Got beat by a DHL van.

[anarchyx34]

Now I definitely need to do some tuning/mods. As fate would have it, I lined up next to a DHL dodge sprinter at a traffic light last night. I took off and then I saw all the diesel smoke come out of the rear of the sprinter. He shot past me and kept going. I'd say he beat me by about 20 carlengths . I'm surprised, I didnt think they could move like that. Man my car is pathetic [/i]

[RabbitJockey]

i tried to race a tractor trailer on my way home from work, he didn't have a trailer on it so i figured it would be a good race, but he didn't seem to get it...

[745 turbogreasel]

Nice to know we can ship by DHL quicker than delivering ourselvs!

[hillfolk'r]

lol trev.
watch out for the trucks bobtailing it
my old gti had a hard time keeping up with my g/f 's brother who has a truck
it was quite a shocker to me.......

[LeeG]

Yeah, my jetta was laid low by a Brown UPS Sprinter goin uphill on the highway. Passing lane opened up and as I pulled up beside him, he looked over, waved and booted it.  No only did he leave me in the dust there but he also did a fine job in the twisty bits that followed.

[Dr. Diesel]

one of the wickedest brake-torque burnouts I ever saw was in a sprinter. Almost fully loaded with compressor repair equipment!  :shock:
LOVE the way the rear doors swing around and magnet themselves to the sides. Brilliant.

[745 turbogreasel]

LOVE the way the rear doors swing around and magnet themselves to the sides. Brilliant.

Till you try to use em while moving

[Dr. Diesel]

I... don't typically do things in/on moving vans... other than sit in them! But I suppose if the need arose, one might wish those magnets were a little stronger.

[ssray]

i used to work for tnt in the uk and they restricted our sprinters to 85mph dhl ones did 118mph downhill

[hillfolk'r]

when i was in germany the dude we were with said they are becoming a problem,cause they can go so fast
we were cruisin at 150 km,and they had to be doin 165+ kmh down hills,,plumbers and stuff with crap loaded in them :shock:

[jamesdemien]

I lined up next to a DHL dodge sprinter at a traffic light last night. I took off and then I saw all the diesel smoke come out of the rear of the sprinter. He shot past me and kept going. I'd say he beat me by about 20 carlengths . I'm surprised, I didnt think they could move like that.

Those trucks are fast especially when they're empty...

[Zulfiqar]

my first truck experience happened in saudi arabia, me and a bunch of freinds going in a cressida GLX 3.0 on a highway - we see a passing light indication in the rear - and we are doing abt 220 km/h, gas booted to the metal we take up the lost torque, the torque convertor locks up we feel a slight power surge come on in the car.

then this BIG GARGANTUAN mercedes benz rig comes up from the left, whose turbos were so loud we could hear them as if we were abt 2 inches from our ears. And it picks up speed - we were doing abt 240 at the time and it passed us -DAMN - we felt underpowered.

I later on checked one of these machines at a truck stand - a driver was pakistani so he showed me the works - it used two schwitzer turbos nearly equal to a Holset HX60 as its primary unit and the secondaries were some insane ones in which I could stick my entire head into, The weirdest part is that the wastegates were electric, the engine was a V12 something north of 12 litres and its transmission was something in itself - an automatic about the same length as a VW Golf - insane eh - I presume the germans are great in engineering vehicles no matter cars, trucks bikes etc.

[hillfolk'r]

watch out dude for those sprinter vans
like i said above,in germany they were flyin

[arrowsmithdiesel]

Now I definitely need to do some tuning/mods. As fate would have it, I lined up next to a DHL dodge sprinter at a traffic light last night. I took off and then I saw all the diesel smoke come out of the rear of the sprinter. He shot past me and kept going. I'd say he beat me by about 20 carlengths . I'm surprised, I didnt think they could move like that. Man my car is pathetic [/i]

Ha ha... Thats awsome, (sorry) I just sold a Digi CR to my courier last week so he could haul a$$.  He loves it, but I have not seen it go yet.

[Diesel Fumes]

When I had my NA Golf, I used to race trucks pulling large trailers and still lose.  Now that I have a TD Jetta, I can usually keep up with Semi trucks without trailers, old beat ass Hyundais, trucks with horse trailers, etc.   :lol: