THE HORROR!
You haven't seen this minivan:
'89 Dodge Minivan, 1/4-mile in the 12's
Posted on 08/03/2006 8:16:34 AM PDT by TChris
MILFORD - Utah Highway Patrol troopers had blocked off part of a remote Millard County highway Wednesday so owners of exotic sports cars could slam on the gas pedal and leave those 65 mph speed limit signs in the dust.
Mercedes, Jaguars, Vipers, Porches and more were zipping along State Route 257 - all for charity - when the four-day Utah Fast Pass Road Rally took a dangerous turn.
Provo resident Richard Losee lost control of his $1.3 million Ferrari - which had been screaming along at close to 100 mph - and crashed 28 miles north of Milford in southwestern Utah.
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I have a lifted '77 chevy 4x4 pickup and on a road trip from Phoenix to Portland Ore. I woke up in Sacramento to my wife doing 105 driving with the flow of traffic.
thank you...outstanding point made !
I would do it because I never imagined I was was so much better than all the idiots around me who would skid into ditches or each other at the beginning of each winter season. You either get back the feel for reacting correctly to ice or your brake becomes whatever you run in to.
Amen bro!
Gotta shuttle, the kids, the kids friends, the soccer team, the in-laws, the parents.
My wife's from Europe and doesn't like driving anything bigger than a Mini so I got stuck with it as my day to day drive.
I told my daughter if she doesn't go to college, that savings isn't going to her, it's going to pay for a Dodge Charger!
Interstate Highways were designed in the 50's to handle an average 1950's car running 100 mph. Of course there are places this doesn't apply like urban areas, but that was the criteria.
That thang gotta Hemi?
I drove OTR trucks a couple winters. Crossing the plains on freezing cold nights with the light snow blowing like dust was inreresting. Only way to make money was to fly, and cheat the log books. Running an 80,000 pound rig at 95 was fun. :)
LMAO-major props
traffic flow here isn't that fast - usually tops out in mid 80's Most of the time a lot lower (as in stop and go)
I believe the guy is a fellow by the name of Don Wallace (Lazy Days RV SuperCenter)
I'll bet you could go about 100 miles on a tank at that fuel-consumption rate.
Ummm.......how feminine. : )
so can you guys see thru fog better than someone in a car?
Not trying to be a wise guy, I'm really curious. The truckdrivers were fearless that night. I've been in fog before, some bad, but this was like a blindfold.
Not at all, those guys are crazy stupid!
Worst ever wreck I saw was in Pennsylvania, heavy fog, bodies on the road covered in white sheets. That was good for a 24 hour coffee (meantal health) break 4 hours from home.
100 mph is not particularly fast, or dangerous. Hitting bumps, potholes, small rocks, etc in the road at that speed is a complete non-event. At least not for a vehicle that's up to it. I could drive all day at 100 in my 4-cylinder Honda Accord. My bike will hit 100 faster than most cars get to 60, and feel completely composed doing it. It is a little tiring for the rider, however.
THE HORROR!
You haven't seen this minivan:
'89 Dodge Minivan, 1/4-mile in the 12's
A minivan? Tamed?
Dude, you've been shackled.
"When I got the RX over 120, things started getting a little hinky."
That's pretty poor, really, for what is suppoed to be a (fairly) high performance sports car. Do they have a more sporting model of the RX8, with stiffer springs and tighter damping?
Sounds like that Fog Tragedy a few years ago in Wisconsin on N43.
Fog hit real bad in the morning, I think something like a 40 car pileup. Don't remember how many died. I've driven that HWY dozens of times. The question you always have to ask yourself once you hit fog is - do I get off now at the nearest exit - or will the fog let up just ahead?
The Iowa fog I mentioned was just undriveable from the beginning but you know how sometimes you think the fog is not bad just ahead.
I guess that's how some die.
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