I had quite an interesting night at the drags to say the least. My times were pretty consistent except for my first run. The track was sticky as *****, I was hitting 2.2's all night. My last run was best with 14.762 @ 93.82 mph (69 degree, 96% humid). I ran a 10 second draggster so he pretty much made me look like I was standing still. My first run was also one of my crazy runs, I missed 3rd gear, ran only a 15.4@ 90 but still beat the ford focus I was running. I was in the pits lining up again when some kid tells me "You got a bird stuck in your car!" Im like huh? I get out and low and behold I see:



Everybody around me was all crowding around laughing their heads off. I used a shop towel and pulled that sucker out. It was really gross cause he was all furry and broken up. One guy joked to tell me to stuff him in a porta pot, but I was like no way and just tossed him in the trash.

My second run I raced a Trans Am from the Smokey and the Bandit style. Then something else happens. I finish my run and then my cell phone starts ringing. One of my friends phones me to tell me that my 4" exhaust tip had fallen off and launched about 15 feet in the air WHILE I was going down the track at around the 60 foot mark. So then the track official had to hold up traffic and walk out into the track in order to pick up my tip. This is what the tip should have looked like:



If this night wasnt already crazy enough during my 3rd run the guy infront of me breaks down, so the cleanup crew takes about 20 minutes while I'm sitting right next to the spectators in the burnout box. I kept them entertained by blasting my stereo. But my cell phone kept ringing and then I got pictures of the track that I would have otherwise never been able to get. When I got out to get my tip back that had fallen off, the prep compound they put on the track was absolutely sticky as *****. I was afraid my shoe would come off it was so sticky.

During my forth run I was put up against an 1000 hp EIGHT, yes EIGHT second car that finished at 160 mph!!!! Good lord even though I ran a 14.8 I felt like I was standing still. He was finished the 1/4 BEFORE I was even at the 1/8 mark!

So the good news is I didnt break anything, and my car is finally running good times consistently. More speed parts here we come!

 

Sounds like you had a sense of humor about the whole thing. Great time and great story. Bird and the tip! hehehehe

 

funnie shiet...dead bird...

 

now thats crazy...the bird must have been like "dammit this isn't my day....." *splat*

 

Damn if i was a bird that would be the way I would want to go, not from a fox or coyote or Honda, but by a Maxima.

 

you might want to get that looked at

 

I feel bad for that bird. Since I have a cockatiel as a pet, I have to feel sad and sorrow for this creature.

 

You make great posts Eric, they always have me laughing. I also like the way you consistently use the word "*****", funny stuff. Good times BTW!

 

I had to do a quick photoshop of this pic. The bird = t3h own3d

 

 

I guess its a good thing you didn't see the bird on the track. Your instincts might have caused you to swerve or slow down.

 

u should have ran with the bird on there it'll give u extra power like a type r sticker!

 

Eric's new name........Dead Bird....

 

hit a bird driving into work last week - damn thing took off from the side of the road and tried to fly across, but didn't think i'd be going so fast (i was late ) and got creamed by the passenger side of my windshield (no damage)

looked in the rear view and saw this big puff of feathers in my wake - lol, i felt bad all morning long, especially since i was the one driving fast

what's up with these birds? maybe they've gone all retarded with the West Nile or something?

 

I sell cockateils at my other job

- M

 

Can you tell me how to tell if it is a boy or a girl? It's a long story why I can't figure out if I have a boy or a girl.

 

wow! LOL! You go, Eric hehe. I'm glad to see you're happy with the car. GOod times! I'm hoping to go again in some cooler weather once I get decent tires and run some better 60' times.

 

Nice runs, Eric,


just goes to show that the Maxima is a helluva sleeper. Even the bird got caught by surprise

DW

 

 

People say you can tell by the colors... which if its true... I havent figured it out. We dont bother sex'ing them at the store, but, I tell male and female by:

- If there is a pair in a cage and one lays an egg (tho this hasnt happened yet because all our cockateils are babies and we sell them before anything happens)
- bloodtest

Also male cockateils tend to be MUCH more vocal than female cockateils.

That's what I remember for now .

- M

 

Poor Bird. Should we call Eric "Randy Johnson" now?

 

You oughta save that as a sig pic!

 

eric,

that was the funniest post i've read all month! really good track times too. i might have to swing down to visit a track that's "sticky as *****" lol. As you know CAP raceway is mad slippery.

that 1000 hp car is crazy...the fastest car i've ever seen in the quarter was a 10 flat @ 140 at Maxus last year in MD.

great sig pic. hopefully animal lovers won't harass you lol

 

ever seen the movie "The Birds"

 

dude...if a bird sees that picture...your car is gonna be covered in bird doo soon! Id advise a couple layers of wax..and a garage..

 

remember the Nissan commercial with the Top Gun Theme? The birds trying to dive bomb a maxima? (poop on it) It's funny, birds seem to love my car, and I don't park near trees at all. Once a bird did that with my sunroom open, missed the sunroof but hit the windshield, and well, it still splattered in)

Guess this time that bird got taught a lesson... Some bird divebombed my bumper once, of course, felt a thud, and feathers on ground from looking at my rear view. Felt horrible for the rest of the day. I don't like killing things.

 

Birds just don't like Maximas.

wish I could find that post from a couple years back (I think it was on Chad's forum)..
but I was cruising down the highway about 90, windows down... then SPLAT!! some dumbass bird hit my B piller right behidn my head and EXPLODED inside the car. guts everywhere, including the back of my head. After that, every time I saw a bird on the road, I made a point to try to run it down out of vengance.. I got a few.. little basturds. of course, they always got me back by bombing my car in the school parking lot.

 

Hehe, I wish I still had that video. That was funny as hell....

 

I have a cockitiel named tweety, i have a pic on my website, but i dont think its up right now, im transitioning computers.

i havent had crap on my max yet, although ive only had it for about 2 or 3 months.

i cant remember how to tell if they are a boy or a girl, i think that the boys have yellow or colored heads and also if they have orange cheeks, then there boys. mines really cool, he lets me hold him and he makes little noises, like tweet-tweu (you know like you wistle when a hot chick walks by? my dad taught him that, too bad i cant whistle, hes a fun bird, i just make little knocking or clicking noises with my mouth and sometimes bob my head at him when he bobs his head at me, its a game.

i love my birdy, im gonna go play with him now, maybe put him in the maxima (prolly not, he may **** in it)
MrGone

 

Man Eric you still have some of the worst luck with your car...but I'm glad you're enjoying your consistent times. Come back to the dark side

 

this is the funniest thing I have ever read on maxima.org

I blew chunks of my food from my nose just looking at the pic.
the story just made it better.


sleeper? you bet your ***! the bird thought so right before it had its spine mauled.

 

I'm convinced it's an initiation thing for the birds when they decide to fly low on a road with fast moving vehicles.

 

I believe it was on chad's forum. How long did it take you to clean it again? hahahaha

 

haha.. Matt did you see Deezo's post about that bird poop commercial for the max's?

 

Oh ****, that's some funny stuff.

 

I was cleaning out my engine bay one day, and I spotted some feathers behind the front bumper. A closer look yielded a bird stuffed, I mean stuffed down low, just behing my fog lights.....yikes, that had to hurt !

 

*amn bird!! That thing probly added .3 sec to your 1/4!!!!

 

Poor Bird: bawling:

 

Poor Bird: