E55 meets Stuttgart and Bowling Green
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W211 E55
E55 meets Stuttgart and Bowling Green
I was riding back into the city a couple of nights ago, when lo and behold, I get nearly sideswiped merging onto the Kennedy Expressway.
The perps? A silver 911 C4S and a blue C6 'Vette going at it.
Not one to shy away from a little action, I summoned the Gods of Torque to place me alongside them. With traffic as it was, I had to settle in behind the 911 for a front-row view of the two of them - oblivious to my presence as yet.
The 3-honk-GO routine from 70 had the 'Vette jump out to a quick half-car on the 911, but the Porsche s-l-o-w-l-y reeled him back to fender him by about 125. Pretty close race.
They had braked to around 80-85 to either talk or try again, and I took this opportunity to come alongside the 911, to the far left of the pack. Before I could even wave, give a thumbs-up, or anything, he nailed it. The Porsche's sleight jump was rapidly erased by 100, and by 120 he was two full cars back. I shut it down, looking for the Chevy, and got the fly-by from the 911.........unbelievable. I never saw brake lights as he continued on into the night.......
The Vette came sidling up to me, two younger (under 35) guys, one of them miming the "crazy" symbol with his index finger circling his temple, then pointing at the Porsche-shaped dot in the distance.
"That guy was CRAZY !" the driver yelled, "he wouldn't leave until we raced him !"
I shrugged my shoulders and asked (yelled) if he wanted to go anyway. A quick powow between driver and passenger netted the thumbs-up. I was getting ready to honk, when he hit the horn first. BEEP............BEEP...BEEP !!!
The short hit was expected, but the Benz took seemingly forever to downshift, allowing him almost 3/4 of a car length advantage. Third gear wound out nicely, putting me first even, then past the grinning twosome. the 3-4 shift was positively brutal, propelling me almost a full car ahead of its own accord. 130 or so looked like the C6 about 2-3 cars back in the rearview. Not wanting to shut down, seeing open road ahead, I heard meowing from the back seat.
*****. I completely forgot I was transporting our 4 cats home.
I shut it down, coming out of the red fog that seems to overcome me during these sorts of encounters. The Chevy driver came alongside for the wide-eyed nod, not an uncommon look after having your bell rung so hard by a four-door.
I gave him the thumbs-up, then peeled off just in time for my exit, begging the cats not to mention a word to the wife. Not a word, hear?
The perps? A silver 911 C4S and a blue C6 'Vette going at it.
Not one to shy away from a little action, I summoned the Gods of Torque to place me alongside them. With traffic as it was, I had to settle in behind the 911 for a front-row view of the two of them - oblivious to my presence as yet.
The 3-honk-GO routine from 70 had the 'Vette jump out to a quick half-car on the 911, but the Porsche s-l-o-w-l-y reeled him back to fender him by about 125. Pretty close race.
They had braked to around 80-85 to either talk or try again, and I took this opportunity to come alongside the 911, to the far left of the pack. Before I could even wave, give a thumbs-up, or anything, he nailed it. The Porsche's sleight jump was rapidly erased by 100, and by 120 he was two full cars back. I shut it down, looking for the Chevy, and got the fly-by from the 911.........unbelievable. I never saw brake lights as he continued on into the night.......
The Vette came sidling up to me, two younger (under 35) guys, one of them miming the "crazy" symbol with his index finger circling his temple, then pointing at the Porsche-shaped dot in the distance.
"That guy was CRAZY !" the driver yelled, "he wouldn't leave until we raced him !"
I shrugged my shoulders and asked (yelled) if he wanted to go anyway. A quick powow between driver and passenger netted the thumbs-up. I was getting ready to honk, when he hit the horn first. BEEP............BEEP...BEEP !!!
The short hit was expected, but the Benz took seemingly forever to downshift, allowing him almost 3/4 of a car length advantage. Third gear wound out nicely, putting me first even, then past the grinning twosome. the 3-4 shift was positively brutal, propelling me almost a full car ahead of its own accord. 130 or so looked like the C6 about 2-3 cars back in the rearview. Not wanting to shut down, seeing open road ahead, I heard meowing from the back seat.
*****. I completely forgot I was transporting our 4 cats home.
I shut it down, coming out of the red fog that seems to overcome me during these sorts of encounters. The Chevy driver came alongside for the wide-eyed nod, not an uncommon look after having your bell rung so hard by a four-door.
I gave him the thumbs-up, then peeled off just in time for my exit, begging the cats not to mention a word to the wife. Not a word, hear?
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I was riding back into the city a couple of nights ago, when lo and behold, I get nearly sideswiped merging onto the Kennedy Expressway.
The perps? A silver 911 C4S and a blue C6 'Vette going at it.
Not one to shy away from a little action, I summoned the Gods of Torque to place me alongside them. With traffic as it was, I had to settle in behind the 911 for a front-row view of the two of them - oblivious to my presence as yet.
The 3-honk-GO routine from 70 had the 'Vette jump out to a quick half-car on the 911, but the Porsche s-l-o-w-l-y reeled him back to fender him by about 125. Pretty close race.
They had braked to around 80-85 to either talk or try again, and I took this opportunity to come alongside the 911, to the far left of the pack. Before I could even wave, give a thumbs-up, or anything, he nailed it. The Porsche's sleight jump was rapidly erased by 100, and by 120 he was two full cars back. I shut it down, looking for the Chevy, and got the fly-by from the 911.........unbelievable. I never saw brake lights as he continued on into the night.......
The Vette came sidling up to me, two younger (under 35) guys who mimed the "crazy" symbol with his index finger circling his temple, then pointing at the Porsche-shaped dot in the distance.
"That guy was CRAZY !" the driver yelled, "he wouldn't leave until we raced him !"
I shrugged my shoulders and asked (yelled) if he wanted to go anyway. A quick powow between driver and passenger netted the thumbs-up. I was getting ready to honk, when he hit the horn first. BEEP............BEEP...BEEP !!!
The short hit was expected, but the Benz took seemingly forever to downshift, allowing him almost 3/4 of a car length advantage. Third gear wound out nicely, putting me first even, then past the grinning twosome. the 3-4 shift was positively brutal, propelling me almost a full car ahead of its own accord. 130 or so looked like the C6 about 2-3 cars back in the rearview. Not wanting to shut down, seeing open road ahead, I heard meowing from the back seat.
*****. I completely forgot I was transporting our 4 cats home.
I shut it down, coming out of the red fog that seems to overcome me during these sorts of encounters. The Chevy driver came alongside for the wide-eyed nod, not an uncommon look after having your bell rung so hard by a four-door.
I gave him the thumbs-up, then peeled off just in time for my exit, begging the cats not to mention a word to the wife. Not a word, hear?
The perps? A silver 911 C4S and a blue C6 'Vette going at it.
Not one to shy away from a little action, I summoned the Gods of Torque to place me alongside them. With traffic as it was, I had to settle in behind the 911 for a front-row view of the two of them - oblivious to my presence as yet.
The 3-honk-GO routine from 70 had the 'Vette jump out to a quick half-car on the 911, but the Porsche s-l-o-w-l-y reeled him back to fender him by about 125. Pretty close race.
They had braked to around 80-85 to either talk or try again, and I took this opportunity to come alongside the 911, to the far left of the pack. Before I could even wave, give a thumbs-up, or anything, he nailed it. The Porsche's sleight jump was rapidly erased by 100, and by 120 he was two full cars back. I shut it down, looking for the Chevy, and got the fly-by from the 911.........unbelievable. I never saw brake lights as he continued on into the night.......
The Vette came sidling up to me, two younger (under 35) guys who mimed the "crazy" symbol with his index finger circling his temple, then pointing at the Porsche-shaped dot in the distance.
"That guy was CRAZY !" the driver yelled, "he wouldn't leave until we raced him !"
I shrugged my shoulders and asked (yelled) if he wanted to go anyway. A quick powow between driver and passenger netted the thumbs-up. I was getting ready to honk, when he hit the horn first. BEEP............BEEP...BEEP !!!
The short hit was expected, but the Benz took seemingly forever to downshift, allowing him almost 3/4 of a car length advantage. Third gear wound out nicely, putting me first even, then past the grinning twosome. the 3-4 shift was positively brutal, propelling me almost a full car ahead of its own accord. 130 or so looked like the C6 about 2-3 cars back in the rearview. Not wanting to shut down, seeing open road ahead, I heard meowing from the back seat.
*****. I completely forgot I was transporting our 4 cats home.
I shut it down, coming out of the red fog that seems to overcome me during these sorts of encounters. The Chevy driver came alongside for the wide-eyed nod, not an uncommon look after having your bell rung so hard by a four-door.
I gave him the thumbs-up, then peeled off just in time for my exit, begging the cats not to mention a word to the wife. Not a word, hear?
Strange to get a ricer P-car driver but I guess they infest all types of cars eventually, just to varying degrees.
There is a reason the E55 is christened The Beast and by now people really should know not to try and go near them on the freeway unless their cylinder count is at 10 or 12.
The only worrying thing about this story is the FOUR cats. I'm a dog person.
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Dude I'm just going to forward the treatments for my kill stories to you from now on and you can just ghostwrite them for me...k?
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Nice write up.
Strange to get a ricer P-car driver but I guess they infest all types of cars eventually, just to varying degrees.
There is a reason the E55 is christened The Beast and by now people really should know not to try and go near them on the freeway unless their cylinder count is at 10 or 12.
The only worrying thing about this story is the FOUR cats.
Strange to get a ricer P-car driver but I guess they infest all types of cars eventually, just to varying degrees.
There is a reason the E55 is christened The Beast and by now people really should know not to try and go near them on the freeway unless their cylinder count is at 10 or 12.
The only worrying thing about this story is the FOUR cats.
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That P-car must've been decently modded, I've had (3) run-ins all frwy w/C4S and easily killed them all, but not the 55k! sounds like my race w/Vadim, very entertaining write-up Chicago
Imagine what those damn cats went thru feeling all that torque! Surprised they didn't fill the cage w/loads of un mentionable waste
Seriously you are hereby indoctrinated official kill writer for the board!
Imagine what those damn cats went thru feeling all that torque! Surprised they didn't fill the cage w/loads of un mentionable waste Seriously you are hereby indoctrinated official kill writer for the board!
Last edited by Thericker; May 10, 2007 at 06:08 AM.
