Purple Hayz

Hey folks,

Sorry to be MIA for the last couple days, but I’m sure you can understand

So she came in Friday night. Visited for a few minutes, took my first spin and said goodnight (was a bit too cold and bit too cramped to sleep in the back seat!) Picked her up on a miserable rainy Saturday but somehow I didn’t seem to care….


What can I say about this car? She’s a dream. Can’t even bring myself to stretch the legs on the Shaker yet. Enjoy the soundtrack coming out of the tailpipes too much.

Got my first three kills!

The first was a mineral gray SN95 GT (guessing 02-04). Came across him on the freeway. Had no plans to dance, but he decided to tail me (surprise surprise). I took the right lane and let him pull even, then we both dropped it at about 70. Walked him fairly quickly to about a buck ten, let him catch up, and walked him again. Wanted to make it interesting so I dropped down to about 80 and waited to grab 3rd. By this time he was coming up on me with a good head of steam….I waited till he was about a bus length behind me and then lowered the boom. His momentum carried him out to a car length or two, but I reeled him in pretty darn quick. By the time I looked down at the speedo I was just passing 130, in FOURTH GEAR. And believe me, folks, she was nowhere near running out of steam. My guess is that this car will easily see 150-160 w/o the governor (in 5th). The kid turned out to be pretty cool, btw. We exchangd thumbs up just before he hopped on his exit...

Kill number two was far less exciting, though it’s my first SVT meal. More like a snack, really, since it was an SVT Contour. We were both in a turning lane (I was behind him), and as we drove on I could see that he wanted to play (judging by frequent plumes of black smoke he kept pumping out his “dual” exhaust lol). So we both came up on a right turn and I saw him signal. Knowing we’d have a little road I followed him. Single lane unfortunately, and though I’m a pinch reckless, I’m not insane. So I just tailed him by about 1.5 car lengths. Wasn’t much of a challenge (shifted well under 5K through 4th gear) but this time the guy WAVED and gave me a thumbs up before I turned off and headed home. I have to say the people are REALLY excited about this car. The attention has been beyond flattering (and outright annoying in some instances).

Kill number three was VERY fun. Rolled up behind a black GTO, and I have to say it didn’t look half bad in that color. As luck would have it, we both got a yellow and slammed on the brakes. Money! Revved up to about 2500 and launched her hard (didn’t dump the clutch though, and don’t plan to). I almost immediately got a jump on him. Kept a good car length well into third, and laid off around 80 (coming up on traffic, and like I said, I'm not completely out of my mind). If this “race” was any indication, I’d say we can all look forward to an endless supply of GTO meat (until they get the LS2 at least. :shock: Bring on the lighter, quicker F-bodies (but consider saving it for the track B))


Oh, and I almost forgot. Say hello to my baby!

Norcal_Nostra

How many miles on her?

Nice kills, the GTO kill makes me feel a lot better about the car already

Purple Hayz

she's still green. Not even 100 miles yet.

Norcal_Nostra

Geez, I don't think I'll be that brave that early.

The Deviant One

Wow! Talk about breakin her in! Nice kills, especially on the GTO! Can't wait to hear you go up against an F-bod LS1 or a Mach 1. Keep us posted.

The Deviant One

BTW the 17" Bullitts on you car doesn't look bad at all. Maybe if ya drop it 1.5" and get deep dish 17x10's out back it'll look sweet.

Swede

Niiiiiice

WBstangGT

Awesome, glad to see you got yours. Now what are you doing posting on the site? get back out there and drive.

tom_vilsack

You have 100 miles on it,and you have already brought her up to 130mph.I always thought it was best to do some city stop and start driving for first few hundred miles to get everything seated?

nice looking stang,like the bullits...

GMAYS

I would say he is FULLY exercising the powerband to insure things are seated the way he'll use it!!

Seriously though awesome Hayz...in regard to the GTO...it does look like the Mustang should have it early on but down the road (have a look at the threads on the quarter mile drags) it sounds like they might get us on the topend. Have to watch for that and see if the trend continues to develop...

Robert

Congrats, Hayz!

You just made my night! And you picked the right color too!

Any other observations about your new baby? Likes...dislikes?

Did you get the active alarm, by the way? And is there any kind of a flashing diode on the dash to alert would-be-thieves to BACK THE F@#% OFF?

Also, when you activate the alarm, does it chirp or honk?

And by the way, NICE KILL.

Burke0011

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Wolf Den to Purple Haze.... confirm kills please
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Purple Haze to Wolf Den - splash THREE - I repeat, splash THREE
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Nice going Purple Haze - continue your patrol - and GOOD HUNTING...
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Nice going Buddy! Keep up the good work!!

adrenalin

nice way to break in your baby. All of our baby's need to eat a lot of other cars so they can grow up to be big and strong

GhostTX

^^ ROFL @ Burke0011
GJ Purple. We'll have to give you the nick of 'Red Baron.'

Give your baby a luv pat from me.

Amy V6

Awesome

kevinb120

wait untill its broken it with a CAI

And stop picking on the cute little contours :nono:

joeuser42

dustindu4

SVT Contours are nothing to rave about, I spanked one with my 2001 Honda Accord v6

Purple Hayz

I would say he is FULLY exercising the powerband to insure things are seated the way he'll use it!!

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precisely

Purple Hayz

Come on, fellas. I did say snack lol

Seriously though, I knew the cars specs, and certainly wasn't expecting much from him. But then again, when someone (driving ANY make or model) throws a few revs my way I typically think of it as invitation to educate (or perhaps, be educated!). In the future though, I will save the schooling for the big boys