Just my luck!

[LJRuddy]

Well, I spent the evening installing new u-joints on my Mustang after the rear joint failed several weeks ago while my mother was driving it. Since it has been sitting for almost a month, I decided to take it out for a drive.

Spent about 30 minutes south of town driving pretty aggressively (getting my v8 fix) and decided to come back home. On my way back home, I had toned down my driving and was doing about 5 over the speed limit heading north on an empty street. Crested a hill, shifted into neutral and coasted down it. By the bottom of the hill, I was doing about 45. Just when I was about to hit the brakes, I see a cop in a parking lot running radar. :woo-hoo:

Got a nice little ticket for 46 in a 35. Cop was nice, I was polite and readily admitted my mistake... Even pulled over before he turned his lights on. Just kinda ****** how I spent about 30 minutes driving like an ****** in the middle of nowhere and when I finally ease back on the go-pedal and coast in neutral, I get a damned ticket.


Overland Park, hopefully my check is spent well! Looks like thats another chunk of change coming out of the "Buy a gen 3 SHO" fund. :swing:

 

[jthod]

Sucks man, you've done well lately, you havn't had one for a while.

 

[NebraskaSHO]

Bummer I got one for coasting down a hill but was doing 32 in a 25 school zone. Inaccurate speedometers ftl.

 

[zblackbeast]

Yeah. Since i put in my white face gauges i have NO idea how fast im really going.. I estimate about 5MPH off...

 

[NEp8ntballer]

Yeah. Since i put in my white face gauges i have NO idea how fast im really going.. I estimate about 5MPH off...

stopwatch + milemarkers at 60MPH FTW...

 

[SuperHO]

at least he caught ya when you were somewhat behavin...and thanks for not being an ******* to the cop for doing his job. nothing gets on my nerves than someone complainin about how they were racing in triple digits and the cop busted em for reckless driving. admit when you screwed up.

 

[hawkeye18]

Yeah. Since i put in my white face gauges i have NO idea how fast im really going.. I estimate about 5MPH off...

You don't know anybody that has a GPS?

 

[jthod]

I do

 

[NEp8ntballer]

You don't know anybody that has a GPS?

you can figure out your speed by figuring out how long it takes for you to travel at a constant speed from mile marker to mile marker with the aid of a stopwatch. no GPS needed.

 

[jthod]

duh..

 

[hawkeye18]

you can figure out your speed by figuring out how long it takes for you to travel at a constant speed from mile marker to mile marker with the aid of a stopwatch. no GPS needed.

I know, but the GPS is a heluva lot faster...

 

[LJRuddy]

Cop: Do you know how fast you were going?
Clay: Well I have not done the math yet but I was traveling about 53 seconds per mile marker.

 

[jthod]

30 seconds sounds more realistic

 

[LJRuddy]

30 seconds sounds more realistic

Oh snap! Joe made a mathematical joke towards Clay that hinted at his triple digit misfortunes from a few months ago!



For the less smart people out there, 30 seconds equates to 120mph.

 

[zblackbeast]

PSH.. well then it was less than that..
When i got in trouble for speeding in tripple digits i was nice to the cop! i didn't want to go to jail!!

Well, on my way back from CT, i dont remember the speed, but my odometer read .9 miles per every mile marker..

Plus i have the cursed bouncy speedo... even if i was going 60 it varies between 58 and 62!

 

[NEp8ntballer]

considering the length of the road and where you started I'm going to say that 120 is a reasonable estimate and anything much faster would take much more pavement.

 

[zblackbeast]

no.. i PROMISE you i was at the top of 4th..

 

[NebraskaSHO]

No you weren't it never happened.

Ahem. Move on.

 

[zblackbeast]

it was on a closed, monitered course and i was wearing all the proper saftey gear.. I see no problem!

 

[russrad25]

riiiiight....