pos pontiac vs vtec rice rocket
not so much a street encounter, but it did involve myself, a friend and two cars...
And you would not believe how shocking his gear changes are. He has a honda integra about '92 which he paid $6500 NZ for (about 3500 american) vs my '90 Pontiac LeMans GLE (whatever the hell GLE stands for) which I paid 2000 (1000 american) for.
We were cruising around the local village (basically where they put all the dole bludgers, every city over here has one) when we found a street that was not only void of traffic 24/7 and wide enough for two cars, but there was already a t shape in the middle of the road acting as a start line. Unfortunately this "drag strip" is only about 150m long, but you cant win em all. I could actually tell when he was changing gear because he would slow down and his car would shudder. I got up to about 90kmh (big whoop) while he managed a fairly measly 80. we didnt time it because the only clock we had was the 10 year old thing on my dash, but he has just dropped in the popularity ranks quite a bit after I beat him by a good car length.
Oh and there wasn't actually anything wrong with his transmission because I tried it out afterwards. 
"Ha ha, tis ever and so nuncle, with the black monks. Scream did he, scream and gurgle as they skewered his cat flap for want of a farthing."
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