Re: Busted/New Top Speed/The Loud Pedal

[16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>]

Yeah, baby, yeah!
GREAT story -- one of the best I've ever read. :)

Congrats and be careful for christ's sake!


Jason






At 03:06 PM 10/27/00 , Shannon Fenton wrote:

>After a completely shitty week/month/...I had to escape. I mounted the
>chariot and ventured into the mountains both seeking and running away. As of
>late the urgent drone of my 2.0 16V has been nothing more than another thing
>I need to fix, last nite it was the call I needed. Keeping a tight leash on
>the hounds through the 60mph zone while leaving it in 4th to build up the
>heat in the boiler. Couple of fast 3rd gear blind twisties to heat up the
>Proxies and mold my body into the seat while placing my mind at the edge of
>my headlights. 70mph zone and 15 mile uphill grade unfurl ahead, 5th down to
>3rd and run 3rd up to 83mph, 7100rpm and the 2.0 screams to be released. 4th
>gear, tight right hander, both burners lit the valkyrie loads up on her left
>haunches and devours yet another turn as the Toyos trying to rip up the
>asphalt. 100mph, clear of traffic hit the brights and 500 watts of life
>knife edge the darkness. A sudden left and a unsettling pavement dip at the
>apex, 16V at full song trying to tear itself free of the motor mounts at
>7000rpm, ease to 3/4 throttle and cover the whoa pedal. Turn in and drop
>three lanes to the inside, contemplate 5th but sweat it out in 4th, big dip,
>the 17s touch the splash guards and the ass comes alive. Apex, unload the
>rear and head for the slow lane at the top of the bank full load pedal
>applied. 100mph again grab 5th and punch a hole in the night up a long
>straight. With the motor trying to tear itself apart underneath the hood and
>Toyos exploding onto the pavement at 115mph, I pass the 1.8s Nspeed and
>still pulling. Long left hander on oncoming traffic leave it set at full
>military power, kill the brights, and the road disappears around the turn.
>Brakes, no time to brake now, no time to dive inside at this speed, apex and
>the Toyos begin to complain, boges have had enough, suspension loads and
>unloads. Rearend is full loaded and the steering goes light, come on baby,
>speedo glance 107mph, too fast. Committed but the turn wont end, gravel and
>dirt sandblast the right hand fender wheels while the Toyos goes a deafening
>silent. Then its over, right side straddling the yellow and once again
>everything unloads, 88mph, somehow at 2/3s throttle. Long straight ahead and
>light semi traffic in the slow lane, merge 2 lanes left, apply full juice.
>Slight uphill grade and the Ultraflow grows silent, 110, 115 and slight
>surge, 120 and the euro cam slowly looses steam and the 16V gasps for
>breath. Semis flash on by on the right swallowed by the darkness and 16V
>wail. Brights burst on into the night. Uphill grade goes flat. Long
>silver/gold reflection flashes across the median so far into the darkness it
>appears to be a light source of its own. Speedo check 122mph, release gas
>pedal slowly, hand on e-brake. Sliver line now has tiny sparkles dancing
>just above the itself 90mph, one click up on ebrake and no throttle, 80mph,
>clutch, 4th gear and much complaint under the hood. 70mph, and the cruiser
>is now baking in my brights, low beams and he slips back into the darkness
>leaving only the silver line. Yellow parking lamps flash alive in the
>median, shift out to kill the exhaust and pass him just before he leaves the
>median. I hit 5th and 67mph he is right on me when I look in my rearview
>mirror. Blue and red light washes over my interior, slightly sweating again
>and lump in throat, must be cool, roll down window, light smoke. On the side
>of the road I am told it is illegal to have non-DOT legal wattage bulbs. I
>am sullen, sorry, the PO was a bit of a boy racer and I have yet to get rid
>of his toys. He glances at the rims and tires, the car rocks as a rig blasts
>by. All I can hear are the clicking of his cherries and the ticking of my
>exhaust of the now silent motor. "How big are those tires?" 17s. "Oh". Fix
>it ticket in hand, I leave the roadside. Head home, somehow the 16V seems
>happier at 70mph than it did before. Having a smoke in the afterglow, got
>little piece of myself back and got a little piece of Scirocco joy back.
>
>Shannon Fenton
>Telecom Resource Management
>Amazon.com
>206.266.6736
>
>
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