Jackelope

Ok, this is interesting. I see this new Saleen over the weekend @ Taco Bell. Well a 16-18 year old guy gets out, struts across the parking lot and orders him some tacos (lucky him, rich parents!) Anyway, he gets his taco's and drives off about the time i'm getting in my wife's car... saleen sounds great leaving. Fast forward to last night.

I get off work @ 7, drop by Wendy's for some food. As I am coming out of the drive through, the saleen cruises by from the neighboring parking lot. I pull in behind him and follow him to the main road. He takes a right, which happens to be the way i'm going. We pull up to a red light, both of us are in the right lane. I start up @ the same speed he does, to see if he will stomp it and leave me - Well, he *goes* a little, but not enough i cant keep up. Anyway, we are coming up on the last red light in town, both of us still in the right lane, the left lane is clear. I decide not to get in the left lane, b/c i know i'll just get my a$$ handed to me, so i stay behind him in the right lane. Well, right before he gets to the red light, he switches to the left lane, so i pull up next to him @ the light. He doesnt rev his motor or anything, but he IS inching forward. I decide, might as well go for it, see how bad i can lose!

Well, the light turns green and i *stomp* it enough to go w/o spinning ... thinking... any second now he will leave me... any second now... but he never does, through 1st gear, his front tire is @ my door.. so i'm thinking, he's just playing... well, i see him shift, so i shift into 2nd and floor it, apparently he is a slow shifter... he drops back so his nose is barely past my rear bumper... shortly after this, i hit 60 - and stop - 45mph limit. well, i think, ok, he'll blow by me now... but no... he *cruises* by.. turns his blinker on, gets in front of me and turns into the high school...

umm.. did i win? i did beat him to 60... but apparently he cant drive his car? or was he just playing? I mean.. i have... what 200 vs 400hp? anyway... i didnt seem like he was playing... i think he just didnt know how to drive his car.

macdaddyslomo

V6 with saleen body parts ????

Roddimus Prime

yeah, i bet it was a body kit on a SN95 GT ..... a S281 would walk off and leave you no matter how slow you shift.

Jackelope

could be - did a good job on the *kit* if it was done that way... body/wheels/exhaust...

and i was expecting to be left in the dust

its looks like if he only had a v6, he wouldnt have gotten over.. unless he thought his car was bada$$ b/c it looked like a saleen?

macdaddyslomo

if he was a NEW 05 mustang, like you said...a V6 with the saleen parts would STILL have 210 hp....enough to hang a little bit with you....

Jackelope

dunno, next time i see him, i'll just flag him down and count the cylinders - i do know it didnt sound like a v6...

still gonna bug my wife's cousin's boyfriend.. tell him i outran a saleen (he's got a f150, thinks he can outrun everything)

btw.. it looked like this (except blue)

chiefmg

Far as I am concerned a win is a win, no matter if the guy knows how to drive or not. Isn't that part of the challenge of racing, to find out who is the better driver? And, it just sounds cool to say you beat a Saleen!!

Jackelope

i guess i should say i *beat the guy driving the saleen*

macdaddyslomo

I swear I'm not trying to be a jerk, but even a reg GT would smoke an MSP, even with a HORRIBLE driver....HAD to be a kitted V6, or he simply wasnt trying to outpace you....

Jackelope

i dont take that as a jerk - what i thought @ 1st, he wasnt trying.. but.. why would HE move over to the left lane, knowing he was turning into a school on the right < 1/2 mile away?

macdaddyslomo

Well, hope nobody takes offense to this but he was in high school....That says enough to me....Idiot teenage driver......changed lanes just screwing around then realized he was almost there and had to get back over....Or an uncle ben ricer making a V6 look like a Saleen....

I have never seen a a male under the age of 20 that drove safe or smart...It's a fact. Why do you think our insurance rates are so high until we get married or turn 25 ????

Jackelope

^ true - been there, done that - oh well, i'll have to catch him around town, see what he really has (and if he doesnt have a v6, ask him where he learned to drive

Roddimus Prime

yeah, it was most likely a V6. My ford dealership here has like 8 of them. They are about $4K more than a regular V6 and are nothing more than body accents, wheels and exhaust.

Jackelope

so-probably a v6 with saleen body kit/wheels/exhaust - any interior extras?

Roddimus Prime

they usually have leather with the saleen logo on them....at least thats what I've seen here.