What car was a complete joke you ran?

[grey1]

My son's friend's dad had a 58 Ford that was "all dun up" and they came by our house last Thursday. When he pulled up I heard a cam, loud exhaust and some rod knock. I asked what he thought the car would run at the strip. Easy 10's. He wanted to go from a roll so I put 3 guys in the back and 1 up front(his son). We rolled up to about 30mph and he nailed his. We all watched as his oil pan shot all kinds of neat little parts onto the road. I ended up towing him back to my house with my T. That was a complete joke. I never had to stab the pedal.

 

[Welby]

What car was a complete joke you ran?

I decine to answer the question because I drive it...

 

[turbosam6]

One time I raced this 5.0 GT that was running around town, had nice rims and stickers all over the windows. I was driving my 95 Z28, which was mostly stock. I pull up to a light and the driver looks over and has this look on his face like I killed his dad or something, and revs it hard. He's got his old lady with him, and my g/f is with me. Light goes green he jumps (I let him), and I pass him after maybe 100 feet like he's standing still. My g/f is laughing, and we get another red light! He pulls up again and revs again, looking even more pissed off. I said "Watch this", and the light goes green and he takes off again. I wait a long time this time, and my g/f goes "What the hell are you waiting for?!", and then I leave and spray and blow past this dude like he was in reverse. Next light he pulls up and HIS old lady is laughing at him! Now he's REALLY pissed! But he gives up, and I go on my way.

The saddest part: I go to Gateway racetrack for Power Tour, and run a 14.9 in the 1/4. Twice. God, that dudes mustang must have been really slow!

 

[XLR8]

A 2nd gen firebird with a big polished 6-71 blower and no hood. I was in street tune and ran a 12.5 to his 15.1! I saw him later and he said he had it tuned down to 14.8???

 

[Whut]

I had my 96 Camaro SS and went to pick my mother up from church and bring her to her house. I am at a red light when a guy in a 5.0 convertible gets along side me. He starts revving his motor and looking at me like I am not going to do anything.

I told my mother he was doing all that because she was in the car and he doesnt think I will run him. She just said "show him up" so when the light turned green I put a block on him (he hit the corner of 40th the same time I hit the corner of 41st.). We got stopped at the light on 42nd and he just smiled and said "you got a cool mom and a fast ride". That was joke but not as bad as this.

Three days after getting my 84 Ttype (I was 17 at the time) I was out cruising with a friend of mine. We were set to go straight at the light when we heard a pro stock idle coming from the left turn lane. My buddy looks over and sees its a pro street Nova II that shouldnt even be on the street. He tells me I should race him which I declined but the guy noticed and wouldnt move until I got out in front of him.

I decided to get it over with quickly so I jumped out in the turn lane and as soon as I was around the corner I had the pedal to the floor. I look up to see him fading in the distance one second, and passing me like I was stopped the next. It was horrible, I felt like I was back in my 79 Cutlass again.

 

[gn85]

Back in '89 when I had my old LeMans I pulled pulled up to a light with 3 lanes that would go down to two after the light. So, it's one of those situations where you know someone is going to try to cut in front of you. Well, my father was in the passenger seat and told me this '88 300ZX was going to try to cut in front of me. Then he says to me I shouldn't let him get over and when the light turns green I should floor it.

Following my father's instructions I put the pedal down and to my surprise my LeMans walks the guy although you could tell he was trying hard. After the road went down to two lanes I backed off it and sure enough the guy in the 300ZX cuts two lanes over and blows past me on the other side. My father says to me "You handled that very well. Once you've beat 'em, let off so you don't draw attention to yourself. Now you know what to do when you get your license."

I was 15 at the time.

 

[eviljay]

I went to a car show here in Milwaukee with my 5-year-old son. When we left some guy with a 85ish mustang pulled up next to me and then he passed and then fell back. I got to a red light and he pulled up next to me. He had big slicks on the back and pizza cutters on the front. He also had so many gauges on and around his dash it looked more like he was flying the space shuttle. The light changed and we both nailed it. I ran him up to about 70 and let off because I had a few cars on him. When he came flying past me my son said " dad his car if faster than yours" and I just laughed. I told him he can tell his mom that Daddy doesn’t race on the street because it's against the law and when we got home it was the first thing out of his mouth......

 

[cwelk87gn]

When I first got my GN, I was out cruising one afternoon when a riced out Eclipse pulls up next to me and the two guys in it are staring, like they have heard of these cars but never actually seen a Gn in person...you know the look. Anyway they downshift and in typical ricer fashion, jump a car length on me and slow down. At this point I lay the Gn OUT and as I'm passing them with the rear tires smoking at 40mph, they do the smart thing and stay behind me for about half a mile before turning. I guess they bit off more than they could chew.....

 

[eviljay]

It's funny how most of the time when you do leave someone wondering "what has just happend" they don't seem to want to pull up next to you again... must be the shame......

 

[turbot2112]

funny, but not a lot of people mess with me when i drive the buick. the last car that did though was a svo mustang. what a friggin joke.

 

[eviljay]

The TTA is not as noticable so I look like an easy kill in a 3rd gen trans am... I think thats why I get alot of takers.....

 

[87GN_ponykillr]

Prolly the best one I have was a 91 or 92 RS Camaro with I guess a 3.1 was a 6 for sure, the kid had all the exhaust off except for the manifolds. I am sitting in a parking lot with the woman in my GN getting ready to go eat and this tool rides by and revs the hell out of this thing 2 or 3 times then circles back around, I told my GF we are gonna wait a min before dinner I have some thing to take care of so I follow this POS onto the (140) local highway and get up next to him, he looks and laughs then nails this turd so I boost her up and gone walked the kid by 4 cars or so then he turns off and did not see him the rest of the night

 

[TurboBuckeye]

Originally posted by turbot2112
.....a svo mustang. what a friggin joke.

Don't count on that every time

 

[rhunt]

Races

I'm driving back from the emissions testing station wnen the big baaad Toyota
Land Cruiser yes a Land Cruiser pulls up beside me and guns the engine. A preppie iis driving so I ease gown on the gas and pulll even with him and he nails his engine. We both get caught at a red The light turns and he takes off I let him go and then ease down on the gas and just blow by him I slow down and I hear him nail it again. I ease down and am 3-4 lenghs in front of him as I leave him in the dust I roll my window down and wave him to come on. He turned off and gave me the one-finger salute Typical ricer

 

[BuickMike]

I have a couple..

I was never a gearhead until this moment...

Back in '93 i was in highschool and had a '87 Porsche 924S. Basically, it was a 924 with a 944 motor. I liked driving fast, but never got involed in any races. Me and a friend were out cruising when we stop at a light and a early 80's Mustang 5.0 with a guy and three chicks pulls up next to me. The guy yells, "Hey, your license plate should say HOOVER because your car sounds like a vaccum cleaner" I tell him off. He then says, "Prepare to get smoked...and make sure to flash your headlights at me when you're still flooring it." I was furious. I saw the other light turn red and I did a 5k RPM clutch drop. He got me off the line, but I caught traction halfway through second and reeled him in fast. I had car length on him by third but had to stop at another light. This time he is the pissed off one and I am laughing at him. Light turns green and I drop the clutch at 3200 RPMs. The car hooked without bogging and I had 4 carlengths on him by 4th gear. I slowed down and he did a ricer flyby whith all his chicks laughing at him. I was hooked from that moment foward, but soon realized I needed some Americal Muscle.

Few months ago I was driving back home from the track in race trim and the sleazy looking dude in a late 80's stock looking Mudstain GT rolls up to me and wants to play. I let him stay a carlength ahead of me because I see a empty intersection with a red light. We stop and he's got this huge grin on his face. I spooled up to 5psi and launched hard on green. I had 2 carlengths on him by the end of the intersection while smoking the tires. Car hooked and it was REAL pathetic. He stayed way behind after that point.

 

[Drac0nic]

I don't have anything a semblance of quick :/ but even me and my lowly minivan get to have fun. Some guy in a late model F-150 pulls up to me at this light (it must be something psychological about this light, had 2 or 3 "magical moments" at it. He glances over, and gives "the look" I know it's on now, so I get ready. Wish I'd had the tires to power brake, but the new meats I've got are hard as a rock, so I just give her a hard nudge. He's back there squealing, so I let him get close then pull away. I'm a fan of giving people what I like to call a "WTF moment", and even though I've got a slow sh!tbox till I'm done with college, it doesn't mean I can't have a bit of fun now and then.

 

[UNGN]

I didn't get to run him, but a few years back at the Oklahoma Buick/Mustang shootout there was a carbed, hoodless 84 Mustang that ran 17's. On every shift, the monster tach would fall off the dash and he'd reach up and adjust it.

I wish I had video taped it, it was priceless.

 

[Buicksx3]

Not too long ago on Orangethorpe Ave. here in Anaheim, I was waiting at a traffic light when a hoodless 5.0 with all sorts of chrome goodies on display rolls up beside me to my left. I look at him, he's got the whole DEJr/#8 backward cap/sunglasses wannabe-look going. I do a slight brake torque, and cut a terrific light when it hits green and nail it, completely catching him off guard. I hear the 5.0's motor go from brahhhh to BRAHHHH!!! and listen to him rip through the gears as he's struggling to catch up. I let off after 300 yards and he zooms by. Hey, I made my point.

The Joke's Punchline: I was driving my wife's black 2003 Mazda MPV ES minivan (200 HP Duratec V6 with a K&N cone filter hung on the MAF) at the time with my son's child seat clearly visible through the side window!

 

[Buick From Hell]

All I have for a story is an "old favorite" from back in the 70's that has nothing to do with me..

A friend's wife owned a '70 Road Runner, nothing fancy, had a 383 and a 4-speed. One night she and her hubby came along side a guy in a GNX, basically the same car only he had the 440. Hubby says to the guy something to the effect of "wanna get yer doors blown off by a GIRL?" Guy says "that piece o'$#it won't beat this car. Hubby just smiles and says "she's pretty good!"

They race, GNX loses...

At the next light, GNX guy wants to know what's been done to the 'Runner. Just headers. He claims BS, a stock 383 with headers won't beat his GNX...

She says "maybe it ain't the car?"

GNX guy goes ballistic. Hubby just smile and says "she's pretty good!"

After trading a few more verbal assaults, they agree to hit a back street and trade cars!

They race, GNX wins...

As they're re-trading cars, hubby just smiles and says "she's pretty good!"

 

[TR Custom Parts]

Kevin! That's GTX not GNX. Must have TR's on the brain.