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dconnor
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I feel kinda bad about this kill (well not really) but he was begging for it....
Heading to work tonight I pulled into a local Stop & Go for some caffienated refreshment and lo & behold there was a late teens-ish kid (with posse in tow) at the gas pump filling up a VERY clean looking '87 GN. I walked over to introduce myself & to let him know about the local Buick club.
As I got close I heard slacker posse kid #1 make some Found On Road Dead comments (I was in my '01 Lightning) and the driver very clearly sighed & rolled his eyes as I extended my hand and asked about the GN. I let him know I was "in the club" too so to speak ('87 Turbo-T) and that I thought his car was very nice looking, had anything been done under the hood? This garnered a loudly whispered "Must be a POS if he's driving that Ford turd instead of a BUICK" from slaker posse member #2 and a s****** from the driver. The conversation went downhill from there:
"Yeah it's a fully built stage 3 from Connoly (Lawrence Conley is the local Buick guru AND a good friend of mine) with a T68 turbo, custom roller cam and special billet injection sysetm. My dad says it'll run 10's easy..."
So this is your Dad's car?
"No he bought it for me for graduation, but I had all of the modzz done by Connoly. So is that your Lightning?"
Yeah, it's my beater. The Buick is the fun car.
"Oh, thats too bad we could have raced maybe, I would beat that truck too bad to bother tho. I raced one last night, a blue one & beat him by at least 20 links"
Yeah too bad... Oh well see ya around at a club meeting sometime, it's a great way to hook up with other Buick nuts.
"Nah man Buicks aren't my thing, I'm just driving this through college & will probably just junk it. It's already too old anyways."
This was a PRISTINE car with a very nice paint job, ultra clean interior and nice set of GNX style wheels!!! Ok enough is enough, so I bid them good night & as I headed back to my truck heard the genious of a driver comment to his posse of slacker poster boys in a BAD stage whisper:
"Yeah those trucks are kinda cool for a Ford, but I bet he was LYING about owning a Buick & was kissing up to avoid trying to race me"
I just had to shake my head at the absolute idiocy these kids were displaying & got in my truck to head to work.
As luck would have it the moron crew (in a car he doesn't even come close to deserving) pulled up next to me at a light on the feeder about 1/2 mile own the road. He sent one too many haughty looks my way & traffic was scarce, so I rolled down the window & asked if he was SURE he didn't wanna bother racing my truck. He sneered a bit & consulted with his posse a bit before saying, "Sure but don't get embarrassed too bad when I beat you by 10 like that other Lightning."
The cross light was going yellow about this time, so I brought the truck up against the converter & listened for the GN to start spooling. Curiously, he must have left it idling because I never did hear that oh-so-familiar whistle... then our light flashed green & I rolled down on the go-pedal HARD. By the time I crossed under the traffic light I was out a solid 2 cars & GN boy was finally making his move. By ~60mph I was out by 4 cars & stayed there through 100 when I let off & the spoiled brat goes for a full on ricer-esque flyby then turns off as soon as he can. Too bad such a nice car is owned by such a punk, it must have had some nice basic mods to keep the gap at 4 once he finally got it rolling. My truck is definately not the fastest around, but isn't a slouch either at 12.9x@104~105. I'm not going to hold my breath about seeing him at a Buick club meeting, but I sure would like to see that car in someones hands who will actually appreciate it!!!
Doug C.
Heading to work tonight I pulled into a local Stop & Go for some caffienated refreshment and lo & behold there was a late teens-ish kid (with posse in tow) at the gas pump filling up a VERY clean looking '87 GN. I walked over to introduce myself & to let him know about the local Buick club.
As I got close I heard slacker posse kid #1 make some Found On Road Dead comments (I was in my '01 Lightning) and the driver very clearly sighed & rolled his eyes as I extended my hand and asked about the GN. I let him know I was "in the club" too so to speak ('87 Turbo-T) and that I thought his car was very nice looking, had anything been done under the hood? This garnered a loudly whispered "Must be a POS if he's driving that Ford turd instead of a BUICK" from slaker posse member #2 and a s****** from the driver. The conversation went downhill from there:
"Yeah it's a fully built stage 3 from Connoly (Lawrence Conley is the local Buick guru AND a good friend of mine) with a T68 turbo, custom roller cam and special billet injection sysetm. My dad says it'll run 10's easy..."
So this is your Dad's car?
"No he bought it for me for graduation, but I had all of the modzz done by Connoly. So is that your Lightning?"
Yeah, it's my beater. The Buick is the fun car.
"Oh, thats too bad we could have raced maybe, I would beat that truck too bad to bother tho. I raced one last night, a blue one & beat him by at least 20 links"
Yeah too bad... Oh well see ya around at a club meeting sometime, it's a great way to hook up with other Buick nuts.
"Nah man Buicks aren't my thing, I'm just driving this through college & will probably just junk it. It's already too old anyways."
This was a PRISTINE car with a very nice paint job, ultra clean interior and nice set of GNX style wheels!!! Ok enough is enough, so I bid them good night & as I headed back to my truck heard the genious of a driver comment to his posse of slacker poster boys in a BAD stage whisper:
"Yeah those trucks are kinda cool for a Ford, but I bet he was LYING about owning a Buick & was kissing up to avoid trying to race me"
I just had to shake my head at the absolute idiocy these kids were displaying & got in my truck to head to work.
As luck would have it the moron crew (in a car he doesn't even come close to deserving) pulled up next to me at a light on the feeder about 1/2 mile own the road. He sent one too many haughty looks my way & traffic was scarce, so I rolled down the window & asked if he was SURE he didn't wanna bother racing my truck. He sneered a bit & consulted with his posse a bit before saying, "Sure but don't get embarrassed too bad when I beat you by 10 like that other Lightning."
The cross light was going yellow about this time, so I brought the truck up against the converter & listened for the GN to start spooling. Curiously, he must have left it idling because I never did hear that oh-so-familiar whistle... then our light flashed green & I rolled down on the go-pedal HARD. By the time I crossed under the traffic light I was out a solid 2 cars & GN boy was finally making his move. By ~60mph I was out by 4 cars & stayed there through 100 when I let off & the spoiled brat goes for a full on ricer-esque flyby then turns off as soon as he can. Too bad such a nice car is owned by such a punk, it must have had some nice basic mods to keep the gap at 4 once he finally got it rolling. My truck is definately not the fastest around, but isn't a slouch either at 12.9x@104~105. I'm not going to hold my breath about seeing him at a Buick club meeting, but I sure would like to see that car in someones hands who will actually appreciate it!!!
Doug C.
