A bright yellow one too....

Long story short, I'm waiting at a red light bumping my music (LOUD system, everyone can hear with my windows up), and this guy cruising in his yellow aveo pulls up beside me. He pulls his window down and points at me. I turn off the music and he says "How much horsepower that gas guzzler running?" (he assumed I had a v8), I said "more than you" (thinking it was a smart *** comment...).

Light turns green, I floor it, he does also, he's ahead of me in 1 second.. I have never been so embarrassed in my life. I think I'll stay out of racing until I drop in the 350.

 

 

Wow! Yeah that's pretty bad, wait til you get your 350!

 

I can't believe you even posted this....

 

Ican't believe it either, but I give you credit for honesty and being humble, 2 outstanding qualities!

 

lol never under estamate those little POS when ur round town

 

 

You proceeded to LOSE after talking trash???

I bet if we search the web tonight, we'll find an Aveo owners post that he whooped a 3rd gen!

 

haha that would be hilarious.

 

dude.... cool points for manning up and admitting it! Imagine how cool it will be to run into the same guy again and smoke him next time around when you have a V-8 He'll just think you were messing with him last time. That will make it sooo much more fun.

 

you do realize you have a 2.8? thats like 130 horsepower in a 3500 lb car. Its not fast at all, most modern minivans will walk all over it. Im not being mean, my 92 is a 3.1 and its a real turd, a classy turd, but a turd all the same

 

Um, you just got your **** handed to you by a 1.6 liter putting out a whole 108 hp.

 

hahah... lol... this is hilarious...

I once lost to an Alero, however, it was not really fair.. he says he had a CAI, Exhaust upgrade, and intake upgrade... all that added plus my semi-plugged CAT, I got owned... side note, this was before I rebuilt the engine and added a few extra goodies...

 

The 305 in my bird got beat by a 96ish caravan(I was just goin home from the gas station and not really tryin), but it would have beaten me either way. Again Power to Weight Ratio

 

the Aveo is like 2500 lbs though.. lol

 

hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Why where you talking trash in a 2.8?

 

And I thought the 305 TBI in my old 'bird was slow...

 

Man if I had a 2.8 I'd talk trash because I'd assume tehy'd be able to tell I was being sarcastic. I mean you can tell a v6 car from a v8 car just from the sound. Most people can anyway. But maybe they cant? I always figured they'd be able to anyway.

 

I decided to get a 350 after a chevy venture beat me, I don't even know if they were trying to race but I was flooring it, and just couldn't keep up, and I have a guzzling 305 with low miles, oh well, you win some, you lose some.

 

It's a sad sad car....guess you guys don't want to hear about the time I got beat by a 94 corolla :P

Why GM made such a weak engine in such a heavy car, I don't know...I just hope I don't run into that Aveo again in town. After I got smoked, I quickly made a right turn in some random street and cried ><

 

Oh my gosh, I'm laughing my *** off!

Dan

 

hhahahaha... this neeeeeeds to be a sticky... a pick me upper for one of those days...

now that I think about it, I also lost to a 240z a late 80's... however, that time my mechanical problem was my carb, I was flooring it but the car was like it was bogging down, almost felt like I had a clogged CAT...

 

 

What kind of dumbass calls someones car a gas guzzler and then races from a stop light?

 

 

Hey, if you do see him again, just let me know and I'll come up there with my Vibe and kick that big bad Aveo for you.

 

at least your admitting to it. We have all had moments like this, it sucks haha. When I had my moms 66 Mustang for my junior prom I got slammed by a Saturn Ion Redline felt pretty shitty haha

 

I feel your pain. When I had my 96 bird 3.8, I remember me and this beat up junky looking CRX with a kid eating cheetos were at a light. We both floored it off the line only to see him blow by me, still eating cheetos. I was very embaressed.

 

my first third gen was a 2.8 and let me tell you it was just for driving nothing else. if people wanted to race it was not going to happen. but i can't say that's true anymore with my 350.

 

That guy better look out, next time I'd be out lookin' for him in my Yaris

Dan

 

you guys are killing me, this thread rocks!!!

 

Damn... and I've thought in the past the 305 guys run their mouths too much.

 

I didn't run my mouth though .

I just made a smartass comment because I wasn't expecting a yellow aveo to race lol

 

Well, at least YOUR turd CAN be pollished!!

 

my DD is one of those but the pontiac wave. one of the cheapest cars you can buy new lol so poor

 

I raced a Cobalt LS with an SS wing on the back before, but I don't know if he was really pushing the car, but I was pushing mine, he got ahead of me at first but with my car having highway gears (3.23's) and him having 3.63's his top end sucked and I caught back up to him after we hit about 80, lol.

I feel your pain though, our cars can't handle low end speed or quick acceleration, hills, or modern imports, but they are still some of the bad ***-est cars on the road today, no doubt in my mind

 

Half mile race, huh?

 

when i first learned how to drive it was in a 280zx turbo. yeah fun for a 15 year old. but when i built my first third gen, that car was like a moped.

 

I turn off the music and he says "How much horsepower that gas guzzler running?" I said "more than you"

HAHAHA I just LOL'D so hard,
I can't believe you said that sittin in a 2.8

 

Makes me sad i drive around in a 97 Camry now. Driving the Family around and my only fun part is trying to get above 33 mpg.

I went from owning a Turbo Car doing high 13s. and even my old Fbody was more fun.

 

Think of it this way... if he looses a race, its considered a foregone conclusion, no loss of dignity.

If he wins a race, well, he just humiliated someone. If I were him, I'd race everything I saw, just to embarrass the few I beat. (And in a past lifetime, that was me, in a 1990 Galant with 3 out of 4 forward gears working.)

 

every stop giving him a hard time! thats just flat out rude! at least he admitted it hell my durango loss to a newer v6 accord on the highway and i have a hard time admitting it. ok skyset is there anything done to your car? i say if you still have a while tell you put that 350 in do a little to the 2.8. first do a full tune up with decent plug wires and decent plugs and good oil and run seafoam thru the engine. and if you into it do some weight reductions like a/c, heater, whatever but i wont suggest it if its a daily driver. i think you be able to pull that aveo then

sorry if this is usless crap to you but im kinda pissed that some of these people are jerks. good luck anyhow.

 

you should hav, the corrola and geo prizm are the same car lmao

 

Well we took off at a light and we continued across a bridge and to the next light so it was probably about a mile or so lol we hit triple digits and I would have passed his economy car *** if we weren't coming close to the other intersection.

Just curious but how fast have you guys hit different gears while stepping on it?

 

ive taken 3rd gear to like 5k xP lol

 

Appreciate it man

I'm due for an oil change on April 1st, which is only a few days away. I've actually been thinking of doing a tune-up since my car needs it, everything from plugs to distributor cap. And yes a lot of time till I drop in the 350. My car is only at 81k original miles, I can't get myself to pulling such a good running engine (despite it's terrible speed ). I made the decision to drive the 2.8 until it dies, that's why I have no problem flooring it everytime I see a chevy aveo beside me

 

just start saving up those pennies and eventually sooner than later, you'll have enough for a 350 3rd gen... this 2.8 you can use it for your daily commute while the 350 will be your weekend "put a smile on your face ticket"... well that's of course until you get fed up with the 2.8..

 

No I mean like what speeds as in vehicle speeds lol

 

Thats what Im wondering

 

In my car before I started doing anything I had the car at 120-124 ish (fourth). I saw it hit 120 and was going faster but got nervous when I had traffic on the other side of the road. FYI it was about six in the morning on IL 109 (two lane highway) but I havent found any safe spots to try recently. I know that in my auto first gear shifts at around 35 and then around 65 ish for sec and I dont remember for third ... if the roads are clear tomorrow I'll find out.