So I went to a friends wedding last night, and a guy i met there started chatting, and cars got brought up. He said he had a 96 LT1 auto Slomaro. He said he had it up to 425HP before he had to sell it, He was going on and on about boring it out to a 383 it he'd have over 700hp if he did. The guy is originally from Cali, but came to MO for school, he said he took a driving instructional course on Laguna Seca, and the car he was driving with was a Viper. He said word for word "My camaro pulled way harder than the viper did on the track". I didnt want to be rude or anything, but the kid didnt seem like the brightest about automobiles. It felt like I was talking to the girlfriend, just kept nodding my head and a yes here or there. He was a ford basher too, I told him I had a slow 4.6 spd, but had some plans for it down the road. He didnt say anything about it, just a big grin. Anywwayys, theres my story, lets here some more!
at this point i find it fun to just ask them a question they should know the answer to (if they werent full of **** already at this point already) and make them look stupid. i dont talk about something unless i know what im talking about. just common sense...plus most of them bow-tie guys are the same
If i have some booze in me i tell em I own a honda...with a huge muffler. That usually leads to an entertaining evening
Im sorry, but my brother in law raced for Dodge back in his day, and is one of three people in the U.S. that owns a GTS-R Viper, plus three other ones. and im telling you now, you need a crap load of crap to pull on just a stock viper, and guessing that the viper he supposebly drove was track equipted , then he is full of feces if he thinks a LT1 camero can pull on a viper, and im no dodge fan, but the viper is one car they built with quality.
or - he pulled on the trailer that was towing the viper while on the highway en route to the track - thus, technically, making him pull on the viper
Yea, I love to do that. Unfortunately some people ignore it and go on with the conversation as if nothing was said to portray their stupididty.
I like the "I drive a fart can Honda" response...... I gotta use that Actually all I have to say now is Lincoln and they leave me alone
fix't i remember when they first came out. they were awesome and fast. but in a day when you can buy a factory mustang with 500hp the 450 the original viper doesnt seem all that impressive anymore.
Yeah and thats more than most guys with power adders have on here and more than my 4.6 DOHC will ever see Viper= Teh Badass Camaro owner< Viper Owner
Once in awhile I help out and work PT at a gym. I cant tell you how many people I know that ask me or other people "whats your max bench?" No matter what I say, they are always going to have a comeback story and say "my friend benches 900". I always tell people that my max bench is 135. Then it shuts them up. Sounds like this Camaro guy. When you encounter a schmuck like this who "bench races", just tell them you drive a Mustang and it has 200horsepower. Its always better to step away from these people than to get into a HP pissing match. I like meeting strangers who have Camarobirds and say they ran 13.5 and talk normal about their car. I cannot stand "my cousin's stage 3....." stories.
Also, when I attend car shows there are always those with stock appearing 5.0's and 4.6's that have "a supercharger on order". I hate those stories too.
yea.....theres seriously a dude at work that swears his STOCK LT1 96 camaro put down 378 to the wheels and ran 12.0s at the track. Dude tried to convince me for a half hour..... another kid says gt mustangs run mid 15s stock They say I dont know what im talking about when I told them 99-04 gts run high 13s/low 14s stock and the new 05+ cars run mid 13s stock
