I gave this story about a week but since no one has posted it (I think) here it is. Gotta love it for all the camaro fans, no? Attention MikeSs !!!! Camaro clocked at 171 mph on Highway 61
I'm not a camaro fan, but that's impressive for a stock camaro SS. Those start at like 45k. Edit, sorry, the 1ss package starts at 37,xxx.
Holy smokes! Talk about smoking! I can understand why he didn't know how fast he was going. Passenger too. I'd probably be wanting a change of shorts about then.
Sounds like he might not be driving that for a while after he goes to court. Fastest I have ever driven was 140 mph and a passenger at 160 mph in a PPG car at The Cleveland Gran Prix.
C5? The only C5 chassis' I've heard of are Corvette's and Audi's. Unless you are saying 5th gen camaro. ?
Wow.................up here they have a charge called stunt driving if you decide 50+ kph over the posted limit. That gets you and immediate forfeiture of your license and seizure of your vehicle for 7 days. You pay the towing and storage and get to walk home. When you get to court, the fine starts at about $2 grand and you get 14 demerit points on your DL....................and then, your insurance company really gives your sex life a REAL boost.
Yes. The other forum I am on is camaro5.com Unless they move everything over to camaro6 ( which the site owner also has). I rarely post over in "the other place", but do read there to see if anything interesting shows up.
I liked this part of the article. "I hit the lights and siren and called it in to the State Patrol. ... I had to get my car up to 135 just to get close enough for him to see my lights on," Padden said. The driver, a 36-year-old Lakeside man, pulled over quickly "which is good because we'd probably be in Canada right now," Padden joked.
I saw that on Yahoo earlier this week. I can't imagine 171, I hit 140 on my CBR once and decided that was enough for me. I still had another gear left but realized a squirrel in the road could ruin my day at those speeds.
And just think about those idiots who like to go way over 100 mph on motorcycles! Imagine a deer crossing the road...
Well. salt flats is where you find them, I guess. I don't suppose Minnesota is much different than Michigan-meaning that every highway could be considered "salt flats" after winter months!
