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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 02:20 AM
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Oh trust me, I have a lot of "immature" fun with my 427, but at the right time and place, and in traffic is not one of them.

And I get my share of other POS's that want to race also, it was just 2 Dodge trucks inside of an hour that got me wondering....
Getting smoked by two Dodges in the same night sucks!
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 10:25 AM
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You should just be happy you found a Dodge driver willing to go faster than 45 mph. Out here they don't....
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by eastltd
Getting smoked by two Dodges in the same night sucks!
Yeah, that was quite embarassing
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 03:03 PM
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Those trucks aren't as fast as they think they are...

Before I got my c6, I had a 2002 Honda civic SI.

My best friend had a 2007 ram 1500 with a hemi....

My honda civic would spank the crap out of that truck any day of the week!!!

We raced a couple of times, and the truck would struggle to even keep close!!
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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here in Oregon, its a high school kid driving a Honda complete with a Fart Tube muffler that tries to blow me off at the light. I always let them so the cop will pull him over first. then i proceed to my destination with a big smile as I pass them sitting at the side of the road..
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 06:03 PM
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[QUOTE=johnnybravothepimp;

My best friend had a 2007 ram 1500 with a hemi....

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He needed a chipped Cummins.
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 06:47 PM
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I prefer my "Home Made Bio-Diesel" for that extra PUNCH off the line in my Stock Cummins!


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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 08:10 PM
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I prefer my "Home Made Bio-Diesel" for that extra PUNCH off the line in my Stock Cummins!



I hope you get good mileage.
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My favorite reply to the kids with fart canned hondas is beat me or not i am still in a classic vette and you still drive a honda so why should I bother.
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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haha man i kinda feel bad now. I am the person that you laugh at. but i sold the truck and am building a vette now. i needed something milder and smaller. that truck was wicked powerful. have you ever driven a crew cab tuck that could lift the front tires off the ground?
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by clay9_24
haha man i kinda feel bad now. I am the person that you laugh at. but i sold the truck and am building a vette now. i needed something milder and smaller. that truck was wicked powerful. have you ever driven a crew cab tuck that could lift the front tires off the ground?
If you were to follow me around a corner at speed in a crew cab truck, two wheels would come off the ground alright, just before it rolls into the ditch. Personally fast deisel trucks do nothing for me, I have seen them on TV and at the track, but park one next to my Vette and see which gets the attention, and I even live in truck country. My baddd truck is my Mazda B3000 4X4 that I drive to work and will haul my huge Buck from the woods this Saturday morning! :O) I can go zero to sixty in 30 seconds or so!!! Top that!
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 09:41 PM
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Could it have anything to do with Dodge branding their trucks with Gran Sport stripes? What's up with that anyway?????

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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by stic5
Yeah really... if you expect me to risk my driver license to race you, then you'd better have something better than a truck. The hardest one I ever had to turn down was (no lie) when I was driving my '05 C6 (now sold) to my own wedding, and a Ferrari F430 pulled beside me at a light and revved up. Under any other circumstance I would have done it, but I didn't want to explain why I was in jail during my own wedding.
What? Should have raced him, your fiance should understand.
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 10:50 AM
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You did the best thing!!!! As previously stated we are the ones in the classic car. And we sure do get all of the looks and thumbs up even when our cars are parked.
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by clay9_24
that truck was wicked powerful. have you ever driven a crew cab tuck that could lift the front tires off the ground?
No, and if you don't have pictures, it never happened.
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 12:52 PM
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You've got to realize most of these these guy's are just messing around for fun. One of the well known performance tuner's live's in my area, and have seen my share of fast vehicle's. Had a pretty mundane looking Ford F150 riding my daily car bumper entering the freeway, and just flat out flew once he got on. My current Vette is a C6 ZO6, and dont get messed with much.
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