help my OB take on a Mustang GT
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Good Point-- NO to Street Racing
You have a classic car, who cares if you can beat a mustang GT. I see 200 of those a day. If you must agree to race as other have said do AX where you know you will have the upperhand and be in a controlled environment. Drag racing on the street is not a good thing to be doing for either of you . . . .
#62
If you want to get the 928 in it's sweet spot, offer to race him to LA. He'll be exhausted after a day, you'll be fresh as a daisy. And then you get to turn around and drive home too!
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#64
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This whole drama is teen angst. And this suggestion is typical of same.
If you just can't handle this guy's mouth, then take it to a track.
And if you did that, for a moment, let's just suppose you both total your cars (no one is hurt). Who would suffer the greater loss? Stock Stangs are common, and frankly some of our OBs don't bring any more on the lot, but you would have a hard time replacing your car. Not to mention what it would do to your insurance, if you could get insurance after that.
If you just can't handle this guy's mouth, then take it to a track.
And if you did that, for a moment, let's just suppose you both total your cars (no one is hurt). Who would suffer the greater loss? Stock Stangs are common, and frankly some of our OBs don't bring any more on the lot, but you would have a hard time replacing your car. Not to mention what it would do to your insurance, if you could get insurance after that.
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Two men were racing on an isolated stretch of highway when one plowed into a crowd gathered to watch another illegal race, killing eight people, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Authorities revealed that two drivers, not just one, were involved in the February crash as they announced charges against Darren Bullock, 20, and Tavon Taylor, 18.
Each was charged with eight counts of vehicular manslaughter, along with reckless driving and street racing.
Bullock and Taylor were not part of the race that fans had gathered to watch along Route 210 in Accokeek
Christopher Mejak, the Lancaster man facing manslaughter and other charges in the street-racing deaths of two young people, waived a felony hearing Tuesday, and Lancaster Town Justice Mark Montour sent the case to a grand jury.
Mejak, 21, is free on bail on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide linked to the May 8 deaths of Mark Harhigh, 24, and Melanie Page, 21.
Lynette M. Reda, chief of the Erie County district attorney’s Vehicular Crimes Bureau, said the grand jury will begin action on the case within the next 45 days, but she declined to comment further.
Police said Mejak and Harhigh were racing along Transit Road at speeds of up to 120 mph when Harhigh lost control of his car and crashed
ALBANY — Benjamin Kirsch had just picked up his prom tux, a day after getting his driver’s license, when he lost control of his speeding car and hit a tree. The Holland High School student died at 17.
Christie Trummer, a sophomore at Salamanca High School, was ejected from a car when her friend, a teen driver, became distracted by a dog in the vehicle and crashed. She died at 15.
On Staten Island, Michelle Arout was in the back seat of a car driven by her teen boyfriend, who was racing a friend at speeds up to 90 mph. When they collided, the car Arout was in was sliced in two. She died at 17.
And on Long Island, Saul Lopez and Quinntin McDonald just wanted to grab lunch off school grounds. They died in a crash in a car driven by another teen. Both were 17.
The stories go on and on, putting faces and names to the sobering statistic that car crashes are the number one cause of death for teenagers — accounting for 36 percent of all teenage deaths. In New York State, more than 200 teens die a year in these crashes.
Authorities revealed that two drivers, not just one, were involved in the February crash as they announced charges against Darren Bullock, 20, and Tavon Taylor, 18.
Each was charged with eight counts of vehicular manslaughter, along with reckless driving and street racing.
Bullock and Taylor were not part of the race that fans had gathered to watch along Route 210 in Accokeek
Christopher Mejak, the Lancaster man facing manslaughter and other charges in the street-racing deaths of two young people, waived a felony hearing Tuesday, and Lancaster Town Justice Mark Montour sent the case to a grand jury.
Mejak, 21, is free on bail on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide linked to the May 8 deaths of Mark Harhigh, 24, and Melanie Page, 21.
Lynette M. Reda, chief of the Erie County district attorney’s Vehicular Crimes Bureau, said the grand jury will begin action on the case within the next 45 days, but she declined to comment further.
Police said Mejak and Harhigh were racing along Transit Road at speeds of up to 120 mph when Harhigh lost control of his car and crashed
ALBANY — Benjamin Kirsch had just picked up his prom tux, a day after getting his driver’s license, when he lost control of his speeding car and hit a tree. The Holland High School student died at 17.
Christie Trummer, a sophomore at Salamanca High School, was ejected from a car when her friend, a teen driver, became distracted by a dog in the vehicle and crashed. She died at 15.
On Staten Island, Michelle Arout was in the back seat of a car driven by her teen boyfriend, who was racing a friend at speeds up to 90 mph. When they collided, the car Arout was in was sliced in two. She died at 17.
And on Long Island, Saul Lopez and Quinntin McDonald just wanted to grab lunch off school grounds. They died in a crash in a car driven by another teen. Both were 17.
The stories go on and on, putting faces and names to the sobering statistic that car crashes are the number one cause of death for teenagers — accounting for 36 percent of all teenage deaths. In New York State, more than 200 teens die a year in these crashes.
#67
I understand your situation. I had my 82 in high school and got offers all the time to race. I knew my car wasn't that fast and I figured it was better to let people wonder if it was fast or not rather than race someone and show that my girlfriends Grand Am GT could out run it to 60 (those little things are quick). Besides Mustangs are a dime a dozen and you see them around every corner. You didn't buy the 928 because it is fast you bought it because you appreciate its unique design.
PS...I think the sweet spot for the earlier auto models is just under 40mph. If you can get into first around 35 and run to 60 or 65 then at least you'd look respectable.
PS...I think the sweet spot for the earlier auto models is just under 40mph. If you can get into first around 35 and run to 60 or 65 then at least you'd look respectable.
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just wait for a snowy day..I've never seen a mustang of any vintage be able to drive in the snow..we used to give people rides home from work on snowy days because they were afraid to drive them home
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quick update i smooooked the rustang last night he made the mistake of agreeing to a 40mph start we were right next to each other untill about 55mph then i started to pull way ahead took him bu about 4and 1/2 car lenth's in the end!
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....aaaaand that was auto-x? Street racing, hmm?
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Damn young whipper snappers.
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