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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 09:44 AM
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/13/...E71C07F20110213
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 09:58 AM
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Back when I first joined s2ki in 01, a guy on OT posted a pic of his speedo at 140 driving to Las Vegas. It could have been 140 kph, but he swore it wasn't. I thought "WTF, who are these crazy people?"
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 10:05 AM
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I'm not one to get all preachy about speeding. 66mph is not the same as 140, but this guy was just nuts. 50mph gusts, downed trees in the road?
And then to tell the cop he was filming his speedo? The cop may have had probable cause to watch the video anyway, but why make it that easy on him?
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by The Raptor,Feb 13 2011, 01:58 PM
Back when I first joined s2ki in 01, a guy on OT posted a pic of his speedo at 140 driving to Las Vegas. It could have been 140 kph, but he swore it wasn't. I thought "WTF, who are these crazy people?"
heh. have you seen this one?
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwFJXgIn9Yo [/media]
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 03:56 PM
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I've only sped when around friends, otherwise I obey traffic laws better than most people and chuckle when trucks get mad at me for going 5 mph over when they want to go 10 mph over and aggressively floor it around me.
What's up with the people filming for youtube? Where's the fun in that even? If you're looking for an audience why not go to a drag strip where there will be a lot of onlookers in the stands :\.
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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holy s***.

170 + top down at night.

thats crazy and irresponsible. fail
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 06:27 PM
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top was up.
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 09:03 PM
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my bad. audio came on just at the point he said top down whore.
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by thebig33tuna,Feb 13 2011, 10:27 PM
top was up.
and speedo was set to kmph...
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 12:16 PM
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^^That looked like MPH to me. He redlined 3rd gear at 87, redlined 6th gear at 170...seems more like mph. In KPH 6th gear redline would be something like 270.
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