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Camaro clocked at 171 mph on Highway 61 (Yowza!)
duluthnewstribune.com ^ | 4/11/2016 | John Myers

Posted on 04/12/2016 12:45:30 PM PDT by rktman

What is it about the Duluth-Two Harbors expressway?

In February it was a Nissan Sentra doing 137 mph. And on Friday night a jet-black 2016 Chevrolet Camaro 1SS was clocked at 171 mph on that stretch of Minnesota Highway 61.

Hermantown Police Department Deputy Chief Shawn Padden was on loan as part of a Minnesota State Patrol "Toward Zero Deaths" DWI saturation effort Friday night when the radar in his Dodge Charger squad car started screaming

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To: rktman

Yeah, well my Tacoma will accelerate at 9.81m/s^2.


81 posted on 04/12/2016 2:17:06 PM PDT by Darth Reardon (Would I lie to you?)
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To: Red Badger

“Would you believe a Subaru?...................”

A coworker some years back got a speeding ticket in Ohio doing 140+ in a Subaru WRX. He got off easy and framed the ticket.


82 posted on 04/12/2016 2:17:20 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: rktman

HINCKLEY MINNESOTA CINNAMON ROLLS BTTT!


83 posted on 04/12/2016 2:17:27 PM PDT by wardaddy (is Cruz last name a coincidence or a blessing or is he the anti Christ?)
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To: PLMerite

Was his name Jackie Chan, and did it have infrared night vision with RADAR jamming?.......................


84 posted on 04/12/2016 2:18:54 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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To: doorgunner69

“The idea of a Datsun at that speed is scary, dunno which is more dangerous, the car or the driver. Have learned to avoid Datsun drivers. “

Apparently you are not familiar with Z-cars, or the current GT-R, or the fact that Nissan is heavily involved with various race series, including Formula 1.

(They are owned by Renault of France, a major engine supplier)

Dollar for dollar, the GT-R has been about the most exciting car a person could own these days.


85 posted on 04/12/2016 2:19:13 PM PDT by truth_seeker (I think in some shopping centers etc.)
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To: heshtesh

Dam, hitting a junebug at that speed would be like getting shot
between the eyes


86 posted on 04/12/2016 2:20:36 PM PDT by Robe
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To: doorgunner69

The Sentra maybe give’em the Nissan GTR-black smokes’em all...


87 posted on 04/12/2016 2:21:11 PM PDT by Recon Dad (Force Recon Dad)
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To: yarddog


88 posted on 04/12/2016 2:21:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: sheik yerbouty

“Must have had a tornado as a tailwind..”

That’s downright poetic. I’m gonna have to steal it!


89 posted on 04/12/2016 2:22:28 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: rktman

When I lived in Fort Lauderdale we used to do Disney World Runs. 254 miles. The record was just over 2 hours.


90 posted on 04/12/2016 2:22:52 PM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: truth_seeker

If you go on u tube there is a ton of videos with GT-R’s making 1000 plus hp.


91 posted on 04/12/2016 2:24:07 PM PDT by heshtesh ((New Yorker for Cruz))
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To: MeganC

“People in Germany and Italy drive +120mph every day as part of their daily commute.”

Jeez, you’d think they’d learn to just get up earlier!


92 posted on 04/12/2016 2:25:19 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: bicyclerepair
The governor on my car cuts off the engine at 130.

Cuts it off, as in stopping it, or as in topping out and going no faster?

93 posted on 04/12/2016 2:27:01 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: JoeProBono

I am regularly surprised at how you can find photos of the most unusual and arcane subjects.


94 posted on 04/12/2016 2:27:24 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: bicyclerepair

Supposedly (I haven’t tested it...yet) the governor on my Hyundai cuts the fuel off at 150mph. Other than that the clock goes up to 180.


95 posted on 04/12/2016 2:29:39 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: heshtesh
I can take my bike out on any good day and turn over 180.....easily.

Just don't hit a bump!

96 posted on 04/12/2016 2:30:01 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: truth_seeker
Apparently you are not familiar with Z-cars,

Been laughing at them, Datsun's advertising, and the people that buy them for decades. Some things barely change.

Datsun just cannot overcome their urge for execrable advertising.

97 posted on 04/12/2016 2:30:18 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: rktman

The Colorado State Patrol uses unmarked Chevrolet Camaro 1SS’s as chase cars for speed traps. They have a dark-colored pair that works I-25 between Denver and the Wyoming border.

They’re tricky too, setting up on the opposite lanes and then doing quick U-turns across the the median at safety-vehicle crossovers.

The bastards!


98 posted on 04/12/2016 2:31:11 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: yarddog
Those Javelin trooper-mobiles are legends:


99 posted on 04/12/2016 2:31:59 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: rktman

British Top Gear speed test at Bonneville Salt Flats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrKPPdTuk8I&nohtml5=False

Only 150.02mph


100 posted on 04/12/2016 2:37:47 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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