No, its just fun to run with another car, but be aware of turbo, nitros
slammed Hondas, some run 10 sec. quarter miles.
On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 13:09:06 -0700 "Allan Connell" <alcon@earthlink.net>
writes:
>****WARNING***** THIS IS DRIVEL ***** LITTLE OR NO TECH CONTENT ****
>
>Though it is rare for me, I will attempt to keep this brief.
>
>While out running some errands in the Tiger on Saturday, I happened to
>pull
>up next to this old, white piece of crap looking VW Rabbit with a
>NUESPEED
>sticker on his back window. I casually glanced left at the driver who
>was
>about 14 years old with a shaved head and wrap around aluminum
>sunglasses.
>I must be getting old as my first thought was a tour of duty with
>Uncle
>Sam's Misguided Children would certainly straighten this fellow out.
>Making
>eye contact, I smiled casually.
>
>Almost instantly, he frowned and began revving his engine.....it
>really
>sounded awful; very much like a broken gas powered washing machine
>from the
>early 1930's. Feeling a bit juvenile myself that afternoon, I
>responded in
>kind by revving my Tiger. Unfortunately, this did not have the
>desired
>affect, as the look on his face changed from disgust to out right
>rage.
>Once again, this lowered my mental as well as intellectual age far
>lower
>than physical age....seriously, I was bordering on hitting negative
>numbers.
>
>When the light changed, I popped the clutch and summarily lit up the
>tires
>loosing about a half inch of rubber and creating a lot of smoke.
>(gotta
>love a posi !) My young friend had his windows open. I left him in
>the
>smoke. When I reached ten MPH over the speed limit, I slowed down to
>let him
>catch up. He pulled in and slowed down right behind me. With that
>great
>Rootes rear view mirror, I could see him seething and pounding his
>dash. At
>the next light, he pulled off to the right and made a right turn, once
>again
>revving his motor and squealing his wheels....shaking an angry fist at
>me
>and my Tiger as he completed his turn.
>
>Could it be he was upset because I just could not for the life of me
>wipe
>the smile off my face?
>
>Now before I get flamed, allow me to state this was REAL stupid
>behavior on
>my part; and there is a portion of me that regrets my actions. I will
>try
>to avoid such situations in the future. But damn, it was fun!
>
>Guess that's one of the reasons we own Tigers.
>
>Allan
>B9472373
>
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