[WJH]

I always thought the yellow speed signs were minimum speeds for the curve. I try to at least double the yellow marked speed!



Taking your car, that is extreme. It's like taking a child's toy when he doesn't play nice.

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[flash]

there is no thrill if there isn't a decent chance of death. man up. buy a bike and see what high speed really feels like. where's the adventure in going fast in a straight line in a car? where's the risk? other than covering ground to your destination faster, which certainly has its merits, i don't get it, especially in a hardtop. you're isolated from the speed and miss half the thrill.



i think you're missing out on half the fun, and all of what this car is best at. if you just want to go fast in a straight line, there are a lot better cars for it. there are even better porsches for it.



but, you'd have to get new shoes.

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[ds968]

[quote name='flash' timestamp='1369873267' post='143295'] there are even better porsches for it.

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But there are no better looking Porsches than the 968. Maybe the new Spyder Hybrid, but at $ 600,000 that's slightly out of my budget :-)

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[Inkedupfatboy]

I have had lots of bikes - Crotch rockets and cruisers - Tried to keep up with a KZ1000 once, on my Suzuki 650...not even close - I was at 125mph when a dog ran out in front of me. I was like 23 or 24, young and stupid. Had lots to clean off the seat. Since then, been hit 3 times and close calls many more thank that. Last August had to actually jump off the hog waiting to turn left as a psyco lady cut me off turning past me. Dropped the bike from a standing stop and it did over $1200 in damage.



Down here in God's waiting room, too many old people. When we moved here in 2006, 26 bikers died in accidents at Daytona BIke Week. No thanks. I have a 1979 Suzuki 1000GL with only 17K on it, in the garage that I restored. Way go fast bike with go slow guy on it. (I need to get that thing running again).....So I don't ride much.. I was riding pretty regularly at around midnight (old people can't see in the dark) so more roads are empty, but just got lazy.



I keep thinking of selling the Fatboy, but too many bikes down here and since Harley flooded the market after I bought mine in 2004, they don't bring decent money here. I just ride it once in a while and say, "Man, I can't sell this." Lol



Flash is right, you can go fast and it really shows the speed on a bike, but it is way to dumb to do it down here. If you don't get wigged out going fast down here, you are dead or just too crazy to care.



That being said, I really want to see how the 968 will stretch her legs.....

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[White968]

I have driven the Saw Mill Parkway here in New York at 140+ in the 968 more times than I can count and never got a ticket but I got my first speeding ticket (age 35) in the Audi going up to Canada a few years ago when I got caught in a speed trap in upstate New York. I was the leading car going 89mph in a 55mph. I lived by similar rules to Flashes for years and let my guard down for a minute and got my first speeding ticket.

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[ds968]

One of the advantages here ( and on one highway in particular ) is that there are many long onramps which are obscured in entirety from the highway until you enter it. Often you're the only car there, so I take every opportunity to rush up to triple digits and then slow down enough to enter the freeway at a very civilized 65 or 70 mph. Unfortunately none are long enough to allow for much than about 110 or so, but still satisfying to do that and then merge in with the rest of the traffic nonchalant and with a grin on your face..even more satisfying if shortly thereafter you spot the friendly local highway patrol cruising along looking for some poor chump going 10mph over the limit on the freeway .

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[Rap]

Doesn't anyone follow the posted speed limits? Lol

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[rxter]

If you really want to feel the thrill of imminent death, get on a bicycle and go riding around these "minimum speed" curves during the day - terrifying.

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[Cloud9...68]

I agree with Flash that driving fast in a straight line has very little by way of thrill factor. But what Dan describes as far as building as much speed on a long onramp is a lot of fun, because you're experiencing the g forces from accelerating, along with the smug satisfaction of getting away with something. Hope the word doesn't get out, though, or we'll soon find unmanned radar guns at the ends of long onramps!



But nothing, other than possibly downhill skiing, compares with the thrill of driving fast on a track. It offers everything - g forces from accelerating, turning, and rapid braking, along with the sense of accomplishment that comes with getting better at it over time. Add to that the element of the reward that comes from getting passed less and less by cars you know are faster than yours (in a DE situation), and/or the thrill of competition if you're doing actual racing. It doesn't matter much if you're in a door-slammer, a formula car, a go-cart, or on a bike. I'm a pretty reserved person by nature, but in a car at the track (where it helps that no one can hear me!), I'm often whooping at the top of my lungs at the end of a satisfying run (people who know me would never believe that!)



Dan, you ought to give it another whirl. As you get more seat time under your belt, you get faster at every element of the experience, which ratchets up the thrill factor immeasurably.

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[Inkedupfatboy]

Saw this today -

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/speedtrap.asp



Nice...



Ed

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[ds968]

[quote name='Inkedupfatboy' timestamp='1370113336' post='143437']Saw this today -

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/speedtrap.asp



Nice...



Ed[/quote]



Good to know what they look like. Will keep a sledgehammer in the trunk just in case I spot one of those. Not for me, but as a service to all the other motorists to follow :-) Après moi, le deluge ... :-) :-)

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[Langley968]

Bringing the 968 home after a week sitting in the impound lot! At least it was mostly overcast this past week, so not to much baking in the sun.

Enjoying the ferry ride and browsing the Forum at the moment. Life could be much worse!!!

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[Inkedupfatboy]

Glad you got it home safe.

Ed

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[Tom030]

[quote name='Langley968' timestamp='1370130512' post='143450']

Bringing the 968 home after a week sitting in the impound lot! At least it was mostly overcast this past week, so not to much baking in the sun.

Enjoying the ferry ride and browsing the Forum at the moment. Life could be much worse!!!

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Did you ever figure out whether you were charged with exceeding a recommended speed sign or the actual speed limit?

tom

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