[collegeguy]

Please don't read this if you don't approve of "kill stories" or street light racing. My intention for posting is purely for entertainment purposes (similar to my reasons for owning a p-car in the first place). Anyway, I don't race that often, but a seemingly nice fellow asked me (while stopped at a light) to give my 911 some juice on take-off to see how his latest performance mods on his 2002 Subie WRX stack up. Well, I think he must have had a pretty good idea beforehand, because he slaughtered me. After approximately a 1/2 mile run, I finally caught up to him, shutting down the motor and stepping out of his car. He was chuckling a little, too. I'm a good sport, so we stood for awhile chatting about our rides. He's a p-car fan, but LOVES his WRX. Tells me he spent $5200 + install at Cobb Tuning for a stage III kit. Timed runs for his car are 4.4 seconds to 60mph and 12.6 seconds at 105mph in the 1/4 mile. All for an out-the-door price of $30K. They're not the prettiest cars, but they sound great--and the modded WRX's are unbeatable in that price range. I have never seen a car launch with that kind of energy (thanks to AWD, I'm sure)...