I was on my way home last night, just cruisin' on the freeway, when I pass a nice, orange GT. Just passing by. No biggie. then, about 30 secs. later, he changes lanes behind me, and rides my ass. I think he saw the SVT badge and decided to challenge. Now, I'm no idiot. i know for a fact that i can't beat a GT. But I figured on the freeway, I would lose barely, and I'll tell ya why:
About a year ago, I had an '04 GT atx rental car (yes, the dealership let me have one for a few days). This thing had NO BALLS. It was ok from light to light, but on the freway it sucked real bad. I had to press the gas all the way just to get enough power to get a good pass. I never raced anyone in it, but I was unimpressed with the top-end.
Anyways, remembering that, I figured that a top end race would fair well for me. So I downshift into 3rd and gun it. I got a good distance, which gave him the hint that i wanted to race. he chased. We got onto the next freeway, and slowed down. When we were sided up at 65mph, I dropped to 3rd, and punched it. he punched too. I could hear his engine roaring, so i know he was trying. He was slowly gaining on me, but it took a good 10 seconds to barely pass me. i was proud! I knew I was gonna loose, but I thought he'd pound me more than that. So we tried again. Same thing, i punch it. Again, he's barely passing me. then all of a sudden he's gone like a bullet! remember the cobra vs. supra video? Yea, he burned me like that! He musta been sprayin', just he was gone like we were racing from a standstill at a light. I know a stock GT doesn't have a top end like that! Anyways, it was fun.
About a year ago, I had an '04 GT atx rental car (yes, the dealership let me have one for a few days). This thing had NO BALLS. It was ok from light to light, but on the freway it sucked real bad. I had to press the gas all the way just to get enough power to get a good pass. I never raced anyone in it, but I was unimpressed with the top-end.
Anyways, remembering that, I figured that a top end race would fair well for me. So I downshift into 3rd and gun it. I got a good distance, which gave him the hint that i wanted to race. he chased. We got onto the next freeway, and slowed down. When we were sided up at 65mph, I dropped to 3rd, and punched it. he punched too. I could hear his engine roaring, so i know he was trying. He was slowly gaining on me, but it took a good 10 seconds to barely pass me. i was proud! I knew I was gonna loose, but I thought he'd pound me more than that. So we tried again. Same thing, i punch it. Again, he's barely passing me. then all of a sudden he's gone like a bullet! remember the cobra vs. supra video? Yea, he burned me like that! He musta been sprayin', just he was gone like we were racing from a standstill at a light. I know a stock GT doesn't have a top end like that! Anyways, it was fun.