Hi Guys!! 
It was a beautiful Sunny Sunday afternoon. I was driving my NSX with its brand new windshield [but wrong window molding!! Grr...] back from Sooke. [a small town west of Victoria, B.C.] In front of me was a silver Chrysler 300C. For most of the trip - it was a single lane, winding road. The lead car was driving rather slowly so the rest of us were bunched up behind. It's a bit frustrating when that happens because there is no way to pass anyone. The guy in the 300C was anxious to get going and so was I. We eventually made it to the part of the highway that has two lanes. The 300C immediately got into the left hand lane [the passing lane] and so did I. He sped up and [once having gone by all the slow pokes] moved over to the slow lane. I knew he was waiting for me to get beside him so he could [so I imagined] humiliate me in my little Japanese sports car. I decide to down shift into second gear [I was going about 60 km/h at the time] so I'd be ready just in case my suspicions were right. They were. The moment I get beside him - he gunned it. I could see the 300C squat downward and leap forward. I gunned it too. [of course!!] The 300C moved ahead of me for a second or two until the NSX engine entered into the oh-so-wonderful performance side of the VTEC. Within 3 seconds I was ahead of him and never looked back. He tried to keep up but I was literally humiliating HIM. [I was WAY ahead of him by the time I stopped accelerating] To be honest - I was quite surprised by just HOW much faster the NSX was. [especially considering the fact that I've had HEMI fever for a couple of years now - and still do - to be honest] The NSX performed beautifully. And I just happened to shift beautifully. [which doesn't always happen - I'll admit]
It was just one of those re-affirming moments that I thought I'd share with you. It's easy to forget just how impressive the NSX really is. Now chances are - if we started the race from a stop - the 300C would have been ahead of me for a bit longer. [210 lb-ft of torque can't beat 390 lb-ft - at least not from a dead stop] Still... the 300C does have an extra 1200 lbs of mass to deal with. HE didn't chance it though. He avoided being next to me from then on. [always staying in the slow lane!! hehe]
Silly? Yeah yeah. I know. But the road was dry and there were no cars in sight. [going either way - once we left all the slow pokes behind]
AND IF any of you are police officers... it was ALL A DREAM!! :tongue:
Craig!!
It was a beautiful Sunny Sunday afternoon. I was driving my NSX with its brand new windshield [but wrong window molding!! Grr...] back from Sooke. [a small town west of Victoria, B.C.] In front of me was a silver Chrysler 300C. For most of the trip - it was a single lane, winding road. The lead car was driving rather slowly so the rest of us were bunched up behind. It's a bit frustrating when that happens because there is no way to pass anyone. The guy in the 300C was anxious to get going and so was I. We eventually made it to the part of the highway that has two lanes. The 300C immediately got into the left hand lane [the passing lane] and so did I. He sped up and [once having gone by all the slow pokes] moved over to the slow lane. I knew he was waiting for me to get beside him so he could [so I imagined] humiliate me in my little Japanese sports car. I decide to down shift into second gear [I was going about 60 km/h at the time] so I'd be ready just in case my suspicions were right. They were. The moment I get beside him - he gunned it. I could see the 300C squat downward and leap forward. I gunned it too. [of course!!] The 300C moved ahead of me for a second or two until the NSX engine entered into the oh-so-wonderful performance side of the VTEC. Within 3 seconds I was ahead of him and never looked back. He tried to keep up but I was literally humiliating HIM. [I was WAY ahead of him by the time I stopped accelerating] To be honest - I was quite surprised by just HOW much faster the NSX was. [especially considering the fact that I've had HEMI fever for a couple of years now - and still do - to be honest] The NSX performed beautifully. And I just happened to shift beautifully. [which doesn't always happen - I'll admit]
It was just one of those re-affirming moments that I thought I'd share with you. It's easy to forget just how impressive the NSX really is. Now chances are - if we started the race from a stop - the 300C would have been ahead of me for a bit longer. [210 lb-ft of torque can't beat 390 lb-ft - at least not from a dead stop] Still... the 300C does have an extra 1200 lbs of mass to deal with. HE didn't chance it though. He avoided being next to me from then on. [always staying in the slow lane!! hehe]
Silly? Yeah yeah. I know. But the road was dry and there were no cars in sight. [going either way - once we left all the slow pokes behind]
AND IF any of you are police officers... it was ALL A DREAM!! :tongue:
Craig!!
