Joined
·
86 Posts
This is my first official street race ever. Well, 2nd because my first was against another Cougar. lol But I never really saw the driver as I outran him by a little, then he slowed down and turned off the road on another street, so it doesn't count.
Anyway, I was driving down the middle lane of a 3 lane street. The right lane was merging into mine. There was a red light ahead so I was just slowing down by downshifting through the gears... slowly approaching the light. This kid in a 98-looking white Jetta comes flying behind me, goes around my right and cuts me off to stop at the red light. Why he did that is beyond me as there were no other cars around and he could've easily went next to me on my left (maybe he didn't want me to look at his girlfriend). So I turn left and I go into the left lane next to him. I look to the side but he's kind of "hiding" behind his B-pillar. I don't know him. I see a pony tail in the passenger seat. At this point I decide to race him.
Light turns green and I launch without burning the clutch or the tires. I quickly accelerate. To my surprise he's going as fast as I am, and he's even gaining on me. Then I let off the gas at 60mph (35 zone) and he's already at least a car or two ahead of me. I'm stumped! We get to the next traffic light... again, no cars around. I look to the side and this time he's looking at me, smiling and gesturing. I give him the thumbs up wondering what's under his hood then we race again. This time I had some wheel spin but I got off the line faster, and I kept with him longer but he still beat me by a car's lenght. We approached traffic and almost stopped at the next traffic light... this is when I glimpsed at his trunk and saw the "GLX" badge. I didn't know what it meant until I got home and checked on msn.autos.com.
Apparently he's got a 172hp 2.8L V6. I'm not sure, but I think his car is lighter than the Cougar, so it's only natural that he beat me. Needless to say I was embarrassed and red-faced when he beat me twice. I'm happy I didn't have a chance to talk to him or anything after that. He was evidently trying to run away as he made several risky lane changes when we approached traffic, and I didn't care enough to follow him. Plus, I'm not really into the F&F kind of driving.
I couldn't tell if he had a stick or an automatic.
I currently have an AEM SRI (and a GMK CAI extension still in the box, lol), 17" wheels and a small sealed subwoofer enclosure in the trunk (12"). I weigh around 180 lbs. Oh yeah.. I have a V6 Cougar with a stick.
Lesson learned: Beware of GLX's! (and don't street-race :tongue: )
Anyway, I was driving down the middle lane of a 3 lane street. The right lane was merging into mine. There was a red light ahead so I was just slowing down by downshifting through the gears... slowly approaching the light. This kid in a 98-looking white Jetta comes flying behind me, goes around my right and cuts me off to stop at the red light. Why he did that is beyond me as there were no other cars around and he could've easily went next to me on my left (maybe he didn't want me to look at his girlfriend). So I turn left and I go into the left lane next to him. I look to the side but he's kind of "hiding" behind his B-pillar. I don't know him. I see a pony tail in the passenger seat. At this point I decide to race him.
Light turns green and I launch without burning the clutch or the tires. I quickly accelerate. To my surprise he's going as fast as I am, and he's even gaining on me. Then I let off the gas at 60mph (35 zone) and he's already at least a car or two ahead of me. I'm stumped! We get to the next traffic light... again, no cars around. I look to the side and this time he's looking at me, smiling and gesturing. I give him the thumbs up wondering what's under his hood then we race again. This time I had some wheel spin but I got off the line faster, and I kept with him longer but he still beat me by a car's lenght. We approached traffic and almost stopped at the next traffic light... this is when I glimpsed at his trunk and saw the "GLX" badge. I didn't know what it meant until I got home and checked on msn.autos.com.
Apparently he's got a 172hp 2.8L V6. I'm not sure, but I think his car is lighter than the Cougar, so it's only natural that he beat me. Needless to say I was embarrassed and red-faced when he beat me twice. I'm happy I didn't have a chance to talk to him or anything after that. He was evidently trying to run away as he made several risky lane changes when we approached traffic, and I didn't care enough to follow him. Plus, I'm not really into the F&F kind of driving.
I couldn't tell if he had a stick or an automatic.
I currently have an AEM SRI (and a GMK CAI extension still in the box, lol), 17" wheels and a small sealed subwoofer enclosure in the trunk (12"). I weigh around 180 lbs. Oh yeah.. I have a V6 Cougar with a stick.
Lesson learned: Beware of GLX's! (and don't street-race :tongue: )
