I was out in my HEMI less then an hour ago and I raced a Jaguar. I don't know much about them but my friend thinks it's an XJ8, it did say V12 on the back on the left. It almost looked like the car from Speed. I raced him off the line and took him by a car length, we slowed at 65mph so we didn't go real far. Then he raced me from 45mph and I managed to keep up with him for a little bit, but then he pulled away and smoked me. I also have 360lbs of sandbags in my bed. I am proud of my truck for keeping up with it.

 

Good job.[sm=smiley20.gif]Chalk up yet another victory for Dodge.[sm=smiley4.gif]I think I'll be contributing to the Dodge win count now that I have my brand new '04 SRT-4.[sm=smiley4.gif][sm=smiley32.gif][sm=smiley2.gif]

 

You bought the SRT 4?! What color?!

Nice kill vHiEpMeIr... [sm=smiley32.gif] I love hearing stories... I race all the time. LOL!!

~Amanda

 

Yes! I bought it yesterday at Trader Buds Westside Dodge. Got a great deal on it too, $20,500 I believe.[sm=smiley4.gif] It's a black '04.

 

Excellent!! We shouldn't hijack this thread though... chat on 71RoadRunner's new SRT-4 should be here:
https://dodgeforum.com/tm.asp?m=17702



Did you guys set up and go... or was it racing from a light or something? Nonetheless, racing if fun so... GREAT JOB!!

~Amanda

 

Awesome... however I don't think it was a Jaguar XK8... since the XK8 only comes w/ a V-8... thats where the 8 in XK8 comes from!



redriderbob

 

The V12 is XJ12. I know someone that use to have one, it was silver and in great shape of course. I'll have to see if he still has it. They are pretty heavy though(over 2 tons), so it kinda takes away from the power that it does have(301-313 HP depending on the year).

 

I don't know much about Jaguars, I know it wasn't an XK8 though. It looked like the car in speed that Keanu knocked the door off of.

I pulled up to him while we were driving and we kind of hinted to each other that we wanted to race, we just screwed around for a few miles because we couldn't find a red light. We finally hit the red light and I motioned to him that I wanted to race and he gave me a thumbs up so we went on the green. After that he gave me a thumbs up for winning and then he asked if I wanted to go from 45 so I said yes. My friend held his hand out the window and threw it down for us to go. The guy was in his forties too it was kind of funny, nice guy though, most racers talk trash and stuff.