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OJE
09-02-2003, 04:54 PM
I was at the races and pulled up at the light next to a focus hatch with a full body kit, big wing but not oversized, graphics, wheels and exhaust and intake from what i could hear. So were sitting next to each other at the light and i look over at him a few times and he never looks back so im not sure if he wants to race or not. Now im in my stock ATX but i figured ive still got a shot as long as hes not that modded. So the light turns green and he jumps out in front of me and then as were doing around 70-80 i start to catch him but got a little shady beings we already went through about 3 or 4 intersections and didnt see a cop yet so i figured i shouldnt press my luck beings they are everywhere at the races. As soon as i hit the brakes to back off the kid puts on his hazards like he got this big kill or something. So at this point im mad cause i am confident i can take him beings i didnt get a good start and i also slowed down. We end up catching the next light together, well he ended up jumping that light about 5 seconds too early so we didnt even race that time. We luck out and catch the next light together, we were actually doing about 15 hoping that the light would go red. Now its not just a straight race though, the road is straight for about 20-30 feet then there is a sharp left and it just goes straight after that. We were pretty even off the line and then in the turn i had the outside and took it a bit wider then i should have and he pulled on me a little, well once we hit the straight part it was all over for him. I ended up going by him fairly quick and made sure to put my hazards on after i passed, then after i got to around 110 he was back in the distance. I know its not a big kill or anything but when you cougar is stock and automatic youll take a win whenever you can get it, especially from a car with a couple mods.

Nemesis
09-02-2003, 08:04 PM
Yeah man definatly take whatever ya can get. Nice kill!

ALiEN
09-03-2003, 03:33 AM
when you cougar is stock and automatic youll take a win whenever you can get it, especially from a car with a couple mods.

same goes for me, except my car is an i4 mtx which isn't all that fast but it isn't all the slow.

def a nice kill! and i love the fact that you taunted him by flashing your hazards at the dude. i wonder how the guy driving the focus would feel if he knew he got beat by a stock atx cougar.

CATerina
09-04-2003, 09:47 PM
Foci are slow in the long run. I took a svt one and Im weighed down like a Tahoe. Once we reached 70-80 he couldnt catch me going 120

ALiEN
09-05-2003, 03:34 AM
how would a focus mtx do against a 4 cyl coug mtx?

99CouGSweetRide
09-05-2003, 01:28 PM
Originally posted by: ALiEN
how would a focus mtx do against a 4 cyl coug mtx?

the focus would probably win...could be a driver's race tho...

Mike

foc_me
09-08-2003, 03:58 PM
I have a focus hatch ZX3. . . I've never raced it though due to the fact that I basically just got it and I'm still getting used to driving stick, lol! But my bf's brother has driven it and taken off in it and he seems to think it boogies for a little engine, so I dunno? :shrug: Maybe in the long run yeah it wouldn't do too good, but it definately has some balls for a 4 banger. Wish it was an SVT but oh well. I'm not really in it for the speed. I just like the way they look. They're cute :)

anyway, OJE, was the focus a deep blue?? Cause there was a hooked up one that passed my work a couple weeks ago, with a wing a body kit and i think i heard an exhaust... I thought it look hawt.

mercurycougar
09-08-2003, 11:45 PM
I love beating ricer people with the ATX stock cougar!


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