So aparently I need a new radar detector...

[JL8Jeff]

Originally Posted by NJNETSFAN

Correct me if I'm wrong, but your making this into an age argument. Did you forget about the other person in the neon that was clocked doing 89 and didn't get pulled over? I got pulled over because along with the other guy I was speeding, but I also was in a sports car.

Btw, I'm pretty sure a camaro wasn't designed to tow a boat(pretty sure I've seen pics of you doing this with your ss). This is also very unsafe and can kill someone.(/argument)

It has nothing to do with age, but how people on this board don't know the laws. So the neon was doing 89 and he should have gotten a ticket as well. If you speed up to 30 over the limit just because somebody is coming up behind you, you obviously don't know the law. The missing front plate is another law as well as tint that everybody likes to illegally put on their cars. The Camaro is rated for towing so there's no safety issue with that unless you're towing 30+ mph over the speed limit. This isn't a complaint against just you, but everybody here who likes to drive around like maniacs. Just ask how many people here have already lost their license or damaged their car. Then, by coincidence, ask their age. You will see the obvious trend.

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[Zero4488]

Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

It has nothing to do with age, but how people on this board don't know the laws. So the neon was doing 89 and he should have gotten a ticket as well. If you speed up to 30 over the limit just because somebody is coming up behind you, you obviously don't know the law. The missing front plate is another law as well as tint that everybody likes to illegally put on their cars. The Camaro is rated for towing so there's no safety issue with that unless you're towing 30+ mph over the speed limit. This isn't a complaint against just you, but everybody here who likes to drive around like maniacs. Just ask how many people here have already lost their license or damaged their car. Then, by coincidence, ask their age. You will see the obvious trend.

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Instead of simply locking the thread your just gunna continue flaming a 17 year old???? Just because he was speeding and was dumb enough to post about it your using him as an example.....

[JL8Jeff]

I don't lock threads.

[NJ346]

Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

It has nothing to do with age, but how people on this board don't know the laws. So the neon was doing 89 and he should have gotten a ticket as well. If you speed up to 30 over the limit just because somebody is coming up behind you, you obviously don't know the law. The missing front plate is another law as well as tint that everybody likes to illegally put on their cars. The Camaro is rated for towing so there's no safety issue with that unless you're towing 30+ mph over the speed limit. This isn't a complaint against just you, but everybody here who likes to drive around like maniacs. Just ask how many people here have already lost their license or damaged their car. Then, by coincidence, ask their age. You will see the obvious trend.

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I was less than a mile into the 55mph Zone. I was going with the flow at 80mph in the fast lane. The neon then came flying up behind me and I went to get into the slow lane. The camaro is rated for 1000lbs, try telling me this boat weighs 1000lbs.

[Zero4488]

ok...this is just stupid....LOCK PLEASE!

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Zero4488

ok...this is just stupid....LOCK PLEASE!

or stop reading it

[ryanfx]

plz leave open. need 4 teh lulz.

[BigAls87Z28]

WTF did I say?
Snap this ****in thread back into talk about radar detectors and shut the **** up.
People speed. If we didnt, we wouldnt buy the cars we do, we wouldnt spend the money we do, and we sure as hell wouldnt need radar detectors.

[NJ346]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

WTF did I say?
Snap this ****in thread back into talk about radar detectors and shut the **** up.
People speed. If we didnt, we wouldnt buy the cars we do, we wouldnt spend the money we do, and we sure as hell wouldnt need radar detectors.

Al I'm pretty sure this thread went down the toilet when JL8jeff started acting like a hypocrite.

[Camarokid08731]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

WTF did I say?
Snap this ****in thread back into talk about radar detectors and shut the **** up.
People speed. If we didnt, we wouldnt buy the cars we do, we wouldnt spend the money we do, and we sure as hell wouldnt need radar detectors.

i agree

Originally Posted by NJNETSFAN

Al I'm pretty sure this thread went down the toilet when JL8jeff started acting like a hypocrite.

[SuperSweet]

This thread makes me smile after the weekend I had...

[JL8Jeff]

Originally Posted by NJNETSFAN

Al I'm pretty sure this thread went down the toilet when JL8jeff started acting like a hypocrite.

Nope, nothing hypocritical in what I said. There are quite a few people saying how stupid it is to do 30+ over the speed limit. That is the lesson that needs to be learned here. Even 85 in a 65 zone is way over the limit. And no, that boat weighs under 750 lbs so do some research. But that has nothing to do with people learning how to drive safely.

If you don't like the thread, ask one of the admins to delete the whole thing because it talks about illegal driving and radar detectors.

[NJ346]

Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

Nope, nothing hypocritical in what I said. There are quite a few people saying how stupid it is to do 30+ over the speed limit. That is the lesson that needs to be learned here. Even 85 in a 65 zone is way over the limit. And no, that boat weighs under 750 lbs so do some research. But that has nothing to do with people learning how to drive safely.

If you don't like the thread, ask one of the admins to delete the whole thing because it talks about illegal driving and radar detectors.

Umm...so now your saying that we're not aloud to talk about radar dectors on this board? If you even read my posts, I was doing 80 in the 65 zone going with traffic. When the neon had started to tailgate me I then got into the slow lane.

[Mike]

if we read your post you said you were "messing around with a friend"........

[Tru2Chevy]

Vinnie, 85 in a 55 is definitely way too fast. I'll be the first to admit that I used to drive quite fast, but one speeding ticket several years ago changed that quickly.

You say that you were only 1 mile into the 55 zone....I dunno about your F-Body, but my lifted (and before you ask - completely legal) Jeep can slow down plenty over the course of a mile.

You also say that you were doing 80 in the left lane, then moved over when you saw the neon coming up behind you quickly because at a glance you thought it was a cop. So when did you speed up to 85?

I'm not saying that you are a bad person or anything, but if you are gonna get into something like this on a public forum and then toss some inconsistencies out there, you can pretty much expect this type of response.

- Justin

[NJ346]

Originally Posted by cbrrmike

if we read your post you said you were "messing around with a friend"........

Very true mike. We were not speeding as we were both just getting on the parkway. I had said that becasue that's the reason I suspected the neon was a cop making sure we were following the laws.

[SuperSweet]

Originally Posted by NJNETSFAN

If you even read my posts, I was doing 80 in the 65 zone going with traffic.

But i thought it was a 55mph zone?

Originally Posted by NJNETSFAN

...(1 mile into the 55 zone)

If there was traffic how were you doing 85mph??

[SuperSweet]

Originally Posted by NJNETSFAN

Very true mike. We were not speeding as we were both just getting on the parkway. I had said that becasue that's the reason I suspected the neon was a cop making sure we were following the laws.

Listen man, im not tryin to be a dick but you just keep changing your story. First you were messin around with your friend..then you were JUST getting on the parkway...I haven't been to every entrance on the parkway but im pretty sure none of them enter on the left side with a speed limt of 85mph...

[NJ346]

Originally Posted by SuperSweet

But i thought it was a 55mph zone?


If there was traffic how were you doing 85mph??

It was at 10:30 at night, there was traffic, but it was more like packs of cars and then openings in between.

Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy

You say that you were only 1 mile into the 55 zone....I dunno about your F-Body, but my lifted (and before you ask - completely legal) Jeep can slow down plenty over the course of a mile.

You also say that you were doing 80 in the left lane, then moved over when you saw the neon coming up behind you quickly because at a glance you thought it was a cop. So when did you speed up to 85?


- Justin

Very true, I honestly did not know I was going that fast and there are normally no cops in that area so I planed on just coasting down.

[NJ346]

Originally Posted by SuperSweet

Listen man, im not tryin to be a dick but you just keep changing your story. First you were messin around with your friend..then you were JUST getting on the parkway...I haven't been to every entrance on the parkway but im pretty sure none of them enter on the left side with a speed limt of 85mph...

It was exit 77 on the parkway. I had gotten on the parkway with the cutout open so ofcoarse my car was loud. My friend was in front of me in a mercury cougar and had gotten in the slow lane. There was a clearing in the traffic like I said before and had immediately gotten into the left lane(Yes, stupid of me), and I had figured that that type of driving had attracted a cops attention.

[NJSPEEDER]

Originally Posted by NJNETSFAN

It was at 10:30 at night, there was traffic, but it was more like packs of cars and then openings in between.


Very true, I honestly did not know I was going that fast and there are normally no cops in that area so I planed on just coasting down.

So you were in a pack of cars that was going 85 or you were catching the next pack of cars because you were going 85?

Face it, radar detector or not, you were going way too fast. Whether you realized your exact pace or not at the time, you were at fault. YOU are in charge of the speed you are going, not your friends, not some neon coming up fast, you and you alone.

You have been around here long enough to realize what happens when people try to make excuses for doing something that they know is wrong. If you don't want to hear any more about it, then just drop it.

[NJ346]

Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

So you were in a pack of cars that was going 85 or you were catching the next pack of cars because you were going 85?

Face it, radar detector or not, you were going way too fast. Whether you realized your exact pace or not at the time, you were at fault. YOU are in charge of the speed you are going, not your friends, not some neon coming up fast, you and you alone.

You have been around here long enough to realize what happens when people try to make excuses for doing something that they know is wrong. If you don't want to hear any more about it, then just drop it.

I know. In one of my first few posts I had said that I had expected to receive a ticket of some sort even with the PBA card because I was breaking the law and still am with no front plate.

Anyway, anyone have any recommendations for an updated radar detector? Preferable from best buy because I have a gift card from there that i'd like to get rid of.

[Mike]

passport escort 8500 or 9500


bestbuy should have the 8500, the ones by me do

[SuperSweet]

I have the 8500 and it deffinitely does its job

[NJ346]

Just looked on Bestbuy's website. The 9500 looks like a really nice unit. It is like the radar dector of radar detectors lol.