IntenseTsi
09-25-2000, 12:12 PM
First off I would like to say I have great repspect for anyone who has the time, kowledge and money to mod any type of car. It's a great pastime and something I enjoy doing. But if you're going to take a stock car, put racing stickers all over it, add a body kit and some rims, and then talk it up like it's god on wheels don't expect me to be too kind.
Back to the story, I treated myself to a vacation this weekend down south whare it's quite a bit warmer than it is here. My car seems to atract a lot of admirers where ever I go. As I pulled into Taco Bell to eat something last Friday night, I saw a croud accross the street in the city market. Imports! My kind of people. I went to a small town where all they do is drag main and sit in the parking lot. I ordered some tacos and sat down to eat w/ my friends that live there. They told me all the jokes and stories that I had missed out on since my last visit. As the croud cleared up a little across the street, I noticed a black 2nd gen eclispe w/ a kombat body kit and green neon under the doors. I inquired my friend about the car. They said the kid had had it for around six months and it's fast. You know what went through my mind for the next ten mintes as we finished eating...cooool, another DSM to cruse with! We finished and we walk across the street to talk with everyone. I casually walked over and inspected the car. It had a huge NOS sticker across the top of the windshield. One thing that seemed odd that was I couldn't see an aftermarket boost gauge anywhere. Ok, maybe it's hidden I thought. I walked around to the end back, every sticker and marker had been taken off. He had a huge muffler and tip, looked like it blonged on another type of import. I looked under the back, front wheel drive? Almost forgot to mention all the misc. stickers behind the fron wheels (Venom, mospeed etc).At least it was a 5 speed. I was curious to see if he had run it before so I walked over to my friends and asked who drove the car, he said the one with the visor. Sure enough there was only one kid with a visor on, upside down and back wards. (Nothing wrong with that, just a little funny to me). I chatted with him a little sbout his ride, he was more interested in telling stories about all the cars he's killed. I lost interest after around fifteen minutes of one story. We left and went on back to main. Now to the kicker of the story. He saw me pull out of Taco Bell and watched me go by. I gave him the ol blow off valve salute and went on my mary way. We pulled off the talk to some girls, blah blah blah, no you can't drive my car(The usual). I pulled back onto main and guess who was creeping up behind me, he pulled up by my window and let me know he was there. His exhaust sounded a little funny, if I had looked straight ahead and never saw his car I would swear it was a Honda sitting next to me. RED LIGHT. I had a car full of friends and only running 12 psi but what the hell, if this car was as fast as everyone says it is it wouldn't matter anyway. GREEN LIGHT. I pulled three cars on him from the launch. He barely spun the tires. I was so shocked and thought he must be giving me a head start. I kept it on the floor until the top of second. He was nowhere near me. He turned off the street and I didn't see him for the rest of the night. Much later that night that at a party up the canyon, I talked with I think his older brother. I learned that the car was a 1997 n/t GS! The reason everyone thought it was so fast is because he had never raced in town. He had just told all of them stories that of course weren't true. I had a good laugh for about an hour. Needless to say I didn't see him untill Sunday as I was leaving town. I gave him another salute and laughed the whole way home. I'll admit, if this car had the balls to back up the looks it would run tens no problem.
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Steve, 1991 Talon Tsi AWD
"Technology is the only substitute for cubic inches"
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Back to the story, I treated myself to a vacation this weekend down south whare it's quite a bit warmer than it is here. My car seems to atract a lot of admirers where ever I go. As I pulled into Taco Bell to eat something last Friday night, I saw a croud accross the street in the city market. Imports! My kind of people. I went to a small town where all they do is drag main and sit in the parking lot. I ordered some tacos and sat down to eat w/ my friends that live there. They told me all the jokes and stories that I had missed out on since my last visit. As the croud cleared up a little across the street, I noticed a black 2nd gen eclispe w/ a kombat body kit and green neon under the doors. I inquired my friend about the car. They said the kid had had it for around six months and it's fast. You know what went through my mind for the next ten mintes as we finished eating...cooool, another DSM to cruse with! We finished and we walk across the street to talk with everyone. I casually walked over and inspected the car. It had a huge NOS sticker across the top of the windshield. One thing that seemed odd that was I couldn't see an aftermarket boost gauge anywhere. Ok, maybe it's hidden I thought. I walked around to the end back, every sticker and marker had been taken off. He had a huge muffler and tip, looked like it blonged on another type of import. I looked under the back, front wheel drive? Almost forgot to mention all the misc. stickers behind the fron wheels (Venom, mospeed etc).At least it was a 5 speed. I was curious to see if he had run it before so I walked over to my friends and asked who drove the car, he said the one with the visor. Sure enough there was only one kid with a visor on, upside down and back wards. (Nothing wrong with that, just a little funny to me). I chatted with him a little sbout his ride, he was more interested in telling stories about all the cars he's killed. I lost interest after around fifteen minutes of one story. We left and went on back to main. Now to the kicker of the story. He saw me pull out of Taco Bell and watched me go by. I gave him the ol blow off valve salute and went on my mary way. We pulled off the talk to some girls, blah blah blah, no you can't drive my car(The usual). I pulled back onto main and guess who was creeping up behind me, he pulled up by my window and let me know he was there. His exhaust sounded a little funny, if I had looked straight ahead and never saw his car I would swear it was a Honda sitting next to me. RED LIGHT. I had a car full of friends and only running 12 psi but what the hell, if this car was as fast as everyone says it is it wouldn't matter anyway. GREEN LIGHT. I pulled three cars on him from the launch. He barely spun the tires. I was so shocked and thought he must be giving me a head start. I kept it on the floor until the top of second. He was nowhere near me. He turned off the street and I didn't see him for the rest of the night. Much later that night that at a party up the canyon, I talked with I think his older brother. I learned that the car was a 1997 n/t GS! The reason everyone thought it was so fast is because he had never raced in town. He had just told all of them stories that of course weren't true. I had a good laugh for about an hour. Needless to say I didn't see him untill Sunday as I was leaving town. I gave him another salute and laughed the whole way home. I'll admit, if this car had the balls to back up the looks it would run tens no problem.
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Steve, 1991 Talon Tsi AWD
"Technology is the only substitute for cubic inches"
http://www.geocities.com/reddevil56/rims.jpg