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I'm on my way to work tonight, and I am 2 lights from my house, when I come upon a red light. I move over to the right lane, since the left lane has a car in it on the line. As I get closer, I see a gold cavalier 4 door, with tinted windows (he has the front 2 windows rolled down) and walmart-type chrome wheels. I kinda get a glance of the driver and it looks like a younger 18 year old-ish guy.

I'm not paying any mind, and I come to a complete stop just as the light turns green. The cavalier had inched up almost completely into the intersection by this point. I start to accelerate, and since I'm only at 1 temp bar I'm shifting at about 4000rpm and light on the gas. (30% throttle maybe)

The cavalier, however, is full blown fast and furious race mode. I don't even realize it until I hear his engine scream in protest at redline, and the automatic reluctantly shift the car into the next gear. This guy is racing me, and I'm barely accelerating and keeping pace just slightly behind him. I can't even imagine what kind of 1/4 mile this guy would run. I think a 3 legged yak could run faster.

We end up stopped at the next light again. Once again, the same scenario happens. He is flooring his auto sedan cavalier when, get this, I swear mid-"race" he reaches over and turns off his AC. LOL. He stops accelerating shortly after this point, and by this time I'm only wondering if he even knows what kind of car I'm driving, and also wondering if he's thinking "i got my AC off now b*tch, you're mine!".

I'm at 2 temp bars by this point, and the road goes from a 35 to a 45. As soon as I start to accelerate to the new speed limit (and also start to get close to being right next to him) I hear his car downshift, then it seems to think about it for a second, and then kinda half goes in gear and he speeds up ahead of me.

So if you're keeping track, he's kicked my butt 3 times now.

As we get on the freeway, we are in traffic for quite some time, maneuvering about at a good 75mph pace. Eventually traffic clears, and at this point I find myself in the right lane, ahead of him, and him in the left. Now he KNOWS what kind of car he's been "racing" so I'm unsure of what he'll do next. I move to the middle lane and he slowly passes me. I speed up a bit to 80mph to see if he'll bite, and sure enough. Once again, in great protest, the tranny screeches with all of its might to get the car to a lower gear, and the engine is shuddering in pain and protest of trying to be floored to accelerate at 80mph. Amazed the car can even accelerate at this speed, I downshift to 4th, take off, and put enough distance on him by 100mph that you would have as good a chance of finding him in my rear view mirror as you would Osama Bin Laden.

So. Cavalier - 3. S2000 - 1. Ah well, I'll get him better next time.

 
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hahaha good story man

 
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you know if you do weight reduction on the three legged yak(take off the carriage its pulling) and feed it good hay, it would definitely give you a run for your money good kill. i think after neons, cavaliers are the second choice for ricer rednecks!

 
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Wait a sec here. I have to call . He turned off his a/c. There is NO WAY you could have kept up with him after that. Come on, doing that adds like 100 hp.

 
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Thats a funny story I hate when come on you pass you up and then are like I win!!!!Iwin

 
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lol what an idiot. is it just me or are their more domestic ricers than import ricers in your area too?

 
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Or when(you're not racing) you go to pass someone, and for some reason it's like your civic(or other import) is the polar opposite of their car and they take off.

 
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oh there's plenty of import ricers here too.