[Shotimes] played with a WRX yesterday

[colin cooney]

Probably just as well that you didn't press it further, as I remember the 
State Trooper likes to sit on the wide right hand shoulder just past the 
exit for Evergreen. I've always wondered why he is never there during the 
inevitable rush hour collision at 4:15 pm on any given Friday between 
November 1st and May 1st, you know, right when the sideways snow and sleet 
starts to fall, and the huge woman in the Cadillac Cimarron runs out of gas 
in the extreme left lane, but can't muster the strength to turn the wheel to 
the left to put her car on the shoulder.

It must be springtime in Detroit, if folks are getting on the pedal in and 
around Woodward.

If tomorrow's game doesn't go markedly better for the Wings, I'm bound to be 
a little testy. Ducks are for hunting.




>From: Randy Smith <RandyMTU98@comcast.net>
>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] played with a WRX yesterday
>Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:48:00 -0400
>
>As Ron N seems to allude to, I don't think the WRX was trying.  Still fun 
>to
>play though!  I stumbled upon the perfect place for a little fun the other
>night.  I never am on roads with 2 lanes in each direction, but I was
>leaving Royal Oak on Friday night and made a right onto the service drive 
>to
>get on 696 (locations given for locals)  I didn't realize it at the time,
>but it was perfect; 2 lanes go side by side from a light straight onto the
>eway.  I had pulled hard around the corner onto this drive and noticed a 
>car
>staying right with me.  We got the light on red and he pulled up next to 
>me.
>It was a Honda Prelude (I just looked it up and it was a gen 4, 92-96.  He
>took about a car on me off the line because I didn't really launch, not
>knowing if he'd go.  As soon as I was rolling I nailed it and pulled back
>even.  I had a real nice shift into second and pulled ahead.  Then I flat
>out missed third, pushed the clutch back in and put it in gear and hit it
>again.  He was even or a car ahead at that point but when I nailed it again
>we stayed even.  By this time we were descending into the expressway (it's
>like a canyon through the city) and already going 80, so I just put it in
>fifth and let him go.  When I went by him on the eway he turned on his dome
>light and gave the thumbs up, but didn't really look over. (not sure he was
>upset that he couldn't beat a sedan)  After my looking right now, I 
>probably
>should have beaten him, might have had I launched and not missed 3rd.  But
>he did have a nice 3" tailpipe (wasn't too rice) so I'm sure he had other
>performance mods.  Stock the VTEC model has 190hp and they weigh 2900 lbs
>(not sure it was the vtec though, the Si was 160hp).  Anyone have any
>performance numbers on them?
>
>On a calmer note, I took care of some door and trunk rust today.  Not as 
>bad
>a process as I had been thinking it would be.
>
>Randy
>94 Moonlight MTX
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