No real race here...
Went out early this morning to buy birthday supplies for my girlfriend. There were bunches of old showcars and classics heading down a main streen near my house on their way to a car show. Not a solid line of them, but LOTS of them. I pulled up at an intersection next to a Duster 340. I know not the first thing about plymouth/dodge/mopar, but this was a well driven, well taken care of orange beauty with a nice exhaust gurgle, and what appeared to be a nice black leather/vinyl interior. It sounded so nice, I reversed out of the left turn lane to pull in behind him. I made it pretty clear that I did this because he pulled up next to me, and I was hoping to egg him just a bit into getting on it so I could hear/see it wound up a bit.
I saw him look in the rearview as I did this, but couldn't tell whether it was Bullitt recognition (oh poisonous vanity!) or because he wondered if I wanted to play. When the light changed, he lightly got on it, I avoided the opportunity to try and dash around him, I just stayed with him and got to his right at the next intersection.
I complimented his car and asked if he wanted to go a little. He said, "I've got 3 people in the car!" I thought he meant he was worried about their safety, and I told him I just wanted to hear/see him get on it a bit, not a hard race.
I guess he really just meant it wouldn't be fair with the extra weight, because he nailed it pretty good as he took off from the light. I jumped on it and hung with him without any real attempt to pass. It was defintely a quick car. No passengers or a real race, I still feel like I would have beat him, but really who's to say. I don't know for sure how hard he was getting on it. It was a great sounding car, and seeing the whole thing hunch down and go as he was shifting gears was great to see from so close.
It was cool. When he shut it down, I told him how much I dug it, then gave a little 3rd gear chirp as I 2/3'd ahead to turn around and continue where I was going. Nice car!
Went out early this morning to buy birthday supplies for my girlfriend. There were bunches of old showcars and classics heading down a main streen near my house on their way to a car show. Not a solid line of them, but LOTS of them. I pulled up at an intersection next to a Duster 340. I know not the first thing about plymouth/dodge/mopar, but this was a well driven, well taken care of orange beauty with a nice exhaust gurgle, and what appeared to be a nice black leather/vinyl interior. It sounded so nice, I reversed out of the left turn lane to pull in behind him. I made it pretty clear that I did this because he pulled up next to me, and I was hoping to egg him just a bit into getting on it so I could hear/see it wound up a bit.
I saw him look in the rearview as I did this, but couldn't tell whether it was Bullitt recognition (oh poisonous vanity!) or because he wondered if I wanted to play. When the light changed, he lightly got on it, I avoided the opportunity to try and dash around him, I just stayed with him and got to his right at the next intersection.
I complimented his car and asked if he wanted to go a little. He said, "I've got 3 people in the car!" I thought he meant he was worried about their safety, and I told him I just wanted to hear/see him get on it a bit, not a hard race.
I guess he really just meant it wouldn't be fair with the extra weight, because he nailed it pretty good as he took off from the light. I jumped on it and hung with him without any real attempt to pass. It was defintely a quick car. No passengers or a real race, I still feel like I would have beat him, but really who's to say. I don't know for sure how hard he was getting on it. It was a great sounding car, and seeing the whole thing hunch down and go as he was shifting gears was great to see from so close.
It was cool. When he shut it down, I told him how much I dug it, then gave a little 3rd gear chirp as I 2/3'd ahead to turn around and continue where I was going. Nice car!