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Yesterday evening I was taking my daily drive in the Boxster. I live in a rural area and was just planning on a nice easy drive around the countryside.

I came up to a four way stop and a black Z06 crossed the intersection in front of me going on one of my favorite high speed roads. It has high speed sweepers and some nice elevation changes, I turned to follow him to see what he was up to.

He was ahead of me by a half mile and I closed on him in the middle of a tremendous right hand sweeper which then turns back to the left and drops down over a bridge then back up again. I closed on him quickly but could tell he was driving in a spirited fashion, we both slowed as we caught up with a car that was in front of him. His car was a nice new Vette with rear tires that had to be over two feet wide.

The car turned off as soon as we topped the hill. It was like dropping the green flag. I saw his exhaust smoke and knew it was on.

We spent the next eight mile completely alone on the road with him trying to leave me in the dust. I am sure that it was quite an blow to his ego to not be able to shake that little yellow Boxster off of his tail. The road is absolutely perfect for GT cars, resembling what you find at Road Atlanta which is an hour from here.

I worked fourth, fifth and sixth and we topped out on one straight section with me in the middle of sixth and I had plenty left. I felt that I could have passed him on two specific occasions but did not choose to do so, I knew the limit of his but he did not know the limit of mine, just that he could not shake me from being welded four car lengths from his plastic rear bumper.

After a few minutes of adrenaline, raw horsepower and that beautiful, beautiful sound the road started to wander into a more poplulated area so I put on my blinker and turned at my normal place to return home.

I hope to see him again really soon.

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