Chase Scene
I'm sure Kat will burn me for this. In fact, I just had a dream where Kat told me, "If you go 140 again, I'll kick your nuts."
After driving Kat to work, I passed by EDSA to go home. Traffic was light that time, so I cruised at an average of 90 km/h.
By the time I got to the EDSA-Ortigas flyover, I gave my car a go. I was able to take the flyover turn at 100 km/h at the apex (with lots of look-ahead), then allowed gravity to further increase my speed. I wasn't flooring the throttle, but I was able to hit around 140 km/h by the time I was beside La Salle Greenhills.
I managed to pass two cars in the process. It was quite amazing too because it seemed like they weren't moving, assuming they were travelling at around 90 km/h or less.
For safety's sake, I started to slow to 100 km/h to give ample room for stopping at the lights.
Then, after a peek at the rearview mirror, I saw a car catching up. Hmm... must've been one of the cars I passed earlier. It was a 2000 Opel Astra Sedan, and I can tell by the rate its headlamps were growing that it was travelling at least 120 km/h. Then, when it got near my tail, it was just there, tracking my speed less than 5 meters away, at 80 km/h.
Chase scene!
I gave it another go to 100 km/h, just to see if the Astra was really trying to chase me. It followed me, so there really was a chase. When I saw him swerve to the right to pass at the third lane (there was a slowpoke at the second lane), I zoomed past, and saw his headlamps shrink from the rear mirror.
A red light forced me to slow down to a halt at Ortigas-Santolan. Seconds later, he was at my tail again. For some reason, I sensed that he would pass me to the right on the two-laner.
At 20 km/h, he passed me, as expected, but not after 3 seconds tailgating me. I didn't want to switch lanes because I knew he'd make that move. Yes, it was for safety reasons, but he still passed me.
Chase scene!
After his pass, I chased him this time. Yep... it sure was an Opel Astra. I matched his every move, until he passed an Altis.
When I went to switch lanes at 80 km/h, and almost passing the Altis, I saw a 5-series BMW parked at the second lane. I was in third gear, and can make the pass by inches, assuming the Altis won't change speeds.
But I decided to back down, or chicken out, if you might say. I'd be endangering the Altis if I pulled that trick, plus I may have miscalculated. I don't want to slam, even scratch, a pricey BMW.
With human ABS, I slowed the car down without screeching, got behind the Altis, then upon passing the parked BMW, switched lanes, passed the Altis, then went to chase the Optra again.
By now, I'd say the Astra really wants the chase. Upon creeping to 15 meters behind him, he began to speed up at some corners. By the time we got to Hemady, I was only a meter behind, and by the time we reached Magnolia, we were even. He took a turn at Aurora, while I went straight.
That was fun! More fun than picking on a Civic I saw weaving in Quezon Avenue... but that's another story...
After driving Kat to work, I passed by EDSA to go home. Traffic was light that time, so I cruised at an average of 90 km/h.
By the time I got to the EDSA-Ortigas flyover, I gave my car a go. I was able to take the flyover turn at 100 km/h at the apex (with lots of look-ahead), then allowed gravity to further increase my speed. I wasn't flooring the throttle, but I was able to hit around 140 km/h by the time I was beside La Salle Greenhills.
I managed to pass two cars in the process. It was quite amazing too because it seemed like they weren't moving, assuming they were travelling at around 90 km/h or less.
For safety's sake, I started to slow to 100 km/h to give ample room for stopping at the lights.
Then, after a peek at the rearview mirror, I saw a car catching up. Hmm... must've been one of the cars I passed earlier. It was a 2000 Opel Astra Sedan, and I can tell by the rate its headlamps were growing that it was travelling at least 120 km/h. Then, when it got near my tail, it was just there, tracking my speed less than 5 meters away, at 80 km/h.
Chase scene!
I gave it another go to 100 km/h, just to see if the Astra was really trying to chase me. It followed me, so there really was a chase. When I saw him swerve to the right to pass at the third lane (there was a slowpoke at the second lane), I zoomed past, and saw his headlamps shrink from the rear mirror.
A red light forced me to slow down to a halt at Ortigas-Santolan. Seconds later, he was at my tail again. For some reason, I sensed that he would pass me to the right on the two-laner.
At 20 km/h, he passed me, as expected, but not after 3 seconds tailgating me. I didn't want to switch lanes because I knew he'd make that move. Yes, it was for safety reasons, but he still passed me.
Chase scene!
After his pass, I chased him this time. Yep... it sure was an Opel Astra. I matched his every move, until he passed an Altis.
When I went to switch lanes at 80 km/h, and almost passing the Altis, I saw a 5-series BMW parked at the second lane. I was in third gear, and can make the pass by inches, assuming the Altis won't change speeds.
But I decided to back down, or chicken out, if you might say. I'd be endangering the Altis if I pulled that trick, plus I may have miscalculated. I don't want to slam, even scratch, a pricey BMW.
With human ABS, I slowed the car down without screeching, got behind the Altis, then upon passing the parked BMW, switched lanes, passed the Altis, then went to chase the Optra again.
By now, I'd say the Astra really wants the chase. Upon creeping to 15 meters behind him, he began to speed up at some corners. By the time we got to Hemady, I was only a meter behind, and by the time we reached Magnolia, we were even. He took a turn at Aurora, while I went straight.
That was fun! More fun than picking on a Civic I saw weaving in Quezon Avenue... but that's another story...
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