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Old 08-18-07, 04:12 PM
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Talking what have u raced so far?

i live in brooklyn everytime im on the street someone wants to try and abuse me...
i probably race 3-4 cars a day lol....
my biggest success was probably a g35
it has me on take off but not by much as soon i get my mid pick up - shes a done! lol...
hard to believe right!
alot of people say its the driver
but ive raced more than one g35
but amazingly my friend owns a scion Tc which is a p.o.s. (piece of ****)
can rip me a new ******* lol....
but then again he slightly modified it! żżżżż?????żżżżż
i also can take an m35 aswell!
any success storys? for u guys?
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i drive slow
saves me gas.....
Old 08-18-07, 04:51 PM
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lol, thats coz u need it to fuel the 2 other beasties you got

the pre 98 LS is decent, it can keep up with traffic but having owned a 95 for damn near 2 years i can easily tell u that in an outright drag race at a drag strip with equal reaction times a G35 will smoke you EASILY.

controversely you should be able to eat a scion TC, i did

they'l get u RIGHT off the line (if the driver knows how to launch it properly, luckily most TC drivers dont ) but u should have them by 45-50mph....

keep it off the street pls.
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
lol, thats coz u need it to fuel the 2 other beasties you got

the pre 98 LS is decent, it can keep up with traffic but having owned a 95 for damn near 2 years i can easily tell u that in an outright drag race at a drag strip with equal reaction times a G35 will smoke you EASILY.

controversely you should be able to eat a scion TC, i did

they'l get u RIGHT off the line (if the driver knows how to launch it properly, luckily most TC drivers dont ) but u should have them by 45-50mph....

keep it off the street pls.


i concur, if you like racing take it to the track
Old 08-18-07, 06:38 PM
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Street racing is a bad idea.

Who you "beat" on the street means nothing. Take it to the track and race. < - that's all that matters. When/if you go to any sort of track event - things change.

Whatever your flavor - keep it safe and on the tracks.
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My car is strictly a luxo cruiser.. and it only cruises.. forget trying to race anything
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After owning a highly mod'd Z32 Fairlady TT, the only thing I race now is and when nature calls (ie bathroom emergency).

Other than that, I keep the road rage down. I've had near misses, both my fault and others. Just today I was almost killed by a raised White Expedition on the freeway who was having a speed contest with a raised blue F-150.

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I can't race... if I really get on the throttle, my whole transmission starts shaking like a ***** (broken trans mount FTL). So for now, I just keep to driving like an old man, and yet I still get horrid gas mileage.
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closest thing to a race was against a brand new BMW 550i on an onramp, and he ate me alive
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Originally Posted by lennylexus
i live in brooklyn everytime im on the street someone wants to try and abuse me...
i probably race 3-4 cars a day lol....
my biggest success was probably a g35
it has me on take off but not by much as soon i get my mid pick up - shes a done! lol...
hard to believe right!
alot of people say its the driver
but ive raced more than one g35
but amazingly my friend owns a scion Tc which is a p.o.s. (piece of ****)
can rip me a new ******* lol....
but then again he slightly modified it! żżżżż?????żżżżż
i also can take an m35 aswell!
any success storys? for u guys?
um pics of said car? if it is stock, or slightly modded, i see no reason why anyone would want to even look at an ls400 in the first place.
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Old 08-19-07, 11:09 AM
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Well, it is faster than my Land cruiser.......and my T100......and my sisters Altima.

Fast enough to get me in trouble, so I leave it alone......
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Mmmm...G35 Coupe or sedan? The coupe is much harder to beat, but they are just peppy takeoff...you get them on highway and they are toast...both of them. I don't race in my car, i've been in way too much trouble to think about it anymore...I have **** luck lol, but I have raced a G35 in the past...I got him
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Originally Posted by TJW98LS
Mmmm...G35 Coupe or sedan? The coupe is much harder to beat, but they are just peppy takeoff...you get them on highway and they are toast...both of them. I don't race in my car, i've been in way too much trouble to think about it anymore...I have **** luck lol, but I have raced a G35 in the past...I got him
but our VVTi helps a LOT throughout the rev range when compared ot the 95-97.....
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i don't race, but i'm very bipolar when it comes to driving. Sometimes i'm assertive and drive pretty fast(never aggressive!) an sometimes i just cruise without a care.

One thing that really bothers me is slowpokes in the left lane! oh and trucks passing trucks on a 4 lane highway. They see i'm goin 85 and pull out in front of me at 60 and make me slow down. Losers. Also i hate when people can tell your in a rush and slow down even more just to **** you off. Like a motorcycle the other day. we were on a two lane road and he just kept going slower and slower until i just turned on ETC Power and floored it and passed him. He accelerated and shot me a bird. Why??

I'm glad my LS can hustle at higher speeds. Passing others is relatively easy and undramatic.


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