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Yes, thought I always thought it was called Penfield. Looked it up on Google and you're correct. I was driving 5 players on our high school basketball team home from a summer tournament in St. Marys. Hit 128 twice same night.Are you talking Rockton mountain descending into Clearfield? I had a HS classmate back in the 80s who claimed he hit some ridiculous speed, at least 140, in an El Camino on the same road. I did not believe him as I figured he would be off the side of the hill at those speeds in that vehicle. I did not believe him and made fun of him mercilessly. That road was responsible for my first two tickets - one as I was about to start down and running late for work and the other as I was about to start up on the way to school a year later.
Greg I have this car. I have a 2007 Shelby GT500 red and white stripes. I purchased last year with 5000 miles. The car is a beauty. The paint is absolutely perfect no swirls. A great value for an American muscle car.I'm currently looking for a GT 500, 2007-2009. Red with red and black interior. But when I find one for the right price I believe I'll try and stay out of 5th and 6th gears....
What year is yours?
It's really hard to say. When you're chasing someone at real high speeds it puts alot of the rest of the motoring public at risk too. Hopefully traffic is scarce. Being polite, honest, and probably humorous were always big factors in what I issued to the offender. I pulled over a girl, (PSU Grad), once heading eastbound on I-80 and asked her where she was going so fast.......she says she is headed to a bachelorette party on Long island, and was running a little late. I started walked back to the car to issue her a Non-Point pinch when she gets out of her car and yells, "Trooper......come look at this". I walk back towards her car as she pulling out this big sheet cake shaped like a big cock and balls....flesh colored icing ta Boot! I'm dying laughing on the side of the road!!! Tell her to get the hell out of here and slow down.Now that you've revealed yourself...what's the best way to handle being pulled over for driving high speed?
Other than the obvious which is to hit the gas and hope you get to the next exit before you are seen exiting...
On several friends Kawasaki 750 two strokes over 100 but the wind resistance got too great for any more. Shotgun in a friends 1968 Dodge Super Bee 383, 145 mph on the speedo, it wasn't calibrated so accuracy is in question. The friend said he hit 155 when driving solo. I was 16 at the time and scared, big time. This guy was an amazing driver, should have moved to the stock car racing circuit.I used to run my Kawasaki KZ-1000 LTD above 140 mph regularly back in 79-81. Rt 322 on the way to/from State College was always screaming to go faster and I loved the I-95 (now I-295) stretch from Langhorne to the Scudder Falls bridge north of Trenton. Got above 150 a few times. Glancing down at the speedometer was the scariest part. Could only go about 120 or so with the fairing on as it would begin to shake violently.
Those 750's were death machines and the 500's were even worse! The front ends would come apart at high speed, and it was easy to get to high speed. I had a KZ900 before I got the LTD. Used to drag race at Atco in New Jersey when I was 17 and 18 years old.On several friends Kawasaki 750 two strokes over 100 but the wind resistance got too great for any more. Shotgun in a friends 1968 Dodge Super Bee 383, 145 mph on the speedo, it wasn't calibrated so accuracy is in question. The friend said he hit 155 when driving solo. I was 16 at the time and scared, big time. This guy was an amazing driver, should have moved to the stock car racing circuit.
I hit 133 on the turnpike coming from Pittsburgh to Philly in a 2016 Audi A4. Honestly, I hit the governor on a downhill portion and I felt like I could’ve easily hit 150mph in that car.
Fastest I’ve ever been pulled over is 104 in a 55. Cop cut me a huge break as 31+ over is automatic loss of license. I paid a (large) fine but didn’t lose my license.
I don’t think I’ve ever hit 100, nor do I have any desire to do so. I did notice I had my minivan (Chrysler Pacifica) at 93 driving back from Florida a couple weeks ago. That’s probably about my highest, five or take a couple MPH.After reading the thread, I feel like a total pansy. The best I can cop to is 90 MPH on a Montana interstate...and I thought that was daring!
I’ve been on that road and you’re right. I was going 95-100 most of the way and passing/getting passed in equal measureIf anyone lives in Phoenix and drives to Tucson that is a great road. Speed limit was 75 when I lived there and had to travel to one of my stores in Tucson. I would drive 90-95 in my galant and cars would fly past me. Mostly straight away.
Those 750's were death machines and the 500's were even worse! The front ends would come apart at high speed, and it was easy to get to high speed. I had a KZ900 before I got the LTD. Used to drag race at Atco in New Jersey when I was 17 and 18 years old.
I wonder how many cars these days have governors .... I used to hit the governor often in my 2001 Silverado as it was set at just under 100mphI hit 133 on the turnpike coming from Pittsburgh to Philly in a 2016 Audi A4. Honestly, I hit the governor on a downhill portion and I felt like I could’ve easily hit 150mph in that car.
Fastest I’ve ever been pulled over is 104 in a 55. Cop cut me a huge break as 31+ over is automatic loss of license. I paid a (large) fine but didn’t lose my license.
My neighbor has a Ford GT .... for a second I thought you were talking about the same car.Yep, I understand it's a little dangerous but just had to open it up. I am always very conscious and aware of other traffic. Last year I purchased a Shelby GT 500 and have had some mods done. Just doing a little living.
My wife hit 96 with our family in the car crossing western North Dakota, that's our individual automobile family record. It seemed like 65 on I 90 in ND.
I worked with Daewoo when they were launching a car in NA market in the early '00s.160 on my 07 R6. I95 N out of Vegas to Indian Springs.
in a car, 125 in my uncles 98 BMW 328IS on US30 heading W towards the Susquehanna.
LOL...you remind me of a friend's story. His 70 something mom got pulled over for doing 105 many years ago and he had to go to the station because they wouldn't let her drive (40 mph over the speed limit). She had never even had so much as a parking ticket before. When he picker her up he said "mom, what the hell were you doing going that fast?" She said she had the car in the dealership (a green dodge dart) and the mechanic said the carburetor was full of crud and deposits because she rarely drove over 35 mph. he told her that every once in a while she has to take it out and blow the crud off the carburetor by opening it up on the interstate. So she now goes out once a month, when she gets her SS check, and drives for ten minutes at 100mph on the interstate.While I’ve been in my car (2010 S4) when it’s been to the limiter at 155, I’ve only driven to about 140 in it. Probably once or twice a year I see 130+ in it - open road with no one around and a chance to open it up. The car drives the same at 40, 70, 100, and 130 - rock solid, predictable, and wants to keep going.
Back when I was going to Philly a lot I would regularly cruise at 90-95 on the turnpike - makes for a quick trip from Harrisburg.
Waze. I’ve retired my Valentine One.What radar detector do you guys have? I haven't owned one since the 80's but now feel I need buy one soon.
Haha well we B8/B8.5 S4 owners have been told to drive more aggressively to keep the secondary air injection system clear of carbon build up. Audi paid for one SAI cleaning for me at 50k miles, I took their advice and drove more aggressively and made it to 140k for the second cleaning.he told her that every once in a while she has to take it out and blow the crud off the carburetor by opening it up on the interstate.
I worked with Daewoo when they were launching a car in NA market in the early '00s.
They asked me where we could test drive the car to do some cruise control calibration, so naturally I told them Vegas.
So I took a scouting trip for a week, then a few weeks later flew to LA, picked up the car, drove to Vegas and met a couple Daewoo engineers from Korea (they had top share a motel room at a dive hotel that must have been <200 yards from the airport runway).
We spent close to 2 weeks working on that cruise control (and it totally sucked, the car was so under-powered).
We drove that stretch north of Vegas over and over for days. There was some roadside diner we ate at every day .... the Korean guys ate the same thing every day eggs with big ham steak).
After the trip Daewoo shipped the car to my office in Michigan for some further testing.
When that was done, they didn't want the car back, but my company couldn't find a way to keep it either, so I sent it to be demolished, which was a fitting fate for that POS car)
Yes, October 26, 1985 at Twin Pines Mall (now Lone Pine Mall)88 in a DeLorean. Mall parking lot.
I live about a mile from I-90 just west of Cleveland. I can hear the crotch rockets racing in the middle of the night on I-90. I've been on the road and have one pass me doing ~ 100mph from time to time. I once had one pass me ~ 10 at night doing ~80 mph while doing a wheelie. When this kind of thing happens I keep thinking I am going to see them along the road, dead, just around the next bend.Somewhat related to this subject...I'm driving down I-95 a few months ago from Delaware into Md and all of the sudden traffic grinds to a halt...turns out there are 4 cars (one in each lane) that decided they wanted to race so they slowed down to a crawl to let all the traffic in front of them clear out and then they race for a 1/4 mile or so...rinse and repeat. At one point I thought the semi two lanes over from me was going to slam into the cars in front of him as this continued about 3 or 4 times and each time we were having to lay on the brakes heavily to avoid the cars in front of us. Eventually I saw all 4 cars shoot off one of the exits. And this all happened on a Sunday afternoon with very heavy traffic...ridiculous. Oh how I wished I were in a huge truck right behind them so I could just keep rolling over top of them when they slowed down.
Waze. I’ve retired my Valentine One.
Seriously, with instant-on Ka band being the standard, the fuzz buster isn’t very useful anymore. You need traffic within a couple hundred yards in front of you at all times and then hope you catch a reflection. And who wants traffic in front of them all the time, anyway?
Use Waze religiously and don’t speed unless there’s at least light traffic so chances are someone will report the cop ahead before you get there.
When this kind of thing happens I keep thinking I am going to see them along the road, dead, just around the next bend.
The other one is being stopped or near stopped in CA and having some idiot motor along at a fairly high speed between the stopped cars.
You got me on this one.Cops on the move don't get tagged in Waze. Never underestimate human laziness, plenty of cops just sit with their radar on.
You got me on this one.
Moving radar is not legal in Pennsylvania and as such isn't something I worry about. Living in State College, I don't frequently drive into other states.
140 many times while working on I-80 in Union County PA. When someone flys by going 100 mph + when you're running radar at a stop, you really have to tramp down on the accelerator to catch up!!! Sorry guys....retired PSP......1988-2009.