sorry its 100k for P platers
>From: "1600 BoY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>its 80kmh in SA ifu wanted to know. for both P and L-platers.
>
>
>>From: "Adam Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: Re: Police
>>Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:09:22 +1000
>>
>>that doesn't apply to P platers in Victoria, i know it does in NSW,not
>>sure
>>about any other states tho
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 9:30 PM
>>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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>> > > > >
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