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Old 07-09-2004, 02:19 PM
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95-105mph in the rain on a 2 lane backroad behind my house with my 84 944 before I got this new one.

in the 928, racing a 350Z up to 150 when he backed off after 130 I kept pushing on the 15 Southbound.

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Old 07-09-2004, 02:33 PM
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Originally posted by Hacker-Pschorr
Ok Gretch,
Share with us some stories that took place after the supercharger was installed.
Vette breakfast.................actually, a couple of them. mmmmmm yum.
Old 07-09-2004, 02:46 PM
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I like my 928 too much to do anything intentionally stupid with it. I dont count high speed driving on an empty freeway as stupid. It was built for that! Besides it's kind of hard to do anything stupid with it since it forgives alot of mistakes.
Old 07-09-2004, 02:52 PM
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Ditto Tuk_928. Nice to have the tilt wheel feature. The elevated hub isn't so nice.
Old 07-09-2004, 03:16 PM
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One fine example for you -

While in High School - my friends and I - not exactly sober - took my 77 Camaro through a "ready to harvest" corn field.

Damn was that fun!
Old 07-09-2004, 03:22 PM
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Lets' see:

53 Belair going 70 on a snow covered gravel road at 1 am with no lights and drunk as a skunk.

Evading arrest by running the back gravel roads of rural Idaho in a 82 Subaru GL 4X4.
Old 07-09-2004, 04:09 PM
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A long time ago I thru a sig out the window on the highway,
a state cop pulled me over and said "would you like to finish this"
It landed on his lap!
Old 07-09-2004, 04:39 PM
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Originally posted by Gretch
Nope. I've reached that age where bragging about doing stupid things............just makes me feel..............mmmmmm........ stupid....................

I prefer to categorize that as wisdom - and hard won at that, for we're still all here to reflect upon the worthwhile bits that assured our survival through the excesses (stupidity?) of discovery (= youth!).
Old 07-09-2004, 05:54 PM
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Did that really happen?

Originally posted by GRGGOODSPEED
A long time ago I thru a sig out the window on the highway,
a state cop pulled me over and said "would you like to finish this"
It landed on his lap!
Old 07-09-2004, 06:01 PM
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Old 07-09-2004, 11:02 PM
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OK, you didn't hear this from me but...

I know a couple that did a lap dance in a 928 Convertible doing 120 in the middle of EBF Utah.

Shortly thereafter the car had a thermal meltdown and left them stranded in Midvale, Ut.

Coincidence, me thinks not.
Old 07-09-2004, 11:42 PM
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Getting into a 4 wheel drift in 993Turbos turning onto monroe rd. Drifting past the city bus stop. The look in their eyes, not knowing wether to run or not. Priceless. Test driving the 1st S4 our dealer got the 3 top techs out for a joy ride. Toped the hill at 125mph. I started laughing. The other two asked what was so funny. I said if we wrecked right now the dealer would be in a heck of a fix. Doing 120 on indp blvd in a Twin turbo, I saw the cop before he saw me. Went past him at 90 in a 45 he wasn't looking my way and no radar. Life is good. Yes I'm afraid I out grew all that. I hope not though.
Old 07-10-2004, 12:11 AM
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Once upon a time I lived and breathed Datsun 510. I was 22, not long after I got out of the Army and I was working at a lumber mill. I drove to the log deck after clocking in at the time shack, and one afternoon I was driving my "good" 510 back around to clock out.
This particular car had just underwent a complete front suspension overhaul. As such, the front fenders were attached with one bolt at each corner, if that, and the once spot-welded on valance was held by a few sheetmetal screws. The rear was already dailed in, springs and sway bar in. I'd scored on a brand new Mulholland susp kit that had never been used. By then it was 15-20 yrs old, complete. Roll bar, race buckets, etc.
Primer grey, BRE racing stripes, and a historically correct rising sun battle flag covering the entire hood. You get the picture.

Anyway, I drive back to clock out after working over a bit. The timeshack is surrounded by asphalt and when leaving I see one of the millwrights walking back to the shop within proximity of an opportune puddle.
Naturally I punch it and swerve over and make a good effort at splashing him. After doing so I'm going about 30 mph and I turn back toward the gate around the backside of the time shack only to meet a 10 ton forklift headed for the shop.
I struck the counterweight with my right front and the lightly assembled front of my car blew apart just like a cartoon. The driver of the forktruck and the millwright were both old hands and got a great laugh as I gathered up my fenders, etc. and worked to turn out my tie rods to get both wheels headed somewhat the same direction for the 30 mile drive home, and I still wore out the spare tire. The unibody was trash.

I'll tell the renting the Opel Omega 3.0i estate in Germany story some other time.
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It seems like there would be alot more good stories out there like this.
Old 07-10-2004, 11:41 PM
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Got pulled over for RACING A COP Christmas night! About midnight and I'm stopped at a light. I see this car coming up behind me in the next lane real fast. Just as he is almost even with me the light turns green and I nail it. Hit 40mph in a few seconds and backed off since I was winning. The clown pulls up beside me as if he is taunting me, trying to get me to race him. I refuse to race and refuse to look over at him. He whips in behind me and turns on the lights. I pull over. He walks up and is very angry. Starts yelling at me, "Are you trying to race a police officer?! What are you thinking?!" I said, "I thought you were trying to race me!" He let me go with a warning because it was Christmas. whewww.... I have slowed down since then...


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