Road smells and sounds
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Road smells and sounds
Observations and questions:
--- Smells ---
I was tooling down the road the other day and a coupla punks whizzed by in some Grand National or somesuch. They'd punch it, get squirrely, take off. I wasn't going for it. They were REALLY out of control.
When they'd punch it and get squirrely, I thought I smelled something funny. Was it nitrous? It was a pretty strong smell (not bad, but strong), strong enough to notice it at 70+ MPH probably 4 car lengths behind the fools.
--- Sounds ---
A kid pulled up to a light w/ me in a beautifully restored 68, 69 chevy pickup, something like that. All I know is, I spanked him. Weird thing was, as he was pulling up to the light, he was leaning forward a bit playing w/ something (no, not that), and his pickup made this "pshht...pshht" sound like he was letting air out of the tires.
What the hell was that all about?
--- Smells ---
I was tooling down the road the other day and a coupla punks whizzed by in some Grand National or somesuch. They'd punch it, get squirrely, take off. I wasn't going for it. They were REALLY out of control.
When they'd punch it and get squirrely, I thought I smelled something funny. Was it nitrous? It was a pretty strong smell (not bad, but strong), strong enough to notice it at 70+ MPH probably 4 car lengths behind the fools.
--- Sounds ---
A kid pulled up to a light w/ me in a beautifully restored 68, 69 chevy pickup, something like that. All I know is, I spanked him. Weird thing was, as he was pulling up to the light, he was leaning forward a bit playing w/ something (no, not that), and his pickup made this "pshht...pshht" sound like he was letting air out of the tires.
What the hell was that all about?
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Agree with Bad about the NOS purging 'noise'. The 'smell' may have been Manhattan Oil fuel fragrance--not kiddin'--Summit sells it--from 'Full Blown Bubble Gum' to 'Burn Out Blueberry'--and more??? I may order a bottle of 'Light 'em Up Licorice' to help my launchin'.
Dan
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Hmmm
On the freeway, the kids' car smelled kinda sweet, maybe...I can't recall exactly. Man, they had to be spraying it, the way it would get all squirrely all of a sudden and take off.
The pickup, though, if he had NOS he didn't use it. Real nice kid; I talked to him at the next light. Said he had a 350 in it. I forgot to ask about the sound he made. I was too busy killing him again when the light turned green. Call me greedy.
The pickup, though, if he had NOS he didn't use it. Real nice kid; I talked to him at the next light. Said he had a 350 in it. I forgot to ask about the sound he made. I was too busy killing him again when the light turned green. Call me greedy.