Oppo I am thankful for...

"Maidee" (maideethere) 11/26/2015 at 20:34 • Filed to: None

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Having a car that isn’t too fast. In the last few weeks I have had a few close calls with being caught for speeding. Both times I was having too much fun trying to keep up with cars who have much more power than I.

The first time was with a Raptor going allegedly 95 in and out of traffic. And the other was with a Camaro and a 335i in and out of traffic allegedly at 85-90.

So, I am trying to calm my driving down now by going to the mountains and driving up there instead. But everytime I see a wrx, I think about how much trouble I could be in if I had gotten that instead.

Does anyone else feel or have felt this way before??

bob and john > Maidee 11/26/2015 at 20:38

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hehe. I routinely catch myself 15 over on the motorcycle.

oops

My citroen won't start > Maidee 11/26/2015 at 20:40

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Yes, all the time, and that is specially dangerous here thanks to the new 35mph limit in the entire city and all the new speed cameras.

Bytemite > Maidee 11/26/2015 at 21:06

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Isn’t 80 mph the minimum you should be going to keep up with traffic? I live in Bay area and no one drives at less than 75 mph. I like to go a bit faster so I cruise at around 85 and pass at 90 mph on hwy. Nice Mazda6.

718Rogue > Maidee 11/26/2015 at 21:26

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I hit 145 racing an M6 last week..

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Maidee 11/26/2015 at 21:47

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I have sufficient power to do whatever I want most of the time, and it is intoxicating.

On the one hand, if I had more power I’d probably get myself arrested.

On the other, “blew that guy’s doors off—worth it!!”

It is sort of scary when you aren’t in a hurry and you realize the speed the vehicle feels comfortable cruising at is well over the limit though.

Milky > Maidee 11/26/2015 at 22:33

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I had to give myself a reminder after get back-2-back tickets for the same thing.

Maidee > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/26/2015 at 22:42

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Exactly! My car feels comfortable above the speed limit. Plus it feels so good to get through a slow pack and find yourself driving on an emptier stretch of freeway until you catch up to another pack.

FazeRacer > Maidee 11/26/2015 at 22:43

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I have a car with more power than I can ever use, and most of the time I’m doing my best to drive it conservatively. I’ve been pulled over a few times for speeding and I’m barely on the throttle (talked my way out of all of them).

Maidee > Milky 11/26/2015 at 22:47

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I’m so scared of getting a ticket that when I drive i’m constantly scanning ahead for cops or try to predict where they might hide and I do this as a passenger also.

Haha I love that photo!

Maidee > Bytemite 11/26/2015 at 22:52

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Thanks! Unfortunately, 80 isn’t all that normal on my commute. I can pass people going 70-75 majority of the time. Plus most of my speeding is in a “construction zone” where it is 15-20 miles long with only 2 spots that are actually being worked on and they are behind a concrete barrier.

MGS315 > Maidee 11/26/2015 at 23:34

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Hah you say that, I’ve had more close calls in a speed limited van (68mph) than any other vehicle. The fact it’s underpowered makes it even more tempting to keep the right hand pedal down.

Maidee > bob and john 11/27/2015 at 00:44

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I tend to have to catch myself everytime I change lanes because I have a tendency to speed faster everytime. In which going in and out of traffic only makes me speed up. I wish I could ride a motorcycle, my commute would be so much faster.

Maidee > 718Rogue 11/27/2015 at 00:50

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Wow! That’s must’ve been awesome. I wish I had the guts to speed more but of course only on an empty road. The fastest I’ve ever gone is like 95 because I would like to think that I have morals to not speed over 100. But one day....

Maidee > My citroen won't start 11/27/2015 at 00:53

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Aww that sucks. I'm glad where I live there aren't any speed cameras that I'm aware of.

Maidee > MGS315 11/27/2015 at 01:01

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That’s what I did with my old Camry. Me and my brother drove the crap out it and it still works fine.

Maidee > FazeRacer 11/27/2015 at 01:03

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Good job on avoiding tickets. I can see the positives in having an underpowered car. But it does seem nice for the once in a blue moon chance to get to use the power and not have it fail you. But man would it be dangerous!

718Rogue > Maidee 11/27/2015 at 08:16

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Yeah my driving records not too good... Also I live in L.A. So it's pretty common here

sellphones2493 > Maidee 11/27/2015 at 09:18

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+1

I just went from this:

(It was modified and pushing about 340hp)

To this:

I’m trying to become a more-relaxed driver. Not until this week I’ve had a time, where I was tying to go faster, only to find that my foot is pedal the floor.

Maidee > 718Rogue 11/27/2015 at 15:29

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I live in LA too and my commute on the 210 is so tempting.

Maidee > sellphones2493 11/27/2015 at 15:37

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Well the change helps a little bit. I remember the first time driving the Camry again after getting the Mazda (not quite as big of a difference as your) and just getting frustrated at it for being so freaking slow. For me I would try to tell myself than I am going to drive more fuel efficiently but that only works for a day or two before I’m fed up with the slowness of traffic. Patience is something I need when I'm driving.

718Rogue > Maidee 11/27/2015 at 19:54

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Haha, I hit 145 on the 210 near Ontario on my way to pick up my new wheels in Rancho. Hit 135 on the 60 near DTLA a few years back racing a Civic Si and Integra. Nowadays I’m happy cruising at 70 unless I see another car speed by... cops can’t catch us both...

Maidee > 718Rogue 11/28/2015 at 05:33

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So true! I can drive along at my own pace until I get passed by one or two faster cars then I feel like I can speed up a bit more and do tend to speed up. Hoping to keep my driving record clean though... (Knocking on wood)