Esse Quattro

On the way to a friend's house today, I jumped on the entrance to the 826 from US-1 and pushed it a little on the on ramp, getting up to about 80 on the ending curve of the ramp. As I was entering the first straight section, I noticed that the car I had been gaining on wasn't coming closer any more. I was about set to level it out at 80 and cruise when the car (the Q45) started pulling away. Of course I'm thinking "Let's play"

So, I kept the gas pressed pretty far in 5th, thinking this would be an easy victory. I should have down shifted to 4th; the Infinity started pulling away. So, I floored it in 5th, and held it there until about 5000 rpm. As soon as I stomped it, we were even, with me maybe closing the distance slightly. As we got to about 100, I started gaining more on him, closing the distance. Before we reached the first exit, I was doing 130, and rapidly closing the gap.

Unfortunately, there was traffic ahead, so we both put on the brakes and I coasted up to him to give a thumbs up. Sadly, he didn't even acknowledge my respect for another sedan with great power.

While I didn't get a detailed look at the car, it was quite new, so it could have been the new Q45 with 345 hp. Then again, it could have been a 99'. In either case, the car had very respectable power at high speeds. I enjoyed the heck out of it; I just hope I don't read some lame "I beat an S4" posting on some Infinity board.

Esse Quattro

If it wasn't obvious from the post, I didn't initally think this guy wanted to race. Even when I saw that he was keeping up with me at 80, I never expected him to hang with me at 100+, so I didn't initially really push the car. I think if we'd started side by side, I'd have left him, but who knows. Next time, we'll see.

The R

Are you in Miami? Damn, I miss the good roads down there.

Esse Quattro

Yeah, I'm in Miami. What roads did you like down here?

The R

The roads here are no where near as smooth. I think if I moved back there again, I would get in alot of trouble. You can flat out run on I-95 between I think its Ives Dairy Road and Broward Blvd.....where every its 4 or 5 lanes wide with the banking in the turns. Actually its farther north than that but my memory is slipping a little. Its been two years since I've been down there. I miss those nights coming home from Miami at 4am running at classified speeds. 'snif'' 'snif'....those were the good ole days.


Be careful racing nowadays.....a friend of mine got pulled over by a cop in a Type R. He raced this type R on the highway and then exited...was around the corner from his job when a cop pulled him over. When he got out of the car, Nigel was like "why did you pull me over, I wasn't speeding". The cop said, "I pulled you over for racing"....Nigel said, "Racing who?"......then the white Type R pulls up. Needless to say, he got a ticket.