I am driving down to Brooklyn on the West Side highway. It's friday night, about 9:30. In the 50s (streets) I notice a blue IS300, stock, peeling out from traffic lights and driving pretty agggressively overall. By mid 40s I manage to catch up to him and soon afterwards we hit a red light. We are the first at the light and there are no cars that I can see after the intersection.
So I inch forward, shift to neutral, and rev on him a couple of times to get the attention. There are three people in the car that I can see - a couple of guys and a girl. The windows are down, the music is blasting. After I rev the guy behind the wheel looks at me and starts grinning. I point at the light and motiion forward. He knods.
I kill the AC, turn off the stereo. The windows and the roof are closed. I have 3/4 of a tank of 93. I see the "side" light go from green to yello and torque brake to about 1900rpm. As soon as our light goes green I floor it. I peel out and get a jump on the Lexus. He is at about my rear bumper. The amazing thing is that he never catches up, and it actually seemed that I increased my lead.
By the time I hit 80-85mph we are approaching Chelsea Piers, I see some traffic ahead, turn on my flashers (to indicate that the race is over), and slow down.
He flies by and tries to get away in traffic. I am on his tale, but soon the traffic gets dense enough and we have to slow down. He heads towards the village, I continue to Battery Tunnel.
Now, boys and girls, the moral of the story - In street racing .8 second difference in quarter mile time is insignificant. Accord 4dr EX V6 is the slowest of all V6 accords and runs 16 sec flat 1/4. IS300 should run low-mid 15s. I still beat him. I did have at least 300 pound passenger weight advantage, closed windows, and AC that was off. May be he forgot to turn of TCS, may be he had full tank. Anyway, next time I call bullshit on the story of someone beating V6 Accord with a stick Alty you can flame away all you want
So I inch forward, shift to neutral, and rev on him a couple of times to get the attention. There are three people in the car that I can see - a couple of guys and a girl. The windows are down, the music is blasting. After I rev the guy behind the wheel looks at me and starts grinning. I point at the light and motiion forward. He knods.
I kill the AC, turn off the stereo. The windows and the roof are closed. I have 3/4 of a tank of 93. I see the "side" light go from green to yello and torque brake to about 1900rpm. As soon as our light goes green I floor it. I peel out and get a jump on the Lexus. He is at about my rear bumper. The amazing thing is that he never catches up, and it actually seemed that I increased my lead.
By the time I hit 80-85mph we are approaching Chelsea Piers, I see some traffic ahead, turn on my flashers (to indicate that the race is over), and slow down. He flies by and tries to get away in traffic. I am on his tale, but soon the traffic gets dense enough and we have to slow down. He heads towards the village, I continue to Battery Tunnel.
Now, boys and girls, the moral of the story - In street racing .8 second difference in quarter mile time is insignificant. Accord 4dr EX V6 is the slowest of all V6 accords and runs 16 sec flat 1/4. IS300 should run low-mid 15s. I still beat him. I did have at least 300 pound passenger weight advantage, closed windows, and AC that was off. May be he forgot to turn of TCS, may be he had full tank. Anyway, next time I call bullshit on the story of someone beating V6 Accord with a stick Alty you can flame away all you want
