On the M4 you'd be bloody lucky to get up to 90 let alone dare to go over
the speed limit.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Davidson
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 August 2000 7:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Police
>
>
> Yeah, theres some on the M4 here in Syd (near the olympic stadium
> and stuff)
> But there always on 90. My guess is they set them to 90 so
> people will just
> sit on 100 and not over.
>
> Scott
> Davo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geordie Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, 29 August, 2000 9:43
> Subject: RE: Police
>
>
> >They have brought in the electronic speed signs in NSW , they only have 2
> >digits on them though!! :)
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Monday, 28 August 2000 9:31 PM
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: Re: Police
> >>
> >>
> >> Gday
> >>
> >> Yes i just looked up a 1994 road users handbook and P platers are
> >> only allowed to
> >> travel at a maximum of 80kph. I also rekon acceleration is better
> >> than top speeds
> >> on the roads, if only my car accelerated good. And i agree speeding in
> >> residential areas is silly especially when its schools and
> >> shopping centres
> >> around. But on the duel carrige way highways i cant see why we
> >> have 110kph limit.
> >> On a clear day with not much traffic 140kph limit would be
> >> totally safe. We
> >> should have those adjusting limits like in Europe. They have
> >> electronic boards
> >> that have the limit on them depending on the weather conditions
> >> and amount of
> >> traffic on the road. Its a great idea. Somehow i dont think the
> Australian
> >> authorities are progressive enough to introduce this idea. And
> >> Chris how many
> >> revs was your 4 speed doing at 150kph? And what do you rekon is
> >> the highest
> >> cruising speed for it?
> >>
> >> Pele.
> >>
> >> Chris Halpin wrote:
> >>
> >> > I've had my 'safety yellow' datto up to about 150, but at
> 2.5 times the
> >> > speed limit, I decided to slow down to a safer speed. This was
> >> with just a
> >> > rebuilt L16 and 4 speed too. This was a few months ago, and
> >> don't try huge
> >> > speeds anymore, after realising how stupid it was the first
> >> time. Speed's
> >> > for the tracks - acceleration is for the roads! Call me lame,
> >> but I recon
> >> > speeding (excessively that is) is pointless, especially where
> >> your not only
> >> > puting yourself in danger but other people.
> >> >
> >> > >From: Michael Cassidy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > >Subject: Re: Police
> >> > >Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 03:36:43 +1000
> >> > >
> >> > >I've gotten my 510 to 160kms, wouldn't got much faster with a
> >> 4speed and
> >> > >stock
> >> > >L18, handled quite well at that speed.
> >> > >
> >> > >Gregg Sheridan wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > The quickest I've had my 16 up to is about 160 k's. I
> >> slowed down when I
> >> > > > went past a power pole with flowers stuck to it, that woke
> >> me up a bit.
> >> > >Plus
> >> > > > the fact that I thought the doors were all going to fall off!
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Gregg
> >> > > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > > From: Terry & Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > Date: Sunday, 27 August 2000 2:28
> >> > > > Subject: RE: Police
> >> > > >
> >> > > > >Gregg,
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >You'd be surprised how stable a 1200 coupe is a high
> >> speed, compared to
> >> > >a
> >> > > > >1600 sedan that is. I could hit the rev limiter on the
> 1600/FJturbo
> >> > >1600
> >> > > > >down conrod and that was 130mph or 210kph (and a real hand
> >> full). it
> >> > >had a
> >> > > > >4.375 diff as it was geared for Wakefield Park and not
> >> that suitable
> >> > >for
> >> > > > >Bathurst. I only raced it there once as I just happened to
> >> get invited
> >> > >to
> >> > > > go
> >> > > > >there with late notice to a meeting one weekend with a
> >> bunch of ford
> >> > >escort
> >> > > > >guys. I blew them all away especially up mountain
> straight and you
> >> > >should
> >> > > > >have seen the looks I got as this Datto that looked like a
> >> rally car
> >> > >roared
> >> > > > >past them and it was worth the price of admission, I
> >> didn't just crawl
> >> > >past
> >> > > > >them I smoked them badly. That 1600 cornered far better
> >> around right
> >> > >hand
> >> > > > >corners (maybe it was in my head) but .
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >I could enter what is known as Bridgestone corner these
> >> days at 100 mph
> >> > >in
> >> > > > >4th with the right foot through the floor and most of the bda's
> >> > >couldn't
> >> > > > >even clock 100mph up the hill. In my 1200 GX1400/4 spd the
> >> quickest it
> >> > >was
> >> > > > >recorded at Bathurst down conrod was 120mph or 193 kph as
> >> it would only
> >> > > > pull
> >> > > > >7000 rpm with a 3.9 diff and it was around 10 seconds a
> >> lap slower than
> >> > >the
> >> > > > >Charger E37 R/T at 144mph or 230kph at an average lap
> >> speed of only 92
> >> > >mph
> >> > > > >so how fast was George's Z18 turbo Bluebird.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >terry
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >-----Original Message-----
> >> > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gregg
> >> > >Sheridan
> >> > > > >Sent: Saturday, 26 August 2000 9:03 PM
> >> > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > > > >Subject: Re: Police
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >120 k's in a 1200 would be pretty scary shit I reckon, let
> >> alone 223!
> >> > >:)
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >Gregg
> >> > > > >-----Original Message-----
> >> > > > >From: Andrew Denniss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > >Date: Saturday, 26 August 2000 8:03
> >> > > > >Subject: Re: Police
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >>Mine aint a 1600 but the 1200 has clocked 223km down conrod at
> >> > > > supersprint
> >> > > > >with
> >> > > > >>CA18 my A series it clocked 192kmh :)
> >> > > > >>thats pretty damn fast
> >> > > > >>Andrew
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >>Adam Jackson wrote:
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >>> what's the highest speed and of you blokes have ahd
> >> your 1600 upto?
> >> > >just
> >> > > > >out
> >> > > > >>> of interest
> >> > > > >>>
> >> > > > >>> hehe
> >> > > > >>>
> >> > > > >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > > >>> From: "Julian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > >>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > >>> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 1:50 PM
> >> > > > >>> Subject: Re: Police
> >> > > > >>>
> >> > > > >>> > i laugh now cos if i was in my skyline they wouldn't
> >> have had a
> >> > > > chance.
> >> > > > >I
> >> > > > >>> would
> >> > > > >>> > have been home and wouldn't have even known..
> >> > > > >>> >
> >> > > > >>> > i wonder what they would have done then.....
> >> > > > >>> >
> >> > > > >>> > - Julian
> >> > > > >>> >
> >> > > > >>> > Mark Ward wrote:
> >> > > > >>> >
> >> > > > >>> > > Goin' down a hill is a bit rough. We usually sit,
> >> believe it or
> >> > > > not,
> >> > > > >at
> >> > > > >>> the
> >> > > > >>> > > top of hills and get better results with people
> >> booting it up
> >> > >the
> >> > > > >hill.
> >> > > > >>> > > Better still, they have no avenue for complaint.
> >> Couldn't be
> >> > >fairer
> >> > > > >>> than
> >> > > > >>> > > that.
> >> > > > >>> > >
> >> > > > >>> > > PS: Those new V6 rodeo's go pretty hard for a
> tonka truck.
> >> > >You'd
> >> > > > be
> >> > > > >>> > > surprised.
> >> > > > >>> > >
> >> > > > >>> > > Wardy :)
> >> > > > >>> > >
> >> > > > >>> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > > >>> > > From: "Julian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > >>> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > >>> > > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 9:25 PM
> >> > > > >>> > > Subject: Re: Police
> >> > > > >>> > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > You lucky, got busted earlier this year doing 120
> >> in 80 zone.
> >> > > > >Asshole
> >> > > > >>> > > cops
> >> > > > >>> > > > waiting for someone to come down the hill
> fast. Lucky it
> >> > >wasn't
> >> > > > in
> >> > > > >my
> >> > > > >>> old
> >> > > > >>> > > car,
> >> > > > >>> > > > would have lost my licence for long time cos i
> >> was flat to the
> >> > > > >floor
> >> > > > >>> at
> >> > > > >>> > > that
> >> > > > >>> > > > moment. It was 10 or 11 pm on a country road
> >> which turns to
> >> > > > 100kph
> >> > > > >>> about
> >> > > > >>> > > 500
> >> > > > >>> > > > metres down the road (they caught up to me in the
> >> 100 zone)
> >> > > > >>> > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > Funny thing was they didn't put on their lights until
> they
> >> > >were
> >> > > > >right
> >> > > > >>> > > behind me.
> >> > > > >>> > > > I was curious to know what this truck thing was
> >> doing closing
> >> > >on
> >> > > > >me..
> >> > > > >>> it
> >> > > > >>> > > was a
> >> > > > >>> > > > rodeo divvy van with the big cage.... until
> the red and
> >> > >blue's
> >> > > > >came
> >> > > > >>> on
> >> > > > >>> > > and they
> >> > > > >>> > > > i shit my self.... Pity i didn't keep going at
> >> the same rate i
> >> > >was
> >> > > > >cos
> >> > > > >>> > > they
> >> > > > >>> > > > wouldn't have caught me and i wouldn't have known
> >> they were
> >> > > > >there....
> >> > > > >>> > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > anyway, 1 month suspension and $220 fine and now
> >> one point..
> >> > >am
> >> > > > >not
> >> > > > >>> > > speeding
> >> > > > >>> > > > for a year from about now.... :(
> >> > > > >>> > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > tip, don't speed past plenty valley christian
> school any
> >> > >time...
> >> > > > >>> > > (Yarrambat.)
> >> > > > >>> > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > - Julian
> >> > > > >>> > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > Davidson wrote:
> >> > > > >>> > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > > I dont like em. The only time i have actually
> >> had respect
> >> > >for a
> >> > > > >>> copper
> >> > > > >>> > > was
> >> > > > >>> > > > > when he let me off for doing 120 in a 60
> zone. I had 1
> >> > >point
> >> > > > >left
> >> > > > >>> on my
> >> > > > >>> > > > > licence at the time aswell. He was like "you
> >> flew past us
> >> > >at
> >> > > > the
> >> > > > >>> > > > > round-a-bout...didnt you se us" My reply was
> >> "no, obviously
> >> > > > not"
> >> > > > >>> There
> >> > > > >>> > > was
> >> > > > >>> > > > > a long stretch of road after that and was
> >> tested the datto
> >> > >for
> >> > > > >>> speed. I
> >> > > > >>> > > > > honestly didnt see them at the rounda bout.
> >> The only reason
> >> > >he
> >> > > > >let
> >> > > > >>> me
> >> > > > >>> > > off
> >> > > > >>> > > > > was because i said he had no proof and i
> >> estimated my speed
> >> > >at
> >> > > > >70kph
> >> > > > >>> > > because
> >> > > > >>> > > > > of the Mph speedo. I felt like the luckyest
> >> kunt that day.
> >> > >I
> >> > > > >now
> >> > > > >>> have
> >> > > > >>> > > a
> >> > > > >>> > > > > full 12 points and still speeding as bad. If
> >> not worse. :)
> >> > > > >>> > > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > > Scott
> >> > > > >>> > > > > Davo
> >> > > > >>> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > > >>> > > > > From: Andy Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > >>> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > >>> > > > > Date: Friday, 25 August, 2000 17:01
> >> > > > >>> > > > > Subject: Re: Police
> >> > > > >>> > > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >Why do policemen like Datto's? The only time
> >> I got booked
> >> > >I
> >> > > > was
> >> > > > >>> doing
> >> > > > >>> > > 118
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >in the middle of no-where. The policeman had
> >> a new laser
> >> > >speed
> >> > > > >gun
> >> > > > >>> and
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >apologised because he couldn't let me off...
> >> I even had a
> >> > >lady
> >> > > > >cop
> >> > > > >>> > > pull me
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >up for doing 62 in a 50 zone and laughed as
> >> she let me off.
> >> > > > She
> >> > > > >>> said,
> >> > > > >>> > > "We
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >heard you coming hehe!" Lucky I wasn't touching the
> >> > > > >accelerator.
> >> > > > >>> I
> >> > > > >>> > > have
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >nothing but respect for police who do their
> >> job. As long
> >> > >as
> >> > > > >people
> >> > > > >>> > > don't
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >winge when they get caught.
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >Andy.
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>From: James & Chirryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>Subject: Re: 180B SSS coupe
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 16:26:39 +0800
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >> > On a similar subject the best 510 i
> ever had in my
> >> > >youth
> >> > > > had
> >> > > > >a
> >> > > > >>> 180B
> >> > > > >>> > > SSS
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >> > engine (twin hitachis).. It was a lovely
> >> motor car and
> >> > > > very
> >> > > > >>> quick
> >> > > > >>> > > for
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>its
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >> > time.. I once got booked by the cops in
> NSW doing
> >> > >128mph..
> >> > > > >>> Luckily
> >> > > > >>> > > the
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>cop
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >> > was a dattophile and let me off after i
> gave him a
> >> > >drive..
> >> > > > >>> Can't
> >> > > > >>> > > see
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>that
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >> > happening these days
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >> > cheers
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >> > Mick
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>Not unless you get pulled over , and Wardy's
> >> on duty :)
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>james.
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >>
> >> > > > >>> > > > > >
> >> > > > >>> > > > >
> >> > > > >>> > >
> >> > > > >>>
> >> > > >
> >> > >
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