RE: waking up a cop late at night at a light.... WAS: What do you get when youpass the State trooper at 85?

["Brian Wagner" <scirocco_88_16v@hotmail.com>]

Gotcha ya all beat

Try being pulled over by a helicopter in a 71 bug in the foothills in 
Colorado, with a case of beer in the back and being 17.

Need I say more.

Brian

87 16v
86 8v (parts car)
85 Wolfsburg (white coming to a garage near me soon)



>From: 16V Jason <jason@scirocco.org>
>To: <danws@tampabay.rr.com>, "'16V Jason'" <jason@scirocco.org>,   
><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?
>Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:48:27 -0500
>
>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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