Re: '98 Cobra spank

From: GS- (GSWillhite@ualr.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 13 1999 - 10:52:00 EDT


Great Spank! To bad you didn't have another light. Did
it sound like he was having traction problems?

> Anyways.. I heard him making all kinds of noise (from both exhaust, and
> squacking the tires between shifts)

Not sure what was happening between shifts, but glad you
nailed him anyway. :)

GS -

  SuperNagz@aol.com wrote:
> So I'm coming home from school today, on Michigan Ave. (4 lanes)... light
> turns red... I'm first at the light.. guess who pulls next to me?
> A black '98 Mustang Cobra Covertable... lowered a couple inches... side skirt
> exhaust, and a padded roll bar. Well.. I hear some crackling out of his
> buzzing exhaust (we all know I hate overhead cammers), so I decided he wanted
> a piece of the "BEEst"
> Light turns green...
> For my first time, I actualy had a perfect launch (I didn't floor it until
> about 60').
> Anyways.. I heard him making all kinds of noise (from both exhaust, and
> squacking the tires between shifts)
> I let off at about 60... at which time I had him by at last two car lengths.
> For the rest of my trip home (about 6 miles down Michigan), he kept trying to
> blow by me and get ahead of me.. but he couldn't do it. Unfortunately, we
> never got stuck at a light again..
>
> My question is.. should I be beating him by this much?
> To be honest... that has to be about as slow as a Cobra can come.. with the
> heavy convertable.. his roll bar..
>
> On the flip side.. a '99 GT 5 speed beat me a couple weeks ago by about 1 car
> length at 60 mph.
>
> I can't wait until this weekend to see what I'm running!



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