2006 eclipse encounter

[qr25sentra]

this is what i put on the V forums. i just copied and paste cuz i didnt want to write it over..

so like i told u all b4 in another thread. this boys parents bought him a 2006 eclipse and he thinks hes hot sh*t. lucky hes been raggin it out since hes got it.well anyways i was turnin onto the main road in my city.when i saw him and im like that mother f*cker... he turned first and was waitin for me.. goin 20 in a 35(yes that is the max speed limit in my city) so finally i was behind him in the other lane. i told my friend " i aint gonna do a ricer flyby, but i kno he will make me look stupid" ..

so i get next to him and punch him from 35 mph(low in my second gear)went all the way to the end of my 2nd gear at 65 and shut down with him about 2 cars behind me.. i kno u all are like wtf right now but lemme tell u so was i.. anyways

the cocky mother f*cker gets next to me and yells "hahahh i was punched out in 4th gear" then he says " come on ill run u in 3rd and beat u". so i slowed down to 25 but he didnt wanna go that low so he just takes off in 2nd gear at about 35 and lemme tell u that car has balls..

this kid has hated me for 2 yrs ever since i beat his 96 eclipse gs 5 spd and now he does have a faster car so theres nothin i can do. they run low 14s and trap at 100+. he yelled out the window "i smoke srt-4s 350 z's cobras" and all this sh*t i was like " yea ur dads car is pretty fast" and then he turned.

[sirsmiley]

i find that most parents will eventually take their kids play toys away when they finish high school and move to college....or finish college...unless they live with their parents all through college or some shit and get free everything then get mommy and daddy to get a job for them and all this and the cycle continues...

oh well, just because a car is faster than yours on paper doesnt mean its faster on the road or track, remember, sometimes a car has to go slower (with better revs and handling) to go faster (gas brake gas brake gas)

anyone will tell you that the secret to going faster is to have better brakes...my se-r has the 4 disc brakes but not brembos, is yours a spec v?

[qr25sentra]

im sorry u confused the hell outta me.

[sirsmiley]

my point is just because he has more hp , how does that constitute a faster car?? cornering and handling and braking are the most important factors in speed, not horse power

[BlackGT2000]

"i smoke srt-4s 350 z's cobras" I doubt that eclipse is "smoking" any of these cars. All those cars run as fast or faster than that eclipse.

[TheStang00]

i bet that thing was expensive as hell too. so basically it might run with a 99-04 gt stang, in other words, its not going to beat a 350z or a cobra until hell freezes over. to tell u the truth im not impressed with the new eclipse at all, i dont really like em

[qr25sentra]

i think the cobra he beat was a 98' vert, with a 5 spd. he probably got the jump and barely won.. now, i wanted an srt-4 for a yr now but im on my own now so i cant do it cuz of insurance and plus im savin up to move away and go to trade school (UTI).. so i was goin crazy and was like an srt-4 will smoke ur ass u soft ass lil bitch. and then the rest of the night me and friends got a few cases of bud and we went down town and i said " i dont care if im on probation, im gonna fuck him up" just bc he was talkin so much shit. u kno? i mean i dont try to act like a hard ass or anything but i garrantee any of u would have felt the same way if u woulda heard what he was saying. plus i hate the bitch.

[TheStang00]

if he beat a cobra he probably did a ricer fly-by... even the older ones had like 285 or more hp

[TypeS]

The only cobra he beat in a race with his eclipse is this one

[King Of Crunk]

get a bike.....they beat pretty much anything with four wheels with less than 500hp.....at least a 600 will....i raced a 1995 toyota supra with around 460hp with my old Kawi ZX-6R and beat it by many car lengths....plus their cheaper to run, maintain...etc....so if you really have the need for speed CBR 600 F2s are selling for 1500 to 3000 dollars.....they won't smoke a 460hp supra but that eclipse would be embarrassed....btw i think the styling on those eclipses are very good, however i heard that they were heavy as hell and couldn't break the skid pad past .80Gs.....that's not very impressive performance IMO....

[TatII]

you guys are underestimating the new v6 eclipse. those things really do haul. they trap at 101mph for crying out loud. that may not be faster then a SRT-4 or a cobra but it definitly is faster then a 350Z from a roll. and it will run almost neck to neck with a well driven 04-05 SRT-4.

that car is so underated, theres no official dynos yet but that car weights 3500 lbs and it can trap over 100 mph. there is no way a 263hp car can do that because a 350Z traps around 99-100mph and weights 3200 lbs and makes 287hp.

definitly a very fast car. and will run neck to neck with a stock 98 cobra.

[BullDog71ss]

I like the look of the new Eclipse, but damn it's a heavy mofo. A FWD sports car should not wiegh 3500 pounds.

[Sticky]

It appears that mitsubishi listened when people asked them to bring back something like the GSX. I have yet to see any out on the street, driven by a couple at the Mitsu dealership though.

[sirsmiley]

damn the z is 3200 lbs? that thing weighs more than a gtr34 and its not even (single) turbocharged....what a joke....at least edmunds.com has spyshots of the 2007-2008 GTR (looks like a Z with a wing, i hate the curvy body nissans, i prefer the boxy skylines and silvias)

[clawhammer]

The two problems with the new eclipse:

It's fat (3500 pounds for FWD), should be closer to 3000

It's FWD. Mitsubishi needs to make an AWD version.

Good run nonetheless.