For Those of you w/6Spd manuals...

motordavid · #1 04-12-2005, 04:25 PM

(Or, even auto trannies)...You lucky drivers, you! This is what the old 5 speed manual trans does to your motor's rpms at, ahem...highway speeds.

Somewhere on I-81 in VA. Sorry for the non-sharp pic, but the flash gave it an "edge"; a lil'jiggly, too.
I gotta work on my pic taking while boogieing down the highway. (What were the Teutons thinking with a 1:1 5th gear ratio?!)

BR,TheOl'Roadguy

Curious Joel · #2 04-12-2005, 04:38 PM

Around those speeds, my 330 is somewhere around 3700rpm. A 6-sp would be very nice.
BTW, MD, those are very daring speeds for a state where radar detectors are illegal!

Chris F. · #3 04-12-2005, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Curious Joel

Around those speeds, my 330 is somewhere around 3700rpm. A 6-sp would be very nice.
BTW, MD, those are very daring speeds for a state where radar detectors are illegal!

Ha ha....CJ has a point MD! VA throws you in jail for anything over....what is it, 15 over the limit? Where's Mick...

motordavid · #4 04-12-2005, 07:14 PM

CJ: You can't see it, but laying on the left dash by windshield, is my Passport bird dog...I/we run it all the time through VA. Illegal/schemgal, lol!

Curious Joel · #5 04-12-2005, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by motordavid

CJ: You can't see it, but laying on the left dash by windshield, is my Passport bird dog...I/we run it all the time through VA. Illegal/schemgal, lol!

Awesome... But aren't they able to detect the radar detector with some special band or something?

motordavid · #6 04-12-2005, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Curious Joel

Awesome... But aren't they able to detect the radar detector with some special band or something?

"Some" cops supposedly have a detection device, but the newer Bird dogs are basically "cloaked" from what I've read.

I sometimes take it off the dash and jes'lay it in my lap if the Revenue Enhancement detail is too close and swarming around. If I did get nailed, I'd just discretely take it down, shut it off, and tuck it.

JV · #7 04-12-2005, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by motordavid

"Some" cops supposedly have a detection device

Allegedly, the VA State Troopers do. Growing up around here, I never got into the radar detector thing, even when I lived in another state. It does seem ridiculous that they're illegal here and legal in MD, right across the river. Someone said it earlier, it's just a 'toll' some people end up paying the govt. to drive.

JV

BTW, md, how's I-81 this time of year for rock slides?

joll · #8 04-12-2005, 05:42 PM

Looks like std. cruising speed in Sweden ...

Curious Joel · #9 04-12-2005, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by joll

Looks like std. cruising speed in Sweden ...

In the US, the police departments set the speed limits low so they can generate revenue from speeding tickets... It's ridiculous...

X5Jones · #10 04-13-2005, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Curious Joel

In the US, the police departments set the speed limits low so they can generate revenue from speeding tickets... It's ridiculous...

If you think thats bad try Australia! :eek:

We have zero tolerance on enforcement and speed camera's everywere (speed cameras are like red-light cameras except they just snap you for exceeding the speed limit)
The speed monopoly is run mainly by private corporations, with limited involvement from the police (the police are mainly used for scare tactics). A percentage of the money (exceeding AU$1bil nationally) is channeled into the governments 'general revennue' account and is seldom put back into the road system itself

Australia is not the free country most people think it is, at least not on the roads. As a matter of fact it is more Socialist then Democratic