Lol... I’m a fairly big guy, so I don’t worry too much, plus us Canadians are a little less murdery, just a little more weird when we do the murdering... I used to work at an airport and if you chatted pilots up enough they’d sometimes offer to take you up for a circuit. Had some fun rides in old vintage Harvard’s and a T6 (I think it’s a t6) and an Albatross jet trainer... ended up the guy lived about an hour away and had some cool old planes, and a helicopter. He was batshit insane but ended up inviting me and my now ex wife on his boat (yeah at the time I was worried where that was going too). I don’t know, I am sort of chatty and don’t always see the weirder motives for things in people... I guess I sort of trust people too much. I haven’t had anything odd actually happen to me, that I wasn’t able to take care of myself. When I was a kid it’s how I ended up going to a party at Dan Aykeroids new house up here with my sister and parents... I guess I am naive to the world with somethings.
In the US we spell Dan Aykeroid as Dan Aykroyd. the former resembles hemorrhoids as bit too much for my liking. Did Dan serve his Cyrstal Head Tequila and Vodka to you at the party , I've seen it in a liquor store but never drank it.
Doesn't the manual say you can shift into 4 wd at speeds up to 68 mph.
Yes, I was referring to launching in 2wd, traction control off.
Yes on page 157:
I'm guessing that the manual was written with km/h spec's, and later converted for us lowly anti-metric folk.
I believe it. There’s a lot of unfinished highways around that don’t have traffic flowing through it. Fun story you’ll remember.
Letting off when you get to the speed limit does not always work. Years ago I got pulled over when I hammered my go pedal after the light turned green. When the cop asked for license and registration I responded with " I never exceeded the speed limit" His response was to write me up for reckless driving. I tried to talk my way out of it by saying that "it doesn't matter how quick I get to the speed limit as long as I dont go over" He disagreed, as he was handing me the ticket.. It would appear that there are provisions for Leos to make a judgment call, and are given lots of lattituted when evaluating a motorists driving habits. The reckless ticket stood up in the small town New Jersey courtroom where I decided to fight it!!!
Writing you up for "Reckless Operation" sounds like a dick head move by the cop unless there is more to the story....... but.... tell us more about what you were driving, and how you were driving. Is there more to your story? Bone stock vehicle? Stock Exhaust? Tires squeeling? In a school zone? Had you and Barney had run ins before?
Was Andy on vacation that day?
Yes they do. And the judge just might be related to the cop too.
My wife was pulled over in the middle of the deep south years ago. Cop (boss Hog) wrote her a ticket for *whatever* and told her to send payment to an address via check made out to the judge. She never paid it.
There is more to the story. Car was an M3 with a full exhaust so it was a bit loud. I was practicing cutting a light, using the cars launch control. Tires were most surely fighting for traction. I dont feel like I was being a wise ass to the cop and tried to be respectful, but I can see where comment about the speed limit might have been taken differently.Writing you up for "Reckless Operation" sounds like a dick head move by the cop unless there is more to the story....... but.... tell us more about what you were driving, and how you were driving. Is there more to your story? Bone stock vehicle? Stock Exhaust? Tires squeeling? In a school zone? Had you and Barney had run ins before?
In a stock Ranger, you wouldn't get pulled over for mashing the go pedal to the floor in Sport Mode, if you are at or below the speed limit.
Now if your driving your '69 SS Camaro with full length headers and header mufflers, and you dump the clutch, tires squalling and back end drifting... sure Johnny Law will make an example of you.
In some respect though I get what you are saying. When I was 16 I got pulled over and ticketed for a "Show Of Acceleration". I had shoulder length blond hair and was driving my jacked up '70 Nova with mag wheels. The car was a 230 6 Banger, with split exhaust. The car was unable to produce a quality "Show of Acceleration". But it was a good learning lesson for me.
