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THT
07-19-2006, 09:00 PM
Current generation Impala, never saw the rear so I don't know if it was an SS. What I do know is that it was almost as loud as my car so that leads me to believe it had at least an aftermarket exhaust. So we're sitting at a stop light, it's 5am and I'm about two miles from work. I see him inching forward as the adjacent light turns yellow so I decide to have a little fun. As soon as the light turns green, we both get on it. I didn't launch because I didn't think I'd need to...mistake number 1. Because it's so early, my mind is half asleep and what do I do but bounce off the fucking limiter in first...mistake-o numero dos. Not only did he keep up with me through first but because of my idiocy, he gained about a foot on me. After a hard shift into second, I regain the lost ground and we're dead even again. I hold second to redline and as I'm shifting into third, he slows down and gets behind me. We get caught in traffic until I get to work and he goes off on his merry way.

I've raced an SS before and beat it (thread's in this forum). So it makes me wonder just what the hell did I go up against this morning?
shmad
07-20-2006, 11:51 AM
the only thing u went up against today that was different than the older race--driver error.
THT
07-20-2006, 05:17 PM
the only thing u went up against today that was different than the older race--driver error.

But how do you drive an automatic incorrectly?
shmad
07-20-2006, 05:22 PM
wtf, ok, now im totally confused. i was at the meet where we changed u from auto to 5sp. was i dreaming? is this still a dream? aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh wake up!
THT
07-20-2006, 06:14 PM
wtf, ok, now im totally confused. i was at the meet where we changed u from auto to 5sp. was i dreaming? is this still a dream? aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh wake up!

No, the Impala. The SS only comes with a 4A
shmad
07-20-2006, 06:33 PM
i was sayin that this guy almost beat u b/c u messed up. no launch and bouncing off the rev limiter. u shoulda won, but u made the other guy happy. thats worth something
nismo3112
07-21-2006, 11:53 PM
There should have been an SS badge on the lower part of the front doors. But anyways, since he slowed down when u shifted to 3rd, the race was only to about 60mph right? In my old car, I didn't really PULL PULL until maybe 3rd.