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On my commute to an appt. in the Jeep along some empty back roads I spot a new gray convertible 370z stopped at a light. The Jeep is a monster from a stop so I'm thinking maybe we can have some fun :) Unfortunatly the light went green as soon as I pulled up, the 370 did goose it off the light so I did a little as well up to the speed limit.

Another light comes up and this time goes yellow just as we are both approaching it. All of the sudden I hear

"Are you kidding me, are you serious?!?!?"

Sitting in the convertible, auto 370 is a man probably in his 80's with a baseball hat, sunglasses and maybe a slight New York accent .

Guy a little aggitated - "You think that would have a chance against this."

Me calmly - "I know this has a chance against that"

Guy a little more agitated - "You know this car can beat that right?"

Me calmly - "No, this car will beat that car"

Guy agitated - "What? Are you serious, $50 bucks, $50 bucks, you got $50 bucks!"

Me calmly - "I got $50 bucks, go on green."

Guy agitated - "You're about to lose"

At this point in the story I have a full erection because it's moments like these that I just dream about. I merely reply with "We will see." I got a little choked up because of how happy I was just getting everything I could ever want out of this conversation. This jerk who is completely ignorant is about to eat a large slice of humble pie.

The light goes green and he gets a slight hit. The Jeep SRT bellows to life digs in and takes off, his heavy auto helped him get a good start but the Jeep immediately puts a half car on him. It holds there briefly and then the Jeep starts inching away until he finally gives up after he's about a car back and doing nothing. From start to finish I have one hand out the window waving :)

I just basked in the glory for a little bit and let him hang back there and wallow in his. I decline his $50 because I only race for fun but hearing his voice change and saying with shock "that's got a lot of power" was plenty for me. He can take his $50 and buy some mods for his 332 hp convertible, auto 370z lol, I really hope I run into that guy when I'm in the Mercedes, I think he'd sell that car then :)

Just a great morning :)
 

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Awesome :rockon:

Gotta love non-carguys that wanna talk trash. I wish I could have something like that happen, but short of a kill on a 2012 Camaro SS I haven't had anyone that wants to try the Cobra in the past three months. :(
 

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Awesome :rockon:

Gotta love non-carguys that wanna talk trash. I wish I could have something like that happen, but short of a kill on a 2012 Camaro SS I haven't had anyone that wants to try the Cobra in the past three months. :(
Same boat here, last race I had in my Cobra was against an LS1, happened 5-6 months ago I believe :shrug:

Good kill O.P! Even if the car's arent fast, they're very enjoyable in these type's of races. I still remember my favorite encounter of all time against a Mach 1, very similar to yours.
 

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Good kill. I Had a similar situation about a year ago. Guy jumped me two cars, I reeled him in and then walked him. Guy got butt hurt and ended up trading it to a young guy for an old aluminum boat and an old fourwheeler. Pretty funny actually after all the **** talking I had to listen to.
 

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Excellent story, I loved my full-time 4wd Grand Cherokee for things like this. I always liked pissing off guys who jumped over at a particular stoplight where the lanes merged about 300ft later. Most backed off and got back in line, but I did have a ~'90 firebird go full retard and run into the grass trying to overtake me.
 

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Nice, id love to have one of those srt8 grand cherokees especially with the 392, but the gas mileage sucks so bad. :( It would be my ppl hauler so it would probly get alot of use and I would cry every time I had to fill it up lol.
 

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I had a similar run in with a guy in previous gen BMW 330 not too long ago. We're in traffic and he's all over my bumper as if he thinks his 260 hp garden variety 3 series is the shit.

We get to open water and I bury it and I see the hood of his car rear up so I can tell he's trying to keep up while I proceed to put bus lengths on him. I slow back down to a sane speed and he won't come anywhere near me. Lol.
 

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I embrassed a guy in a 370z so bad in my cobra, guess he didn't pay attention to all the warning signs all around my car.
 

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