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Detroit, 8:39 AM
Tue Nov 24
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08/21/09
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08/20/09
How about the beach?
08/20/09
@Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable:
Hmm.. maybe not.
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(These are stills from McQ, BTW- I wanted to post pics of the '69 Belvedere sedan that John Wayne drives in this scene, actually, but couldn't find any.)
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08/20/09
My other speed opportunities are usually between 12:30-1:45 ish in the morning. Got my 84 Crew cab dually to about 130 MPH back when I was a teenager, and somewhat recently bounced 150 in my 02 Maxima.
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08/20/09
Bike got 23 MPG on that trip...I wonder why...
Gotta love aftermarket lights which allow you to have your own portable sun. Even better is a volt/amp meter so you know how long you can run them before backing off to 65 MPH for 12 minutes to charge the battery back up.
High & low beam running simultaneously on both headlight bulbs, plus another 220W of PIAA's will drag a 28A alternator down in a hurry. But it's incredible while it lasts.
08/20/09
Go to China Lake, CA. Drive through fence. Pedal to the metal. Take aggressive, evasive maneuvers. Don't let up. Hope that Hellfire missile misses you. remember to tell us all about it.
08/20/09
1. Check out your course at reasonable speeds first. You don't want to be surprised by dumped appliances, fallen trees, earth berms, or missing sections of road.
2. Make sure you have sufficient sight lines. You might not be the only zoomer out there.
3. See how carefully the area is patrolled. Cops are not oblivious to the attractions of areas like these.
4. Don't do your hooning within sight of passing traffic or indications of inhabited civilization. People do have phones.
08/20/09
- On a Honda CB 450 you can do big, lazy powerslides forever
- Forever is less than 25 minutes
- The seemingly perfect surface extends for miles
- Seemingly is a very deceptive word
- When encountered at 105 MPH, a small piece of Volkswagen wheel protruding from the salt can remove a motocross boot
- Anyone can learn to do the splits in a very short period of time without training or conditioning
- Accomplishing the above gymnastic feat removes walking from your skills matrix
- The speed at which the salt will burn through two pairs of Levi's is less than 105 MPH
- Kick starting a CB 450 when you can't walk is somewhat difficult
- Driving a CB 450 with no handlebars and bent forks will reintroduce you to the salt
- It takes about 15 minutes for your friends to stop laughing long enough to render assistance
Hope this helps
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Would it make ya feel any better if they were pushed outa windows?
/Archie Bunker response.
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08/20/09
Notes from my experiences.
Abandoned factories may have support columns that do not interact well with cars.
Abandoned malls may have security guards looking for idiots trying to kill them selves in cars.
Country Roads take turns for no reason at all (except for may be the dozer operator was following the engineer as he went away from the construction to take a dump.) May eventually be converted to an abandoned road.
The road surface of abandoned dragstrips may not be suitable for high speed racing if you have a car capable of such. Also, beware of damage to the facility caused by others that have hooned recklessly before you.
Abandoned roads are about like abandoned drgstrips. The difference was that they were not built for either safety or high rates of speed which is why they were abandoned in the first place. Also, be aware that people abandon things on abandoned roads like heavy equipment, burned out shells of former cars and other crap that does not interact well with your car at high rates of speed.
08/20/09
Pros: Illusion of a controlled environment. Track is paved, sometimes in good condition depending on how old. Lots of people to hang out and talk with. You can go around and around many times.
Cons: Tech inspectors tend to let that one "little thing" wrong with your car slide just this once. 50 other people driving POS cars who suck at driving as bad you. 50 other testosterone-ridden people all competing for the first spot, riding inches off each others bumpers. Many things can still go horribly wrong. You will get yourself and others killed.
08/20/09
Some right places:
1. A race track i.e. Sebring. Controlled environment, long straights. However, they're usually sticklers for safety gear. Pfft.
2. Abandoned airstrip used for racing i.e. Alameda. OK, maybe not exactly "used for racing", but if you get hired by Mythbusters you could probably do some high speed runs between takes.
3. The Autobahn. Sure, you'll have to ship your car to Deutchland, but then you can go flat out on a highway legally! [in certain places, and assuming traffic is not bad, and only for a short period until you hit the next speed zone...]
4. On the computer. This is where I do most of my high speed driving. Pro's: Nobody dies. Con's: The vibration of the PS2 controller just isn't the same as the roar of the engine, the rush of the wind, the screeching of tires, and the crunching of metal.
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08/20/09
Will you buy a PS3 for GT5? Haha, who am I kidding, it's never coming out.
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