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First rain experience. Kinda long

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Old 08-03-2003, 06:59 PM
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First rain experience. Kinda long

Well i took my car out last night and it finnaly began to rain. it wasnt raingin hard but very steady and the streets were pretty soaked. as long as i stayed civil and drve conseritavely the potenzas didnt bother me too much even at 70 mph on the highway they didnt give me any problems although i will admit i was nervous because of all the dang horror stories on here about them. anyway it all came down to this.
a pontiac grand prix gt started begging me for a race. then at a stop sign i went on my turn and he on his as i waited for him across the intersection. from about a 20 roll in first i spunn the tires all the way to about 65 (3rd gear) and still stomped the pontiac by about 1.5 lenghts. he didnt start at 20 either he was passing me when i finally gunned it. All in all there are two notable things here. Nissan Put terribly inadequate tires on their flagship sedan. and two Pontacs Get OWNED
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Old 08-03-2003, 07:16 PM
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dude, why are you racing in the rain??? death wish?
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Old 08-03-2003, 09:02 PM
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taking a walk on the wild side
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Floor any car with any tire with that much TQ in the rain, you'll end up with the same result.
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