[HemiMetal]

I adamantly won't race on the street, and I've turned down a few challenges along the way. But this morning was different. I had stopped at a light and glanced over to see an Acura MDX. It was an older model, judging by the parking lot "scars" along the sides and bumper of the SUV.

The light turned green and the MDX surged ahead of me. A family of stick people decals on the hatch left no doubt this was a full-on mommy wagon. The driver of the MDX seemed to be intentionally keeping ahead of the nose of my Challenger, but strangely it was also keeping pace with my car. We both rolled up to the next stoplight and I glanced across to my right to see what jackwagon was piloting this very ambitious MDX.

A 30-ish guy was behind the wheel and I could see at least two young boys in the car. One was in the passenger seat, the other was directly behind the young dad. Both the boys looked at my car and then saying something to their dad. Dad glanced at me momentarily, with a sheepish grin and what seemed to be an almost apologetic look. The light turned green and the MDX surged ahead of me again. I could see the boy in the back seat excitedly slapping his hands on the "shoulders" of the driver's seat.

Then it dawned on me. I was in a really slow moving race with a SUV! :SHOCKED:

I grinned and did my best to make it look good. I gunned the Hemi and pulled ahead of the MDX by a couple of car-lengths, but only for a second or two. Then I let off the gas and waited for the MDX to retake the lead, and it took what seemed like forever to do just that. I even downshifted my autostick to slow up my Challenger even more. The dad-piloted MDX finally pulled ahead of me and led the rest of the way since I didn't want to have to slow down again.

The MDX beat me to the next stoplight. The boy in the back was executing a victory fist-pump. The other boy in the front passenger seat had a broad grin. I did a mock shake of my head and gave a thumbs up to the victorious SUV and it's crew. Dad gave me a smile and a quick nod of acknowledgement, and returned the thumbs up before turning right.

I'm sure in the retelling of this story, the boys will recount how dad blew away a "Hellcat" today in the family car!

 

[cdahl383]

Haha cool man!

 

[vin57]

great story....Dad's a star to those boys...good on you.

 

[MommaBetty]

Great story John! Very kind and gracious of you!

 

[HemiMetal]

Poor guy looked like he wanted to crawl out of his skin! I think he was hoping I wouldn't realize that we were "racing". But props to him for being a good dad in that he was trying to give his boys a thrill, but not endangering them with reckless driving either. I think his MDX could have been a little faster, but he was driving responsibly to keep his kids safe. :smileup:

 

[bad8nti]

Kudos for making "daddy" a Hero! :rep:

 

[MOPARMOM]

Great story John! No need to flex...you know what you got! Way to make those kids (and their Dad's) day!:smileup:

 

[boyohboy]

I can't put my feelings into words except to say Reps to You! Enjoy the Journey! Lou.

 

[SoCalChallengerLover]

Screw that, I would have wasted him!!

 

[large]

class act John well deserved congrats on your loss

 

[trudyc]

yea good job, sometimes these people do that to me just to see me get on it, but I think you hit the nail on the head with this one, I would like to be around those little fellows to hear there story how dad beat a challenger. ha ha reps coming your way friend

 

[HemiMetal]

I'm probably going to have recurring nightmares for the next 10 years as these boys turn 16, get drivers' licenses, and come looking for a rematch! :SHOCKED:

 

[MarcPhrey]

I will take a hit just to make a dad look cool infront his kids, I like it.

 

[Sleeping Rallye]

Kudos man, that was very cool

 

[Shanes13]

Awesome story...!! it will make me think twice while tooling around town - dusting off SUVs....

 

[wvhemis]

Life is about choices...you chose to bring joy into someone else's life...well done Sir....