
Took a spin along Pacific Coast highway to check out the beach. Up ahead there is a red stoplight with a big long line of cars. This being SoCal, I lane split up to the front, past probably 30 cars.
At the front of the line to my right was a brand new Subaru WRX turbo ricecar. Sweet car, but I did not pay much attention.
Light turns green and I do my "standard lane split launch" pretty brisk to get out in front of any jealous SUV driving assholes, but nothing too serious, shift at 6,000 ish at most, part throttle. After having done so, I look to my right. WRX boy's left front tire is right there. We both left the SUV to my left far behind. I move to the left lane.
Hmm. I am at 6,500 or so in first and was about to shift but instead given the presence of the WRX and my frisky state of mind, I dial up full throttle. The good old TLS rears back into a nice hanging wheelie. I run it up to 9K then ease off a bit, set it down gently and shift into second and pin it again briefly, then back off and hit 3rd quick as I am probably doing about 75 in a 55 zone. WRX guy was not far behind me. He catches up with me and gave me a big thumbs up. We get to the next light and he says "that thing sounds bad ass and goes like hell!" I tell him he has a nice car and that it rips (which it did).
Pretty impressive car. Had I known I was gonna drag race somebody and did not care about getting busted, I woulda smoked alot harder out of the hole and not backed off, but he was able to stay with me during a pretty decent run. Not bad for 4 wheels. Glad to see he is breaking it in right

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