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View Poll Results: Average speed on a daily basis?
Under or at the speed limit
5.20%
5-10 above the speed limit
60.40%
10-20mph over
24.80%
F#*% the police I drive like a madman
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**POLL** How fast do you drive?

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Old 09-03-2007, 01:13 AM
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I used to drive like an ***, sliding through turns and **** on the reg, but now I take it slow.
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Originally Posted by SchultzLT1
5-10 over usually, unless i get an odd urge.

Take it over 100 a couple times a month prolly, but unless i'm cruisin with other cars or racing then its just usual speeds, but usually i make sure i accelerate to that speed in less than a second.
Right on we drive very similar. When im alone just relaxing I tend to take it easy or when my car is super clean I take it real real easy and let everyone go around me. Ive also found going like 5-10 under usally brings guys who are looking to race. I find more races this way since you have to figure there going atleast 10 over usally . So ive got a little system to find races when I feel the need for speed
it usally works out pretty good
Old 09-03-2007, 02:54 AM
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10-20 over and a mad man when i feel like i have a couple tickets for 140, 100 , and several for 65 - 80 lol i had to take that F**king 12 hour class for the 140 in a 45 lol ive maxed my car out several times on the interstate makes long road trips a lot faster, an shorter
Old 09-03-2007, 03:20 AM
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I go the speed limit to 5mph over. Most of the people posting on here sound like f'in idiots. I sure hope you don't fly past me at 130 then stop at the next gas station...

If you are driving that fast on a public road I would assume you do it because your *** gets embarrassed at the track.
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Originally Posted by LrngCrv
I go the speed limit to 5mph over. Most of the people posting on here sound like f'in idiots. I sure hope you don't fly past me at 130 then stop at the next gas station...

If you are driving that fast on a public road I would assume you do it because your *** gets embarrassed at the track.
what was that one saying about the word ASSUME? live a little, buddy. so tell me, what ARE u going to do when someone that flew by you stops at the same gas station your at? entertain me.
Old 09-03-2007, 06:04 AM
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Normally, you can drive riht through a speed trap @ 80 in my area without getting pulled over.
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I don't tend to do double the speed limit often, but on one occasion the police spotted me doing about 85mph in a 40 zone. I was approaching the junction rapidly ready to get the back end out, i saw the cops behind the bushes slammed on the anchors, they followed me for about 1/2 mile, pulled me over. They said i was approaching the junction a bit fast but we didn't catch your speed, drive more carefully in future.

I was like Phew!!, thought I'd lost my license.

Highways I tend to hover around 100mph, if the roads quiet and in a rush then 140mph up to 163ish. So i guess thats mad man mode. lol

In 30zone's I'm usually under 40mph. Unless kids around then I probably do under 30mph in them areas, don't want them getting stuck ion the air intake, not now I've taken the baffles out.
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Originally Posted by greysteel_M6
I used to drive like an ***, sliding through turns and **** on the reg, but now I take it slow.

im still that *** and i just got done with a wreckless driving.
Old 09-03-2007, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by LrngCrv
I go the speed limit to 5mph over. Most of the people posting on here sound like f'in idiots. I sure hope you don't fly past me at 130 then stop at the next gas station...

If you are driving that fast on a public road I would assume you do it because your *** gets embarrassed at the track.
for your sake i hope its not me that flys past you and stops at the next station
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I used to drive like a madman but too many tickets takes away from the fun money.
Old 09-03-2007, 02:11 PM
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i drive normal in most cases 5 or 10 over but if i get pissed meaning Gf or personal problem its right foot to the floor around every corner make me feel better
Old 09-03-2007, 02:13 PM
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well i learned the hardway and i driv lik a grandma now, i got screwed over for a 60 in a 40 zone + no traffic school but im usally under the speed limit which is very hard but i maintain it, the most i can do now is go on a freeway onramp and acclerate hard until the speed limit, call me crazy but i love to give it a little gas around left turns with the traction on i love the little slid i get
Old 09-03-2007, 02:33 PM
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that my favorite thing to do also is go as fast as you can around a turn
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I average about 5 mph over, but if im in a hurry, ill do 10+. I usually don't like to push it though. I've only had one ticket in my 4 yrs of driving, and that was in my moms suburban lol.
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I usually drive about 5-10 mph over the speed limit. I cant afford the ticket and don't have a drivers liscence. If i get a sudden urge or have a girl with me ill drive like 100mph at most unless im racing thats a different story 130-145 mph lol. Funny story i've gotten pulled over for 120 in a 20. Amazingly no ticket just told him i was testing my fourth gear synchro, he was pretty cool but he told me if i got pulled over for something like that again i would go to jail.

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Old 09-03-2007, 05:19 PM
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I't just makes more sense to me to drive near the speed limit most of the time. anything can happen on the streets, like oil on the road, dear or border jumpers jumping out in front of you ect.
Old 09-03-2007, 05:34 PM
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i like to drive the speed limit in the city, maybe 5-10 on a rural highway

interstates

well...those are a different story
Old 09-03-2007, 05:40 PM
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On the highway I usually go 60mph just to get better mileage, since I drive a truck. In town I usually drive 5 over. On the interstate I usually drive about 10+ over just because when I go on a trip I want to get there, instead of staying on the road for a few hours. I made ~500 miles in 6 hours, that would have taken my dad 9 hours.

When I had a car I drove the speed limit or about 5 over every where I went.

I had like 3 speeding tickets in 1.5 years so I decided I would slow down.
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when my car was just exhaust intake etc it was WOT leaving my driveway. now that i got converter and stuff etc more HP i baby it cause i dont want my tranny to break. I usually drive 5-10 speed limit depending where i'm at. next town over the cops know me and would give me a ticket for goin 5mph over so i do exact 50mph speed limit... nothing more. just gotta know where the cops sit. now that i'm getting older i realise drivng 120mph on a back road is stupid. and fat burnouts. arnt every stop light anymore lol
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I usually drive 5 over. That's not to say I don't speed on occasion but usually I drive like an old man.



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