthwhile ones anyway):
Dodge Hami, er Hemi Ram
2000 Lincoln LS (my dad's - then we traded cars so I could show him just how much he was missing since he chose to not buy a MM this year - opted for the used 2K LS)
another Dodge Roam, er, Ram from 70-100 MPH (c ya!)
VW Passat
every frickin' Pontiac I saw ("super" Bonneville included) including one very suprised kid in a Sunfire when I got about 1/8 mile ahead of him in 20 seconds. :up:
Like I said, most were predictable. I was beginning to think there was going to be no "real" fun until I got about 15 miles from home. I am doing 80 and I come up on, lo and behold, an Impala SS with both lanes open for miles. I began to pass at which point he jacked his up to 80 to pace me. Without even looking at him I punched it, and so did he.
And I pulled away. :D
Not quickly, mind you, but I was the clear winner and he was reading my rear plates within 5 seconds or so. He then backed off at about 115. My wife was asleep in the passenger seat the whole time - didn't even wake up.
I guess those SSs aren't as scary as I have been led to believe after all. :P
Which leads me to wonder - since I have not lost a race yet in 4500 miles - Would anyone be willing to admit what types of craft they have lost to? (Rocket Sled, X-15 test plane, the space shuttle, and so forth)?
Just a thought.
Thanks,
-A