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carteach0 · 03-28-2005, 09:24 AM

I have to agree. My Titan is a powerful truck, a fun truck, a comfortable truck, a beautiful truck....... but it aint a race truck.

I have a $3000 Gold Wing in my garage that will run rings around my Titan any time I want to go fast. HP to weight ratio is way better, simple math.

That's not to say I don't enjoy the power my Titan has. It's pure pleasure to be able to pick where I want to be on the road and go there RIGHT NOW.

Street racing irks me. I have done my share, but I grew up since then. Now I have a wife and children who drive on those same streets, and after so many years in the auto industry I have also seen WAY too many wrecked 'ricky racer' garbage towed in with blood all over it.

I've made a few runs at Atco and Maple Grove over the years.... anybody can do it and you don't put other peoples families at risk.

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carteach0 Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 140 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have to agree. My Titan is a powerful truck, a fun truck, a comfortable truck, a beautiful truck....... but it aint a race truck. I have a $3000 Gold Wing in my garage that will run rings around my Titan any time I want to go fast. HP to weight ratio is way better, simple math. That's not to say I don't enjoy the power my Titan has. It's pure pleasure to be able to pick where I want to be on the road and go there RIGHT NOW. Street racing irks me. I have done my share, but I grew up since then. Now I have a wife and children who drive on those same streets, and after so many years in the auto industry I have also seen WAY too many wrecked 'ricky racer' garbage towed in with blood all over it. I've made a few runs at Atco and Maple Grove over the years.... anybody can do it and you don't put other peoples families at risk.