I was giving a friend a ride home a while back on a 45mph road with frequent stoplights when I notice a little pale blue import driving like a maniac, dodging through traffic in my rear-view mirror. After a bit I finally hit a stoplight and the guy has managed to work his way up next to me. I look over to see a tiny little diahatsu(sp?) gunnin his engine and sounding like a bumble bee inside a closed beer can(factory exhaust). I also happen to notice a very attractive lady sitting next to him, probably a girlfriend. Well this stoplight is on an uphill and when the light turned green, I dropped the clutch from a little higher rpm than usual and my 114 lb/ft of torque does its job as I launch hard up the hill. At the launch in my peripheral vision I see his car squat from the acceleration, then promptly nose straight into the ground. Glancing in my mirrors before I even hit second I see him at a complete stop, right arm cranking away at the side of his steering wheel, furious with rage, and the girl has her hand over her mouth, obviously giggling. Needless to say the idiot killed his engine, but as chance would have it, the very next light turns red before I get to it. As he pulls back up next to me, my buddy and I are already pointing and laughing, which causes the girl in his car to start giggling again, making his face so red I swear you could fry some eggs on it. In what I guess is a desperate attempt to regain some macho'ness, I see him pull his e-brake, hear his exhaust as he stomps on it, then promptly pulls about a 2 second, one wheel burnout, if you could even call it that, as the load quickly boggs his engine down. Noting the cross traffic light is still green, I pull my own e-brake, floor it and pop the clutch. However I promptly break both front tires loose, twist the wheel a little to prove this to my would be competitior, and leave it bouncing off the rev-limiter for a good 15-20 seconds, giving off a pair of nice billowing clouds of tire smoke. The best part is the girlfriend is playing right into this by pointing over at us and mouthing, "ohh, ahh", and "wow, thats a real man" etc. Aparently this is all the humilliation my opponent can stand as he checks for clear traffic, then quickly turns right at the intersection and speeds off.

Ansel '92 DX

 

 

Did you mean Datsun?

~A

 

daewoo maybe?

 

I guess he meant Dahiatsu. They sold cars here for a year or so... One of their models was called the Charade and they had a little 4x4 called the Rocky.

To me, not very original names...

 

Daihatsu is a Japanese manufacturer of small cars sold world-wide. They also manufacture small industrial engines. See http://www.daihatsu.com for info.

 

 

you guys dont know about daihatsu? charade looks like old civic or swift.

 

There were hardly any sold in the states...late 80s early 90s I think.

 

wow, people that actually have never heard of Daihatsu, they make minicars/minitrucks in Japan...

 

Mini truck mullet

 

 

Ive never heard of them either, nor have i ever seen one. (Not that I know of anyhow)

 

They are very popular in Egypt and the middle east

All kind of cars, trucks, and some mid size sedans if I recollect correctly