[06TCDriv3r]

Well I was on my way home tonite in the mood to race. On a 3 lane road and was at a red light on my left pulled up a black 2 door honda civic and on my right a black nissan altima. Well when it hit green we all hit it. I tore the civic a new one and killed the altima off the line so he backed off and then noticed I was killing the civic so I decided what the hell im not getting a ticket. Needless to say the Altima is a heavy car and civic is just slow!

Record 6 - 2

 

[EddNog]

Originally posted by 06TCDriv3r@Oct 21 2005, 08:11 PM
Well I was on my way home tonite in the mood to race. On a 3 lane road and was at a red light on my left pulled up a black 2 door honda civic and on my right a black nissan altima. Well when it hit green we all hit it. I tore the civic a new one and killed the altima off the line so he backed off and then noticed I was killing the civic so I decided what the hell im not getting a ticket. Needless to say the Altima is a heavy car and civic is just slow!

Record 6 - 2

Was that a 2.5S/2.5SL or was it a 3.5SE/3.5SE-R?

-Ed

 

[mrbrace]

Either one should have put up a good fight or beaten you, my girlfriend has a altima 2.5S and it keeps up with my car

 

[06TCDriv3r]

I dont know what it was like i said it backed off I knew the kid cuz i went to fire school with him! I think it was a 2.5S though

 

[Ryan'stc]

That's weird, I have beaten the crap out of a 2.5s before.

 

[EddNog]

Originally posted by goldenchild@Oct 21 2005, 09:12 PM
Either one should have put up a good fight or beaten you, my girlfriend has a altima 2.5S and it keeps up with my car

3.5 would handily kill a tC with little effort unless the driver's a total dunce.

Between the heavier 185hp Altima 2.5 and the tC it's very much a driver's race; it's difficult to compare not knowing what type of transmission is in each of the cars in the case of Altima 2.5 vs. tC.

-Ed

 

[lo bux racer]

I spanked an IS300 tonight. Surprised him off the line, then really whupped him around the on ramp. He chased me down just to see what I was driving...

 

[EddNog]

Originally posted by lo bux racer@Oct 21 2005, 09:20 PM
...then really whupped him around the on ramp...

That's the, "power," of 245s right there!

-Ed

 

[alas]

Originally posted by lo bux racer@Oct 21 2005, 09:20 PM
I spanked an IS300 tonight. Surprised him off the line, then really whupped him around the on ramp. He chased me down just to see what I was driving...

Did you beat the IS 300 in your tC or Supra?

 

[josurr]

now that is a good question... my guess is the tC b/c the IS300 driver would have immediately noticed a supra/heard it unless he/she has lived under a rock for the past 12 years

 

[alas]

haha..for sure..

 

[lo bux racer]

If I were in the Supra I wouldn't need to surprise him at the light, I'd just smoke him any way I wanted. NA 2JZs suck. I've driven them. No power.

 

[alas]

what is a NA 2JZs? should i do a search..

 

[lo bux racer]

Normally aspirated. No turbos. The IS300.

 

[alas]

I see, so is a tC with intake, headers, and a cat back exaust considered a Naturally or "normally" aspirated car? thatjustmeans no turbos right? Does your tC have a supercharger or turbo on it lance?

 

[lo bux racer]

NA = no turbo or supercharger. That's all. My tC has a completely stock engine. I live in California and have no desire to be hassled by the smog nazis. Besides, if I want to drive a car with power, I just get in the Supra.

 

[silverrsxjezus]

Originally posted by lo bux racer@Oct 22 2005, 02:06 AM
If I were in the Supra I wouldn't need to surprise him at the light, I'd just smoke him any way I wanted. NA 2JZs suck. I've driven them. No power.

Have you driven the IS300 before? Is it just me or is the clutch quite stiff? Maybe it's just because I'm used to the really light clutch from the RSX

 

[LuCiFer6]

Originally posted by lo bux racer@Oct 21 2005, 09:20 PM
I spanked an IS300 tonight. Surprised him off the line, then really whupped him around the on ramp. He chased me down just to see what I was driving...

This is why you beat the IS 300, I found this on Car and Driver on their review of the tC.


Speaking of the Lexus IS, the tC is nearly as quick as its 215-hp luxury cousin. The sporty Scion scoots from 0 to 60 in 7.4 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 15.7 seconds at 88 mph, only 0.1 and 0.2 second, respectively, behind the IS ("$35,000 Sports Sedans," March 2004). Moreover, because the tC is geared fairly short—final drive is 4.24—its 30-to-50-mph top-gear time of 8.5 seconds is a 10th quicker than the six-cylinder IS's.

 

[lo bux racer]

OK. I still say I "beat him" because he wasn't serious about beating me until well after I'd taken off. I'd've beaten a lot of much quicker cars with the lead I had from jump, and I routinely do beat much faster cars because they aren't expecting me to launch as hard as I do.

 

[Plissken]

I beat a brand new yellow Ferrari this way a couple of weeks ago. Too bad he had no idea we were racing.