I've been challenged!!!!
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Melting Slicks
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I've been challenged!!!!
By a security guard at work. He wants to race for, get this, $2000! I feel bad because I know he couldn't afford to race for a pack of smokes. :(
I haven't gotten a firm date from him yet, and probably never will.
My competition...a 1989 Chevrolet Caprice. He said it has a V-8 so, it's as fast as my Vette and his racing skills would be what wins the race.
At first, I thought he was kidding, but he is dead serious! or one hell of an actor.
I hope he will race me! :D Then I can screw with him everytime I see him. $2000...hmmmmm....what mods can I do???
I haven't gotten a firm date from him yet, and probably never will.
My competition...a 1989 Chevrolet Caprice. He said it has a V-8 so, it's as fast as my Vette and his racing skills would be what wins the race.
At first, I thought he was kidding, but he is dead serious! or one hell of an actor.
I hope he will race me! :D Then I can screw with him everytime I see him. $2000...hmmmmm....what mods can I do???
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (BubbleHead)
You probably dont need any. :lol: :lol:
Check under his hood though in case he's packin' a sleeper but I doubt it. I used to have a 305ci Caprice wagon that was just a tick slower than a fellow co-workers GTP. Even if he has the 5.7, his biggest disadvantage is the weight difference.
Security guards must of had a huge raise if he's racing for that kind of dough! :eek:
-John
Check under his hood though in case he's packin' a sleeper but I doubt it. I used to have a 305ci Caprice wagon that was just a tick slower than a fellow co-workers GTP. Even if he has the 5.7, his biggest disadvantage is the weight difference.
Security guards must of had a huge raise if he's racing for that kind of dough! :eek:
-John
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (BubbleHead)
Definitely try to check the car out. Yeah, he might be stock, but he might also be running 30 lbs of boost on a built motor w/ a 300 shot of N2O :eek:. If he has stock mufflers, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. Try to scope it out. If you race him, SMOKE HIS :bs A*S!!! :cheers:
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (Smash)
Methinks someone has a juiced up sleeper.
:chevy
:chevy
The car ran like stank. To look at it (and him - total nerd type) you would have laughed your butt off. He made many a grown man cry with that car.
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (BubbleHead)
It's not a sleeper, it's all stock. I think he just felt threatened and started running his mouth knowing he would never race and I know he doesn't have the money, he's been walking to work for the 4 years. He just got the car from his sister-in-law. Honestly, this guy is lucky he knows how to start a car, let alone build a sleeper.
If I asked him if it was a sleeper, he would probably answer "no, I have an apartment, duh!" :lol: This man is not all there, if you know what I mean. He's a blast to mess with. Hopefully he's working tonight so I can f**k with him some more.
He's that guy that knows everything, but has done nothing with his life. I think he's in his mid 40's and a security guard... :rolleyes:
[Modified by BubbleHead, 5:43 PM 10/16/2001]
If I asked him if it was a sleeper, he would probably answer "no, I have an apartment, duh!" :lol: This man is not all there, if you know what I mean. He's a blast to mess with. Hopefully he's working tonight so I can f**k with him some more.
He's that guy that knows everything, but has done nothing with his life. I think he's in his mid 40's and a security guard... :rolleyes:
[Modified by BubbleHead, 5:43 PM 10/16/2001]
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (BubbleHead)
In the immortal words of Foghorn Leghorn:
"You never know what's in the pickle barrel until you get the lid off it!"
"You never know what's in the pickle barrel until you get the lid off it!"
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (NotSlo)
a bunch of years ago, a friend of mine had a new Honda CRX... the mid model. nice little car. quick enough for the day, but not super fast...
however, some punk kept challenging him (us, really) to a drag race. he drove a ragged out late 70s Fiesta.
I checked under the hood. no drugs. have no clue... he kept dodging the issue with us... this was after the challenge!!!
sucks to be him, I guess.
however, some punk kept challenging him (us, really) to a drag race. he drove a ragged out late 70s Fiesta.
I checked under the hood. no drugs. have no clue... he kept dodging the issue with us... this was after the challenge!!!
sucks to be him, I guess.
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (CaliforniaLT-1)
Methinks someone has a juiced up sleeper.
:chevy
He had a sedate looking Pinto wagon that had a propane burning 302" with dual quads and the intake plenum cut down so that it fit under the stock hood! :eek: And this was in 1979.
:chevy
He had a sedate looking Pinto wagon that had a propane burning 302" with dual quads and the intake plenum cut down so that it fit under the stock hood! :eek: And this was in 1979.
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (BubbleHead)
Sleeper? Maybe...Im thinking he is just stupid...
I know people like that who reallly think there car is faster...I mean after all their spedo reads 160 :rolleyes:
I know people like that who reallly think there car is faster...I mean after all their spedo reads 160 :rolleyes:
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (NotSlo)
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In the immortal words of Foghorn Leghorn:
"You never know what's in the pickle barrel until you get the lid off it!"
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You said it !!
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A CHALLENGER
In the immortal words of Foghorn Leghorn:
"You never know what's in the pickle barrel until you get the lid off it!"
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You said it !!
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A CHALLENGER
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (BubbleHead)
If I asked him if it was a sleeper, he would probably answer "no, I have an apartment, duh!"
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Re: I've been challenged!!!! (War Machine)
This sounds like a sleeper to me. I'd check under the hood first, then smoke him like Castro chomping on a Cohiba. That or keep messing with him or give him the yeah whatever treatment. Drives these kind of guys nuts.
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