Car race on Alderney Drive ends with crash
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haligonia.caPosted Feb 12, 2021, 2:24 PM UTC
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haligonia.caWas it a "race", or just road rage with someone trying to pass and not being allowed? I wager the latter. Hopefully they catch both of the drivers.
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Who tf races in a pickup truck? Like if you're gonna be stupid, at least use something a little easier to handle, better stopping and acceleration
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While I'm no advocate of street racing, trucks have sort of become the muscle cars of today. V8s, rear drive, pretty cheap to buy used, and many guys like to work on them with a huge assortment of aftermarket or even oem performance parts.
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The article says it's likely a work truck as it has some kind of logo and tools in the back.
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Fair enough, I just can't see the handling being anywhere close to what you'd want to race in, but you're right about the power and costs
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Well based on what happened in this case you seem to be exactly right. Too much power, not enough handling.
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You can tune the 3.5 Ecoboost F150s up to 550-600 whp on stock turbos/internals they can lay down some serious power/0-60 times not to mention the 6.2L Silverados that crave boost.
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But it's still going to handle like a brick.
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For sure, but straight line runs modern trucks can be deceptively fast.
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They really need to outlaw those blue turtle shells, they are cheap AF
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I'm a bit disappointed it's between a pick-up truck and a Sonata.
Probably the least exciting street "race" ever.
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I was going to make a joke about a Hyundai Accent/Toyota Yaris faceoff being even worse but then thought about it - I'd totally watch that race.
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Why is it called racing? That's just driving.
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Hitting another car is "just driving"?
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This sounds like a job for the bridge patrol!
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Last summer, I was involved in a hit and run with a black Hyundai Sonata Hybrid with no plates near that area of Dartmouth. They wrote off my car. The vehicle was allegedly driving around about 3 weeks later, with front end damage. If you think it's easy to find a rare car like that in the Dartmouth area, think again. I hope the culprits are caught!
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Except the only person who won a stupid prize was the person not involved in the racing.
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Can we, as a collective retire this saying. It's so overused and annoying.
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YES PLEASE
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What a stupid place to 'race', let alone a pickup vs a Sonata. People are such idiots.
Huh personally it always gave me Gran Turismo vibes. I'd like a virtual HRM racetrack to go through Alderney and make its way over to the new bridge via Graham's Corner and down Robie (the new bridge entrance is mad NFS vibes) and then loop back around at the old bridge. Shit'd be fun as hell.
I agree, it would be fun as hell if you could race in your own city in GT.