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- 03' Silverado, 03' P5
Alright, I just walked in from hanging out with my gf, and what happened on the way back from the movies made my whole night. We took my truck, and on the way back I had the funniest s*** happen... I'm still giggling over it.
On a four-lane hwy (HWY 80) I was driving along at 60 or so in a 55 zone, when a early 90's corolla comes up beside me in the left lane at a pretty good clip. There's the driver and 1 passenger, both guys, probably 16 y/o's... They had purple neon lights on the inside of the car, a radio blaring, a screw on exhaust tip from autozone or somewhere, and a double tier spoiler. The car was loud enough for me to hear over my Flowmaster exhaust. Well, they get beside us, and stay there for about 30 seconds, so I decide to at least move a little in case some traffic comes up from behind us. Well, I give it enough gas to downshift into 3rd from overdrive... and Buuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrppppppppppp... The corolla guy downshifts and gets on it. I'm thinking, ok, fair enough, I don't have to waste the 2 gallons of gas it would have taken to go 10MPH faster anyhow...
Until about 15 seconds later, and 50 ft. ahead when the corolla cuts its flashers on; My gf looks over and says, you got beat, while laughing pretty hard. (What's bad, is that she probably thought that, she knows my T-Type was fast, but thinks the truck is just for towing...
) Well, I figured what the hell. There's a red light up ahead, nearing Jackson International airport. There's no one else around and the street is clear. We both stop at the red light, me in the right lane, and G-Thug-gangsta-wanna-be in the Left... I roll my window down and literally scream over their music to get the passenger's attention. He finally shuts the music off, and they both lean over to look at me. I ask if they want to race for some money... I Say $20? The driver says, "You don't want none, I just handed you your ass already just then." I am surprised my jaw didn't hit the damn floor. Anyways, the passenger says... "We'll run for a bill." I replied, "Huh?" and he said $100... Still in total disbelief, I agree, while my gf is telling me that I don't need to spend that much money... Thanks for the confidence booster... Damn.
Well, About the time I got my window back up, the light turned... The passenger in the car motioned for me to wait for a second, I stay still while the corolla does a burnout!!! All of about 3 feet, but I guess that still qualifies... Well, not to be outdone... I hold the brake until about 3,000 Rpm's and floor it... A that RPM the torque converter has already engaged, so my tires are slipping... At any rate, I spin the tires for about 30 or 40 yards, with enough smoke for me to lose sight of the mighty corolla. I look over and my gf is as pale as a ghost... I am getting pissed off by this point just for the fact that I am probably gonna need new tires after my display of stupidity, when all of a sudden here comes the corolla... I'm going about 10MPH at this point, when it comes shooting out of the smoke at maybe 30 or so MPH. Well, I make a quick decision and flip the remote opener on the N2O and go to about half throttle... I realized that I was going too fast and had to slow down if I wanted the corolla to catch back up with me.. I told my gf to lean forward so that her head wouldn't hit the back window, and got ready. I was at about 50 by then, and let off the gas for the corolla to catch up...
When they got right beside me, I hit it... When the truck downshifted into 2nd, both back tires spun hard enough to move the entire thing about a foot to the right. At any rate, I only ran up to about 80 or so before I let off, which might have taken 3 seconds... if that long, and the corolla looked to be about a 75 yards behind me. I slowed down, but they turned around in the grassy part of the median and took off. I was quiet for a minute or so, and then asked my gf if she was ok... She just looked over with her eyes like saucers and said "That was so damn cool. Why haven't we done that before?" I got to laughing so hard I had to pull over.. I figured she would have wanted to kick my butt, but she thought it was fun! Oh well, I got a big kick out of that...Figured I'd share.
On a four-lane hwy (HWY 80) I was driving along at 60 or so in a 55 zone, when a early 90's corolla comes up beside me in the left lane at a pretty good clip. There's the driver and 1 passenger, both guys, probably 16 y/o's... They had purple neon lights on the inside of the car, a radio blaring, a screw on exhaust tip from autozone or somewhere, and a double tier spoiler. The car was loud enough for me to hear over my Flowmaster exhaust. Well, they get beside us, and stay there for about 30 seconds, so I decide to at least move a little in case some traffic comes up from behind us. Well, I give it enough gas to downshift into 3rd from overdrive... and Buuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrppppppppppp... The corolla guy downshifts and gets on it. I'm thinking, ok, fair enough, I don't have to waste the 2 gallons of gas it would have taken to go 10MPH faster anyhow...
Until about 15 seconds later, and 50 ft. ahead when the corolla cuts its flashers on; My gf looks over and says, you got beat, while laughing pretty hard. (What's bad, is that she probably thought that, she knows my T-Type was fast, but thinks the truck is just for towing...
) Well, I figured what the hell. There's a red light up ahead, nearing Jackson International airport. There's no one else around and the street is clear. We both stop at the red light, me in the right lane, and G-Thug-gangsta-wanna-be in the Left... I roll my window down and literally scream over their music to get the passenger's attention. He finally shuts the music off, and they both lean over to look at me. I ask if they want to race for some money... I Say $20? The driver says, "You don't want none, I just handed you your ass already just then." I am surprised my jaw didn't hit the damn floor. Anyways, the passenger says... "We'll run for a bill." I replied, "Huh?" and he said $100... Still in total disbelief, I agree, while my gf is telling me that I don't need to spend that much money... Thanks for the confidence booster... Damn.Well, About the time I got my window back up, the light turned... The passenger in the car motioned for me to wait for a second, I stay still while the corolla does a burnout!!! All of about 3 feet, but I guess that still qualifies... Well, not to be outdone... I hold the brake until about 3,000 Rpm's and floor it... A that RPM the torque converter has already engaged, so my tires are slipping... At any rate, I spin the tires for about 30 or 40 yards, with enough smoke for me to lose sight of the mighty corolla. I look over and my gf is as pale as a ghost... I am getting pissed off by this point just for the fact that I am probably gonna need new tires after my display of stupidity, when all of a sudden here comes the corolla... I'm going about 10MPH at this point, when it comes shooting out of the smoke at maybe 30 or so MPH. Well, I make a quick decision and flip the remote opener on the N2O and go to about half throttle... I realized that I was going too fast and had to slow down if I wanted the corolla to catch back up with me.. I told my gf to lean forward so that her head wouldn't hit the back window, and got ready. I was at about 50 by then, and let off the gas for the corolla to catch up...
When they got right beside me, I hit it... When the truck downshifted into 2nd, both back tires spun hard enough to move the entire thing about a foot to the right. At any rate, I only ran up to about 80 or so before I let off, which might have taken 3 seconds... if that long, and the corolla looked to be about a 75 yards behind me. I slowed down, but they turned around in the grassy part of the median and took off. I was quiet for a minute or so, and then asked my gf if she was ok... She just looked over with her eyes like saucers and said "That was so damn cool. Why haven't we done that before?" I got to laughing so hard I had to pull over.. I figured she would have wanted to kick my butt, but she thought it was fun! Oh well, I got a big kick out of that...Figured I'd share.
