Shoemaker Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 okay i'm on the 101 N around gilbert Az. doin about 85mph its around 2:30 am ... when 2 cars pass me doin about 95 mph... so i catch up within seconds and see that its a jeep grand cherokee limited ... with the HEMI V8 ... i think he had around 340 or 360 horses ... anyway i have a 2004 JGC limited V8 but no HEMI, let my wife drive it ... so i know what he was capable of ... the car next to him on his right, i think it was a 86 trans am any way once the HEMI saw me next to him he let it rip ... i realized he went full trottle because of the second of lag when the tranny drops gears in an auto ... so i stomp on the gas and opened her up ... needless to say he didn't pass me but he was on my !Removed! the whole time ... we hit a top of about 140 mph for almost 14 miles ... then my radar detector went on so i hit the hazards and cruised down to 75 ... so did the HEMI i love the freeways in Az. especially at night ... their so deserted ... oh forgot about the trans am ... i guess he redlined at about 110 ... cause we lost him after that ... Shoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knmaynard Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 okay i'm on the 101 N around gilbert Az. doin about 85mph its around 2:30 am ... when 2 cars pass me doin about 95 mph... so i catch up within seconds and see that its a jeep grand cherokee limited ... with the HEMI V8 ... i think he had around 340 or 360 horses ... anyway i have a 2004 JGC limited V8 but no HEMI, let my wife drive it ... so i know what he was capable of ... the car next to him on his right, i think it was a 86 trans am any way once the HEMI saw me next to him he let it rip ... i realized he went full trottle because of the second of lag when the tranny drops gears in an auto ... so i stomp on the gas and opened her up ... needless to say he didn't pass me but he was on my !Removed! the whole time ... we hit a top of about 140 mph for almost 14 miles ... then my radar detector went on so i hit the hazards and cruised down to 75 ... so did the HEMI i love the freeways in Az. especially at night ... their so deserted ... oh forgot about the trans am ... i guess he redlined at about 110 ... cause we lost him after that ... Shoe The new Jeep SRT8 is faster than our GS430's, at 0-60 in 5.2 seconds. I just read that this morning, was kind of depressing of thinking of a Jeep beating me off the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoemaker Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 lol i know what you mean ... faster then a cayenne Shoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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