From: richard on 3 Sep 2009 16:44 On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:25:29 -0400, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:44:52 -0700, PHATRS wrote: > >> >> >> I did 298 km/h in my RenaultSport Megane 225 the other day down Toorak >> Rd. > > >Hmmm... > >Speedo in my Scion tC said 122 (MPH), but GPS only registered 116. >Which do I believe? > >Would have tried to go a little more, but was coming up on an 18 wheeler >and a blind hill. I-91 in VT, 2 year old pavement. Nice and smooth. > >Must be getting cowardly in my 'old age'. I took the Hachi up to 131, then >to 125 for ~25 minutes, but only hit 122 for about 2 minutes. > >Maybe another run next time...see what top speed is... > What's the phone number for the Vermont state troopers?
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 3 Sep 2009 17:52 On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:44:13 -0700, richard wrote: > On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:25:29 -0400, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> > wrote: > >>On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:44:52 -0700, PHATRS wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I did 298 km/h in my RenaultSport Megane 225 the other day down Toorak >>> Rd. >> >> >>Hmmm... >> >>Speedo in my Scion tC said 122 (MPH), but GPS only registered 116. >>Which do I believe? >> >>Would have tried to go a little more, but was coming up on an 18 wheeler >>and a blind hill. I-91 in VT, 2 year old pavement. Nice and smooth. >> >>Must be getting cowardly in my 'old age'. I took the Hachi up to 131, then >>to 125 for ~25 minutes, but only hit 122 for about 2 minutes. >> >>Maybe another run next time...see what top speed is... >> > > > What's the phone number for the Vermont state troopers? 802-328-7448 (use your imagination, or your telephone) ;p
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 3 Sep 2009 17:57 On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:31:33 -0700, Michael wrote: > > When leaving Ontario for the Michigan border (Sarnia), I finally > realized I had a km-to-mile converter staring me in the face. LOL! Amazing how many people don't realize that! My Supra came from Downtown Toyota in Toronto, so I have a KM/H to MPH converter in front of me! I had someone get in the car and look at the dash and say, "WOW! A 240 MPH speedometer!"
From: Guy Olsen on 3 Sep 2009 21:46 On Sep 3, 3:02 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:39:32 -0700, Michael wrote: > > > I liked the warning signs in Ontario: Go 50 km/h over the speed > > limit, get a roadside vehicle seizure and loss of license... we need > > something like that here in the US. > > A guy I work with was telling me this. I guess if you get stopped at 130 > KMH (80 MPH) they take your car and your license and leave you right > there with nothing, and something like a $1,000 fine to boot...? > > 50KMH=31 MPH+62MPH=93MPH. A bit more than the 80 I mentioned before. Only in an 80km/h zone; on a freeway with a 100 km/h limit, one would have to go 150 (93 mi/h) for those overly harsh consequences to kick in. I have to wonder how often it really happens in practice, though. I suspect that there were a lot of +49 km/h tickets written after that took effect. I also wonder how they deal with US drivers caught for > +50. BTW, we definitely do NOT need those kind of penalties here in the US!! Guy Olsen
From: Hachiroku on 4 Sep 2009 01:56
On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:08:53 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:h7ot3q$vhg$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message >> news:xHSnm.194166$ZN.89796(a)newsfe23.iad... >>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>> news:h7osr7$tqp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>> >>>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message >>>> news:YCGnm.190835$ZN.76134(a)newsfe23.iad... >>>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>>>> news:pan.2009.09.02.23.25.27.998935(a)e86.GTS... >>>>>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:44:52 -0700, PHATRS wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I did 298 km/h in my RenaultSport Megane 225 the other day down >>>>>>> Toorak >>>>>>> Rd. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hmmm... >>>>>> >>>>>> Speedo in my Scion tC said 122 (MPH), but GPS only registered 116. >>>>>> Which do I believe? >>>>>> >>>>>> Would have tried to go a little more, but was coming up on an 18 >>>>>> wheeler >>>>>> and a blind hill. I-91 in VT, 2 year old pavement. Nice and smooth. >>>>>> >>>>>> Must be getting cowardly in my 'old age'. I took the Hachi up to 131, >>>>>> then >>>>>> to 125 for ~25 minutes, but only hit 122 for about 2 minutes. >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe another run next time...see what top speed is... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Wait for winter and add 20 mph. Do the world (and your mother) a favor. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> You are seriously f---ed up! You have wires crossed, cut, misrouted, and >>>> connected to the wrong subsystems. You have loose screws and entire >>>> assemblies still in the box that are critical for proper operation. >>>> >>>> You need a brain transplant -- with a chicken. >>> >>> >>> Read the Hack's first post, the one with which he began THIS THREAD. Tell >>> me if you want someone like him on the road, or if he should kill himself >>> before he takes someone else with him. >>> >>> Read his post slowly, and then read it again. >>> >> >> I did read it, and we'd all be better off if you got the brain transplant. > > > You're lying if you don't bash him for what he described. If someone like > him killed a car full of people, you say the death penalty was the right > thing for him. There was absolutely NO ONE on the road between me and the truck. Don't read well, do you? |