KpaBap

Speaking of trucks....

I was driving home last night and I stopped at this stop light about 300 feet away from my highway onramp. This Chevy S10 rolls up next to me and revs his pathetic engine. The exhaust sounded like a bad case of diarrhea... Anyway, I give him the thumbs up and when the light turned green I revved it to 4000 and quickly popped the clutch. Immediately, I gained about one car lenght and kept gaining on him. I'm going about 55 and here comes the on-ramp.... The truck gets in my lane behind me and tries to keep up but immediately he realized that that was a bad idea since I was still going about 50 and wasn't slowing down through the turn. (BTW, the on-ramp was one of those O-shaped ones where you go about 270-degrees around). As I was coming out of the on-ramp I see the truck far-far behind me just about 60 feet into the turn. I mash the bitch into third and take off. Soon enough I'm going about 85 and the truck is nowhere to be seen. HA! PWNED!

I hate trucks

redrims

Hey. I like trucks. Especially the S15 and Ranger.

itzkcatz

those trucks suck have like a 2.8 or a 4.3 motor i would hope u beat them they only have like 175 hp in the 4.3 try racing a 350 chevy pickup thats a challange

KpaBap

The point is, a truck is a truck and as such its owner should not try and pretend like it's made for speed. Also, I should HOPE that a 300+ HP gasoline engine truck can beat a 130 hp car...

Mazdaboy42

Trucks may not be made for top speed, or handling, but I am afraid to tell you that many trucks can run the hell out of a straight line 1/4 mile, all i am asking is give credit where it is due. Trust me I know from experience

RODSCALIP5

Nos is the way to go...............................even with a turbo you probably would still be doing about 15 secs in a 1/4 mile, someone correct me if im wrong.

itzkcatz

dude my 350 dump truck would prob beat my car thats like 5000 pounds dont race suv's or pickups or minivans ...Jon

Mazdaboy42

I was just rereading this original post, and correct me if I am wrong. You say when you got in third he started to catch you so you hit the hazards right away. Was this to signify a win?? Not to big on what hitting your hazards does but that is what a friend told me. If this is true, how fast were you going and I doubt just getting into third you would have run a 1/4 mile, so how do you consider this a win? Like I said if I am wrong let me know, but I don't think you won that race.

KpaBap

I was thinking the same thing... This is what all the riceboys do when I'm out driving my 1998 Nissan Maxima around. The thing can haul *** but it's an automatic so the starts mostly always suck. So the ricers get ahead about 2-3 car lengths but by that time my 190 HP V6 is at its sweet point and as I'm about to blow by them they flash their blinkers and leave....

Speaking of Maximas.... what a smooth engine... WOW!

Maxx Mazda

What I meant was as soon as I hit 3rd gear, he started to pull on me - he didn't pass me. (Just like I said.) About midway through 3rd gear, I decided it was enough, and hit the tickers.

Mazdaboy42

So you didn't beat him you just cut out early, there is no way you had run a quarter of a mile. Just cause you think it was enough doesn't give you a win, especially when the other guy is pulling on you. Next time take the loss, and be proud you ran with a vehicle that has over double the hp of you, you will earn a lot more respect for that.

I am not trying to be a punk bout this just making the point known that overall a lot of drivers out there try to pull this stunt and brag about it later on, which is just not right. Take the loss, and try to get faster that is all you can do.

Maxx Mazda

I wasn't bragging about anything! I just didn't feel safe doing close to 110Km/h down Country Hills (very police patrolled) in a 60 zone! Call it what you will, but as soon as I gave up, he kind of called it quits also and we both just slowed down ad drove normally until I turned off. Out of curiosity, how long is a 1/4 mile in city blocks? We only went through like 2 sets of lights, so I don't think it was the full distance as you pointed out...

Mazdaboy42

Sorry if I came across as a punk, just pointing out the details, don't know much about city block distances since most differ from city to city, and where I normally run has big fields, not blocks. As far as speed what is that equivlant to in mph, do not know km/h. Cause according to motor trend I believe it was right around 90 mph that they ran the quarter mile in.

Sorry this got out of hand

neuromancer

All I know is don't try and race a 2003 MPV van. I got my *** handed to me by a soccer mom named Jim.

Inside joke.

Seriously I was surprised.

Jay

Maxx Mazda

No worries man, just trying (like you) to get the facts straight. You didn't come across as a ***** at all btw!