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TwiceOver

Lifer
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This guys insurance has gotta be through the roof. Those house repair costs are going to be insane!
 

Mo0o

Lifer
Jul 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: Ornery
I've yet to see him explain why he couldn't simply push the damn clutch in. What a tard!

I think he says he "paniced" and forgot everything. Man i really want to know what this guy's insurance is.
 

Anonemous

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guess his parents are rich enough to afford him a car like that and sky rocketing insurance :)
 

Coquito

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From the pics, it looks like he was half asleep trying to park, when he suddenly realized that the garage door wasn't up.
 

Vic

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Originally posted by: Mill
Originally posted by: Skoorb
What a fvckface. No way his gas stuck. He should have his license revoked, and get a haymaker across the noggin.
Exactly. I mean a radar detector screams "hey I speed like a maniac." I don't buy his story at all.
That's not a radar detector, Mill. That's the optional auto-dimming rearview mirror with built-in digital compass. The plastic antenna hanging down next to it is part of a Viper alarm system.

And while I won't defend this obvious jackass, I could not disagree with your statement more. Owning a radar detector does NOT scream you speed like a maniac. I own one and I don't. I just don't like to get tickets for driving with the flow of traffic (and I haven't received ticket in more than 5 years, nor ever had an at-fault accident).
 

Eli

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Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: Antoneo
What does "Wide open throttle" mean?:confused:
It means that the throttle butterfly is wide open, ie: the accelerator is all the way to the floor.
 

jagec

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Mill
Originally posted by: Skoorb
What a fvckface. No way his gas stuck. He should have his license revoked, and get a haymaker across the noggin.
Exactly. I mean a radar detector screams "hey I speed like a maniac." I don't buy his story at all.
That's not a radar detector, Mill. That's the optional auto-dimming rearview mirror with built-in digital compass. The plastic antenna hanging down next to it is part of a Viper alarm system.

And while I won't defend this obvious jackass, I could not disagree with your statement more. Owning a radar detector does NOT scream you speed like a maniac. I own one and I don't. I just don't like to get tickets for driving with the flow of traffic (and I haven't received ticket in more than 5 years, nor ever had an at-fault accident).

No one gets a radar detector unless they want to go 15 over or more. You may say "the flow of traffic", but no one gets a ticket for going with the flow of traffic. So I'd bet you drive a little faster.

As for the kid: his story is mighty inconsistent.

He claims to be in 3rd at redline (~80MPH from what the others were saying), when the throttle stuck. Then he's saying he was going ~20 in 3rd, when the throttle sticks and accelerates him all the way to redline. He also claims to have been pushing on the brake like a maniac with no effect (The brake might not be effective against a turboed engine at redline, but it would be effective at ~20-30.

Frankly, if he had really been going 20 or so, he would have had plenty of time to fix things (assuming the final speed was ~60-80). Sounds like he was speeding through a residential neighborhood to me.
 

BatmanNate

Lifer
Jul 12, 2000
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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Mill
Originally posted by: Skoorb
What a fvckface. No way his gas stuck. He should have his license revoked, and get a haymaker across the noggin.
Exactly. I mean a radar detector screams "hey I speed like a maniac." I don't buy his story at all.
That's not a radar detector, Mill. That's the optional auto-dimming rearview mirror with built-in digital compass. The plastic antenna hanging down next to it is part of a Viper alarm system.

And while I won't defend this obvious jackass, I could not disagree with your statement more. Owning a radar detector does NOT scream you speed like a maniac. I own one and I don't. I just don't like to get tickets for driving with the flow of traffic (and I haven't received ticket in more than 5 years, nor ever had an at-fault accident).

It may not indicate that you speed like a maniac persay, but it does imply intent of violating the law, and I'd wager than in more instances than not, people with radar detectors are more aggressive drivers.
 

OS

Lifer
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Originally posted by: jagec
No one gets a radar detector unless they want to go 15 over or more. You may say "the flow of traffic", but no one gets a ticket for going with the flow of traffic. So I'd bet you drive a little faster.

In socal, average freeway speed is like 80 if traffic is light and limit is 65. If you happen to be the lucky guy with a CHP on your ass, you will get a ticket.



 

StageLeft

No Lifer
Sep 29, 2000
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And while I won't defend this obvious jackass, I could not disagree with your statement more. Owning a radar detector does NOT scream you speed like a maniac. I own one and I don't. I just don't like to get tickets for driving with the flow of traffic (and I haven't received ticket in more than 5 years, nor ever had an at-fault accident).
I go with, or faster than, the flow of traffic. In 10 years I've gotten zero speeding tickets. I don't think you need your radar detector.

The way I see it, and the way police see it, is if you have a radar detector you're breaking the law. Now, we all break it (most of us), to a small extent, going 80 in a 70 or whatever, but when i think of a guy with a wrx and a detector I think: this guy loves to speed. In your case it may not be correct, but surely in 90% of the cases it is. People don't get radar detectors to listen to the pretty chirps while driving 65 in a 70, and anybody can "mildly" speed without getting a ticket anyway.

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Anyway, this dolt with his stage 4, at the age of 18, has no business being on the road. It's really too bad he didn't injure himself a bit, because a broken arm would have probably woken him up to reality. As it is he doesn't seem particularly shaken up about it, but he would have been if that girl in the second pic had meshed with his grill.