So i was driving on an uphill section of road with some deceint corners... and i was at a stop light, i think i had had my car maybe 4 or 5 days (im at about 2 weeks now) and 2 cars ahead of me was a nicely done up S2000, not that ricer bullshit but nice JDM stylings. anway there was a car between us as i was behind him. at the light driving like normal but i know the road rather well so i got it up to about 3500 in 3rd and passed the minivan, and get up behind the honda, as im approaching the passing zone. so i ROMPED it, as he sees me shift over to the other side of the road i see/hear him downshift (man that V-TEC is loud). and i cruise right past him. and we are going probably around 80 or so up this nice uphill "Touge" section, i keep a decient distance in front of him as we are careening through these turns, and then another straight section comes up, we are probably in 5th gear now and i was around 4k rpms when i see him shift lanes, again the scream of that vtec kicks in and he slowly pulls ahead of me... then keeps going. So sure enough i get behind him again, and start flashing him to pull over. we sat and talked for a while and he was asking me all these questions...oh what do you have done, turbo, exhaust, stand alone...etc and i was like....NOPE stock 87 GXL N/A his jaw kind of dropped and we parted ways. i would have to say for myself it might not have been a kill but at least i know that my car, which is probably about 19 years his elder can still hang. i was so happy the rest of the night. i mean sure with my old GTI VR6 i would have stomped him any day of the week. but just knowing that my stock FC still has a bit of pep... man what a car i love her even more now.

Thanks for listening!

Zak

 

Also about 2 days ago i was driving through Farmington on my way to CCSU in New Britian (connecticut). and i was at a light and a BMW M3 FLIES by me at the intersection and cuts me off... i was like **** THIS!...so im holding the revs right around 4 grand in 2 through a few turns untill i know i will be at a 2 lane section...and got on it pretty good, i got a good jump but he had an 80k M3 Fully tricked out like nothing i had ever seen before. the sound this thing produced...was enough to make anyone drool. so we were flying around another uphill section and i was staying rather close to his bumper. we pull up together at the next light and i know the kid!!! turns out he went to my highschool graduated a few years before me. (his family is LOADED!) and he calls out "hey man! nice move back there, i had no idea those things were that quick...." again it wasnt a kill for me, but just having another kid with a brand new 80K dollar car, makes me feel fantastic since i only spent 2 grand on mine!!! hahah whoo hoo! GOTTA LOVE THE WANKEL!!!

Zak

 

and your stock 87 NA hung with these big boys? Stock NA's are pretty slow compared to a s2000 or bmw m3. If it was a TII, I'd believe you. are you sure this happened.....

 

why would i lie? im not saying that i beat them, but i didnt do to bad, i guess im a little better driver than i thought, just keeping in the right RPM range really was all it took...i mean yah i got smoked by the M3. but thats besides the point. the S2000 could be the kid just had no idea how to drive. hahaha. but hey im still happy.

 

all i know is s2ks tear it up when it comes to high end

 

that is true! my buddy had a rediculous S2000 in florida. 11k rev no sweat.

zak

 

I want an S2000 all of a sudden. I don't know why, but the past week or so I've been craving one.

 

You were in 5th gear at 4k rpm, what were you doing like 140mph in 5th gear?

And I do raise the BS flag, I know Stock TII's and my car have trouble keeping up with a decent driver in a S2000 - and I have the instant boost over the TII's...so unless #1) The top's down #2) The car's engine is defunct #3) The guy is a total tool I seriously doubt he was pushing it or knew how to drive.

 

my TII gets stomped at autocrosses by S2000's. But the guy that shows up in my region has been doing it for friggen decades or something.

 

hmmmmmm

 

ouch

 

call me on BS all you want, no sweat here, you guys werent there you didnt see it happen. i know M3 would stomp me, given, i know S2000 would stomp me, again given, im just guessing the kid didnt know how to drive that car,not that i have some monster under my hood, not anything like that at all, all i was stating was that i hung in there for a good while on a nice uphill section. Jeez if i knew i was gunna get "flamed" for this i wouldnt have wrote it! hahaha. oh well, **** happens deal with it right?! well guys talk to ya all later

Zak