Anyone Just Have One Of Those Nights?

[viperos]

ok, so after the local BM meet up north... we cruise on down to Alki beach... very nice night... we decide to take another cruise up north to Denny's in Kirkland, for a warm place to chat. on the way up, a cop won't let me move over into the 405 north exit lane, and so I stay on 520... he pulls me over (didn't do anything!) ---> it's a "routine" vehicle safty check... whatever the crap that is... "turn on your left signal, right signal, hazard lights, brakes, ok, good... have a safe night." so, now I'm pissed... and on my way to kirkland, decide to pass a few people who look drunk... pop into the carpool lane, hit about 80 on my speedo... notice a car w/o lights get on from the shoulder, "man, I'm screwed".... state patrol.... did you realize you were going 96? "WTF!, I was in 3rd gear!" oh well... can't do anything about it at that time... so, w/i the course of about 15 minutes... pulled over twice! man, what a crappy night! Time to hire my traffic lawyer again I guess

-oh, btw, $372 ticket, and "have a safe trip" - twice! holy crap...

 

[tarch]

sorry to hear that man

 

[ironmedic]

talk about total insanity! its like u cant drive your hot rod anywhere these days

 

[WANNA_BE_GT]

Yep, Brian had a pretty harsh night last night. But that comes with the teritory of driving a Red Mustang. Sorry Brian. Buck up, you could always buy my saleen, no one pulls that thing over

 

[BrianV]

Seriously.. man u got rotten luck or you really drive a lot worse than you think you do

I was scared last night too, tons of cops up on Mt. Ranier for some reason.. but man is it FUN to drive my car up there now with the suspension work I've done.. cant wait to put in this K-mem and coilovers that should be here any day now!

 

[viperos]

hey brian... you back home now? how was it?

-but the more important question... hows the new vortec thingy working out?

-and yes, I know I need to do something about my driving... but know it's not "aggressive" driving... not doing that, so, maybe something else... not sure yet what it is though if I could afford the insurance, I'd get a saleen... nice 95 supercharged 351 but seriously, I might need to retire to the taurus again for a while

 

[tarch]

hey brian... you back home now? how was it?

-but the more important question... hows the new vortec thingy working out?

-and yes, I know I need to do something about my driving... but know it's not "aggressive" driving... not doing that, so, maybe something else... not sure yet what it is though if I could afford the insurance, I'd get a saleen... nice 95 supercharged 351 but seriously, I might need to retire to the taurus again for a while

no no taurus

 

[BrianV]

I vote for an S351.. that would solve all your problems

Vortech thingy is workin great, think I might be having spark blow out, so I bought a Boost-a-spark to see if that helps anything.

 

[Gravel]

Dude, 96 in a 60.... Damn you are lucky they did not give you the rubber glove....

 

[viperos]

yeah, but I was doing 80 according to my speedo... not to mention, I don't think I can even do 96 in 3rd gear... if I can, it's way above my power peak. but what can I say... no, I wasn't doing 96, I was doing 80-85 at most! (it's still a ticket! and I can't have any one my record if I want to keep my low insurance )

-even Bill Gates faught his last ticket... he won too (he already had like 5 on his record, and they'd take his licence if he got another speeding ticket )

 

[928Fan]

www.mucklestone.com

Jeannie just got me off free and clear on a 90 in a 65 ticket. Her fee is $350. Worth every penny. Good luck!

 

[viperos]

thnx, but I already have a really good lawyer lined up... been w/ me from the beginning... 4 tickets dismissed... only $200 (I get the "frequent member discount" don't know if that's a good thing or not )

 

[Rootus]

I don't think I can even do 96 in 3rd gear...

With 3.08 gears, you'd be just under 5200 RPM ... about where you'd shift a stock 95 GT at the track.

Time to get yourself a GPS and see how accurate your speedo is. "My speedo is wrong" probably won't get you out of many tickets .

Dave

 

[tarch]

With 3.08 gears, you'd be just under 5200 RPM ... about where you'd shift a stock 95 GT at the track.

Time to get yourself a GPS and see how accurate your speedo is. "My speedo is wrong" probably won't get you out of many tickets .

Dave

hahaha you said GPS

 

[viperos]

whatever man... btw, I shift at 5050-5150... not any higher at the track... my power curve stops at 4900... so really not beneficial...

-and yes, I should test my speedo... but what I meant earlier was I NEVER put my car that high RPM on the road... never (except for that one mistake w/ Kalin.. .6grand... oops )

 

[tarch]

whatever man... btw, I shift at 5050-5150... not any higher at the track... my power curve stops at 4900... so really not beneficial...

-and yes, I should test my speedo... but what I meant earlier was I NEVER put my car that high RPM on the road... never (except for that one mistake w/ Kalin.. .6grand... oops )

the agreement was not to tell anybody. ah well!

 

[89MustangGX]

I definitely saw some aggressive driving during the trips I've made to BM, so I wouldn't really be surprised if Police are extra watchful for Mustangs on Saturday nights in the area.

Words of advice from personal experience, it doesn't take much to put a group of people under a microscope, but it does take a lot to get out from under it.

On the east coast we do a LOT more cruising than around here, and in places where the driving style has gotten out of hand they turn into complete lockdown -- ticket just about everyone for anything just to discourage people from being there. Do yourselves a favor and drive responsibly -- there are plenty of places around here to open the car up and not have to worry about bad stuff happening.

BTW -- I'm not saying I haven't done it, I've done my fair share (maybe even more), but I've learned the hard way about stuff like this.

 

[viperos]

yeah, I guess if I have to make an excuse (which I hate, I hate all excusses ) is to blame my boss who writes the schedules... she always has me working on Wednesdays nights... so I can't race... and that's what I NEED to keep that monkey off my back... about 20 runs/week for a solid month does me good for about 8 months... then the next 2 are kinda limbo area...

-I've started just setting some good music, setting the cruise control, and relaxing and enjoying the trip pretty much my only option...

 

[SLIGHTLY_INSANE]

I definitely saw some aggressive driving during the trips I've made to BM, so I wouldn't really be surprised if Police are extra watchful for Mustangs on Saturday nights in the area.

Words of advice from personal experience, it doesn't take much to put a group of people under a microscope, but it does take a lot to get out from under it.

On the east coast we do a LOT more cruising than around here, and in places where the driving style has gotten out of hand they turn into complete lockdown -- ticket just about everyone for anything just to discourage people from being there. Do yourselves a favor and drive responsibly -- there are plenty of places around here to open the car up and not have to worry about bad stuff happening.

BTW -- I'm not saying I haven't done it, I've done my fair share (maybe even more), but I've learned the hard way about stuff like this.

BM has calmed down quite a bit, the last few times i have shown up there was 3+cops and just a bunch of streetrods and such. Just a few of the old guys. BUT he was pulled over on 520 which is no where near BM, quite a bit south. Oh well i guess i just miss the good nights.

Craig