Re: waking up a cop late at night at a light.... WAS: What do you get when you pass the State trooper at 85?

[16V Jason <jason@scirocco.org>]

Okay, I'll chime in with my latest almost-a-complete-disaster story. :)

Excuses:        1.  I've been playing *way* too much Grand Turismo on my 
friend's P/S2.
                 2. I had just finished watching 2 hours of Nuerburgring 
videos on my computer at work.

Vehicle:  1993 BMW 325i

Conditions:  2:30am, 34'F, dry roads.  Clear skies.

Offense:  Sliding completely sideways around every turn between work and my 
house (2.5 miles).  I try for 4-wheel drifts, but it's tough to do on 
public roads in town, so I'd usually just kick the ass about 25' out around 
every turn.

The Almost Disaster:  Coming down a hill at outrageous speeds, 
T-Intersection at bottom with Stop Sign; I must turn.  Preparing to turn 
right at T, which goes up steep hill.  Transition to perpendicular road is 
abrupt due to pitch of the hill.

Method:  Approaching the turn in full ABS semi-lockup, I dump tranny in 1st 
(auto, redline = 45mph), swerve left to upset the chassis and then make the 
turn to the right as abruptly as possible, apply full throttle, and 
countersteer.

Result:  Rear of vehicle jumps out 90' to direction of travel (not 
coincidentally the new direction I want to go), and while sideways jumps 
slightly airborne onto the new street.  Power-oversteer keeps the rear of 
the car out about 20' to direction of vehicle travel for approx. 2 seconds, 
then pulls back into line.

Adrenaline:  Full ABS stop as I see 2 cop cars right in front of me 
blocking the road because of a previous accident.

Shitting bricks:  One cop signals for me to turn around, and then after 
making sure the other cop didn't see him, gives me an understated thumbs-up.

Tee-hee. :)
Jason




At 06:52 AM 10/30/2001, Patrick Bureau wrote:
>Reminds me last night, coming back home from the movies, streets pretty
>empty (13 ghosts btw IMHO is not worth the 12.50$)
>I am gently cruising around and then sitting at a red light, honda on my
>right.. minivan behind me... light turns green, for no reason other than I
>love my rocco, I pop the first and floor it.....as I jump the line, I do a
>quick check as the second gear engages behind me...FSK! the minivan behind
>me is a cop...!!!  I realised the big boo-boo I had just done, so I let off
>the gaz, and dropped the car from 3rd to 4th, and cruised back under speed
>limit in a few seconds, and slowed down to the next light.... Man I never
>had a cop escort me to my house before... he trailed my arse, use of
>blinkers was predominently use throught the small winding city road back to
>my parents place (about 3 miles)... I was chuckling, because he wanted to
>get me, and he did not have "something" to nail me with.
>
>Patrick


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