So today I'm on the way home going down a local 4 lane highway. Cruising at speed limit, a new(05+) black Mustang GT just has to pass me and get in the lane in front of me coming up to a red light. There was a car in the left lane in the way, so I just stayed behind the 'stang in the right lane. When light goes green, we both roll away and clear the other car, then he goes to the left lane and is on the gas hard. I was too , coming up hard in the right lane. Now as we left the light, he pulled out a couple cars on me, but it took very little time to catch and pass him under full throttle acceleration. By 110mph, I had put a couple cars on him before I pulled in front of him(my lane was ending) and got on the brakes for the next light. At that point, I had to turn right to get home, and as I was turning he flicked his lights at me. I gave him a thumbs up out the window and smiled the rest of the way home. Out of the hole traction against a Celica on hard cruddy tires, I lose, but from a decent roll against much more competition from another V8, I slaughter it! From the jump he had on me, I thought it might not happen, but once I was pulling and passing him, I thought geez those cars are still pretty weak, I don't care how many cams and valves they have. My 'bird still gotz the goods with 137,000+ miles on it, just wish I would've had the camera on it to let you guys/gals see. From now on it rides with me

Nice! And about dang time too. hehehe

Nothing like putting another 'stang in it's place and showing it's owner that he spent way too much money on a car that's still slow.

traction makes all the difference. That is why investing $$$ in tires is not necessarily a waste.

...unless you're just gonna burn 'em off like most of mine !!!

What can I say, that's just where the most fun is for me

My street races aren't usually premeditated, so when they come my way, if the situation is safe, I'll go for it! Win some, lose some, but they are all fun and of course winning is always MORE fun. For me it is more about choosing my battles than tires right now, at least until I get those DRs to ride on the spare set of wheels

As for the new 'stang Sue, I bet he'll be dropping some $ in it, because I feel he thought he was just gonna walk off and leave me the way it went. Like you say, nice to put him in his rightful place... behind me !

Yea, once you get those new tires on there I'm sure you'll be able to get better traction but like you said smoking them off is more your style.

And I'm sure you're right. I can almost guarantee that he wasn't expecting you to walk all over him like you did. I can see him today, sitting in front of his computer, checking out places to get some 'go fast' parts for his car and all the while he's sitting there checking those parts out, he's probably thinking I can't believe I lost to a car that's almost 10 years old.

Mustang + Formula / TA + Race = <-----------Mustang owner