Re: Just smoked an M3 in my '98 Eclipse (more) (archive)

I think you guys are overlooking 2 very important points. First, eclipses arent all the same, the GS-T and GSX are turbocharged I4's while the GS and RS's are N/A I4s that pull something like 140(?) hp compared to the 210 on a GS-T or GSX. The RS and GS account for about 90% of the eclipses out there so u probably smoked a 140hp car. The second thing is the driver aspect. Mr. Happ was probably a far better driver than the driver in the M3, for all you know it was an auto tranny with a spoiled poseur brat behind the wheels. Food for thought.

: : It wasn�t pretty; I revved my car to 4000 RPMS and that highly tuned Japanese engine had a high tech song. The veins were probably coming out of my neck when the lights on the cross walk starting flashing; the hand on the shifter was starting to sweat. That sweaty hand could have cost me the race, but a bottle of talcum powder is now my car. As the light changed, I skillfully let off the clutch like a Skip Barber instructor, and the tires budged and barked, but I didn�t let go, there was great exhilaration when I started to pull away, and down the road he could see my Japanese symbols on my bumper, perhaps he�ll learn and remember something from this day, the Eclipse is clearly superior. Perhaps this could motivate the BMW driver to learn Japanese so he can learn the ways of my bumper.
: I smoked an eclipse in my '95 325is!!!! You must be dreaming!!

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