yup, so did my buddy, for years. After cars it was a Z1 Kawasaki...lottsa funny stories from those years...then onto boats...he set a world speed record in his class (115cc, I think it was), then later helped the guy build the boat that broke his record...once he entered an open class that was mostly rad-mod drag boats. They laughed, said sure we'll take your entry fee, ha ha. Kept laughing...till he won. Funny as he*l
I hated going skiiing with him, though...
Glass, the second-fastest car in those days was a 57 Ford, 292 *6-cylinider*, over-bored, shaved heads, etc. We had some fun races...
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This is a true story. I've only received one speeding ticket, sorta, in all my years.
Actually, I drive like an old women, very slow and very safe; liability issues frighten me. I'm constantly beeped at and flipped the bird for being in the way.
Couple decades back, when we were still fairly poor, all we had to drive was 1955 one ton Chevy pickup, very much a rusted out farm truck.
Best it could do was about sixty miles per hour, downhill with a good tail wind and, someone pushing.
Well, those sob chp pulled me over, I was hauling a load of lumber, gave me a hard time, then wrote me up for driving too slow.
I was cited for 43 in a minimum 45 freeway speed.
Two miles per hour UNDER the minimum speed limit!
Guess I should not have referred to the two of them as California Gestapo.
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Coming back from Austin, a carfull of goatropers, as Wily likes to say, aka rodeo cowboys vs working hands, in an early 70s Grand Prix, back when they looked like boats...cruising at 140 and feeling pretty smug. Something yellow shows up in the rearview...a Mopar something or other, Coronet 440 maybe, pulls alongside and waves real friendly, like, nice day for a cruise, huh? Then pulls away...effortlessly. Our driver dropped back to just over the speed limit. No one wanted to see him again, haha...kids...
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i went from Orlando to Wash DC once in 10.5 hrs....
F350,
high dollar radar detector is a must on I95 tho...
those Georgia and South Carolina Troopers are ruff..... then in VA you have to turn it off....and hide the darn thing....they take 'em away
learned a technique that throws off their radar tho.... switch lanes as you slow down...seems the OLD radar took a second or two to actually lock on...
i got stopped a lot by pi$$ed off troopers who knew i was "truckin" but couldn't show me the speed on the gun.... i'm sure the new radars are much quicker so i don't suggest trying it today.....
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i hated the drive from Vegas to Riverside... esp on Sunady afternoon... everybody is suicidal and the roads were in horrible condition..... there were only two lanes( i assume there still are) and SOME o'them nuts would pass on the right cuz the hammer laners were only doing 90...
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lol, we don *even* mess state troopers: P*SS them off and they call a big brother. If I were a criminal, I'd rather have the FBI knocking on my door than have it be a Ranger...
I use to make the drive to Ft Davis down in Big Bend country pretty regularly, about 10-11 hour drive. We'd go for a 3-day weekend. Down there, they'll drive three hours for a steak dinner. First time I joined in, pals just said, hey wanna go out to eat? Great little steakhouse...ya, you gotta *take stuff* to eat on your way to the restuarant...
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LOL. I made it from Binghamton to South Myrtle Beach in 11.5 hours two weeks ago. Had to stop for gas twice, drive thru just south of DC, traffic crawled just south of DC for miles as rubberneckers were looking at a dumped motorcyclye on the Northbound side of the highway(that took forever). Also ate in at a LJ Silvers. Now that was some tasty grub.
Well, on the highway we made great time. Got up to 105 mph for one stretch.
On the way back was a different story though. Got pulled over on the Beltway just before the I-83 exit doing 80 in a 55, so he said.
Fortunately, I didn't have my registration, so I got off with a $35 fine for not having it. That reminds me, I need to mail in my payment.
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Purl, I am breathless, thanks for the peak...
my eyes are exploding....
as far as driving fast... i havent done that since i was a kid.....
I once owned a replica german fighter fw109 and it was a hot airplane...but everyone was getting killed in them...so i assesed my flying skills and i decided to sell it... Its the same with a car I love a vette... here in kentucky we have chruchill downs and the corvette musseum... and at 65 mph they are wonderful...
However, if you sneeze, you will cross over at least four lanes. Those tires are extremely responsive; a slight touch of the wheel and you are headed in another direction believe it or not some of the airplanes are like this... and it makes holding an altitude difficult.
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I think there is one thing purl and i can agree on. You should give up driving new cars...
here in kentucky suppose you loved mustangs when you were a kid... you could pick one up for 1500 bucks... or less... new engine and tranny for 1500 bucks... new interior 1000 bucks and new paint job and rims 1000 bucks....and the car would be worth what you have invested....now lets compare that with a new dodge.... 20k and in 1 year 5k...and the old car is a lot more fun...
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i see you have been writing letters re GVRP in your corvette. pencil and paper handy there. good job - when something comes to mind, you need to write it down right away.
quote:Originally posted by Purl Gurl:
I did the upholstery work, here at home, on my commercial sewing machine.
quote:Originally posted by cruz: i see you have been writing letters re GVRP in your corvette. pencil and paper handy there. good job - when something comes to mind, you need to write it down right away.
quote:Originally posted by Purl Gurl:
I did the upholstery work, here at home, on my commercial sewing machine.
* ego explodes *
PG are those nitrous switches above the shifter? LOL.
It is very important to always have an official Number 2 Pencil and writing pad handy. Ideas are fleeting and should be noted. Sometimes I see a business, an advertisement, which might be a good stock lead. Might need to write down a license plate number. Most often, I observe social behavior which leads to an essay or even a short story. Frequently I come into contact with people whose phone number I need.
A tool to be successful in life is to take notes rather than rely on your dubious mind to remember.
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Switches, some secrets I keep.
On the left, first, a toggle to open and close my 'Vette's headers, as shown underneath. That switch will also activate flame throwers in the near future, a carjack deterrent and some fun, like surprising others around you.
Other switches, rear rocket launchers, front heat seeker missles and pop-up miniguns rather than headlamps.
I live in California. "Honk If You Are Reloading"
One might be NOS. I will never tell.
I've now written to half of the senate regarding the Cox nomination. Are you writing letters?
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i better watch out. you might be following me.
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las vegas csi show is the best. just now starting to watch miami csi. for awhile there, miami csi was a little too much soap opera.
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"in NE? i got pulled over a lot on the state roads...10-15 mph over....
they always gave me a polite warning.... never got pulled over on the interstate there....
had speeding tickets in every state on the east coast south of New York (except FLA) at one time or another "
Queens, New York City to Seattle, Washington in 55 hours.
I slept for about 6 hours - 2 hours here, 2 hours there; only other time I stopped was for gas. While I filled it up I bought food and ate on the way there. Got pulled over in Nebraska twice but got off with a warning both times....
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just imagine the amount of stock you could have bought with those speeding tickets (not the tickets, the money used to pay off them off)
quote:Originally posted by Nando: "in NE? i got pulled over a lot on the state roads...10-15 mph over....
they always gave me a polite warning.... never got pulled over on the interstate there....
had speeding tickets in every state on the east coast south of New York (except FLA) at one time or another "
Queens, New York City to Seattle, Washington in 55 hours.
I slept for about 6 hours - 2 hours here, 2 hours there; only other time I stopped was for gas. While I filled it up I bought food and ate on the way there. Got pulled over in Nebraska twice but got off with a warning both times....
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