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I would like to address the drag-racing issue.
The story is as follows: I had my 911 for about a week and was at a stoplight on a 4-lane road where I live. About two blocks from my home. This fly yellow 5.0 with blacked-out windows, lowered, and rumbling like a 360 v8 with cat-back exhuast pulls along side. I wasn't going to do anything, but he kept revving up his engine at me! Could't resist! Now keep in mind, this was BEFORE I learned how to shift a 915 properly. 3500r.p.m.s and "pop" goes the clutch! I'm off and running hard-he's lighting his tires up like last weeks cook-out! 1st to 2nd, no problem still running hard and with about 3 car lengths between us. As I blow through 60 mph, I'm done, hit the brakes - he has been smoked! To my home I go. Now this is where the story gets interesting so PAY ATTENTION! The next morning on the news, a report of two teens dying in a crash while drag racing. The report claims witnesses said these two teens were racing a YELLOW LATE MODEL MUSTANG WITH DARK TINTED WINDOWS! Who fled from the seen. The location was about 7-10 miles from my home! I gasped! Could it be the same person who provoked me into a race? That question remains un-answered. The point is I will NEVER race on a public road again! It was stupid and infantile behavior on my part. Racing of any kind belongs on the track! That could have been me who died that day! God Bless the souls of the two teens who used the same judgement as me.
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