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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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HAHA, P7, I live literally just out of frame of that picture, a bit futher north on 107th. I know that intersecion well though, right by MDC on Killian, the turnpike extention.

Man Ive had some fun on those ramps before!

My fav, on ramp though is getting onto the snapper creek expwy. from US1, third gear all the way up the ramp, 4th gear on the downhill... WEEEHAW!
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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BTW, if that is your fav. section of road, why I have STILL not met you? You drive within 1 minute of my house all the time!
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 01:57 PM
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^that looks like a hell of a lot of fun!
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by SoFL_RX8
BTW, if that is your fav. section of road, why I have STILL not met you? You drive within 1 minute of my house all the time!
Haha, I live about 5mins away from that section. And I past by there at least every other day for work.. Since I take that expressway to Dadeland mall. And it's weird that I haven't seen your 8 either.. Since it's one of the unique looking ones..
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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Dude you wont just see me, youll hear me too

We should meet up sometime just to talk ****... I always enjoy meeting fellow 8 owners. If you got some spare time and wanna get a sub at Hungry Bear or something, lemme know!
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SoFL_RX8
Dude you wont just see me, youll hear me too

We should meet up sometime just to talk ****... I always enjoy meeting fellow 8 owners. If you got some spare time and wanna get a sub at Hungry Bear or something, lemme know!
lol, Hungry Bear.. Used to go there all the time after school. Sounds good man. Anytime is good.. Except today and tomorrow.. Football**
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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the winding roads in west chester.....off ramps on I-95 for the newtown bypass (near philly) i can take it at 94 mphand itll go more than that but its on the limiter in third and ill neevr upshift midcorner so ill enevr kno how fast i can really take it.

the cross over of route 1 in oxford valley and the entrances to i-95 above it are like a four leaf clover and they connect completely so i run thru those late at night....

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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by RotaryP7
lol, Hungry Bear.. Used to go there all the time after school. Sounds good man. Anytime is good.. Except today and tomorrow.. Football**
Hungry Bear is THE BEST... Id be down to do lunch on Wednesday, say around 1 o'clock? You availible?
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by SoFL_RX8
Hungry Bear is THE BEST... Id be down to do lunch on Wednesday, say around 1 o'clock? You availible?
Bro, nice timing.. I actually get out of class at 12:30pm on weds. Sounds great.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
ahahahahahhahahah, you sir are the BIGGEST retard who has ever had the misfortune to post here.

..agreed..
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by tajabaho1
lol, don't try this though
but any of you guys ever tried drifting through an intersection? its fun......but after you have done it, I didn't get the

WOOOHOOO feeling, I was like......OH ****!!!!!!!!!!
People like you make insurance rates so high. If morons like you weren't already paying for my insurance discounts through your taxes, I would find you and demand a check.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 04:35 PM
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If you want to live past tomorrow read this.....

http://www.newsobserver.com/710/story/415439.html
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Ike
Just when I thought your posts couldn't get any more delusional and moronic you go and prove me wrong.
I can never prove you right
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by RotaryP7
Bro, nice timing.. I actually get out of class at 12:30pm on weds. Sounds great.
Sounds good. See you Wednesday!
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by enforcer
If you want to live past tomorrow read this.....

http://www.newsobserver.com/710/story/415439.html

Thats terrible man... whats worse is it sounds just like an above post, minus the tragic ending.

I wont say Im a saint and have never hit tripple digits, but I only ever put MY OWN life at risk. I never do it with anyone else in the car, or with anyone else in sight on the road. If I die, its my own damn fault, and Im not taking anyone with me.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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ther is a long uphill onramp here in jax that connects our perimeter to 95 north, it starts going up hill curving to the left and continues into a downhill. its a lil over 3/4 of a mile long and there is a clear line of sight from start to finish. the max speed was like 115 goin into the straight at near the end of the turn but i kept it at about 93 till i was goin down hill. I love this car.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by SoFL_RX8
Thats terrible man... whats worse is it sounds just like an above post, minus the tragic ending.

I wont say Im a saint and have never hit tripple digits, but I only ever put MY OWN life at risk. I never do it with anyone else in the car, or with anyone else in sight on the road. If I die, its my own damn fault, and Im not taking anyone with me.

In a way I feel that way, but then I think about who I would leave behind, cause thats who it really affects.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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Cool

There is an almost unused entrance way to the Long Island Expressway which serves as an exit from the Woodbury Corporate Office Park where I work. First, there is a short curved stretch, beneath the Expressway overpass, followed by this really stiff-curved arc of a road leading to the onramp. Both are left turns. It is not the slightest bit banked, but you can stuff your foot in it at high revs for the first turn and continue ramping up the speed going through the second without so much as a wimper from the car. Done right, you then have to slow down very quickly before the approach on the Expressway- after all, we don't want to enter the right lane at 90 MPH.

Do we?
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by enforcer
If you want to live past tomorrow read this.....

http://www.newsobserver.com/710/story/415439.html
Sad story for sure, its never good when people get hurt or killed... But inexperience comes into play with these cases most of the time.

The driver had 2 previous accidents... With anyone under 21 they should take your driver privileges away with infractions for 3 months at a time and have you take a road safety course.

I myself have barely pushed my rx8 to any type of limit. And I've only had it about a month... I'm currently looking for a driving/racing course where I can take the car on a track and find its limits, learn how it reacts and recovers in wet/dry conditions etc.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by enforcer
If you want to live past tomorrow read this.....

http://www.newsobserver.com/710/story/415439.html
Serious stuff. I wouldn't consider myself a reckless driver but I have done some crazy shyt. None however that would hurt anyone else, for that matter.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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I went into the office today, and the office park has this great set of 3 corners right in a row... nice thing about Saturdays, is the place is virtually deserted. So I was finally able to really push my car to a new limit and I got a bit of tire sequel on the last turn


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...&t=k&z=18&om=1

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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by RotaryP7
Went above 70 mph in a loop road connecting to the expressway. Had to dodge some cars in the process. Sorry it wasn't a corner though. Pretty fun if I don't say so myself..

For those who want to picture it.. Here's the road on google map. Maybe some in the area have been on it.. Click here!
Not that I condone this behavior But the On ramp on 117th is child's play compared to S. Bound on the Turnpike, exiting to 836

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...,0.011458&z=16
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
I would have to say my fastest corner is the Kink at Road America. Right around 90-100 mph.
+1, but I nearly **** my pants
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mac11
dayum...I only had the ***** to do 80's through there.
Yes, but if not mistaken that was with your old car. With the 8 you will reach 90. I did 92.

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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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Over the years this car gets more and more dangerous for people to own and I'm sure there's a shitload of you who already know this. You've accepted the lack of straight line performance found in similarly classed sports/sporty cars (unless you solved that with $$$$$$ and went the F/I route), and have learned to get your kicks from the car's handling abilities instead. You may have given up wasting your rubber from stoplight to stoplight and redlining through every gear on the highway like all the other morons on the road, but that doesn't conceal the fact that you've gotten more and more conditioned into plowing through turns, tight corners, winding roads, onramps...and even intersections...at faster speeds than you ever dared in the past. The habit of relying on DSC to save your asses has left you in so many close calls where you had your fingers, toes, and ********* crossed that you've lost count. Yet you keep pushing it to the limit since you're still here in one piece posting on this thread.
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