slipspeed
10-03-2000, 12:54 AM
I finished a PITA clutch swap last week and I decided to go out and put some gentle miles on my clutch. So I take my 96 TSi FWD off base and on to the lovely well kept roads of Guam. Well I'm out doing my usual speed limit obeying thing. Enjoying the warm Saturday night. I pull up to a stop light behind a nissan frontier and a red integra.
I'm sitting there scoping the two vehicles out. The Frontier is raked with some pretty nice graphics on the tailgate. Pretty fat tires and there is no exhaust to be seen. The locals around here love to race minis and they often run with no exhaust at all. I'm talkin from the headers back. The integra looks a little ricey. Has the handlebar wing, some stickers on the back window and a nice shiny exhaust. Greddy I think? At least he doesn't have those blinding clear lights.
Suddenly, I can hear the throaty sound of the nissan revving hard. The integra answers back and gives a little VTech song. I am a little amused by this. Wondering how much speed will accompany all this noise. Then the damn Frontier starts to spin the tires. The integra follows suite but is no where near making the smoke that the Nissan is. I am getting a little irked now as I can imagine all of the debris and rocks that damn truck is kicking on to my paint. I check the rear view to see if I can back up a little. Damn, no room.
The light turns green and they both take off. I let them go and watch as they dart back and forth through the traffic. I get on the gas and clear the cars that they pass. Once I clear the cars, the integra cuts me off and goes clear across the lanes to the far right lane. The truck stays in the left. Now's where my Bruce Banner starts to act up.
Up ahead there is another light and it turns yellow. The two idiots slow to make the red and I do the same. I pull into the middle and the truck is to my left. The integra to my right. It's a pretty long light (as they all seem to be) and I am thankful that I'm not stuck behind the gorilla piloting the Nissan again.
Once again I hear the deep, exhaustless revving of the Frontier and the bumblebee bouncing of the VTech. I look over and the truck and notice how nicely his graphics match his tailgate. On the drive side I can see the glow of a MonsterTach. I throw a glance at the integra and check for the usual 20hp stickers. YUP, must have had 300hp worth. The integra is piloted by a guy who actually might be out of high school. Hard to tell because he has his yellow ball cap low over his eyes. Whooo, he's pretty hard lookin. I can't see the truck driver too well, due to his darkly tinted windows.
The truck spins the tires again and proceeds to stink up the place. I roll my windows up.
The VTech chirps a little too. My Bruce Banner is off the wall and it's about time to let loose.
The light turns green and they take off again. I check the odometer...it reads 328miles. Hmmm, aww what the hell. I snap and spool the 16G. I'm on them quicker than you can say "Honduh"! I throw it into neutral and give them a revvy DSM hello. Then I slam it into 3rd and I'm on my way.
At the next light I get stuck behind some traffic and they pull into the far right lane that goes a little faster than mine. The next light is my left turn and I can see that they are turning too. Sweeeet :) I pull behind a corolla and signal left at the light. The truck and integra are in the very front. The left turn leads onto a nicely paved, gently curvy stretch that is about 5 or 6 miles long.
As they turn I can see them take off. I turn onto the road and get in the left lane to pass the corolla. They must have seen me because I can see the integra squat a little as they try to pull away. Hmmm, I'm not having that! I quickly close the 6 or so car lengths in front.
Just as I am about to pass, the freakin truck swerves and cuts my lane off!! Then he brake checks me. I let off and glide into the right lane. They box me in the two lane road and slow to about 40. Tsk Tsk Tsk...my SWEET spot.
I see the integra squat again and they start to pull away. I throw the Talon into second and scream towards them. The road is newly paved and has huge shoulders on both sides. The integra tries to brake check me and I slide into the shoulder and blast right by him. The nissan tries to give chase but the his efforts are laughable at best.
I slide back into the lane and give them both the good ol 4 way flashers of "You Suckness". The truck responds by giving me some highbeam action. 4th and I'm on my merry way. I carve up the turns and smile as I can see their headlights fadings in the twisty darkness. Tsk Tsk Tsk...guess their cars don't handle as well. I pop in my Beastie CD and sit back to enjoy the rest of my speed limit obeying cruise home.
I'm sitting there scoping the two vehicles out. The Frontier is raked with some pretty nice graphics on the tailgate. Pretty fat tires and there is no exhaust to be seen. The locals around here love to race minis and they often run with no exhaust at all. I'm talkin from the headers back. The integra looks a little ricey. Has the handlebar wing, some stickers on the back window and a nice shiny exhaust. Greddy I think? At least he doesn't have those blinding clear lights.
Suddenly, I can hear the throaty sound of the nissan revving hard. The integra answers back and gives a little VTech song. I am a little amused by this. Wondering how much speed will accompany all this noise. Then the damn Frontier starts to spin the tires. The integra follows suite but is no where near making the smoke that the Nissan is. I am getting a little irked now as I can imagine all of the debris and rocks that damn truck is kicking on to my paint. I check the rear view to see if I can back up a little. Damn, no room.
The light turns green and they both take off. I let them go and watch as they dart back and forth through the traffic. I get on the gas and clear the cars that they pass. Once I clear the cars, the integra cuts me off and goes clear across the lanes to the far right lane. The truck stays in the left. Now's where my Bruce Banner starts to act up.
Up ahead there is another light and it turns yellow. The two idiots slow to make the red and I do the same. I pull into the middle and the truck is to my left. The integra to my right. It's a pretty long light (as they all seem to be) and I am thankful that I'm not stuck behind the gorilla piloting the Nissan again.
Once again I hear the deep, exhaustless revving of the Frontier and the bumblebee bouncing of the VTech. I look over and the truck and notice how nicely his graphics match his tailgate. On the drive side I can see the glow of a MonsterTach. I throw a glance at the integra and check for the usual 20hp stickers. YUP, must have had 300hp worth. The integra is piloted by a guy who actually might be out of high school. Hard to tell because he has his yellow ball cap low over his eyes. Whooo, he's pretty hard lookin. I can't see the truck driver too well, due to his darkly tinted windows.
The truck spins the tires again and proceeds to stink up the place. I roll my windows up.
The VTech chirps a little too. My Bruce Banner is off the wall and it's about time to let loose.
The light turns green and they take off again. I check the odometer...it reads 328miles. Hmmm, aww what the hell. I snap and spool the 16G. I'm on them quicker than you can say "Honduh"! I throw it into neutral and give them a revvy DSM hello. Then I slam it into 3rd and I'm on my way.
At the next light I get stuck behind some traffic and they pull into the far right lane that goes a little faster than mine. The next light is my left turn and I can see that they are turning too. Sweeeet :) I pull behind a corolla and signal left at the light. The truck and integra are in the very front. The left turn leads onto a nicely paved, gently curvy stretch that is about 5 or 6 miles long.
As they turn I can see them take off. I turn onto the road and get in the left lane to pass the corolla. They must have seen me because I can see the integra squat a little as they try to pull away. Hmmm, I'm not having that! I quickly close the 6 or so car lengths in front.
Just as I am about to pass, the freakin truck swerves and cuts my lane off!! Then he brake checks me. I let off and glide into the right lane. They box me in the two lane road and slow to about 40. Tsk Tsk Tsk...my SWEET spot.
I see the integra squat again and they start to pull away. I throw the Talon into second and scream towards them. The road is newly paved and has huge shoulders on both sides. The integra tries to brake check me and I slide into the shoulder and blast right by him. The nissan tries to give chase but the his efforts are laughable at best.
I slide back into the lane and give them both the good ol 4 way flashers of "You Suckness". The truck responds by giving me some highbeam action. 4th and I'm on my merry way. I carve up the turns and smile as I can see their headlights fadings in the twisty darkness. Tsk Tsk Tsk...guess their cars don't handle as well. I pop in my Beastie CD and sit back to enjoy the rest of my speed limit obeying cruise home.