on Thursday nights the local DSM guys go out street racing. an SS Camaro and I were the only American car. but we represented. except he lost to a Talon Tsi.
we were heading out to THE spot. i was on the highway behind an Eclipse GSX. he was trying to lose me so we both get on it. i shift down to third. the shift light pops on and then i go to fourth. i go through fourth faster than ever and the light pops on. so now i am passing the Eclipse hard and fast. he looks over with this "holy sh!t" face and i am now in fifth gear and about 5 seconds later the shift light pops on. i am out of gears and i can barely see the road due to the light being so bright. i am like i must be hauling balls. i look down and the speedo is bouncing off of 160. i about crapped my pants and became tense and eased onto the brakes. i come to where we were meeting at and the guy gets out of the car jumping up and down asking me how fast was i going. he said i passed him and his speedo read 128mph. he said he couldnt keep up and i just kept gaining ground. he said i was easily over 150mph. is it possible the contour did 160mph? how much is the speedo off at these speeds. its was the coolest thing i have ever seen though with it bouncing off of 160. it was all maxed out though. i almost hit the rev limiter and thats when i eased onto the brakes. scary stuff though. but the car did handle like a dream.
