So I'm out cruising, and this GTI U turns with me trying to line up and race me. I heard the turbo and having already had 2 races tonight (ate a Stratus R/T and a Prelude with a turbo in it...probbaly a crappy one) I figured what the heck...go for the hat trick.

So as we go to let loose I see what I think is a cop in front of us, I signal this to the GTI and he holds back until we catch a red light. It turns out the car infront of us was just a cabbie so I laugh and as the GTI pulls up next to me I say "Hey, you can't be too careful" he agrees. So I ask him if he wanted to race, to which he responds, after looking over my car "ah no way man, you'll hand me my ***" Now to some people my car kinda looks like a worked over Cobra because of the Saleen bumper and the wheels so I tell him I'm a V6. This is where it gets funny.

Me:Nah man, I'm just a V6
GTI: Yeah I know you are, but I've heard of you. My buddy was tellin' me about you.

I'm stunned to say the least, and crack a halfway smirk. More or less he explains how his buddy's into Stangs and had seen me racing around and basically said he'd have no chance. Now I knew, through a friend of mine, that I had a rep amongst the ricers in the area (yeah I went on a rampage one week after loosing my damn mind), but I had no idea it went THIS far. So, with a shrug and exchanged polite waves we went our seperate ways.

What's better than a kill? A guy in a car that's probably faster than your's refusing to race you based solely on reputation.

 

ive had that happen, but its more like

"hey ive heard of you, but i dont believe your shlt is hot. lets run em"

 

what ever happend to racing for the fun of it? its all about the Rep. now?

hell i have a stock GT, and if a C6 Z06 Vette pulls up next to me and asks to race, id have no problem doing so.

who gives a **** if you'll win or lose...

 

Man I heard that. Hell even if I know they'll beat me I'll at the very least try and get them off the line. I remember maybe a month or two ago I raced my buddy in his Roush. (this is how we met, actually) I took him off the light by about one carlength...then he shot by me so hard I think I became a woman for a moment. lol

 

so a lot of people know you b/c u have a 15 second v6?

 

*Shrugs* Don't ask me why(might have something to do with the rampage). My car isn't all that crazy, I mean it's fast for a 6 but it's no monster. I hope this didn't come off as bragging, as I'm certainly not, but c'mon...you'd react the same way if you were in my shoes.

 

what does your car actually run?

 

With the gears in, I dunno. I'll try and get to the track next weekend when I have money again. Before the gears, on an oily, hot, humid, non-sticking track, the best I'd ever gotten out of it was 16.1

 

15 sec in the rice world is considered quick tho... soooo who knows...

 

Im gonna go out on a limb here and say that a GTI is not rice.