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yardstick · 09-12-2011, 07:31 PM

Heck in San Antonio, they got Camaros too....:-)

ihaveacamaro · 09-12-2011, 07:39 PM

I don't understand. You know you can go faster in the car in 5th gear than in 6th gear right??

oldfriend · 09-12-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TA2D50

Has that worked for you Oldfriend?

I did try it one time , got a smile and two words ....very funny ....and .....sign here please , but again it does not hut to try .

CallMeWonder · 09-12-2011, 09:35 PM

Why didn't you check the license plate to check if it was a government plate?

daveagogo1 · 09-12-2011, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CallMeWonder

Why didn't you check the license plate to check if it was a government plate?

Don't know about where you live but here in FLA. We have plenty of officers in unmarked vehicles without government plates.

xXSilencerXx · 09-13-2011, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by VA-REBEL

My wife works for Hanover county government, about 30 min. north of Richmond. She tells me Hanover cops have cars that you would not think of as police cars with the new lights that are well hidden and antennas in the truck. So the thing in VA is that when you speed and approach a car you just do not if it is a cop, whether county or state.

True, here in Stafford they have unmarked Ford Escapes and unmarked Malibus from the last generation. I can still pick them out from a mile away.

Oh yea, radar detectors are illegal here too

so don't get caught with that if you do get pulled over.

Steve Dallas · 09-13-2011, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by oldfriend

So he told you that you were going at 86 and you got a ticket , why didn't you ask him how faster he was going to catchup with you , i bet that he will see your point and would have let you go with a warning .

At that point, he likely would have thought you were being a smsrtass, and given you a ticket for 86.

Steve Dallas · 09-13-2011, 01:02 AM

Another thing...I don't use 6th to go fast. I use it for gas milage at 70 (or 74-76 when I'm not speeding faster).

5th gear is what you want to use when you go faster

MY2012RS · 09-13-2011, 01:17 AM

you should have just floored it..your in an SS..do you have any mods?....let him chase you..you could have been on the news and shit with helicopters flying over head filming the whole thing...JK...LOL

bbiermanski · 09-13-2011, 03:09 AM

Not to rain on your parade but thoes M6 numbers are Revs, x gear ratio. It works on paper, but in real life you have to facter in Weight and Aero. My SS toped out at 144 in 4th when it had 450.5 hp at the wheels and lowered 1.5". I have not found a safe enough stretch to top 5th out yet but I am guessing it will inpact thoes numbers even more.

Bay Area SS · 09-13-2011, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by oldfriend

So he told you that you were going at 86 and you got a ticket , why didn't you ask him how faster he was going to catchup with you , i bet that he will see your point and would have let you go with a warning .

doubt it..it woulda pissed me off more. in my professional opinion

Scott@Bjorn3D · 09-13-2011, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by vinman

Cruise control can be your friend speedy

CallMeWonder · 09-13-2011, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by daveagogo1

Don't know about where you live but here in FLA. We have plenty of officers in unmarked vehicles without government plates.

Oh in washington all unmarked vehicles have the XMT on the license plate....either that or a billion antennas on the car.....

Matic · 09-13-2011, 09:23 PM

As much as i want to laugh at your expense, this sounds like something that would happen to me, lol. :(

Enjoyed the story though

09-12-2011, 09:35 PM	#32
CallMeWonder Drives: Mercedes E350 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle Posts: 82	Why didn't you check the license plate to check if it was a government plate? __________________ 2009 E92 M3.

09-13-2011, 01:02 AM	#36
Steve Dallas Commits weekly crime Drives: 2017 Camaro 1LT Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Camano Island, WA Posts: 9,513 View My Garage	Another thing...I don't use 6th to go fast. I use it for gas milage at 70 (or 74-76 when I'm not speeding faster). 5th gear is what you want to use when you go faster __________________ 2017 Camaro 1LT - Blue Barchetta IV I fire up the willing engine, responding with a roar. Tires spitting gravel I commit my weekly crime.

09-13-2011, 01:17 AM	#37
MY2012RS Drives: 2012 1LT Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Long Island Posts: 322	you should have just floored it..your in an SS..do you have any mods?....let him chase you..you could have been on the news and shit with helicopters flying over head filming the whole thing...JK...LOL __________________

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