Another memorable moment to add to the scrap book…
Here I was minding my own business on a single lane sticking to the speed limit in an attempt to deny those Ka/Laser shooters the ability to balance their end of the month budgets, when I saw nice white Panamera coming down fast behind me and sticking up my posterior to the point I could no longer see those pretty LED headlamps!. Not fazed by this aggressive move, I continued at the posted speed limit until we came to a two lane stoplight leading down to a highway ramp.
He rev’ed his engine, when I looked to my left he shot me a look of utter contempt, glancing at his wheels, ride height and the absence of certain trimmings assured me of the absence of any boost that a turbo/GTS may provide! So I thought what the hell!? Momentarily flicked the gear stick to manual, down and back to auto…
Green! we both floored it, half way through ramp I am leading about a car length, triple digits by the end of the long ramp with the gab widening to two cars lengths, few thousand feet the gap widened to three cars, two high beam signals from those bright LEDs indicated we are all done, let my foot off the gas until engaging the cruise control at the appropriate speed all the while he maintained the three car lengths, at which point he indicated and got right beside me, with a look of surprise, no it was more like ‘flabbergasted!" which was quickly replaced by a wide smile accompanied by the customary thumps up! Speeding up shortly after with the
Panamera S insignia shimmering in the sunset…
I thought to myself what a wonderful end to a long day…After all picking a worthy opponent makes that victory so much sweeter…
