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I very rarely do this. The engines at +200k miles right now, The last time I did this was at about 150k. This will probably be the last time I try it for a very very long time because of what almost happened tonight.
At 1:40am on the way home from my girlfriends house, I decided to see If I could put the speedo to its full use. With no cars in sight ahead or behind.... I downshift to 4th and hit redline, shift to 5th then accelerate steadily to 130. And I maintain my speed for about 2 miles. I didnt know it at the time, but maxed out, I flew by a XXXXXXXXXXX county sheriff who just happend to be entering the freeway at a crawl! I guess he was taking a shortcut to the next street or something. There were no other cars on the freeway whatsoever and when I glanced in my rear view mirror, in the distance I saw another car accelerating pretty rapidly. Those headlights looked familiar, and since there were no other cars on the freeway at the time I figured It was a CHP speed trap and I say to myself "Aww shite Im busted!
Im rapidly coming up to an exit... So I quickly lay off the accelerator, downshift and get off at the ramp. As I exit the freeway the signal light is red!!! But luckily there was a seperate lane to turn right that I didnt have to stop at. So I quickly change my mind and take that route (Mind you Im obeying the 50mph speed limit now) to the next street where I turn left. As Im turning I see the car exit the freeway full speed in my direction. I make the left turn and figured I lost him. But as I took sigh of relief I see a car fly around the corner where I had just turned, He comes up to my rear bumper siren and lights a blaring. So Im shitting bricks by now. I calmly signal to make another left at a red traffic light and pull into the turning lane. He turns off his flashers, and pulls to a stop behind me....then slowly creeps around me to my right and shines his big spotlight right in my face for what seemed like an eternity. Im calmly taking a sip of my Dr. Pepper Big Gulp, and look in right in his direction like as if im wondering whats going on. Then he turns off his light and asks me to roll down my window. He yells "Did any cars pass you at a high rate of speed?" I say...."Yeah...The asshole almost hit me, He went thataway" Then he asks..."What kind of car was it?" I reply "It looked like a nissan 240sx". So I get a big Thanks and he takes off like a bat out of hell through the red light. Pheww!!! :shock: OMG... HE FELL FOR IT!! Im off the hook!!
OMG Im so lucky, I probably would'nt have a licence or car right now if I would've been caught. I SWEAR TO GOD IM NEVER EVER DOING THAT EVER AGAIN!!!! No no no...Never! I guess I passed him so fast on the freeway that he couldnt see clearly what kind of car it was. And he probably looked at my car and figured that It couldnt go that fast.
Go figure!
200,464 on the motor and she can still hit 130 mph with no problem.
Gets great mileage, passes smog with no problem, the valvetrain can use a little refresh thought. I guess all years of rigorous maintainance have paid off.
Toyota....I love what you do for me!
At 1:40am on the way home from my girlfriends house, I decided to see If I could put the speedo to its full use. With no cars in sight ahead or behind.... I downshift to 4th and hit redline, shift to 5th then accelerate steadily to 130. And I maintain my speed for about 2 miles. I didnt know it at the time, but maxed out, I flew by a XXXXXXXXXXX county sheriff who just happend to be entering the freeway at a crawl! I guess he was taking a shortcut to the next street or something. There were no other cars on the freeway whatsoever and when I glanced in my rear view mirror, in the distance I saw another car accelerating pretty rapidly. Those headlights looked familiar, and since there were no other cars on the freeway at the time I figured It was a CHP speed trap and I say to myself "Aww shite Im busted!
Im rapidly coming up to an exit... So I quickly lay off the accelerator, downshift and get off at the ramp. As I exit the freeway the signal light is red!!! But luckily there was a seperate lane to turn right that I didnt have to stop at. So I quickly change my mind and take that route (Mind you Im obeying the 50mph speed limit now) to the next street where I turn left. As Im turning I see the car exit the freeway full speed in my direction. I make the left turn and figured I lost him. But as I took sigh of relief I see a car fly around the corner where I had just turned, He comes up to my rear bumper siren and lights a blaring. So Im shitting bricks by now. I calmly signal to make another left at a red traffic light and pull into the turning lane. He turns off his flashers, and pulls to a stop behind me....then slowly creeps around me to my right and shines his big spotlight right in my face for what seemed like an eternity. Im calmly taking a sip of my Dr. Pepper Big Gulp, and look in right in his direction like as if im wondering whats going on. Then he turns off his light and asks me to roll down my window. He yells "Did any cars pass you at a high rate of speed?" I say...."Yeah...The asshole almost hit me, He went thataway" Then he asks..."What kind of car was it?" I reply "It looked like a nissan 240sx". So I get a big Thanks and he takes off like a bat out of hell through the red light. Pheww!!! :shock: OMG... HE FELL FOR IT!! Im off the hook!!
OMG Im so lucky, I probably would'nt have a licence or car right now if I would've been caught. I SWEAR TO GOD IM NEVER EVER DOING THAT EVER AGAIN!!!! No no no...Never! I guess I passed him so fast on the freeway that he couldnt see clearly what kind of car it was. And he probably looked at my car and figured that It couldnt go that fast.
Go figure!200,464 on the motor and she can still hit 130 mph with no problem.
Gets great mileage, passes smog with no problem, the valvetrain can use a little refresh thought. I guess all years of rigorous maintainance have paid off.
Toyota....I love what you do for me!
