# Sightings Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818 "2007-09-18T08:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 162
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3221 "2008-08-11T00:33:29Z")
> [@Globe1280](#): > > Yeah swift, how did you make out lastnight? I headed home about 2:30am. Didn’t get to see you guys run erm… well if we would have raced, which we obviously didnt, than i think we would have gone from 60-5th gear rev limiter, he break boosted i rolled into it, i’d say i had him by 2-3 cars by the time we both topped out. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3222 "2008-08-11T05:24:35Z")
> [@Swifty](#): > > erm… well if we would have raced, which we obviously didnt, than i think we would have gone from 60-5th gear rev limiter, he break boosted i rolled into it, i’d say i had him by 2-3 cars by the time we both topped out. Whats the point to keep racing once someone is pulling away? ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3223 "2008-08-11T12:32:21Z")
just spoted and heard :headbang k20 driving by my work goin south on rt9 ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3224 "2008-08-11T12:33:33Z")
> [@BIG RED](#): > > just spoted and heard :headbang k20 driving by my work goin south on rt9 He was probably in vtak wasn’t he? That thing is deafening. :banana ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3225 "2008-08-11T12:35:24Z")
> [@cazwrx187](#): > > He was probably in vtak wasn’t he? That thing is deafening. :banana dont think so, he was goin under 20 or so ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3226 "2008-08-11T12:38:22Z")
saw k20 goin west on 146 outside of CP vtak’in it!!! i work around heavy equipment and all i heard was his car… it made all of the guys look that way :lol ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3227 "2008-08-11T13:33:36Z")
> [@TurboTravis](#): > > Whats the point to keep racing once someone is pulling away? erm i duno, he wasn’t far enough behind for me to see how far ahead i was, and i did have Mickey Thompson ET Streets on… so my initial gain was because of traction vs. spin. Turbo honda’s have interesting races due to gearing on the transmissions… there was a chance that his gearing would have had him creeping back up at the end. I stayed in it until my car topped out so that there were no excuses. Which apparently is 181mph for him, and he never came back up on me, so i guess it was 181 for me aswell. I hate driving my car that fast. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3228 "2008-08-11T13:41:20Z")
> [@Swifty](#): > > erm i duno, he wasn’t far enough behind for me to see how far ahead i was, and i did have Mickey Thompson ET Streets on… so my initial gain was because of traction vs. spin. Turbo honda’s have interesting races due to gearing on the transmissions… there was a chance that his gearing would have had him creeping back up at the end. I stayed in it until my car topped out so that there were no excuses. Which apparently is 181mph for him, and he never came back up on me, so i guess it was 181 for me aswell. I hate driving my car that fast. YOUR CRAZY ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3229 "2008-08-11T13:51:22Z")
> [@BIG RED](#): > > just spoted and heard :headbang k20 driving by my work goin south on rt9 on my way back from Synapse :nod and hydroplaning at the same time, so i was creeeping! > [@freakls](#): > > saw k20 goin west on 146 outside of CP vtak’in it!!! i work around heavy equipment and all i heard was his car… it made all of the guys look that way :lol :lol :lmao Yep, on my way out to Synapse, saw your car there the other day when i picked my car up and i knew you were working there so i blew it past there today :lol ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3230 "2008-08-11T14:20:16Z")
nice!! ;D ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3231 "2008-08-11T14:21:56Z")
I saw enough cars off the road, spun out and into guardrails today when it was raining that I thought it was January. People cant drive when it rains. :wtf ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3232 "2008-08-11T14:25:35Z")
> [@PJB](#): > > I saw enough cars off the road, spun out and into guardrails today when it was raining that I thought it was January. People cant drive when it rains. :wtf funny you say that, i had a pretty good scare on the way back from middletown the other day. Its perfectly dry all the way back until like exit 20, all of a sunnden theres like a monsoon on the thruway. I’m behind a truck going 80, hydroplaneing up a hill in 5th gear on bald street tires. He hits the brakes and i have to go into the shoulder. I slowed down to like 50 and i’m going w/ traffic, but i had to pump the brakes to get it to grab and stop… and then on the hills i had to use 5th gear to get any amount of traction to move… the whole time i can’t see shit cause my defrosters werent working fast enough and some guy in a new 750li is :confused on my ass. i need new tires i think. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3233 "2008-08-11T14:51:33Z")
A Taurus ate a guardrail pretty hard on 90 by exit 6. 378 in Troy was like a river. 6" of water on the bridge. I also accidentally found a cool photo shoot place in Troy. I took a wrong turn on a delivery and found it. Swifty- what is it with you and bald tires? ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3234 "2008-08-11T14:59:04Z")
> [@PJB](#): > > I saw enough cars off the road, spun out and into guardrails today when it was raining that I thought it was January. People cant drive when it rains. :wtf It’s scary to think what its going to be like in the Winter. :wtf ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3235 "2008-08-11T15:06:01Z")
> [@Swifty](#): > > funny you say that, i had a pretty good scare on the way back from middletown the other day. Its perfectly dry all the way back until like exit 20, all of a sunnden theres like a monsoon on the thruway. I’m behind a truck going 80, hydroplaneing up a hill in 5th gear on bald street tires. He hits the brakes and i have to go into the shoulder. I slowed down to like 50 and i’m going w/ traffic, but i had to pump the brakes to get it to grab and stop… and then on the hills i had to use 5th gear to get any amount of traction to move… the whole time i can’t see shit cause my defrosters werent working fast enough and some guy in a new 750li is :confused on my ass. > > i need new tires i think. Funny you say that as well… I was going up that hill by Seymour’s on Route 9 doing like 60 and i down shifted to 5th to get up it with ease with a truck next to me, behind me and a car a few hundred feet up…I’m hydro-planing like a bastard into the median, car wouldn’t turn at all! The guy next to me meanwhile, is flooring it to try and get away from me…then the ass end started getting squirrelly and i was like WTFFF!!! then it stopped raining so hard once i got to that Lexus dealership on Route 9 :nuts ---
**Author:** ![Swifty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Swifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swifty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3236 "2008-08-11T15:16:58Z")
> [@PJB](#): > > Swifty- what is it with you and bald tires? too cheap to replace them until they are cording on the beater, and too irritated to replace them on the deuce cause i drove it like 7 times and they were gone. :🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3237 "2008-08-11T15:19:16Z")
Funny you say that as well, I was going down 890 on my way to the bodyshop where I had my work done a month or two ago and was hydroplaning all over the place. I too need new tires. Dropping the car off again tomorrow afternoon to have the nose panel sprayed again, and actually tightened down this time maybe. :headbang ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3238 "2008-08-11T15:22:34Z")
> [@Swifty](#): > > too cheap to replace them until they are cording on the beater, and too irritated to replace them on the deuce cause i drove it like 7 times and they were gone. :🙂 Doesnt Pep Boys still have $25 tires though? I used to have them on one of my S10’s. I thought you replaced the DR’s already. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3239 "2008-08-11T15:24:31Z")
My factory Pirelli PZero’s are pretty bald as well. 20,000 miles and they are pretty much gone. By the airport and on Route 9 I was hydroplaning pretty bad. :angry2 Not going to replace them until next summer though since the snows will be going on in a few months anyway. ---
**Author:** ![QuickLT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/eada6e/32.png) [@QuickLT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/QuickLT1)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/3240 "2008-08-11T15:26:46Z")
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