Posted on 11/21/2017 8:37:50 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
Fox News Channel host Jeanine Pirro (juh-NEEN' PEER'-oh) has been issued a speeding ticket for driving 119 mph (192 kph) in a 65 mph (105 kph) zone in upstate New York. The Daily News reports the former Westchester County district attorney was stopped by a trooper on Sunday afternoon in Tioga County. A state police spokesman says he doesn't know what type of car Pirro was driving or whether she had any passengers. Pirro says in a statement through Fox News Channel she had been driving for hours to visit her ailing mother and didn't realize how fast she was going. She says she will "pay the consequences." The ticket is returnable Jan. 8.
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Holy crap! 116 mph??
” 140 in my 1970 GTO!............... “
I once stayed in a Holiday Inn.
I was quite AR about recording gas/mileage even before glitch, so filling up on the odometer reading wasn't a problem. It was already a habit to reset the trip reading, anyways.
She can’t drive 65.
Good driving skills for an old lady.
I’LL DO IT!!!
Er ... Pirro.
When I got back to the states after my final tour to Germany before I retired, it was extremely hard to keep the car under 80. I drove once from Memphis to Nashville over 100 nearly the entire distance. I’d tell myself, “gotta slow down”, but my speed sense was really out of whack.
My point: the lady drives fast a lot. You don’t go 120 and not notice it unless you’re accustomed to driving fast pretty often.
Engine seized up because of oil pump failure, bolts always loosening up, crappy wiring always giving me problems, clutch cable broke, starter went bad, fan clutch went out, carb float stuck and it caught on fire, insurance paid it off. Bought a ‘72 Olds 442. Wish I had never sold it.
My wife and I bought a 1941 Cadillac “resto-rod” in Indiana and drove it back home through Montana on I-90. The car tracked straight as an arrow and didn't have a shake or vibration north of 100. The only time we held it under 90 in Montana was when we were off of the freeway.
It was the best vacation we ever had. We drove it back across the country ourselves when we sold it. It was an incredible car. Too bad sometimes you just run out of money.
1941? Wow!
119 mph for half an hour = 59.5 mph
Get a life.
And pick up a sense of humor while you’re at it!
At that speed, I’m thinking CTS-V.
It was a smaller 305 cid V8 as someone else has noted, but still. And the answer to your question is late-70s emissions controls.
It was an ugly, ugly time until people started figuring out electronic engine controls.
“It was a smaller 305 cid V8 as someone else has noted”
It was a 350. Do your homework.
You win the Golden Lemon award.
It was a “resto-rod”; it looked all original, but had a modern 7 liter v8 engine and transmission. The man who did the work on it, restored two dozen other vintage cars all original, but wanted this one to be an amazing driver. We sold it to a collector in Michigan who had the most amazing collection of vintage cars that I have ever seen. He was planning on using it for his daily driver.
We are working on a 1942 Cadillac right now with a very interesting history. We are keeping this one original; they are good drivers anyway. But I wouldn't drive it for hours at more than 100 mph through Montana.
Ha! Mee too. I chose that because I don’t sneak up on problems. Head on is how I come at ‘em.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Ha! Mee too. I chose that because I don’t sneak up on problems. Head on is how I come at ‘em.
Happy Thanksgiving.
” 140 in my 1970 GTO!............... “
I once stayed in a Holiday Inn. ................... So did I,I didn’t know the bed bugs could go that fast.
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