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Old 02-19-2009 | 03:39 PM
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Cops clock man driving 137 mph in '93 Honda Civic
GREENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - State police have ticketed an upstate New York man for driving more than twice the 65-mph speed limit on an interstate highway. Troopers said a 21-year-old man was clocked doing 137 mph on Interstate 84 in Orange County on Tuesday. He was pulled over in the westbound lanes near Exit 2 in the town of Greenville, on the New Jersey border 60 miles northwest of New York City.

Troopers said the man was driving a 1993 Honda Civic.

The man was ticketed for speeding, reckless driving and having vehicle windows with illegal tint.

He's due to appear in Greenville Town Court on Feb. 25.

There was no telephone listing for the man.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

I cant believe a 1993 civic can go that fast.
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Old 02-19-2009 | 03:42 PM
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Was it valertj?
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Old 02-19-2009 | 03:44 PM
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Probably had a B18C motor
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Old 02-19-2009 | 03:45 PM
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Was it valertj?


fawkin' beat me to it!!!!
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Old 02-19-2009 | 03:50 PM
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Was it valertj?
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by wickedk24
Probably had a B18C motor
Or a boosted D-series. With either, 137mph is easily attainable.

Ironically, I've traveled at my highest speeds in a few of my cars while on the NYS Thruway.....that is until the troopers began using LIDAR a couple of years ago.
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:08 PM
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Def not stock.
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Was it an Si?
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:24 PM
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:27 PM
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You'd be amazed what a few V-tec stickers on your car will do for your top speed!!!
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:39 PM
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civic's always get engines swapped into them, i dunno why the OP is so surprised.
my buddy has a 97 civic with a k in it that he buried the speedo, and it wasn't close to done yet @130mph
And if it was stock, with illegal tint, then to the 21 year old driving an old ass civic
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
You'd be amazed what a few V-tec stickers on your car will do for your top speed!!!
HAHA well 10 bhp/sticker
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
Was it valertj?
Originally Posted by pttl


fawkin' beat me to it!!!!
Originally Posted by EuRTSX
Please share the info about this, i'm curious now...
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:50 PM
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I love how they tack on the tint ticket as insult to injury.

Also, don't you guys pay attention? valeratj sold his Civic! That's how he paid for his TSX, all by his very self.
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:53 PM
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There was no telephone listing for the man.
That journalist is a regular Bob Woodward.
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
Was it valertj?
Cliffnotes?
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Old 02-19-2009 | 04:59 PM
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this civic can go 400mph.

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Old 02-19-2009 | 05:00 PM
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At least they didn't have to worry about tring to catch this guy:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2358097
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Old 02-19-2009 | 05:44 PM
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Hey, I hit 181 in my civic coupe once!
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Old 02-19-2009 | 05:48 PM
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Hey, I hit 181 in my civic coupe once!
KMH does not count.

I haven't seen you on the boards in a long time man, how've you been?
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Old 02-19-2009 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Sly Raskal
Please share the info about this, i'm curious now...
see post #3

https://acurazine.com/forums/car-talk-5/big-problem-my-first-speeding-ticket-710175/
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Old 02-19-2009 | 06:14 PM
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How was he not arrested?!?
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Old 02-19-2009 | 06:36 PM
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Old 02-19-2009 | 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Ken1997TL
Was it an Si?
I think the Si of that model year was basically an EX hatchback with only about 125hp.
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Old 02-19-2009 | 07:08 PM
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Old 02-19-2009 | 07:34 PM
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With no licnese for a year or so, he's going to put his car in Mothballs now.
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Old 02-19-2009 | 07:39 PM
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137 might be possible. When I got my '92 Si when I was 18, I pegged the speedo at 135. It's probably not accurate at that speed, but that's what it showed.
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Old 02-19-2009 | 09:44 PM
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I was in a '95 EX sedan more than 10 years ago, my friend was driving. Top speed topped out at 125mph and it couldn't go any faster.

Oh and it was the scariest shit ever. The car was floating all over the place and felt like it had no brakes when a car merged from an on ramp. I would've have sat in his car if I knew he was going be stupid like that...

I seriously thought I was going to die..
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Old 02-19-2009 | 09:45 PM
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considering it also got ticketed for the heavy tinted windows, i'll assume its modified
and its driven by a 21 year old, not a 16 year old so there could possibly be some decent engine mods

so whats the big deal?
that or a mustang gt would be the two most obvious cars i'd assume would get ticketed for such an act.
or an srt4...
or valertj
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Old 02-19-2009 | 10:16 PM
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The best I did in my first car, a 1993 civic dx hatch, non vtec was 110 MPH and I broke all drivebelts except timing belt. Still have it.
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Old 02-19-2009 | 10:53 PM
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I hit 124 miles an hour in my friends 1994 Toyota piece of shit Camry. Granted it was slightly downhill on Hwy 50 but still. With a motor I have no doubt a civic could it at least 137.
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Old 02-19-2009 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by F23A4
I think the Si of that model year was basically an EX hatchback with only about 125hp.
yeah you're right. Its the Del Sol Si VTEC that had the 160 hp and later the '99/'00 Civic Si
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Old 02-19-2009 | 11:15 PM
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Please share the info about this, i'm curious now...
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I think you missed it. Up a few posts.
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Old 02-20-2009 | 12:32 AM
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he's just another inyong1988 type of kido.
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Old 02-20-2009 | 01:29 AM
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I got to 122 in my 86 Honda Accord. This was about 10 years ago.
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Old 02-20-2009 | 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Gfaze
I got to 122 in my 86 Honda Accord. This was about 10 years ago.
I had an '88 Accord with a whopping 98 hp.. speedometer said 130 but I'm sure it was more like 120.

And no this was not on public roads.
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Old 02-20-2009 | 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Ken1997TL
I had an '88 Accord with a whopping 98 hp.. speedometer said 130 but I'm sure it was more like 120.

And no this was not on public roads.
Yeah it didn't have much in the hp department but I beat the hell out of that thing and it kept going.
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Old 02-20-2009 | 02:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Gfaze
Yeah it didn't have much in the hp department but I beat the hell out of that thing and it kept going.
Yep.. good cars for sure. I miss it. Thats why I got a '91 Prelude
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