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Sebring VS GTI


4DR racer
07-18-2006, 05:41 PM
Im new to this forum and Ive read some interesting stories, Ive been racing since I was 15 and love to race anything on wheels. Had a Z28 but I got married and really couldnt afford it anymore. Now I own a 2002 Chrysler Sebring LXI. Any how last week my wife and I were driving back home from Mexico and I see a Golf GTI revving on me, the wife was asleep so I say to myself what the heck. We go from a 50 roll and I pulled em by 6 car lengths after a mile on the freeway. Being the retard he is, he came back for some more and this time the GTI had a 80 mph run on me and he passed me up I slam the gas and a 1/2 mile later walked him down @ about 110 this went on for a better part of 120 Miles of my trip back and forth till the cops caught both of us doing 98 over 70 and its burning my pockets $350 to the great state of California.I dont know the specs on a GTI but Im not too impressed with the one I raced. Is there any one else out there racing 4doors halla at me.

Gotian
07-18-2006, 06:03 PM
I will Honestly call BS on this, I have proof. my dad has a sebring LXI and I owned it before I modded my car. I have a 1.8t jetta which is exactly the same as a GTI except that I weigh 50 pounds more which is nothing. The Sebring weighs almost 300 pounds more than a GTI. Though it does have 20 more horse and about 30 more pounds of torque, it's not at the wheels, sebring unfortunatly lose a good deal of power stock. So I'm not even going to ask what year the GTI was cause It wouldnt make a difference and also 110 is your top speed since I've taken my dads sebring to the top. GTI's have a top speed of 148 mph(2002-2004) (2000-2001 is 135 and 2005+ is 130) So no you did not walk him up to 110 cause he wouldve blown right by you faster than a Corolla would blow by a stock Geo metro (props to Rice(er))

So as I said before:bs:

4DR racer
07-18-2006, 06:08 PM
honestly I did beat him I have no reason to lie to you I thought it was interesting story. And the sebring governs at 115 so you might want to get that speedo calibrated. and I have heard of guys taking the gov off and getting to 140 in that car so obviously yur dads sebring needs a tune up or something

Gotian
07-18-2006, 06:15 PM
the difference between 110 and 115 is absolutely nothing
on top of that the aero dynamics on the sebring arent that great and would have a much harder time going to 140 than the gti would so unless you got alot more power to get you to the 140 faster it wouldnt be worth it since now you will burn your transmission and damage your engine being able to redline in a car that really isnt supposed to.

there is a reason why they restricted it to 110 (or 115 which is what the speedo goes to but not the car, since the ecu limits it to 110 and cuts the fuel off till it goes back to 98), it wasnt supposed to be a performance vehicle.

G-man422
07-18-2006, 06:15 PM
Your wife didnt wake up?!? lol

4DR racer
07-18-2006, 06:18 PM
she woke up when the cop pulled us over

4DR racer
07-18-2006, 06:21 PM
Gotian yur right maybe this guy in the GTI just could drive or something but how is yur Jetta treating u? Wat kind of cars have u takin out with it?

Gotian
07-18-2006, 07:54 PM
When I was Stock i've taken out a 350z, a g35, SRT-4, a celica GT-S, a 5.0 stang and other 1.8t jettas and GTI's (these things are just to name a few)
Now With my mods I haven't had as much action as before and have went with a Saturn redline, an RSX type-sand some other things here and there that I dont even remember.

G-man422
07-18-2006, 07:57 PM
^ that person driving the srt-4 must have sucked.

civicHBsi91
07-18-2006, 08:50 PM
Im new to this forum and Ive read some interesting stories, Ive been racing since I was 15 and love to race anything on wheels. Had a Z28 but I got married and really couldnt afford it anymore. Now I own a 2002 Chrysler Sebring LXI. Any how last week my wife and I were driving back home from Mexico and I see a Golf GTI revving on me, the wife was asleep so I say to myself what the heck. We go from a 50 roll and I pulled em by 6 car lengths after a mile on the freeway. Being the retard he is, he came back for some more and this time the GTI had a 80 mph run on me and he passed me up I slam the gas and a 1/2 mile later walked him down @ about 110 this went on for a better part of 120 Miles of my trip back and forth till the cops caught both of us doing 98 over 70 and its burning my pockets $350 to the great state of California.I dont know the specs on a GTI but Im not too impressed with the one I raced. Is there any one else out there racing 4doors halla at me.

sure it wasent just a golf? if that was the case then I could see this happening just as you described.

Gotian
07-18-2006, 09:41 PM
^ that person driving the srt-4 must have sucked.

who knows, he hooked up very nicely with no wheel spin, search for my thread about it.

GForce957
07-18-2006, 10:21 PM
almost sounds like you are saying you're car is faster then a sartie, when the best time u have shown is a 14.8, and not by you.

speaking of, when are u getting slips and a dyno?

Gotian
07-18-2006, 10:28 PM
read my thread, I admitted to beating ONE srt not all of them, I havent had a decent race since I modded.

GForce957
07-18-2006, 10:44 PM
read my thread, I admitted to beating ONE srt not all of them, I havent had a decent race since I modded.

I read the post earlier, i guess it was just in the wording of your previous post.

anyways, slips and dyno info yet?

Gotian
07-18-2006, 11:04 PM
short on cash to go to dyno right now, there are about 4 near my house so once i have enough saved then I will go

Polygon
07-19-2006, 05:23 PM
Your car has a 200HP V6 with an automatic that wasn't intended for driving fast. There is no way you beat a GTI by six cars. He must have not been racing or had a problem.

VR43000GT
07-19-2006, 05:36 PM
Yeah that story does seem like something isnt right. Gotian, I know you have taken it to a dyno but I know you went to the strip with Musashi. What did you run?

Gotian
07-19-2006, 05:49 PM
Yeah that story does seem like something isnt right. Gotian, I know you have taken it to a dyno but I know you went to the strip with Musashi. What did you run?

I ran equal to an STI who launched at 6k, we both got high 15's...lol! Musashi got low to 15's and the last run he got a high 14. That was a horrible night for everyone at the track. There was a '06 civic SI That ran a 19 and the SRt-4's were running high 14's ,the only ones who were running good were the SRT-10 Rams who ran high 13's.

And I havent dynoed yet

Musashi3000GT
07-19-2006, 05:54 PM
no kidding, the track was messed up, the cars where heat soaked and I found out a few days later there was oil on the track and they did a half ass job of cleaning it.
My friend Jorge took his STI launched it perfectly with one hell of a take off and nailed a high 15! we will be back, we will redeam ourselfes!

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