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Old Dec 11, 2022 | 07:38 PM
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To all Vette owners. If you travel north on I-25 from Las Cruces, the Border Checkpoint has installed new speed bumps, It scrapes the bottom of my C5 (stock ride height). You must go over them at a diagonal or you will scrape the bottom of you car. They look to be about 7 or 8 inches in height. Be forewarned.

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Originally Posted by nmz06
To all Vette owners. If you travel north on I-25 from Las Cruces, the Boarder Checkpoint has installed new speed bumps, It scrapes the bottom of my C5 (stock ride height). You must go over them at a diagonal or you will scrape the bottom of you car. They look to be about 7 or 8 inches in height. Be forewarned.
They have a check point for illegal boarders?
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Old Dec 11, 2022 | 08:31 PM
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definitely reason #2 not to be in NM, buncha weirdo's out there anyways
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Old Dec 11, 2022 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Swany00
definitely reason #2 not to be in NM, buncha weirdo's out there anyways
Was there once three years ago for about a week, that was more than enough. And i did hit that check point going from Las Cruces to TorC
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Old Dec 11, 2022 | 09:00 PM
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This place beats where I came from in Northern Illinois. I can drive my car year round and they don't put salt on our roads to rot our cars. I pay about a third in taxes than before. Everybody smiles and says Hi even if we don't know each other. Those are my kind of weirdos, I will take them.
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Shhh, let em think this place sucks. Keep it secret, we love it here, except the texans of course
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Originally Posted by nmz06
To all Vette owners. If you travel north on I-25 from Las Cruces, the Border Checkpoint has installed new speed bumps, It scrapes the bottom of my C5 (stock ride height). You must go over them at a diagonal or you will scrape the bottom of you car. They look to be about 7 or 8 inches in height. Be forewarned.
Thanks for the warning.

I did that a year ago and averaged over 105 mph for the trip. The check station didn't have any speed bumps then, and the guards didn't even ask any questions, just waved me through. Never even had to stop.

I felt like a yellow Moses parting the Red Sea. They just moved out of the left lane when they saw me coming! Sometimes, there are just those golden trips!
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Not sure when I might get out that way again, but thanks for the warning.
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Originally Posted by Force-1
They have a check point for illegal boarders?
Nobody wants to rent a place to an illegal.
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Thank you for this Informative Post ~ Should be a " Sticky " in the Southwest Section for a moar targeted demographic audience



Speed Bump Responsibly Be aware of the Dangers
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Originally Posted by owc6
Thanks for the warning.

I did that a year ago and averaged over 105 mph for the trip. The check station didn't have any speed bumps then, and the guards didn't even ask any questions, just waved me through. Never even had to stop.

I felt like a yellow Moses parting the Red Sea. They just moved out of the left lane when they saw me coming! Sometimes, there are just those golden trips!

Your license plate was read by a reader, and you were photographed and passed through facial recognition and so were probably already cleared to pass.
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