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>]

Heh, thanks.
         See, all you guys have to do is get a RWD car and you can be Tif 
Needell, too!! :)


At 11:59 AM 10/30/2001, Dan Snow wrote:
>DUDE, I think you have hands down won this thread!


Although I wasn't quite aware that it was a contest... I'd like to thank 
the Academy and my parents and my...

:)
Jason



>that is fucking incredible-
>
>Dan
>'81 Rabbit Sport Truck
>'87 16v Scirocco
>'00 Jetta
>Tam-pa, FL
>http://home.earthlink.net/~danws69/index.html
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of 16V Jason
>Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:23
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: waking up a cop late at night at a light.... WAS: What do
>you get when you pass the State trooper at 85?
>
>
>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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