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Old 09-15-2010, 07:39 AM   #15
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If it is on the internet, it's gotta be true.... right? right?
Oh, absolutely, even more reliable than a lawyer or a politician.
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Old 09-16-2010, 03:04 PM   #16
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...a very beautiful 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 in red. It really stood out in the parking lot today. I was hoping he'd park next to my Camaro so I could get some photos of them together, but I was just too damn early and the spaces next to me filled up, haha.

Anyway, I was looking up all sorts of figures for it today and he and I were comparing our cars and talking about the 5.0 a lot today. All the worker who didn't already know it was his were all clamoring around asking "wow, who's Mustang?" and I'd have to let everyone know it was his. It was a really cool day, to be honest.

The thing that made me laugh the most, though, is how everybody seemed to think I was (or should be) jealous of him. Everybody was like "oooo, scared of a little competition, huh?" I just had to point out to everybody that I wasn't scared and was actually happy for him and glad to have another American muscle car to add to the work parking lot. Not only that, but it's nothing new. A couple weeks back one of the managers traded in her Civic for a 2011 Mitsubishi Eclipse and that had everyone talking, too. I guess everybody expected me to throw down the gauntlet and challenge him to a battle over our manhoods that our cars would fight.

I did find out, however, that my ideas and figures about the car were wrong. I was under the assumption that it was quicker than it actually is, but I wanted to be 100% sure, so I checked the handy dandy internet. 0-60 in 4.4 seconds is not bad at all. It's only one tenth of a second slower than the 2010 GT500 from the figures I read...not bad for something so much cheaper.

It's also started a little mini-poll of Chevy vs. Ford at work. Whether I ask or not, different people will say stuff like "man, your Camaro is nice, but that Mustang is just amazing." Or you'll get the complete opposite. I was pointing out to a friend that his is quicker to 60 than mine, but they're both really fast cars and it doesn't make too much of a difference to me when another guy said "yeah, I'd rather have yours (the Camaro), anyway."

Leaving work was awesome, though...we were heading out at the same time, so I waited for him to back out and followed. That thing sounds so sweet on start-up. After the little private road out of work, there's a stop sign on a major highway set to 60 mph, so when we were stopped, he checked for all clear and just gunned it. Tons of tire squeal and even more on the shift to second. By the time I had checked traffic and took off to pursue, he was already probably 1/8 of a mile or so ahead of me. I caught up to him easily enough, but you have to be impressed with what Ford's done and I'm sure he wasn't even really trying, either....if it had been a true drag race between him and me, I can only imagine what that car would've pulled.

Well, I guess it's time to start the modding and bring my baby's power up a smidgen. ;-)

(sorry for the long post >_< hahaha)
what an awesome post. In an ideal world, we will all be like that where we can openly admire each other's cars without any jealousy or one-upmanship.
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