Got Smoked by A........

[Rogue_Biker]

Okay, so the wife and I went cruising again this Sunday morning. The P5 was just newly washed and waxed by yours truelly and we were profiling down the Coast road. It was a beautiful day. Sun was out. None of that California morning s***-fog.

On the way home I noticed this Miata behind me. It was all black, lowered with low profile wheels & tires. It also had a rollbar and chin & rear spoilers. We got tons of these round these parts so I didn't give it too much attention. The Miata was on my tail so I let my P5's engine sing.....Rrrrrroar....2nd, then 3rd then........the Miata came whooshing by like I was standing still. DAYMN! We stopped at an intersection and I pulled up next to the Miata. It was driven by a male driver with a baseball cap and Oakley's (what else). I tapped my horn and the guy looked over at me. I pointed straight ahead and somehow, he knew what I meant. He revved his motor and so did I. Light went green and I got a holeshot on him in first and I heard his tires screeching for traction. But by the time I shifted to second gear, the Miata went by and SMOKED its rear tires again in 2nd! HOT DANG! That sucker took off like a bat out of hell. I've never seen Miata's run like that so at the next intersection I pulled up next to the Miata again and both him and I had big smiles on our faces. I asked him what he's got under the hood. "Turbo!" He says. s***. No wonder. I was might impressed.

 

[MP3-Owner]

I wouldn't want to race this miata either (omg)

 

[Liquidturbo2000]

If you Haven't figured out yet..

P5s aren't street racers cars.. DUH

 

[Sir Nuke]

rogue...you didn't SERIOUSLY think you could take a miata did you?

you should have known better.... (stash)

 

[Phoenix5]

LiquidTurbo has got a point,the Pro5 is not really meant to be a street racer because it's 2 heavy.Only if you supercharge and lighten it,there might be a chance of beating the lighter Miata or any other import racer.

 

[Sir Nuke]

LiquidTurbo has got a point,the Pro5 is not really meant to be a street racer because it's 2 heavy.Only if you supercharge and lighten it,there might be a chance of beating the lighter Miata or any other import racer.

but that is all the fun....having a SLEEPER! just seeing the guys face when you take him and he was sooooooooooooooo sure they were going to whip your butt. lol lol

 

[FuNwaGoN]

Hey hey hey now go easy on the ole' P5's . Any car can be a street racer and this topic has been discussed before. it is about 85% driver and 15% car. Any idiot can get in a auto porsche and make it seem fast but a good driver can make a pile of dung fly as if it was going to hit the fan. Oh well i am just pumped cause I ripped a civic a new one. Of course it might have been because his girlfriend in the passenger seat kept hitting him. Either way he got smoked!!!!!

Sorry but I agree with nuke on the miata thing. What were you thinking.

BTW was that little red stain on my computer screen supposed to be a miata. I ran over something like that on my way into work this morning. Of course I was driving the lightning.

 

[Kooldino]

Hey hey hey now go easy on the ole' P5's . Any car can be a street racer and this topic has been discussed before. it is about 85% driver and 15% car. Any idiot can get in a auto porsche and make it seem fast but a good driver can make a pile of dung fly as if it was going to hit the fan.

Uh...i think you have your percentages backwards man. Put a bad driver in an auto porsche and then put the world's best driver in a stock protege, and guess what? In a straight line, the porsche will win easily.

I DO agree that the driver could make a significant difference in the same car, but you're always limited to the car. The better driver will just reduce the amount human error.

 

[FuNwaGoN]

To a certain extent I agree but I have seen many times where an extremely fast car is just jacked by a good driver in alot slower car. My friend with a simple little civic with mild mods, ie no nos or turbo has spanked so many mustang 5.0's it's not even funny ....wait a minute yes it is. This guy will make you sick. Anything he touches is fast. And I agree that I may have exaggerated a little bit but also remember that we are not just talking about on a drag strip or something. And yes I have seen people that suck at driving so bad they could make a porsche slow. Hey just my .02 and experiences in life. If you haven't seen alot in your life then get out and see some.

 

[Rogue_Biker]

Guys, I knew that Miata could smoke me. I just wanted to see him run it. The way he passed me was just unreal. It was all in good fun. I know which cars my P5 can run with and which cars it can't, and which cars it can outhandle in the twisties. Just because another car is faster doesn't mean I can't have some fun just watching it go right? It's not all about winning unless you've got money on the line.

That guy had a Turbo and with a good 200+ hp in that car. A stock Miata though, especially an older one will have to work real hard to run away from a P5.

 

[BigBlue]

Uh...i think you have your percentages backwards man. Put a bad driver in an auto porsche and then put the world's best driver in a stock protege, and guess what? In a straight line, the porsche will win easily.

I DO agree that the driver could make a significant difference in the same car, but you're always limited to the car. The better driver will just reduce the amount human error.

Couldn't agree more...which is why I don't even bother street racing and also why I love auto-x! I know that if I pull up to a Z8 at a red light, that unless the guy doesn't even know how to shift at all, he'd blow me off the line every single time. However, bring it out and run it around the pylons and altho he still might beat me, through superior driving, I can have a pretty decent chance. Why do I use the BMW Z8 in my comparison? Cuz it's the most expensive car I've ever knocked off at autoX so far.

 

[Liquidturbo2000]

Hahaha. Man.

Stop denying the fact a stock P5 is slow. No one really has the right to say that their P5 is SO fast.. unless is CaptainPRM who just had his P5 Turboboosted. Our cars are classifed as "economy" haha. if you wanted cheap speed...you should have botten a Sentra Se-R Spec-V.. it could kill p5 anyday!

But p5 still rocks. handling interior, looks, etc. but y'all gotta get it thru ur heads that its still an Economy car, nothing more.

 

[Rogue_Biker]

Slow compared to what?

If you compare it to a bunch of turbo cars or high-perf imports with variable valve timing yeah. But there's more to being fast(or slow) besides just reading specs on paper. If the P5 is so slow, I don't think people will buy it. It feels quick enough when I'm driving it around. It certainly doesn't fall behind in traffic. It can pass slow moving cars in the twisties. It cruises effortlessly at 90 to 100 mph. So what's "slow" about it? If you got it with an automatic well, all I can say is I'm sorry. But a 0-60 time of 9 seconds isn't slow.

 

[Gro Harlem]

those percentages are more like 95% driver, 5% car.

in the corners, its all about who can control their s***, not which car is faster.

Unless you are talking about drag racing, which is one of the stupidest sports on earth. I mean I don't mind going to the track to test the acceleration of my car, but focusing only on drag racing is dumb IMo. "Wow i'm driving in a striaght line......so much skill i have"

 

[Liquidturbo2000]

haha

Slow compared to what?

If you compare it to a bunch of turbo cars or high-perf imports with variable valve timing yeah. But there's more to being fast(or slow) besides just reading specs on paper. If the P5 is so slow, I don't think people will buy it. It feels quick enough when I'm driving it around. It certainly doesn't fall behind in traffic. It can pass slow moving cars in the twisties. It cruises effortlessly at 90 to 100 mph. So what's "slow" about it? If you got it with an automatic well, all I can say is I'm sorry. But a 0-60 time of 9 seconds isn't slow.

9 seconds is real fast man! its the norm for Economy Cars. and Economy Cars aren't classied as Fast. I also doubt the auto P5 could run 9.0 seconds exactly.. but prove me wrong with a timeslip or something.

A fast/quick economy car would be the Focus SVT 0-6.9s or Se-R Spec-V 7.0

P5 only "Looks" fast, and thats enough to make me happy

 

[Antoine]

You can't get anymore "economy" then Honda...and look what people are doing with those cars...What matters is that you are happy with your ride.

 

[Rogue_Biker]

Re: haha

9 seconds is real fast man! its the norm for Economy Cars. and Economy Cars aren't classied as Fast. I also doubt the auto P5 could run 9.0 seconds exactly.. but prove me wrong with a timeslip or something.

A fast/quick economy car would be the Focus SVT 0-6.9s or Se-R Spec-V 7.0

P5 only "Looks" fast, and thats enough to make me happy

I understand what you're saying. I would consider any car that can do 0-60 in 8.5 sec or less, fast. 9 seconds like the P5 would be "quick" but certainly not fast. But when I'm going through the gears and shifting at 4k RPM, it feels fast enough. But yeah, off the line I wish it could pick up speed in 1st gear a little faster.

Today's modern cars are just so much faster than they were 10 years ago it's amazing. I mean, back then you had VW GTI's with 1.8 engines doing 0-60 mph in 9 sec and that was considered fast because everything else did the same run in 10 secs or more.

But yeah. The P5 looks great. I guess we can just all wish for a Turbo.