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Us country boys ain't use to that!
"Spirited" Driving
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 73,568
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From: Somewhere in Mo
St. Jude Donor '09-'10, '14
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 18,643
Likes: 14
From: Norman Oklahoma - The Only State in the Union with no Blue Counties!
I drive mine spirited all the time. Every time I drive my Vette I thank God for the realization of a dream!
and for my Valentine One!
and for my Valentine One!
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,271
Likes: 1
From: PA
80mph is a very common speed around here on some of the highways. Over that and you are looking for trouble...does not matter how fast I'm going there is always some dipcrap in a civic that is trying to outrun me. That's where it gets scary. I try to do my thing on lonely roads.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 758
Likes: 0
From: Neosho MO
We all drove Arkansas Tail of the Dragon yesterday, and yes, there was some spirited driving going on! 
We had 15 in the group, and we put on a little over 300 miles. I had to laugh, I had a smaller cooler in the back, and it kept sliding back and forth, but when we got to the hairpin turns, the lid popped off, water was sloshing, and the road won, until I found a place where I could pull over, and secure the cooler. It was a great day!
We had 15 in the group, and we put on a little over 300 miles. I had to laugh, I had a smaller cooler in the back, and it kept sliding back and forth, but when we got to the hairpin turns, the lid popped off, water was sloshing, and the road won, until I found a place where I could pull over, and secure the cooler. It was a great day!
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Instructor
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 128
Likes: 21
From: Meridian ID
OMG I absolutely LOVE round-a-bouts!
23mph with active handling on and the car is pushing bad . . . 47ish with it off and it feels way more planted and lets me go from way hard left to zing off on one of the streets to the next round-a-bout.
23mph with active handling on and the car is pushing bad . . . 47ish with it off and it feels way more planted and lets me go from way hard left to zing off on one of the streets to the next round-a-bout.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 2,055
Likes: 864
From: So Cal
The fastest I ever got pulled over for was in 1995 on a stretch where I hit 165 before shutting it down. The LEO's said they only got their car up to 125 before I shut it down. No ticket. Nice guys. No radar. The old military ID didn't hurt either.
Radar detector=spirited driving enabler.
Radar detector=spirited driving enabler.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,170
Likes: 48
From: Yuma CO
Senior Member
Cruise-In V Veteran
Okay, I have to cry Foul!!!!!!!!!! 
That's just cheatin' man!!!!!!
And I would do it in half a heart beat if I could!!!!!
Actually, at my age I am rarely tempted to exceed the limits, I just enjoy having and driving one.
DSTURBD
That's just cheatin' man!!!!!!
And I would do it in half a heart beat if I could!!!!!
Actually, at my age I am rarely tempted to exceed the limits, I just enjoy having and driving one.
DSTURBD
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 2,275
Likes: 5
From: Lake Oswego, Near Portland Oregon
"And I agree about the hwy ramps. It's a nuisance to have to brake at the end of the ramp because of going faster than the rest of the cars."
My sentiments exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My sentiments exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
