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doc2s said:
some day you will and it will catch you by surprise.
C'mon guys, we are all taking ourselves too literally and to the over-interpreted extreme on this thread. It doesn't take a Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering to understand that all-out, all-the-time, racing on public roads is less than, shall we say, prudent, so going 100mph down Main Street at rush-hour is insane. But an occasional 0-60 run with a ricer from a stoplight on a flat and straight road in broad daylight with dry pavement away from kids, urban areas and any traffic once or twice in your life is alot less dangerous than the everyday driving that MOST members of this forum engage in on a DAILY basis-like using one's cell phone (hand-held or not, both involving conversation that focus the brain in ways that take away almost ALL concentration from the driving task-much more risky and causal in accidents than speed itself-and pathetically under-enforced, at least where I'm from), averaging 10mph over ALL speed limits (including going 35mph in a 25mph school zone-and 35mph anywhere in a 997 seems slow), eating or drinking, or fiddling with the stereo or nav. (whilst in gear). Now if anyone on this forum tried to argue that he NEVER drove past 55mph or 65mph (?75mph now in some states) in his 911, EVER, except on a track, I would NOT believe him. After all, most steady-state traffic on roads not strangled by gridlock in the US is at or above the speed limit, and that includes the tenth of a liter, one cylinder econoboxes, as well as sports cars. So, duh, I wouldn't have made it to age 40 if I drove regularly like a hooligan, but I would be dishonest if I said I never drove over the speed limit on a public highway (but only 3 speeding tickets in 25 years of driving, and NO major crashes, whether caused by me or others-just one miniscule fender bender when my I drove my father's 1980 Chevy Citation
into our town hall parking lot at about 20mph, just after it was repaved and it had just started raining-$500 to adjust the suspension from when the car slid just enough to tap the curb
-not that I have been "lucky," I simply drive conscientiously and when I speed, I "pick my spots."
).
Boy, is this what is becoming of 911 owners? Instead, buy an Oldsmobile, with auto tranny, parking sensors, cruise control, front and rear DIRECTV sat-TV on 20-inch screens, and pray that GM includes a package with a GPS-based speed limit-dependent rev-limiter to guarantee you never break the speed limit even if you wanted to.