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Last night, turning left from a light onto a two lane road outside of town, as I straighten up I see a car booking it towards the light even though it is still red. I could see that the opposite direction light turned green just as he was about 20 feet from the line but I doubt he was going to stop even if it had not changed. Speed limit is 50 but you get run over if you are not doing near 60 even during the day. There is another light ahead about half a mile that is turning red as I approach with the car closing in.
Light is red, I stop in the left lane and the car pulls up beside me hard on the brakes to stop this time because there is cross traffic. It's a Kia Optima SXL... Some work into it because the stance is lower, dark tinted windows so I cannot see the driver, different wheels but I can't tell if there was anything done under the hood because its quiet. The whole time we are at the light he is inching forward, inching forward so I push the S and wait for the light. Light changes and he hits the gas, I roll into the throttle keeping right next to him and then punch it. He is in my rear view by the time I glance up.
Next light is red as well but a car turned out into his lane so he swerves around it to get beside me again. This time I can hear that he is brake boosting getting read for the light to change. It does, he launches, I punch it instead of rolling into it this time, no brake boosting, and he is two cars behind me in about 1/2 a second. He stopped trying after that...
Love this car.
Light is red, I stop in the left lane and the car pulls up beside me hard on the brakes to stop this time because there is cross traffic. It's a Kia Optima SXL... Some work into it because the stance is lower, dark tinted windows so I cannot see the driver, different wheels but I can't tell if there was anything done under the hood because its quiet. The whole time we are at the light he is inching forward, inching forward so I push the S and wait for the light. Light changes and he hits the gas, I roll into the throttle keeping right next to him and then punch it. He is in my rear view by the time I glance up.
Next light is red as well but a car turned out into his lane so he swerves around it to get beside me again. This time I can hear that he is brake boosting getting read for the light to change. It does, he launches, I punch it instead of rolling into it this time, no brake boosting, and he is two cars behind me in about 1/2 a second. He stopped trying after that...
Love this car.