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Old 11-20-2006, 12:35 PM
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Grand Prix GTP

I had no clue how fast those cars are!

The wife and I were driving out to Omaha this past weekend, and somewhere west of Des Moines we come across this older guy in a GTP. Could'nt figure out if he wanted to play around or not untill i droped the charger to 3rd and goosed it a little.

He took off like a rocket, did'nt waste me but definatally got about a 3/4 car length lead on me. for the next mile or so it was back and forth, neither car was giving up any lenght. I finally took him when we hit 140 (I think the Daytona charger has a governer set at 135 or 140). I shifted up to 5th gear, and i think he heard it because he almost right away backed off ( I was about 1/2 a car length ahead of his nose).

Fun race, we both gave thumbs up, and i was more shocked than anything. Later that night i found out the GTP's have a super charger in them, makes me wonder if he could have taken me outright but he just did'nt want to go any faster.

My little story :)

This was also the first time i've had the car up that fast, was great fun!
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Old 11-21-2006, 06:34 PM
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I had a 97' GTP (the newer platform) and I could only get mine up to 135 mph. This might be a gov. issue. But they're fast out of the hole though.
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Old 11-22-2006, 03:21 PM
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Those cars are pritty fast. IBM Goat had one that moved pritty fast. Boost helps out bigtime!!!
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