The Big Cheese Bait

Ah so! It has been long time, yah?! That ok, I is back for 1 more of my adventures.

It was dark and gloomy. There wasn't a trace smell of the any impending rain. It looked like it was going to be a dry cool run home... at 2:30 in the morning, no less.

Started the car moved her out of the parking spot and made my way down to Tun Razak. I weaved an intricate line to pass slower traffic and, as I approached my turn off on to Semantan, I noticed a black Bimmer making a 3 lane cut into the same lane I was preparing to turn off at. Surprised to see such a bold move, curiosity got the better of me and I sped up to catch a glimpse of the runner in front of me.

Lo and behold who else could it be but the man himself, The Big Cheese! Who also happens to be a personal friend of mine. Given his mood and his penchant for racing I thought I would try egg him on for a little race.

Here's a little background of his car:
BMW 325 SMG II
About 200hp at the crank.

Need I say more....

The Big Cheese saw me, heard me and he knew what was about to happen! I downshifted gassed it causing my engine to roar to life! He had no where to go but i could feel his impatience with the car in front of him! As soon as the road opened into 2 lanes he made a move to the outside with me in hot pursuit!

With the Chin Chin La roaring away like a French man who ate too many hot tamales, I closed the gap between The Big Cheese and my Killer Chin Chin La! It felt close, it felt real close, it was going to be a good race, it was undeniable! For some reason The Big Cheese wasn't pulling away as fast, was something wrong?! How could this be?! The Killer Chin Chin La has previously lost many times to The Big Cheese! Could it be that the mods are finaly showing returns for the hard earned money that was spent?! This was intriguing and it prompted me to accelerate harder, corner faster, brake quicker, and shift in a manner I can only describe as, flawless! With the increasing race tension, my heel and toe technique became fluid, becoming 1 with all the car's mechanics!

Shift, after shift, after shift, The Big Cheese was not running, but merely inching his way from me! I gave her like I have never given her before, I asked more than what The Chin Chin La could give and she gave it!

We had 2 lane low to medium speed corner coming up, with a Honda Accord on the right, we dove into the left lane attempting to enter the turn. The Accord who wasn't paying attention nearly hit The Big Cheese! A sudden shot of fear hit me as I prepared for the worst! The Big Cheese with it's big Bimmer horn, must have shocked the stuffing out of the Accord, which seemingly drove like it was half asleep!

Braking into the turn and accelerating up the hill we made it to the apex of the hill, we dove through more traffic before turning up towards Bangsar hill. (I think i set a new receord for bad sentence structure and using the word "hill" so many times in one sentence) It was close, he couldn't get away and I couldn't catch him, it had the makings of a stalemate! We both broke hard to avoid some slower traffic gasing it on the way to the lights before the BSC hill.

I figured that was enough for 1 night. I slowed down to a natural pace allowing my car to relax from the over expenditure of it's lifeforce. I comtemplated to myself that this race was easily the best race I've had in a long time, and probably the best 1 I have ever had against The Big Cheese!

We pulled up together and parked got out and talked, slapped five's and handshakes. The Big Cheese had a big ole grin on his face and I was pretty damn happy myself. Although he would later admit he didn't hit the "Sports Mode" button or turn his A/C completely off. I figure who cares, it's races like these that people (Like me, I hope)live for! It's always the close races that are the best! This race was a bit of a dog fight chase after chase, and corner after corner, it was just plain great!

Sigh... What a rush!