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how to kill speed addiction?

Old Nov 22, 2004 | 01:23 PM
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how to kill speed addiction?

I need to stop flying around town all the time. It is bad for me and my car. I don't get very many tickets at all and when I do, they aren't bad, but that isn't the point. I've owned 3 cars now including my max and all of them have sustained some amount of body damage just from me being stupid at one point or another. It almost seems as if I'm destined to never have a car with a perfect body. If I could just slow down and be normal then I could ride in style like everyone else.

Anyone have any suggestions?
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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buy an old slow car
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 01:30 PM
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Even a Geo can speed.

Be a man and just stop doing it.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 01:36 PM
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i have a worst problem, i always go over 70 (even in the 45's!) and so when i go the speed limit it's hard for me to keep my foot off, i want to speed so bad. I've gotten better since i've had my gf in the car, she keeps me in check. But if she closes her eye's i'll go for a little bit.....

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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 01:37 PM
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The most simple thing to do is to think about others on the road.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 01:44 PM
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when you get an NICE big ticket you will be cured....some people just learn the hard way
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 01:48 PM
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just think about the gas prices and how much money you will save driving like a sane person. Aside from body damage, think of your tires wearing out, new tires, mount, balance, labor, align, brakes, rotors, pads, $$$, oil, struts, shocks, $$$, hehe. scared u yet?
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by zack342
when you get an NICE big ticket you will be cured....some people just learn the hard way

I don't need any more hard lessons. Haha.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=349099
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....5&page=2&pp=30
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:05 PM
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I learned with a ticket and gas mileage, i used to get 175 miles to the tank. Onced i changed my clutch i had to break it in and i couldnt punch it the car and i got 325 miles to the tank....made a huge difference just thinking about it.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:10 PM
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Disconnect the MAF. Not going over 2000 RPM will slow you down.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:22 PM
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buy a honda
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by f550maranello2
buy a honda
ignorant...honda makes plenty of cars that go faster than yours.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k2kev
ignorant...honda makes plenty of cars that go faster than yours.
which car my max or my ss. cuz id like to see a honda run a 12.57
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by f550maranello2
which car my max or my ss. cuz id like to see a honda run a 12.57
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:38 PM
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sadly the only way to "learn" is to be scared of it.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k2kev
u think ur funny hu? i ll have a pic up after work
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:43 PM
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It's very real for a honda to run 12.5 seconds. It would help if you said stock "accord" or "civic"

It's easier for them to hit 12.5 than us...

swap and/or turbo and/or nitrous

The easy swaps they can get it the main thing that makes them "fast" and helps makes them the most modded cars.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:45 PM
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its real for a geo metro to run the same... after bout 8 or 9 thousand dollars...
im talkin bout all motor no spray, no forced induction.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:46 PM
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i used to fly around town trying to get into a spirited race against anyone. then i found the 1/4 mile track and it cured me. no worries about tickets, or injuring yourself or others. you get out to the track, race your tail off and the speeding around town seems like a joke. well thats just me !

be safe !
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by f550maranello2
its real for a geo metro to run the same... after bout 8 or 9 thousand dollars...
im talkin bout all motor no spray, no forced induction.


NA?

Ok, now THAT would be rare
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Ceasars Chariot
i used to fly around town trying to get into a spirited race against anyone. then i found the 1/4 mile track and it cured me. no worries about tickets, or injuring yourself or others. you get out to the track, race your tail off and the speeding around town seems like a joke. well thats just me !

be safe !
lol damn right man...
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Tyrexx
NA?

Ok, now THAT would be rare
oh im taking bout my car with being NA not the geo.
My friends, friend has a 1989 caravan that runs 10.8
check it out on google
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 03:02 PM
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just drop it in reverse the next time ur speeding, should end it all for u right there and then. i guarantee u that u wont be able to get up to speeds !
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ceasars Chariot
i used to fly around town trying to get into a spirited race against anyone. then i found the 1/4 mile track and it cured me. no worries about tickets, or injuring yourself or others. you get out to the track, race your tail off and the speeding around town seems like a joke. well thats just me !

be safe !
^^^ I like that idea.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:04 PM
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going from a civic to a max is crazy. my civic used to have a hard time accelorating. now with the max, its quieter and bigger and i sometimes dont notice how fast im going until i look down at the speedo. yesterday just passing up a car cause it was blowing clouds of smoke, i looked down and was going 120.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by f550maranello2
its real for a geo metro to run the same... after bout 8 or 9 thousand dollars...
im talkin bout all motor no spray, no forced induction.

There are all motor hondas in the 8s thanks...
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:39 PM
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Flatten all 4 of your tires
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:11 PM
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how about putting a bunch of c4 in your car and rig it so that you cant go over 65 or else it goes boom-speed style. i will guarantee you that it would only take one time and your cured of it.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:11 PM
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this is how you learn, keep speeding until you get pulled over. thats the way to do it.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by f550maranello2
buy a honda

knew that was coming.........

leave it in first gear.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:24 PM
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Rig the seat so that when you go over 70 you will get shocked and it increases for every MPH you go over
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:29 PM
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There are all motor hondas in the 8s thanks...
:sprintmax:

i know a few alone that are running low 12's with no F/I

i say u keep speeding and document it. Show how cops react to your speeding and how bad it feels. I'm so serious too. If you cant control your speeds and u have to come to others to help u stop cause the normal things dont affect u (price of gas or price of new tires or price of ticket), then make good use out of it and document it.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:29 PM
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Either you'll get tired of getting speeding tickets and being in accidents, or you'll die. Try envisioning being a pimp in a long white cadillac on a sunday drive ready to slappabish. and NO TECHNO! Techno kills =/
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:32 PM
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Learn Self-Control

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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 06:01 PM
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knew that was coming.........

leave it in first gear.

i would say leave it in fifth gear.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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for me, tickets didn't really help... it only last for about a week after a ticket, and then I am at it again..

What helped, was the thread here about the guy who totaled his G35 and killed his friends... that scares the hell out of me!
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 07:31 PM
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Buy NFSU2
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 07:37 PM
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start doing drugs,
my friends are messed up all the time and their paranoid as ****...
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 07:39 PM
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I've got an idea, Make a post like this and watch idiots argue off topic about honda's and geo's running 12's

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