Smoked.
 

What the hell are they packing in luxury cars these days!!???


I was cruising down the interstate yesterday, running a little late for an autox. I was in the fast lane and moving a little faster than traffic, but nothing drastic.

In my rearview, I can see a sedan in the distance gaining ground steadily, but I knew from the shape that it was no cop. No worries... just let 'em come on.

As it gets up beside me on my right, I look over and there is a guy with a huge grin looking at me from behind the door glass of his Bently. And then he droppped the hammer and that thing was gaining ground like I was still parked at home.

Of course, I relapsed into teenage mentality mode and hit the fast pedal - but I quickly saw that my 3.0 wasn't going to take any glory on that trip.

:( :(

Reviewing the Bentley website and models, I believe it was an Arnage.

http://www.bentley-arnage.com/photos...-R-2005-11.jpg

Yeah.... I don't think the ol' SC is quite up to staying with a 168mph sedan.

You also probably paid 1%-5% of what he did.

I find this immensely satisfying about my 944 Turbo. Total purchase price for the car was $7,000 and after about $3,000 in repairs and upgrades it'll whallop the crap out of cars five to ten times its price.

I wouldn't feel badly about getting "beaten" by such a vehicle anyway. Just smile back and give him a wave. Cool ride and you can take satisfaction in that you're laughing all the way to the bank. I don't care how much money you have - $300,000 for a car is flat idiocy.

Clarkson's roadtest of the Arnage T is an all-time classic. What a car!

The most aggressive and fastest drivers I've encountered have been behind the wheel of a Chrysler Pacifica.



http://www.cars.com/features/mvp/chr...n_pacifica.jpg

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/oneyear/112_0503_2004_chrysler_pacifica/
I just don't get it? :confused:

I'll echo a lot of what has been said here. I wouldn't feel too bad. I'd hope if I spent 3 times what my house cost on a car, it'd whoop most things out there.

I won't race many other cars, except:

1) Goofing around with friends on non-busy roads in unpopulated areas.
2) If someone has persistently challenged me for more than two stop lights.

I usually purposefully go very slow out of 1st gear if someone is trying to race me. If I know there is a cop up ahead, I might even rev my engine a few times before going very slow...