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Re: Would you pay $5,000 to go 200 mph?
I have $5000, but I have too many other fun things to spend it on in mind....
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Maybe if it involved strapping a JATO to a Pinto for a closed-course pass down . . . Las Vegas Boulevard . . . Woodward Avenue . . . Cross Bronx Expressway . . . Van Nuys Boulevard . . . The Ted Williams (watch-for-falling-concrete) Tunnel on I-90 (a/k/a the Big Dig) . . . Okay, maybe I'd need something that handles better than a Pinto for that one ;D
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If I had that kind of money laying around, I'd build/buy something that could. I'd want it to be more than a one time thing if I'm spending money on it. Hell, you could pick up a viper or something else that someone let get away from them for under 20K that still drives, if you don't mind a little body damage.
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Originally posted by 457Brodix
I can't even tell you how much money I've spent to go 200 mph and I'm still almost 15 mph away from it!
Originally posted by moparmaniac07If I had that kind of money laying around, I'd build/buy something that could. I'd want it to be more than a one time thing if I'm spending money on it. Hell, you could pick up a viper or something else that someone let get away from them for under 20K that still drives, if you don't mind a little body damage.
Originally posted by HoosierGTANo. With whats laying around the garage and a ta on hand I think I could make it hit 200. It just wouldn't be legal by any sanctioning body. Hey there's plenty of road in Montana. They don't tecknically have a spend limit on the Interstate do they ?
Originally posted by jcharliemA few years ago, I had to change my drawers after going 168mph. No thank you, I have no desire to go through that experience again.
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Montana had a posted limit of 75 but for several years (starting in 1995) police were allowed to enforce the speed limit on a "safe and prudent" basis.
That was reversed in 1999, (they had the largest increase of highway deaths in the country during the "safe and prudent period) but there were some funny magazine articles written with people doing wacky stuff during the "outlaw" period. Namely Car and Driver who took a Pontiac Montana and drove it at full throttle (106mph) for long periods of time to test gas mileage (6mpg).
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Originally posted by Brian LohnesCar and Driver . . . took a Pontiac Montana and drove it at full throttle (106mph) . . . .
The whole time I was thinking: (a) there isn't a cop within ten miles of this place; (b) If I somehow manage to go off the pavement and tumble onto the then-flooded salt flats, there isn't ANYBODY within ten miles of this place . . . .
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My "beat up a rental Mustang story" took place in Orlando. I was down there in 2005 for work and got a brandy new V6 Mustang. I bracket raced it at Speedworld that weekend. (Went three rounds!).
This was when the cars were just starting to show up on the roads so people were really gawking at the thing .Major disappointment for the crowd when they saw one legged burnouts and weenie six popper elapsed times.
BrianThat which you manifest is before you.
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They're offering some pretty neat cars but I'm pretty sure Zainfield and Bell is cheaper - and you have a chance to set a real record with a certificate to prove it. Sounds like a way for someone to pay off his fancy cars - not that it isn't cool.
Dan
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Originally posted by 457Brodix
I can't even tell you how much money I've spent to go 200 mph and I'm still almost 15 mph away from it!
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