I have been driving the L for about 7 months now with no challenges that amount to anything. I am driving to work this morning and I pull up to a stop light about 2 blocks from where I work. A black Z28 pulls up beside me in the other lane and stops. Since I am 2 blocks from work, and it's 7:30 in the morning, I pay him no attention.
The light turns green, and this guy nails it! I'm sitting there like a dumba$$ while he is pulling me by about 4-5 car lengths. So I nail it and immediately start to slowly reel him in.
Anyway, we caught up to traffic pretty quicky. I was about at his back bumper when he let out of it and he waved and I turned into where I work.
After 7 months with no real challenges I finally get one and I am not ready! I felt so stupid. What a let down. Oh well, it was still fun. Maybe next time I will be paying attention.
Scott

 

I feel your pain.

St. Louis is pretty dry when it comes to any quick stop light to stop light races... and when I have opportunity, I'm driving my wife's Grand Cherokee ...although, I did get to spank some Civic rice-boy in it ...he never knew what hit him when that big 'ol 6 cyl Jeep walked him

 

A similiar thing happened to me one early morning about a month ago. A chevy s10 pulls beside me at a stop light with a lawn mower in the back. It had larger tires and was a little rough looking so I didn't pay any attention. But.....

When the light turned green he nailed it and squeeled em' pretty good. He is a truck length ahead of me when I think "CRAP he's seriouse" I nailed mine and passed him easily. After several truck lengths I let off and at the next light I looked over and waved, he didn't acknowledge me at all.

-0light1

 

I just can't believe I wasn't paying attention. I guess after 7 months with no challengers I am just getting used to not racing anyone. It sucks! Before I bought my truck I thought that when I got it everyone would want to try to beat it, but that is just not the case. I guess the L's are getting enough of a reputation that people know better. Next time though I will be ready.
Scott

 

Dude, I thought the same thing, yet I have only run into 2 real races so far in the 6 weeks I've had my L. I think there's basically 2 kinds of people out there with respect to potential racers:

1. Those that don't know anything about the truck and wouldn't even think to race "some big, slow Ford truck". I think about half the rice population falls into this category, since if it doesn't have a big wing on the back or neon windshield washer lights then it isn't fast, right?

2. Those who know what the truck can do, and don't want to get embarrassed.

 

No your leaving out the 3rd type...those who know what it is and just want to lose to it just to see how much faster they are so that they can wish they had one. I fall into this type