Had me a little fun on the way home from work today. I make a turn at the base of a long hill, out in the country, where there seems to be an inexhaustible supply of teenagers with testosterone poisoning and "modded" cars who can never resist the impulse to pass me going up the hill.

Annoys the crap out of me sometimes, it's not like I'm driving slow or anything (60 or so once I get up to speed), but I don't floor it on takeoff. The old beast eats WAY to much gas to get frisky very often, to say nothing of the exhaust noise. Normally I just let the race around, it's not worth the effort.

I guess the kids think Big Blue is an old piece of junk. Today the kid was tailgating terribly and had his stereo up so loud I could hear him coming (must have been pretty far behind me on the way to the stopsign, I didn't see him first, just the noise), so I ran the Benz up a bit more aggressively than normal -- say 1/4 throttle or so.

Idiot kid is nibbliing on the centerline and way too close, so I just keep easing the pedal down. Being a bit slow (in the head), he keeps trying to catch up and pull out, so I finally goose it a bit -- maybe 3/4 throttle and I run away from him. Was going WAY to fast, but what the hell, there's a big hill and a car coming up.

I think he lost steam around 90 or so......

Anyway, Big Blue was a smooth as glass, not a hicup. Was in 3rd around 30, never kicked it down.

Stupid kids.

Peter

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