HHR vs Ford Focus
10-26-2009, 11:39 PM
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HHR vs Ford Focus
Not actually a race but more of an acceleration/handling comparison. Kinda lengthy but here goes...
I was sitting outside my house smoking a cigarette and I hear a popping sound coming from up the street. I didn't pay any attention to it until one of the "pops" got loud and came from right in front of my house. I saw a 2-door focus hatchback drive by really slowly with the windows down. I walked to the back of my car and checked things out. Nothing. Checked the back of my father-in-law's PT Cruiser. Nothing. Decided to look at my wife's Mazda 3 that was parked in the street. I see a bright yellow paint splatter. The "popping" sound was coming from a paintball gun that the guys in the focus were shooting.
By this time, they had already made it to the end of the street and turned. I decided to see if I could go find them to report this to the authorities. I see them coming down a side street towards me and hear their paintball gun firing again. I turn down another street that connects to the street I saw them on and find myself behind the Focus. After a few hundred yards, I hear a loud buzzing sound and the Focus slowly starts pulling away from me.
I get on it and catch back up fairly quickly and get their plate number while I'm on the phone with the police. I tell them where we're at and they ask if I can follow them until an officer can catch up. Did the police just ask me if I would chase these guys down for them?? Being the good samaritan I am, I tell them I'll give it my best shot
I follow them off of the side road onto a 4-lane road where they cut off someone turning onto it. I get out behind them and catch up and they turn off onto another side road and cut their lights off. This road re-connects to the 4-lane we were just on. My HHR is hanging with them every step of the way
They get back onto the 4-lane and turn their lights back on and I'm right behind them. We're now coming up on a red light at an intersection which they avoid by cutting through a parking lot. Lucky for me, the light turns green and I'm right back with them in a couple of seconds. The dispatcher on the phone asks where we're at and about that time, they pass a car in the turning lane. This car turns out to be a police officer and they flash their lights and it's over as quickly as it began. The 19 yr old kids both get a destruction of property and the driver gets a reckless driving ticket.
After it was all said and done, I was proud of my lil wagon. It handled about like expected. There were a few times where I felt the rear end getting a little loose and felt a little understeer, but it's bone stock and on damp roads. Guess it's time for a rear sway bar just in case something like this happens again
I was sitting outside my house smoking a cigarette and I hear a popping sound coming from up the street. I didn't pay any attention to it until one of the "pops" got loud and came from right in front of my house. I saw a 2-door focus hatchback drive by really slowly with the windows down. I walked to the back of my car and checked things out. Nothing. Checked the back of my father-in-law's PT Cruiser. Nothing. Decided to look at my wife's Mazda 3 that was parked in the street. I see a bright yellow paint splatter. The "popping" sound was coming from a paintball gun that the guys in the focus were shooting.
By this time, they had already made it to the end of the street and turned. I decided to see if I could go find them to report this to the authorities. I see them coming down a side street towards me and hear their paintball gun firing again. I turn down another street that connects to the street I saw them on and find myself behind the Focus. After a few hundred yards, I hear a loud buzzing sound and the Focus slowly starts pulling away from me.
I get on it and catch back up fairly quickly and get their plate number while I'm on the phone with the police. I tell them where we're at and they ask if I can follow them until an officer can catch up. Did the police just ask me if I would chase these guys down for them?? Being the good samaritan I am, I tell them I'll give it my best shot
I follow them off of the side road onto a 4-lane road where they cut off someone turning onto it. I get out behind them and catch up and they turn off onto another side road and cut their lights off. This road re-connects to the 4-lane we were just on. My HHR is hanging with them every step of the way
They get back onto the 4-lane and turn their lights back on and I'm right behind them. We're now coming up on a red light at an intersection which they avoid by cutting through a parking lot. Lucky for me, the light turns green and I'm right back with them in a couple of seconds. The dispatcher on the phone asks where we're at and about that time, they pass a car in the turning lane. This car turns out to be a police officer and they flash their lights and it's over as quickly as it began. The 19 yr old kids both get a destruction of property and the driver gets a reckless driving ticket.
After it was all said and done, I was proud of my lil wagon. It handled about like expected. There were a few times where I felt the rear end getting a little loose and felt a little understeer, but it's bone stock and on damp roads. Guess it's time for a rear sway bar just in case something like this happens again
10-27-2009, 04:42 AM
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Thats grate to hear Im not sure but in CA it is considered a felony (wobbler) to even discharge a paint ball gun in city limits well at least when I was in High school it was. I use to work at a Surplus store that sold them. Things May have changed now.
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