Whys that?? Im always sitting on 100-120 on that road. Are you saying cops
sit on it???
Scott
Davo
-----Original Message-----
From: Geordie Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, 30 August, 2000 9:13
Subject: RE: Police
>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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