Honda S2000...

[MustangDanny]

So our engineering department had a luncheon today at a country club that was 20 minutes away from work. Well there is this guy in Engineering who drives a Honda S2000. I've wanted to race him ever since I started working here 3 months ago. Well today, on the way home from that Luncheon I see him dart off on the back roads on the way back to work. So I skipped the freeway entrance ramp and followed him. I could see him watching me in his rearview. We were stuck behind some Mitsubishi Mirage for most of the trip but finally the Mitsu turned off and he immediately downshifts and guns it ('ol puff of smoke comes out of his exhaust pipes, so I know he was revin'). Well I was ready to go and hit it as well. It's always tough to judge a race when you are followin' racing, but I'd say that the race would be close if we were from a stop because at the lower speeds I almost came up and tapped his bumper, but then he just started pulling away. I guess it makes sense, the car is 2800 lbs but only has 153 ft-lbs of torque. But once he got past the inertia of his car the 240 hp took over I guess. But I think that in the 1/4 mile I would take him because he wouldn't have had enough road to even reach his full potential. Pretty nice car though... although for that price, I'll take my Notch and build a 500+ hp motor for $10,000 and paint it for another $10,000 and still be cheaper.