nuke61
09-23-2004, 10:16 AM
Background: Southern California between Oceanside and San Clemente, northbound I-5 near the Immigration Checkpoint, about 6:30 am.
On the way to work this morning I'm cruising at 70 in the 3rd lane. A guy in a late model black Mustang GT is slowly passing me, but slows, downshifts, and paces me. There's no way I'm running at this point because there are too many cars, so I just look over and smile. His windows are tinted so I don't know if he saw me or not, but at this point he floors it and take off. Man, those Mustangs sound SWEET... :bow: the perfect muscle car exhaust sound.
As luck would have it, I catch up to him and pass him in the lanes waiting to get through the check point -- we're doing like 15 mph in these lanes, it's not like I blasted by him :lol:. I exit the checkpoint about 10 cars in front of him, but I'm guessing he'd still like a little run to get the juices going so I go slow... 65 in 3rd gear, lane #3, and wait for him to pull up. I see him in my rear view mirror as he comes flying up in the 4th lane -- don't know how much faster than me he's going but I estimate 70 or so, just like before. As he gets to my window I floor it and we're off. Because of the initial speed difference, I'm immediately in the hole by a car or so. Top of 3rd, I stop the pull and start reeling him in, and by 4th it's over. We're doing about 125 with me out by a car or so and that's when I back out due to traffic. We both drop back down to a cruising speed of 70 and both take the next exit. I wave as he passes, but again, due to tinted windows, don't know what he saw or did.
Lots of fun and definately a way to get the blood pumping :D
On the way to work this morning I'm cruising at 70 in the 3rd lane. A guy in a late model black Mustang GT is slowly passing me, but slows, downshifts, and paces me. There's no way I'm running at this point because there are too many cars, so I just look over and smile. His windows are tinted so I don't know if he saw me or not, but at this point he floors it and take off. Man, those Mustangs sound SWEET... :bow: the perfect muscle car exhaust sound.
As luck would have it, I catch up to him and pass him in the lanes waiting to get through the check point -- we're doing like 15 mph in these lanes, it's not like I blasted by him :lol:. I exit the checkpoint about 10 cars in front of him, but I'm guessing he'd still like a little run to get the juices going so I go slow... 65 in 3rd gear, lane #3, and wait for him to pull up. I see him in my rear view mirror as he comes flying up in the 4th lane -- don't know how much faster than me he's going but I estimate 70 or so, just like before. As he gets to my window I floor it and we're off. Because of the initial speed difference, I'm immediately in the hole by a car or so. Top of 3rd, I stop the pull and start reeling him in, and by 4th it's over. We're doing about 125 with me out by a car or so and that's when I back out due to traffic. We both drop back down to a cruising speed of 70 and both take the next exit. I wave as he passes, but again, due to tinted windows, don't know what he saw or did.
Lots of fun and definately a way to get the blood pumping :D