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Old Apr 15, 2006 | 11:09 PM
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Well today I was driving and ... I got schooled by a 1980something Honda Accord EX

To say the least I was very disappointed, the car was all stock as it seemed, stock exhaust, sounded stock too.

I guess our cars just dont do it unless we have F/I

Tell me what ya'll think
Old Apr 15, 2006 | 11:15 PM
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what no pics
Old Apr 15, 2006 | 11:19 PM
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lol sorry, I just meant take a look at what happened to me
Old Apr 15, 2006 | 11:23 PM
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is your car automatic?
Old Apr 15, 2006 | 11:26 PM
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Yea, I got an auto, I popped full throttle and dropped to about 2nd and this guy was just totally getting away from me, i felt like an idiot. lol
Old Apr 15, 2006 | 11:28 PM
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sleeper got ya it seems. It would be stock, but maybe he had a motor swap done.
Old Apr 15, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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Yea maybe, I just feel like a retard thinking im all hot sh!@ and then i get pwned. lol.

Too bad I can't afford F/I.

Old Apr 16, 2006 | 03:02 AM
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godda love sleepers best there is
Old Apr 16, 2006 | 03:05 AM
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Well, you ARE and idiot if you were racing on the street

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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 03:08 AM
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Yea maybe, I just feel like a retard thinking im all hot sh!@ and then i get pwned. lol.

Too bad I can't afford F/I.

haha thats the purpose of a sleeper
Old Apr 16, 2006 | 03:26 AM
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Did you give him a head start? An accord ought to run the quarter in 15.5, if you accidentally gave him 0.8 seconds that would be a fair race.
Old Apr 16, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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Yea, we were already rolling, so it wasnt an off-the-line race.
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So this is why my insurance rates are so high. Thx for racing on the street dipsh!t.
Old Apr 17, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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So this is why my insurance rates are so high. Thx for racing on the street dipsh!t.
Umm, I dont race people, We were on a road where the speed limit is 65 and its an uphill road and I could not pass him. Its not like we were on a little street where we could get hurt. Watch who you call a dipsh!t buddy. I dont like insurance rates as much as the next guy, but thats not why they are so high. It's idiots that don't know how to drive that make the rates go up.
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why are you going to try and pull on him, in an auto, going uphill???
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Originally Posted by ScionBandit
why are you going to try and pull on him, in an auto, going uphill???
because everybody saw this

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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by tikbhoy
Originally Posted by ScionBandit
why are you going to try and pull on him, in an auto, going uphill???
because everybody saw this

Old Apr 17, 2006 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by MrHer0
Well today I was driving and ... I got schooled by a 1980something Honda Accord EX

To say the least I was very disappointed, the car was all stock as it seemed, stock exhaust, sounded stock too.

I guess our cars just dont do it unless we have F/I

Tell me what ya'll think
1.) you have an automatic..no matter how hard you mash the pedal to the floor, you're still at the mercy of the ECU as far as throttle/gear shifting. Not great for accelerating, specially cuz you can't rev up to redline.
2.) those 80's hondas are LITE as heck and can really be quik, probably a 5 speed.
3.) if he really blew your doors off that bad i doubt it was a USDm Honda motor in there...probably JDM h22 or b series
4.) if he came up from behind you, he may have been making a run on you and just had it timed properly.... I don't know, just trying to make you feel better here.
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racing is for the track. yall must not heard of that deadly accident at gary indiana.



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