How many is too many
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 45
From: Ohio
Yeah as I said earlier, I found one that I'm interested in but it would need a front bumper and some body work. The price is cheap and I'd have no problem buying it cheap and fixing it up but from experience, when cars are beat up on the outside, they probably aren't in good shape engine-wise and mechanically. And that could really start to add up.
Anyway, I found my ideal, perfect GT. Not gonna say anything more and jinx it, but my fingers, toes, everything are crossed that I sell my car and can pick it up.
Anyway, I found my ideal, perfect GT. Not gonna say anything more and jinx it, but my fingers, toes, everything are crossed that I sell my car and can pick it up.
5th Gear Member
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,994
From: Ohio
@devongarver: have you ever been issued multiple moving citations at once and/or arrested because of your "driving habits"? if not, that would, or should, change your mentality a lot. i can completely understand where the guys coming from, driving slow and whatnot. don't get me wrong, i still get on it from time to time (long on/off ramps and such), but on my daily cruises, i consistently keep it under 2500 rpms.
6 counts, guns drawn, 4 cruisers, 150 mph, drifting through an intersection, yada yada yada. That was the latest go round. First time was 130mph on route 270 in my ranger racing a monte carlo...I won...lol. Got caught by an airplane...no way i saw that one coming..I was doing 65 when I got "pulled over" by a stateboy walking on foot into 4 lanes of oncoming traffic pointing at me and then the side of the road...that was interesting.
Now if you would like a full and detailed story for each of those two events, it's quite entertaining. But that's the short of it. And no, it doesnt really change my mindset. I simply make choices...I decide in split seconds whether my actions are worth my consequences...and you know what...so far the extra money I pay in auto insurance, and the money I have dropped on lawyers has been worth it. Only thing that has changed is I make absolutely sure I'm not getting caught when I am going to do something the law doesn't like. Believe me, I am not a wreckless driver, in fact, I am a very good driver. I have Never *knock on wood* been in an accident, and it is not because of dumb luck. I have avoided many major catastrophes because I observe my surroundings when I am driving.
That being said, I was younger and dumber when I got arrested the last two times, and I won't be repeating that again. But two out of the last 3 times I have had the mustang out, I hit 115 in 4th after a WOT climb from 45-50 passing a group of tards going 10-15 mph slower than the speed limit...
Oh and I have the cruiser video of the last one....hahaha.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 664
From: NOLA
ive dropped a few grand in lawyers and court fees myself, and fortunately have a clean record because of it. im not saying your not careful, as i have been as well, its just that ive lost a lot of money due to my own stupidity and some really dumb luck, and i would like to keep myself from wasting any more. furthermore, when i got arrested for also drifting an intersection, i was wasted out of my mind and fortunately got a really nice cop who didn't even test me, and wouldn't have even arrested me if it weren't for a stupid bench warrant on a ticket that was supposedly "fixed." i took that as a sign that maybe i got lucky for a reason, and that i should probably refrain from doing stupid **** like that. i guess we all take different approaches to life's lessons, but at the end of the day it is kinda depressing when i think about how fast i could really be going...
5th Gear Member
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,994
From: Ohio
ive dropped a few grand in lawyers and court fees myself, and fortunately have a clean record because of it. im not saying your not careful, as i have been as well, its just that ive lost a lot of money due to my own stupidity and some really dumb luck, and i would like to keep myself from wasting any more. furthermore, when i got arrested for also drifting an intersection, i was wasted out of my mind and fortunately got a really nice cop who didn't even test me, and wouldn't have even arrested me if it weren't for a stupid bench warrant on a ticket that was supposedly "fixed." i took that as a sign that maybe i got lucky for a reason, and that i should probably refrain from doing stupid **** like that. i guess we all take different approaches to life's lessons, but at the end of the day it is kinda depressing when i think about how fast i could really be going...
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 45
From: Ohio
6 counts, guns drawn, 4 cruisers, 150 mph, drifting through an intersection, yada yada yada. That was the latest go round. First time was 130mph on route 270 in my ranger racing a monte carlo...I won...lol. Got caught by an airplane...no way i saw that one coming..I was doing 65 when I got "pulled over" by a stateboy walking on foot into 4 lanes of oncoming traffic pointing at me and then the side of the road...that was interesting.
Now if you would like a full and detailed story for each of those two events, it's quite entertaining. But that's the short of it. And no, it doesnt really change my mindset. I simply make choices...I decide in split seconds whether my actions are worth my consequences...and you know what...so far the extra money I pay in auto insurance, and the money I have dropped on lawyers has been worth it. Only thing that has changed is I make absolutely sure I'm not getting caught when I am going to do something the law doesn't like. Believe me, I am not a wreckless driver, in fact, I am a very good driver. I have Never *knock on wood* been in an accident, and it is not because of dumb luck. I have avoided many major catastrophes because I observe my surroundings when I am driving.
That being said, I was younger and dumber when I got arrested the last two times, and I won't be repeating that again. But two out of the last 3 times I have had the mustang out, I hit 115 in 4th after a WOT climb from 45-50 passing a group of tards going 10-15 mph slower than the speed limit...
Oh and I have the cruiser video of the last one....hahaha.
Now if you would like a full and detailed story for each of those two events, it's quite entertaining. But that's the short of it. And no, it doesnt really change my mindset. I simply make choices...I decide in split seconds whether my actions are worth my consequences...and you know what...so far the extra money I pay in auto insurance, and the money I have dropped on lawyers has been worth it. Only thing that has changed is I make absolutely sure I'm not getting caught when I am going to do something the law doesn't like. Believe me, I am not a wreckless driver, in fact, I am a very good driver. I have Never *knock on wood* been in an accident, and it is not because of dumb luck. I have avoided many major catastrophes because I observe my surroundings when I am driving.
That being said, I was younger and dumber when I got arrested the last two times, and I won't be repeating that again. But two out of the last 3 times I have had the mustang out, I hit 115 in 4th after a WOT climb from 45-50 passing a group of tards going 10-15 mph slower than the speed limit...
Oh and I have the cruiser video of the last one....hahaha.
