# Evo= GTI **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 25, 2008, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-gti/49008 "2008-05-25T08:29:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 102
**Author:** ![1BADGPGT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1badgpgt/32/5123_2.png) [@1BADGPGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1BADGPGT)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-gti/49008/102 "2008-05-30T20:35:01Z")
> quoted for truth… > i understand everyone thinks their car is gonna run these super quick times but in all reality, chances are people are gonna be sadly mistaken…hell, the first time i went to NYI with my car people were saying “oh yea with those mod’s i ran a 13.8x or yea i ran a 13.6x and blah blah blah” so me being naive and inexperienced, i had high hopes…i ran a fuckin 14.2…its like saying yea i drive a z06, it runs low 11’s…well did YOU run those times? no, thats what a bunch of people are running…until you can backup what you’re “claiming” then its all talk…ive been to the track, i run mid 13’s…i know what my car is capable of… > ^ if that was the grand prix at NYI the one day w/ the open exhaust then gooooooood christ! watch out is all im saying lol > > * * * Yeah, I had the harsh reality rear its ugly head when I pumped myself up comparing my mods to a handful of other Grand Prixs with very similiar mods…and I run a full second slower…lol. OH! and Croy, that was me…if it was a black GP. 😉 --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/evo-gti/49008)._