Had an interesting encounter yesterday. I was driving on a desolate stretch of decent desert highway out in the middle of nowhere and driving around 80MPH. A white Pontiac (I think it was a GTO) slowly passed me... so I decided to see how fast it was going. I moved into the "pocket" and kept my distance... and the car sped up (slowly)...
The "Pontiac" reached a speed of 130 with me following before it slowed down, hit the brakes and took a left turn off the roadway. Truely a fast car, with a nice top speed, but if we had more straights, I might have given the "S" it's all, and I believe that my "S" would have gone into the 140s. I didn't have it goosed yet; I was just following to see how this "Pontiac" driver didn't want to be passed by my stook. I was "pushing" him with power to spare.
When the Pontiac driver hit the brakes, so did I. I kept the same 4 car lengths and decelerated to around 40 within seconds. "He" had good brakes, but mine were better. It was a cake-walk.
Wonder what he thought? I waved at him when he took his left turn, I made sure that I slowed down enough for him to see my extended thumb.
Fast car, but I know that the "S" would take that "Pontiac" on the track. I stayed in the pocket just to see what this driver would do and the "S" was right there the entire time - like an observer.
Fantastic car, the "S" is.
This is a desert encounter. Please don't try this at home...

CB

 

Pontiac GTO will kill the S in the 1/4 mile, I don't know much about it but I believe it does 13.4-13.6 1/4 mile time. At least that's what the guy that was showing the GTO for Pontiac said when I first saw it at a auto show before it came out, not sure of top speed but I'm thinking that 1/4 mile wise the GTO will take the S out. I'm not even sure if they have different models for the GTO, nice run though.

 

How can you tell how good his brakes were? In his place, I would have been braking gently, to avoid any chance of being rear ended.

I believe the GTO top speed is governed at 155.

 

and "why" do you keep quoting all your words?

 

Dude...there was only one person keeping up or testing the brakes...maybe you should have clued this other person in on it.

Do you race people without them knowing...then talk about the kill?

 

Dude!
It wasn't a race. I wasn't racing him. I was pacing him. Two cars out in the middle of nowhere and I was just following. Not close. I kept about 6 car lengths behind at least. The other car just kept speeding up slowly, so I tagged along to see how fast he wanted to go. It wasn't a race. It was an open road encounter in the middle of the Sanoran Desert.
Relax.