“Why is it always the people with shitty cars that try and show out? No one gives a fuck about your 10-year-old V6 charger, I promise.”

Remember those completely fucking stupid commercials where the lotus esprit gets outrun by the douche in the dodge magnum and then they pull up to a light and the guy goes “What you got in that thing?”

Dude or dudette, this is by far my favorite story on here. A true jalop moment - nobody hurt, nothing damaged, just an ego bruised.

I like how you left out that it was a Syclone until later.

Well, depends on the Esprit. Lotus claimed 6.8 seconds 0-60 for the 1st series, but road tests at the time were in the 8 seconds range.

one of the few good reasons to have a savant-like recall of the various head and tail-light fixtures of every single car on the road.

I was stuck in a similar situation with a VW. Just dropped into lower gear and revved up a bit, had no problems for the 10 years after I owned it. The owners of large full sized trucks I passed stuck in it were not amused.

Yeah my local mall’s parking lot is always littered with those.

There’s no may I would ever even test ride your bike...

Anyway, we know where this is going: Someone is going to have to lure Donald Trump out of Trump Tower with a six-foot portrait of himself and force him to be president.

Good game. Great ending.

I still think a 2007 car is new, and still think I’m in my twenties, so calling it 16 years old worked fine for me.

They are God’s children caught in a culture of country music...

He meant brown noises.

These people are why I’m investing in land mines

I think if you are used to the islands it is a wonderful place to live as a motor enthusiast, but I spent a month on Oahu visiting my aunt before she passed away, and I had claustrophobia by the end of it. Then when I was still that age I was driving over a thousand miles at a pop. Still have cousins on the island…

On one hand, Beckham has a point.

I’d be taking at least one to make a driving seat for computer/Xbox/PS4

He’s being paid for a full and complete vehicle

you don’t know what fraud is.