Oh Gawd.
Nothing to do with green bugs, but...
Going back to about 1974.
Was out for a ride with some friends. Dan was driving his car with his girl in the front, I was in the back with my girlfriend.
My memory is failing, can't remember what he was driving, I think it was a Beaumont with a 396 and a 4 speed. Nice muscle car.
So we are out for a cruise, booting down a side road and come up to a cross road with a stop sign for us.
Well, Dan is going wayyyyy to fast to stop. He is standing on the binders and we are not going to make it.
So what does he do, drops it down into 2nd and floors it.
We go through the intersection just about side ways, tires are screaming, probably smoking, I don't know because I wasn't looking. I think I was busy filling my pants. My girlfriend and Dan's girlfriend were both screaming.
You know what I remember?
Dan yelling at the top of his lungs
JUST LIKE STEVE MCQUEEN. YEEEEHHAAAAAWWWWWWWWW.
Closest I ever want to be to a Bullitt moment