Originally Posted by tha_dude34
So I just got my new Crossfire last tuesday and have been really good about driving it considering I'm only 17. I had wrecked my truck over the summer and totaled the thing on the parkway, which my luck turns out to be federal property :/ So to make a long story short I'm getting charged with reckless driving and now have 4 points on my licensee...
One of the things I've always wanted to do is to beat somebody in a street race. Well on my way to my friends on the HW is a Trans Am riding next to me. He rev's up and it actually sounded pretty good, so I ignore it and keep driving. He still goes at it trying to get me to race him. I'm still getting use to the six speed and plus another ticket is not what I need.
So I just end up taking an exit and let him go on.. I know he'll probably be talking sh** thinking he can beat me, but I'm pretty sure I could take him.
Am I in the right or wrong?
Another ticket is not what you need.
Besides, sounding good and being so are two different things.
What year Trans Am? Stock? Most of the mid '80s were powered by the 305. Sounded good but wimpy. You could probably take one of those stock. Some of the newer ones are fairly fast. Some just look and sound fast.
another ticket is not what you need.
What mods have you done. Are you bone stock?. Have you perfected power shifting? If you are going to street race from a roll, power shifting is a must.
Another ticket is not what you need.
Here's the thing. The NA Xfire is fairly quick. Both off the line and in the twisties. But, it is not a drag strip car. 0-60 in 5.7 sec is quick, but it ain't fast. Quarter mile in 15 seconds won't win any trophies. Truth is a good driver in a new Camry could whip your stock Crossfire. Humbling, I know.
Another ticket is not what you need.
Where you racing when you totalled your truck? Judges really don't like that and if you are doing it again, 4 more points lets you do what? Walk, right?
Another ticket is not what you need.
Want to know what you got? Find a local drag strip that has a public nite where street racers can do traps. Many are doing it now to get drag racing off the public streets. $ 10.00 to $20.00. Find one and spend a evening getting your clock cleaned by some tricked out cars.
Then remember that the same technology is available "on the streets"
Another ticket is not what you need right now.
roadster with a stick