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Old 08-02-2002, 05:38 AM
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Ok.. we've seen them over and over and over and over and over again.. why not just make a list of them, so those stupid enough to use them won't have to think they are straining to come up with something new?

This list is for all those people who somehow believe that technical merrits of a car will ALWAYS result in a drag win.

Here's a start, add your own..

1) XXX had a passenger
2) it was from a roll instead of a stop
3) it was from a stop instead of a roll
3) that race was in a month that ended in "Y"
4) that race was on a day that ended in "Y"
5) the stars weren't aligned
6) XXX must have mis-shifted
7) XXX's car costs XXX more
8) add your own here......
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9) The car was not fully broken in
10) The car was not in VTEC
11) It's a show car, not a race car
12) My top was down

You can't always win all street races and strange things happen on the street.
Regardless of that, win is win and lose is lose.
As long as it's done in safe manner, it's all fun and good.
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I have a smaller engine.
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I wasn't really racing.

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Yeah, but I make more HP/liter than you do.

Yeah, but I'll beat you in the twisties.

My A/C was on...
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Originally posted by Zoran
Yeah, but I make more HP/liter than you do.

Yeah, but I'll beat you in the twisties.

My A/C was on...

I remember seeing the second one very often. I mean, very very often.
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