Had a little fun in the G35 yesterday. I was picking it up from the dealer after work (getting very 1st oil change) and returning home. I turned left out of the dealer lot and got into the far right lane because I needed to turn right onto the highway. In my driver’s side mirror I notice the “unique” headlights of a new WRX. He eases into a spot in traffic 2–3 cars behind me. I think nothing of it when I turn right onto the on-ramp but guess what, the 2 cars behind me went straight and he turned right behind me. The on-ramp is about a 1/8 mile long downhill run.

I had the windows down a bit to cool the interior after it sat in the hot sun and could easily hear his higher revs and turbo whine mean lower gears and a heavy right foot. It was on! I turned off the a/c and radio and began checking for traffic over my left shoulder. I rode out 2nd as much as I could and saw that evening rush hour traffic had thinned out enough to go for it.

I only have 3K miles on the clock and have never raced this car. That was about to change. I glanced back and saw he was glued to my bumper. I think, “Well let’s see what 280hp can do vs. the blown Subie?” I punch it and take 2nd to 6K rpm and nail the 2-3 shift. The WRX is pinned to my bumper. I stay in the right lane and the WRX goes for the slingshot into the left. It looks like he gains a few strides. The 3-4 shift comes very quickly as the speedo registers triple digits and I look over into my blind spot and see the WRX about a car length behind. Time for the Brembos to join in the action as I decelerate from 120mph back to the 65mph speed limit.

He pulls up next to me and gives me a big smile and thumbs up, then takes off.

I concluded several things: I’m sure he was stock; he ran out of steam at ~100 when the G kept pulling and had this been a top end run, I would have pulled even further from him; he never really gained any ground on me and I never pulled away from him; it was lots of fun; I’m glad no police were around, and I love my car! [img]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/img]

2003 G35C 6MT CB/W Prem Aero No Nav

 

i am almost betting he has a little somthing done, i have a mark 8 and i always beat WRX's on roll's quite easily and i know for a fact that the 6MT coupe is faster than my mark by a few tenths in the 1/4.

I have raced many stock WRX's at the track and havnt lost yet. The modded ones are another story...

Dan O

 

I wanted to edit my write-up to say I wasn't sure if he was stock but the site kept giving me all kinds of errors telling me I wasn't logged in...when I was. Oh well...maybe he was modded. Either way it was fun!

 

yea, nobody with a turbo who street races leaves it stock. bet he'd upped the boost at the very least.

good kill

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<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by 99atlantic on 04/29/03 12:05 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

Well we might as well enjoy taking on the WRX while we can cause the STI is going to be a whole other story. At least we'll still have them in Looks anyway. Those things are gonna be monsters though and probably cost as much as some G coupes! Sweet story, it's not every day you break in your new sports car and have a good race waiting for you the minute your done.

 

the STi would be like the older brother coming back to take revenge for his younger brother who got beat up.

 

the sti is gonna lay the smack down.. and the evo too.. bastards..

 

Yeah the older Brother that takes Steroids!!!!!

 

Nice kill. Maybe his car was chipped?

 

The STI - older brother who takes steroids, is a black belt in 5 different martial arts, and carries a LARGE stick..

But heck, those Twin Turbo mods for the G35 should be out around then too... Could make it interesting...

 

Yeah, but then boost controllers and such will appear for the STi. You mod your car, they mod there car... it's just another version of Keeping-Up-With-The-Joneses.

2003.5 G35 Sedan Desert Platinum/Graphite Premium/Sport/Aero/Nav/Winter