So tonight, I'm coming home from my friend's house. He had just gotten home from school last night (he goes out-of-state), and I hadn't seen him all semester. So I went over to hang out for a little bit.

It was around 6ish, getting dark out. I was traveling northbound on Woodward (yep, the "Woodward Dream Cruise" Woodward ) which is a major road. I was crossing Square Lake Road, which is another major road, about to make a U-turn and get westbound on Square Lake Road.

Right before I was about to make the turn, I noticed a white car pulling out of the gas station in the corner. I noticed the clear corners, then saw that it was a Civic Si, the new one. Had a fart cannon sticking out sideways in the back, definitely lowered, too. So I got behind him (or not.. explained later), made the U-turn, and both of us went westbound on Square Lake Road. It's a 4-lane road, so I slowed down, waited until traffic passed us, and I started dicking around. I got next to the Si, and noticed, through the tinted glass, that it was a girl. Pretty cute, too. Totally did not expect that. :o

So I popped it into second in SS, and messed around for a few seconds. She wouldn't bite, so I slowed down, waited 'til she pulled up next to me, and next thing I know, she gunned it. Dang. I mashed the throttle, but I was going too fast to drop down to first. I was at about 3500 RPM in second at this time. I was soooo pissed that I was stuck in second gear.

She got the jump on me, about a car length, and I thought I was going to get my ass kicked. But revs built up quick, and I hit VTEC, hit third, VTEC again, and just before hitting 4th, I backed down....

Holy hell, I had put BUS lengths on her!! I was so shocked of the outcome. It made me proud of my car, and yet lost respect for these "sport coupes" (my brother's '01 Eclipse GT is a joke, too).

It was definitely fun racing this li'l Si. Lucky for her that I didn't drop down to first, because it would've been REAL ugly then.

 

Nice kill, ...but the term fart cannon is new to me, I can't wait to break that in on my buddies,...you know the ones with the YIIINN YIINNNN ....

 

Wait.... you slowed down, and tried to egg on a Civic Si? Please, that's like trying to pick on an Explorer or something. WTF?

 

I didnt want to say anything....but.....

 

It was a new Si? The hatch one?

Kill is a kill.

 

I beat a schoolbus with my minivan; I had my wife and son with me and I counted about 35 heads on the bus.

 

Nice kill! SIs are easy prey.

 

Those SI's are the ugliest things ever, looks more like a ford focus. At least the older Si's looked cool, and girls actually look good in them. But i love that term fartcan, those sound like crap. It is just such a good example of what not to do.

 

nice kill! si are discustin i wonder what honda was thinkin when they mad that body style si

 

sorry I WONDER WHAT THEY WERE SMOKIN WHEN THEY MADE THAT BODY STYLE FOR THE SI

 

They were snorting "Focus" dust. The should have dropped the K20A motor into the EX and be done with it; instead they strove for mediocrity. And according to Tom Elliott (bonehead), you can forget about ANY Type R models coming stateside.

 

So you beat a girl in an Si with your TLS? Why waste the gas??

 

You might have gotten her number if you let her win.

 

My dignity is more important than some girl's number.


To be honest, I really never knew how well the TL-S would stack up against these "sport compacts". My first race ever against a sport compact ended in disastrous outcomes, getting my ass handed to me by a modded '95 Integra GS-R. Since then, I've been weary of sport compacts.

I think it was pretty obvious that this Si only had an exhaust system, or if more, very minor mods.

 

LOL a current gen Si is like nearly slower than my taurus

Good kill anyway.

 

Ths Si in my sig looks harmless. It looks stock excebt for tint and a mild drop with stock wheels. Once someone bites, the first clue they get is when he takes it to 9k rpm before he shifts.

 

so how quick is the kids si?