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Old 02-15-2006, 11:42 PM
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Correction: hear the beep for about a second, then shift
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Originally Posted by LiveBlues
When you hit the 3rd beep, you're doing 90. You must do a lot of freeway/highway driving.
No, not really. I do this when entering the highway, but there are also lots of short service roads where spouts of 90 aren't a problem.
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"Short service roads where 90 isn't a problem" - where the heck are those? You must live around some wide open spaces?


I'd say I shift at 4500-5000, but rely more on the feel of the car and the road more than anything else. It probably see's redline in 2nd a few times every time I drive it. I really can't take it into redline much more than that becuase of Chicago traffic, or because in some cases the roads aren't in good enough condition.
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Originally Posted by Red Devil
"Short service roads where 90 isn't a problem" - where the heck are those? You must live around some wide open spaces?
Been to Texas lately?
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Was at SMU for some college tennis matches like 4 years ago...not since, though.

Always wanted to go to San Antonio, every one tells me it's really nice. Fort Worth...I do a fair amount of dealings with BNSF railway but haven't bothered to make a trip down there.
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hell dazy, we all know i have proof that you can go 90+ around chicago too....feel free to hit red devil with a chair
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Oh.. the red line has a beep.. I get it now..


I haven't pushed mine that hard yet, though I've gotten close.
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*hit Red Devil with a chair*

I live in Fort Worth and work on the west side where it's literally borderline country. The roads out here are long and straight without much going on around them... yet. I give it a couple years and I'll have to find some new places to drive.
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Originally Posted by mkztg
Oh.. the red line has a beep.. I get it now..


I haven't pushed mine that hard yet, though I've gotten close.
Yes, but it's a very polite beep ... I rarely hear it, but it regularly goes off
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The areas where I usually roam there really isn't the room to hit 90mph that often, too many pedestrians running into traffic from out of nowhere...and no need to be a lemming and hit me with a chair like what RSD always does...be original, I think a barstool could be leveraged quite well also...

How does the saying go? "Dallas is where the East ends, and Fort Worth is where the West begins."
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