David and Goliath!!!!!!
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Believe me, having lived in SC for 14 years and driving my old Camaro all the time when I lived there, I've had my share of run-ins with "mullet-heads." 
Well guys and girls.....for the finale....you ought to live in my world.......![[hihi]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_hihi.gif "Hi Hi [hihi]")
My girlfriend and I decided to go riding, yes she's blonde, it was 63 today (sorry), so we had to do what we had to do.......rode to Galveston, all over Houston. We witnessed some action, camaro pulled in front of me approaching a red light, mustang pulled to my right and stopped beside me instead of going all the way to the light, they both started revving their engines, I shook my head "NO", so the Camaro pulled out of our lane and got in front of the Mustang, so the Mustang pulled into the far right lane to be lined up....they both took off, went about 50 feet and saw "BIG CURVE" and slammed the brakes...I was laughing....all day cars wanted to mess with us, my girlfriend kept saying, where's all the guys our age, my reply, duh watching the ballgame, she was infatuated with the muscle attention. I told her my car was just a "pretty boy" so we whimper and sniffle along each time a car wants our attention. BUT, on Westhheimer, I'm stopped at a red light and a older 3 series pulls up with two young guys, I smile, they smile, the light turns green and neither of us moved.......we just started pacing. Stop at the next red light, I smile again and they start varooming their car. It sounded more like a varoom buzz, so I figured it was modified, but this was our only chance. My "pretty boy" needed some action at least once that was for real. Light turns green (I didnt floor it because I remember you all saying there will be a lag), so I gunned it, not floored it, sport mode, I could hear him shift, his car starting whining and buzzing at a high pitch, he was ahead then by about 1/2 a car length, I'm thinking, jeez my car is going to cry the whole way home, then I heard his car shift again and we were about even, his car was really getting high pitched and I knew he had to shift soon, so I just concentrated, let my car do what its suppose to do, he finally shifts and my car pulled ahead, we were then 1 1/2 car length ahead.....he slowed down and moved over two lanes away from me......I was laughing, my girlfriend was going, oh my gosh, I cant believe you did that, I said, this is the one time my "pretty boy" gets to shine, this is all he is going to get, so he better be happy. They didnt even congratulate me........jeez Louise.......dropped my girlfriend off and told my car this is it Buster, remember this day...its your last........I am wore out from all the excitement, we are too old for this.........so guys, I'm through, I can live with a "pretty boy." I will live through your eyes...........![[xx(]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_dead.gif "Dead [xx(]")
My girlfriend and I decided to go riding, yes she's blonde, it was 63 today (sorry), so we had to do what we had to do.......rode to Galveston, all over Houston. We witnessed some action, camaro pulled in front of me approaching a red light, mustang pulled to my right and stopped beside me instead of going all the way to the light, they both started revving their engines, I shook my head "NO", so the Camaro pulled out of our lane and got in front of the Mustang, so the Mustang pulled into the far right lane to be lined up....they both took off, went about 50 feet and saw "BIG CURVE" and slammed the brakes...I was laughing....all day cars wanted to mess with us, my girlfriend kept saying, where's all the guys our age, my reply, duh watching the ballgame, she was infatuated with the muscle attention. I told her my car was just a "pretty boy" so we whimper and sniffle along each time a car wants our attention. BUT, on Westhheimer, I'm stopped at a red light and a older 3 series pulls up with two young guys, I smile, they smile, the light turns green and neither of us moved.......we just started pacing. Stop at the next red light, I smile again and they start varooming their car. It sounded more like a varoom buzz, so I figured it was modified, but this was our only chance. My "pretty boy" needed some action at least once that was for real. Light turns green (I didnt floor it because I remember you all saying there will be a lag), so I gunned it, not floored it, sport mode, I could hear him shift, his car starting whining and buzzing at a high pitch, he was ahead then by about 1/2 a car length, I'm thinking, jeez my car is going to cry the whole way home, then I heard his car shift again and we were about even, his car was really getting high pitched and I knew he had to shift soon, so I just concentrated, let my car do what its suppose to do, he finally shifts and my car pulled ahead, we were then 1 1/2 car length ahead.....he slowed down and moved over two lanes away from me......I was laughing, my girlfriend was going, oh my gosh, I cant believe you did that, I said, this is the one time my "pretty boy" gets to shine, this is all he is going to get, so he better be happy. They didnt even congratulate me........jeez Louise.......dropped my girlfriend off and told my car this is it Buster, remember this day...its your last........I am wore out from all the excitement, we are too old for this.........so guys, I'm through, I can live with a "pretty boy." I will live through your eyes...........
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Something funny...
You want to know something funny, my Z4 has been slightly modified, I bought it back in July and about a month after I bought it I had a Nitrous system installed, and with this it packs an additional 125 HP to the already 225 HP 3.0 liter Engine for an even 350 HP. When I was taking it home I was playing with the system a little, it has a little switch in the cockpit and when you feel it’s necessary you engage the system with the flip of a switch and pop 350 HP, (kind of like 2 Fast 2 Furious).
Anyways, I’ve got a pretty heavy foot the way it is and I came up to a red light and some guy in a Mustang SVT Cobra (I think it was a 02 or 03 it looked brand new, the standard on these cars are about 390 HP, 32 Valve 4.6 V-8s) pulls up next to me, and when I’m in these situations I feel the need to rev the engine and get ready. The second that light hit, I already engage the nitrous and smoked him; he looked like a pretty experienced driver which surprised me. We pulled up to another red light (he looked pissed) and turned away.
Second Story: I’ve got a friend who has a ’96 E-Class Mercedes and some kid in a Corvette was tailing on his ass and they came around a corner and the kid came around the left side of the vehicle as they were turning right and the kid tried to gun it but it was too late the Mercedes beet him, with 4-dr sedan versus an “American Sports Car”.
Pitifully, the thing about it is though BMW’s, Mercedes, MG’s, etc. are designed to be luxurious, but they also have about the meanest take-off there is, sure a vette can run 174 MPH, but so can a BMW it’s just the Highway Institute won’t let them run faster because they know what people will do, so they make them limit the cars to below 155.
BTW my Z4 runs about 220 MPH now.
You want to know something funny, my Z4 has been slightly modified, I bought it back in July and about a month after I bought it I had a Nitrous system installed, and with this it packs an additional 125 HP to the already 225 HP 3.0 liter Engine for an even 350 HP. When I was taking it home I was playing with the system a little, it has a little switch in the cockpit and when you feel it’s necessary you engage the system with the flip of a switch and pop 350 HP, (kind of like 2 Fast 2 Furious).
Anyways, I’ve got a pretty heavy foot the way it is and I came up to a red light and some guy in a Mustang SVT Cobra (I think it was a 02 or 03 it looked brand new, the standard on these cars are about 390 HP, 32 Valve 4.6 V-8s) pulls up next to me, and when I’m in these situations I feel the need to rev the engine and get ready. The second that light hit, I already engage the nitrous and smoked him; he looked like a pretty experienced driver which surprised me. We pulled up to another red light (he looked pissed) and turned away.
Second Story: I’ve got a friend who has a ’96 E-Class Mercedes and some kid in a Corvette was tailing on his ass and they came around a corner and the kid came around the left side of the vehicle as they were turning right and the kid tried to gun it but it was too late the Mercedes beet him, with 4-dr sedan versus an “American Sports Car”.
Pitifully, the thing about it is though BMW’s, Mercedes, MG’s, etc. are designed to be luxurious, but they also have about the meanest take-off there is, sure a vette can run 174 MPH, but so can a BMW it’s just the Highway Institute won’t let them run faster because they know what people will do, so they make them limit the cars to below 155.
BTW my Z4 runs about 220 MPH now.
It's Def Leppard, not Leopard. Def Leppard and REO Speedwagon are two of my favorite bands, and I drive a BMW - ![[eek]](/images/smilies/eek.png "EEK! [eek]")
. Catch me on a sunny day when I have my windows down and the sunroof open, and chances are you'll hear one of those bands coming from my BMW.
An 04 645, huh? That's funny - they aren't going on sale in the US until Spring. And 220 MPH in a Z4? And with the stock 225 hp? Yeah right.![[rolleyes]](/images/smilies/rolleyes.png "Roll Eyes (Sarcastic) [rolleyes]")
Even with the 125 shot you claim you have, that wouldn't be anywhere near possible.
. Catch me on a sunny day when I have my windows down and the sunroof open, and chances are you'll hear one of those bands coming from my BMW.An 04 645, huh? That's funny - they aren't going on sale in the US until Spring. And 220 MPH in a Z4? And with the stock 225 hp? Yeah right.
Even with the 125 shot you claim you have, that wouldn't be anywhere near possible.
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How does your car do 220mph from just NOS? You would need ECU tuning and a much taller 6th gear.![[:0]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_shock.gif "Shocked [:0]")
Anyways, how do you guys get so much racing action?? The few times my immaturity gets the best of me (don't hate me, I'm only 19), I really have to coax the other driver to race me. I'm not the type to roll down my window and ask for a race, but I certainly make it clear when I wanna run, and it seems like everybody prefers to just sit back and look good in their pretty BMW rather than tear up the streets and have a good time. I guess it's just Northern NJ that acts so gay...
How does your car do 220mph from just NOS? You would need ECU tuning and a much taller 6th gear.
Anyways, how do you guys get so much racing action?? The few times my immaturity gets the best of me (don't hate me, I'm only 19), I really have to coax the other driver to race me. I'm not the type to roll down my window and ask for a race, but I certainly make it clear when I wanna run, and it seems like everybody prefers to just sit back and look good in their pretty BMW rather than tear up the streets and have a good time. I guess it's just Northern NJ that acts so gay...
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Possibly depends on when/where you drive.
Normally sedate roads around here after 11pm on Friday or Saturday nights will be ripe for young hoons wanting to race.
We had our main freeway to the airport shut down by street racers earlier this week, they reckon 400 cars involved.
Possibly depends on when/where you drive.
Normally sedate roads around here after 11pm on Friday or Saturday nights will be ripe for young hoons wanting to race.
We had our main freeway to the airport shut down by street racers earlier this week, they reckon 400 cars involved.
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Do you realize all BMW's will run (with the Electronic limiter pulled) from 160 to 175 on an M3, and 180 on a M5, the new 6’s V-8 engine can top 200 easily. I’m also running a 10 liter N²0 tank that fills the trunk; I run it the whole time.
There’s a Hartge reseller in the Chicago area that sold me a front a rear spoiler, and a bunch of engine mods to squeeze out performance.
This is the difference, the “American Sport Car”, works with more and performs less, the European sports car works with less and performs more. That’s why BMW uses I-6 engines in their M3’s and they kick out double the overall performance, the engine lasts longer, the body, everything and you resell it sometimes over the original price, BMW only sold 25,000 Z4’s and the retail on a Z4 original MSRP on my car was about $50,000, right now not including mods $49,000, most cars, “Camaro” drop $5-7K first year.
Keep in mind that the Z4 also has DOHC, that makes a difference, plus I have every package you could buy, and that includes 6-speed w/Overdrive. The Hartge mods change the gear ratio I think to.
I tested the speed at the local airport, for Hartge to redo a 3, M3, X5, Z4 it’s about $130,000, they dump a V-8 engine, about 400 HP, www.hartge.de
But I have to original engine, just different components helping it run.
There’s a Hartge reseller in the Chicago area that sold me a front a rear spoiler, and a bunch of engine mods to squeeze out performance.
This is the difference, the “American Sport Car”, works with more and performs less, the European sports car works with less and performs more. That’s why BMW uses I-6 engines in their M3’s and they kick out double the overall performance, the engine lasts longer, the body, everything and you resell it sometimes over the original price, BMW only sold 25,000 Z4’s and the retail on a Z4 original MSRP on my car was about $50,000, right now not including mods $49,000, most cars, “Camaro” drop $5-7K first year.
Keep in mind that the Z4 also has DOHC, that makes a difference, plus I have every package you could buy, and that includes 6-speed w/Overdrive. The Hartge mods change the gear ratio I think to.
I tested the speed at the local airport, for Hartge to redo a 3, M3, X5, Z4 it’s about $130,000, they dump a V-8 engine, about 400 HP, www.hartge.de
But I have to original engine, just different components helping it run.
