I was in the downtown area heading to the beach... Guy in his civic hatch lines up next to me at a light and we both take off casually, no biggie. All of a sudden he decides to floor it and shift to second just to meet the red light waiting for him. I was shaking my head and smirking a bit...

Once again, we line up at the light. My car is a 2000 Corolla 5spd making about 90-100whp, I also had the wifey with me which adds a bit of weight, so the car itself is about 2500 plus 2 people = 2800lbs. Anyways, street was clear, nothing in front of us, so i decide to see what he does. To my surprise he punches it off the light, I let him get about half a CL while i save my clutch, once engaged I catch up to him and we shift basically at the same time into second. We stayed exactly even up to about 80 which is when I had to cut off and make my turn. I expected him to pull through every gear, since he weighs about 300lbs less than me and is making about the same power I suppose. All in all, good run for my econobox.

 

lol, Flight of the Four-bangers! Good runs man.

 

not bad

 

LMAO! "I had the wifey which adds a bit of weight" but you both only add 300 lbs? so this race took what, 5 minutes

 

I weigh about 160 and she's around 130, I just rounded it off...

290 lbs is a lot of additional weight in my car, huge difference.