I was at a light coming home from work Friday when a white 350Z convertible pulled up alongside. Obviously modified (drivers side window post had three instruments, aftermarket exhaust, etc). We went 0 -65 on the highway from two lights and it was an absolute dead heat -- my little Porsche got a hood length out in front but it never could shake the Z, either. I was impressed -- even though the Porsche is relatively anemic for a Friday night cruiser (13.5ish quarter mile), I would expect a stock 350Z convertible to lag by about a three-five lengths in the quarter and this one, half way there, was hanging within a single missed shift. The performance means something around 360 HP for the Z which almost certainly means a blower and about 6 lbs boost, but regardless, it was a neat car, whover it was.

 

There ya go, flexin' your muscles again. Pretty soon, your shirts won't fit!

 

Well, the shirts might not fit but it will be somewhat lower down -- at least my wife claims I eat too much.

Would have been fun (and it was tempting) to run on up to speed with this guy but the limit was 60 and I didn't want to go too fast.

 

If you were in the vette you could have really showed him whats up.

 

Yeah, but I wasn't. I was fun though, and I made his day: him working hard but just hanging with a Porsche costing over twice as much as his Z, even counting his mods..

 

4 sure