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Old 10-31-2008, 10:33 PM
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Tickets happen. I got one last week. I was doing 100 on the tollway. I was late for work. I locked the breaks up and he got me at 80.
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Old 11-01-2008, 01:24 AM
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drove mine once. Hated it. Loud, hard to turn the wheel, darty on the highway. The only part she liked was when an STI wanted to race her.
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Old 11-01-2008, 01:54 AM
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So um at risk of sounding like a dumbass, wtf does HOV stand for?
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Old 11-01-2008, 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by ApexOnYou
So um at risk of sounding like a dumbass, wtf does HOV stand for?
yea x2?
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Old 11-01-2008, 02:31 AM
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High Occupancy Vehicle. Carpool lane.
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Old 11-01-2008, 02:41 AM
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I believe NOVA HOV violations are as follows:

1st time - $150
2nd time - $300
3rd time - $500 and minus 6 points
4th time - $1000 and minus 6 points
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Old 11-01-2008, 09:52 AM
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it's 125 for first offense but there's like $60 in "processing fees". Ie bureaucratic BS. It's like buying concert tickets online.

they dont call them HOV lanes in california either. or at least not widely. carpool lanes. though the signs say "HOV-2" or "HOV-3".
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Old 11-01-2008, 10:37 AM
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I dated one girl over the years who didn't run **** over in the road...Kelly. She was a raging bitch, people were afraid of her, and she was 5'9", 110lb, looked like a runway model, and was a quiet, reserved atheist. She also drove a gorgeous 98 silver prelude with a comptech and tein RA's back in highschool. We just did highway runs back then, and it was awesome to see your girl roll up on a c5 in a prelude and run pull it up to 140mph.

She left me for a friend with $ to get married immediately, and now she drives "boost logic" built turbo s2000, and has big fake "D" bolt-on **** and probably looks like a carnival ride. I'd love to run into her at the track one day, that would be hilarious.

Pretty much every other girl I've dated drove so poorly that I couldn't stand to be in the car with them.
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Old 11-01-2008, 10:48 AM
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back in college I drove 45 miles each way to my university, and it was dallas traffic the whole way. So I bought one of those anti-rape dummy things women put in their cars so it looks like they have a passenger so I could roll in the HOV lane, and saved roughly 1-hour per day. Then the local news ran a story about people doing this, so I started dressing it in different shirts, and sometimes a cowboy hat. My friends always joked that I had a village people costume for each member for it, lol. That worked for 2-years without fault. The best $40 I've ever spent, before accessories of course.
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Old 11-01-2008, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by hustler
anti-rape dummy, Myfriends always joked that I had a village people costume for each member for it, lol.
Did it have extra lube holes. Now we know how you stayed so focused.LOL



Sorry couldn't pass that up.
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Old 11-01-2008, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Toddcod
Did it have extra lube holes. Now we know how you stayed so focused.LOL



Sorry couldn't pass that up.
beat me to it!

virginia has the worst traffic problems i've ever seen, i guess enough to make HOV lanes necessary
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Old 11-01-2008, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Mach929
beat me to it!

virginia has the worst traffic problems i've ever seen, i guess enough to make HOV lanes necessary
go to CA, drive the 405 @ 101. at midnight. be shocked that you can't go 40 mph. hehe
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Old 11-01-2008, 01:22 PM
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so was it the route 7 exit? I know it was within the beltway if it was after 4:00 and not after 3:00.
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Old 11-01-2008, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by y8s
go to CA, drive the 405 @ 101. at midnight. be shocked that you can't go 40 mph. hehe
this i've heard but i haven't been to cali yet, my parents recently moved to san jose and my mother is afraid to drive some of the roads out there, she says the drivers out there are insane/stupid
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Old 11-01-2008, 02:42 PM
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my gf looked at me the other day and said, "can you teach me how to drive your car?"

the logic that won me over is that she doesn't drink, so if we go out and i get trashed we'll have a way to drive home.


is my clutch gonna die?
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Old 11-01-2008, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
so was it the route 7 exit? I know it was within the beltway if it was after 4:00 and not after 3:00.
I dunno. It's whatever way you go to get from wash blvd to whole foods. I think that's 66 to 7 yeah.

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this i've heard but i haven't been to cali yet, my parents recently moved to san jose and my mother is afraid to drive some of the roads out there, she says the drivers out there are insane/stupid
san jose isn't so bad. I commuted from oakland to san jose for a few years. i much prefer california drivers to VA drivers. VA drivers slow down for EVERYTHING. makes me crazy.
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Originally Posted by cjernigan
Most women are scared to drive my car just due to the clutch. It's just a ACT HD 6 puck but just pushing in the pedal scares them away from proceeding to drive the car.
I put in a ACT XT PP and a 9lb flywheel into mine and my g/f got much better at driving the car. She hated having to slip the clutch so much and with the new setup she jumped right in and started driving, I was impressed.
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Old 11-02-2008, 03:36 AM
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I'm back home for the weekend. Nobody in the Bay Area can ******* drive.
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Old 11-02-2008, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Savington
I'm back home for the weekend. Nobody in the Bay Area can ******* drive.
I need to visit the bgay area again..
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Old 11-02-2008, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by y8s
I dunno. It's whatever way you go to get from wash blvd to whole foods. I think that's 66 to 7 yeah.
yep they wait there everyday.
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