Minnesota Focus Owners Club

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:

Monkey-Gein wrote: don't the comps in the car adapt to your driving?

To a point, if Loxx's car did that it'd only run for a 1/4 mile at a time and only at WOT




Actually the car does learn but if you start driving it hard it should adjust fairly quickly to that strategy.

Steve your funny but I don't drag race anymore. Too many asses out there now. Here is the racing I am really loving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEIu9ycJbh0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lc1p2qPnh8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0u4zNetRNE

Well then, move to Japan, buy a NissanN and enjoy yourself...

That's what I am doing, but I have a year left to go.

lox222 wrote:Steve your funny but I don't drag race anymore. Too many asses out there now. Here is the racing I am really loving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEIu9ycJbh0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lc1p2qPnh8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0u4zNetRNE

I did plenty of that stuff on the freeways when I was young and stupid, you haven't lived until you've done 140 in a non-power assisted drum braked, manual steering big block '69 Buick running the 494-694 loop.

I've goten much wiser in my old age though, besides the fact that 100+ is automatic lose your license territory these days.

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:I did plenty of that stuff on the freeways when I was young and stupid, you haven't been close to dying until you've done 140 in a non-power assisted drum braked, manual steering big block '69 Buick running the 494-694 loop.

Fixed

I've been up there a few times in the SVT when I was young and stupid as well, but it rode so nicely it wasn't even exciting

Redlineracer12 wrote:

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:I did plenty of that stuff on the freeways when I was young and stupid, you haven't been close to dying until you've done 140 in a non-power assisted drum braked, manual steering big block '69 Buick running the 494-694 loop.

Fixed

I've been up there a few times in the SVT when I was youngER and stupid as well, but it rode so nicely it wasn't even exciting

Fixed yours for you

Yeah, the Skylark was actually pretty stable at those speeds although I really don't know for sure where it topped out but when the needle dissapeared into the dash as it flew past 120 and kept pulling hard I'm sure it was 140+ judging by the revs it was turning.

It was pretty impressive how quickly you could get that car to those speeds, you just couldn't slow it down and you better pray you don't have to change direction quickly.

Many a 600-750cc crotch rocket fell to that car, this would have been early 90's and I would not expect it to fare nearly as well against modern sport bikes.

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:Besides the fact that 100+ is automatic lose your license territory these days.

Not true! Read this shit... We need officers that will do their job NO MATTER THE PERSON.

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news ... na-vikings

Stilz wrote:

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:Besides the fact that 100+ is automatic lose your license territory these days.

Not true! Read this shit... We need officers that will do their job NO MATTER THE PERSON.

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news ... na-vikings

Just wait and see what happens, the officer doesn't decide if he can keeep his license or not. The state does that and he may still lose it, not that it's an issue for a guy that can afford a limo to take him anywhere he wants to go.

Yes, but in MINUTE if youre going 35mph over they automaticly impounded and instantly in jail.

Stilz wrote:Yes, but in MINUTE if youre going 35mph over they automaticly impounded and instantly in jail.

I've got a citation that disproves that....

Not necessarily.

It depends on how you choose to cite them.

For over 100, you can just do the amount over which won't always make them loose their license and will keep it a misd.

Or you can cite them with extreme speed which carries all the heavy penalties.

O.K. so if you're just a normal person you get slapped down hard but if you play for the Vikings you get the dissaproving look from the officer and sent on your merry little way?

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:O.K. so if you're just a normal person you get slapped down hard but if you play for the Vikings you get the dissaproving look from the officer and sent on your merry little way?

I guess...

There are many ways to get autographs!

My brother got caught doing 100+ in a EVO, and drove off with a ticket. The officer didn't catch him on radar, but he said he was doing 140+ and couldn't catch up to my brother. He tried to fight it(reduce the amount), but it wasn't worth the $$ for a lawyer, so he just took the fine.