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Old 08-24-2007, 11:03 AM
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Old 08-24-2007, 11:05 AM
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"aggravated vehicle taking" - uh.. stealing?
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Old 08-24-2007, 04:47 PM
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Yeah, the guy had such a nice car it pissed me off… so I jacked it
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More on the same 911 offender. Good thing it wasn't in VA, they would have made him pay the fines, executed him, in that order. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../nspeed124.xml
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Old 08-24-2007, 08:01 PM
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More on the same 911 offender. Good thing it wasn't in VA, they would have made him pay the fines, executed him, in that order. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../nspeed124.xml
That explains a lot more.... not quite the 225 mph ticket in Texas for the Koneggseeggggggggggggggggg, but still falls uder the more HP than brais category. Paging Mr. Darwin.
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Old 08-25-2007, 12:00 AM
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Old 09-25-2007, 10:16 AM
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Wooops! Probably not what he wanted.

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Old 09-25-2007, 11:21 AM
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Should have simply said he misread the speed-o-meter (thought it was in ks) Claimed he was being conservative compared to the other guy. Thought all European cars were limited to 155 by agreement?
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Old 09-25-2007, 11:35 AM
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Only the big 3 German's have agreed to that (BMW, MB, VW/Audi). Porsche has not agreed to that limit.
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