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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    My small car is slow
    Your citation is false
    Gatsos should be removed.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    Traffic cameras almost beg for considered civil disobedience.

    There is a true need for shotguns to combat this pestilence.


    But this is England.

    The best we can hope for, is fireworks putting one out on Guy Fawkes Day...

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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    Anyone notice that his Honda goes faster in 4th gear than 5th?


    Must be due to a luxury tax on the top tier.

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    Image of Chris P. Bacon Chris P. Bacon
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    Could the ticket actually have been 98kph? That seems far more likely to me, going 60mph in a 35 (persay).


    Also, interesting to note his honda civic took 40+ seconds to reach 60mph and he needed to take a $1,700 loan to buy it back...Nice price or CRACK PIPE? The latter for sure.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    01/20/09

    @Chris P. Bacon: England uses miles.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    My Honda Civic only does 85

    If I can prove that, can I still drive?


    I'll borrow money, and buy my car back,

    Hire a firm, and rent them a track.


    I'll spend more money to prove that I'm right.

    Vindication! I'll sleep well tonight.


    Speed cameras suck. I'll show that it's true.

    I'll get my money back, when I countersue.


    Life's been good to me so far.

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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    The real feat here is getting a 1.3L Civic moving from ZERO in 4th or 5th gear. Goodbye, clutch!
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    Image of harumph harumph
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    Kudos for sticking it to the man but I have gotten my stock, automatic CRX Dx(lesser model) into the 90's before. I am surprised his car could only hit 89.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    01/20/09

    @harumph: Yours might be a lesser model but does it have the ultradinky UK emissions-tax-friendly 1.3 engine? I understand the vehicle tax system in YooKay is based on engine displacement. So stingy people like myself get li'l cars with li'ler engines.


    Did some quick checking and as near as I can tell the smallest engine a 1990 US Civic would wear would be the 1.5l mill.


    It's possible that gearing is what holds it back, too. Longer legs for long American distances, shorter and buzzier for the typically closer-in trips of European city markets.

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    Image of the good dr zero the good dr zero
    01/20/09

    @Elhigh: Yeah, I had my 1500cc Civic ('94) up to 170km/h (indicated) once, because I was curious. I'm guessing the the 1300cc is a rather limiting factor.
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    Image of littleYodaPickup littleYodaPickup
    01/20/09

    @Elhigh: Ah, thanks for enlightening me. I can always count on my fellow Jalops to explain these kind of discrepancies. My hubby's Civic has, um, experienced over 98mph once, barely.


    Our little secret...please don't tell him!

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    01/20/09

    @littleYodaPickup: That's okay. My wife's pickup has experienced 98mph also - at which point the fresh air exhausts behind the door openings SUCK WIDE OPEN and make a noise like American jobs going to Mexico.


    Never again.

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    Image of wkiernan wkiernan
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    What a scam. I bet he removed the hi-performance exhaust before he had the car tested. I bet he was going 200 KPH.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/20/09

    @wkiernan: And removed the stickers. Don't forget the stickers!
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    Maybe they were measuring the speed using IPOC numbers - If Pushed Off Cliff.
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    It's such a small car I wouldn't feel safe


    Nice Chewbacca defense. This is either the work of a truly ignorant man (the case he's making) or the over-reaching acting of a speed demon trying to get away with something.

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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    01/20/09

    @Ash78: That argument works very well with stodgy old wigged magistrates who putz around in big Jaguars.
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    Image of Stoatmaster Stoatmaster
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    The smart move now would be to hang on to the car, and install the maddest engine possible.


    When he's caught on PlodVision doing 195 mph, he can simply remind the bluebottles of his test report and newspaper martyrdom.

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    Image of SumTingWong Hates Prius Write-ups. SumTingWong Hates Prius Write-ups.
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    Fling enough poo against the judicial wall and some of it will stick-
    Until this guy showed up with a pocket protector full of whoop-ass. (Those two phrases will probably never be used again in the same sentence..Nor should they be.)
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/20/09

    @SumTingWong: You kidding me? That phrase is awesome! You get a heart-clickie just for that.
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    Image of Jellodyne Jellodyne
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    Sure, once you unbolted the turbo, disconnected the NOS system and fitted a reasonably sized muffler.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/20/09

    @Jellodyne: Shhh! That part's a secret! Seriously though, it all depends on whether the observed top speed was drag limited, or if it was at redline.
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    If this baby hits 98 miles an hour, you're going to see a serious chit.
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    Image of c0de c0de
    01/20/09

    In reply to Driver Beats 98 MPH Speeding Ticket By Proving Honda Civic Can Only Hit 85 MPH
    I propose a new Jalopnik Section which awards people like that, rather than just "off beat news"
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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    01/20/09

    @c0de: Crusader And Master In (our) Nefarious Order. Or CAMINO for short.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/20/09

    @tiberiuswise: I LOVE IT. Heart-clicky for you, and I propose that as the highest order of Jalopnicity.


    My proposed order, from lowest to highest:


    Intern
    Editor
    Hoon
    Honoured Hoon
    Jalop (that, of course, is the rank of the Commentariat)
    Honoured Jalop
    Jalopnik Saint
    Crusader and Master In our Nefarious Order (CAMINO)


    Possibly also, just above "Jalop", we could add "Stickered Jalop", meaning any Commenter with a gold star. (Yes, I said above... so it's technically a demotion to get the star. Funnier that way.)

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    Image of LionZoo LionZoo
    01/20/09

    @Deartháir: Let's try to flesh this out...


    SLR Guy

    Intern (Gawker Hamster)

    Editor (Matt et al)

    Hoon (any random cool Youtube driving video guy)

    Honoured Hoon (the Stig)

    Jalop (that, of course, is the rank of the Commentariat)

    Honoured Jalop (Ash78)

    Jalopnik Saint (Sabine)

    Crusader and Master In our Nefarious Order (CAMINO) (this guy)

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/20/09

    @LionZoo: Close... although I'd move Nibbles the Gawker Hamster up to "Editor", and leave Didorosi at "Intern".


    And Ash78 doesn't get "Honoured Jalop" status, at least in my mind, until he figures out how to use the heart-clicky button, the antisocial bastard.

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