[Shotimes] played with a WRX yesterday

[Ron Nottingham]

That's one thing I hate about the WRX, one really has to drive the thing
like it is hated to get the sub-6.0 second 0-60's.  8/10ths performance
seems medicore, around the 7.0 second range by the ol' butt dyno/stopwatch.

Ron N. - Dalton, GA
90 SHO
"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"

----- Original Message -----
From: <BJamesjr@aol.com>


> I was on my way to work in my 97 SHO and turned onto a 3-lane service
road.
> This is a new area so there aren't any businesses or roads entering the
> service road.  I come to a traffic light and within 1/4 mile after the
> traffic light is an entrance ramp.  I'm in the right lane and there is a
> small pickup in the center lane.  I see a car pull up in the left lane and
> recognize from the front end that it is a WRX.  My usual mode is to take
off
> quickly from the light and get ahead of the other traffic so I can get in
the
> left lane and enter the freeway.  After noticing the WRX I'm thinking this
> could be interesting.  When the light changed they took off as fast as I
did
> and pulled on me a little.  Then I was surprised to see that I started
> pulling on the WRX a little.  As we approach the entrance ramp I am
pulling
> on the WRX a little but have no hope of getting in front of them so I let
off
> and pull in behind them.  All the while I expected the WRX to be long
gone.
> Either they weren't trying hard or maybe they had an automatic.  Whatever,
it
> was still interesting.