In a sudden moment of stupidity...

[Fidhle007]

Perhaps stupidity, perhaps frustration with a friend I had just gotten off the phone with, perhaps sheer lunacy... I'm not really sure what led to it, but I looked down at my speedo and it was reading 130. After further review I realized I was in a 40 zone.

Don't do this sort of shit, kiddies, it's not safe and will probably be the last time I do something that stupid for awhile.

That said, it was fun as hell and I'm always surprised at how natural my car feels at those speeds.

Commence flaming now...



~Brendan

[kommissar]

Speeding while on the phone. You already know this, but you're lucky you are not in jail.

[FredK]

Oh, you have a euro cluster?

[Fidhle007]

I wasn't on the phone, I had just gotten off the phone. And yes, I'm lucky I'm not in jail or dead, what I did was completely and utterly stupid. I know this, yet I am still posting it... Go figure.

[FredK]

you like the abuse then?

[wickedE30]

No,your lucky you didn't kill somebody........

[redhatpat]

Oh, you have a euro cluster?

You know that Canadian clusters are the same, right? I know, I know, it doesn't have the same cachet as "Euro". :)

[FredK]

I think I'd be able to tell if I were going 90 mph over the speed limit.

At 130 I'd bet the duct tape and rivets holding my car together would start ripping and popping off. :mrgreen:

[FredK]

You know that Canadian clusters are the same, right? I know, I know, it doesn't have the same cachet as "Euro". :)

Of course. But the weirdest part of it all is that McDonalds in Canada still has a Quarter Pounder with cheese, but the speed limits are in kmh. :p

[kommissar]

They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?

No, man, they got the metric system, they don't know what the fuck a Quarter Pounder is.

What do they call it?

They call it a Royal with Cheese.

[nando]

Of course. But the weirdest part of it all is that McDonalds in Canada still has a Quarter Pounder with cheese, but the speed limits are in kmh. :p

I don't think they know what KMH is either - at least not from my experience driving up there. WOW. lol.

[PУCCKAЯ_e30ka]

They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?

No, man, they got the metric system, they don't know what the fuck a Quarter Pounder is.

What do they call it?

They call it a Royal with Cheese.

:up:

[FredK]

What do they call a Big Mac?

A Big Mac's a Big Mac, except they call it Le Big Mac.

I've seen km/h speed limits in Quebec. I think the speed limits are in km/h in the maritimes as well...

[nando]

What do they call a Big Mac?

A Big Mac's a Big Mac, except they call it Le Big Mac.

I've seen km/h speed limits in Quebec. I think the speed limits are in km/h in the maritimes as well...

I meant more along the lines that nobody follows the speed limits. 20-30 over is not uncommon. I just go with the flow of traffic so they aren't annoyed by the "stupid american." :p

[Fidhle007]

As far as I know the speed limits are in kmh all the way across Canada. I know they are in Quebec and Ontario and most of the Maritimes. I used to play in a band that was based out of Cornwall Ontario and to get to rehearsals I'd usually drive through Montreal, to this day I still only know enough french to read road signs.