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    Jolly
    wrote on 21 Aug 2020, 12:52 last edited by
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    https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a33656042/cannonball-record-broken-25-hours-39-minutes-from-nyc-to-la/

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      taiwan_girl
      wrote on 21 Aug 2020, 13:03 last edited by
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      I know that this is for fun and bragging rights, but how can you prove it.

      There was a controversy on a rowing forum board a while back about a guy that was doing some very very high end time/distance. Not outrageous, but very very good. Turns out he was able to "hack" the "unbreakable" rowing computer to allow him to get rest stops during his courses, etc.

      (BTW, that is crazy fast. @jolly were you the one that posted about the single guy mentioned in the article that did it a couple of months ago? That is really impressive for a single person to do it. With two people, you can at least get "some" rest).

      (PPS Seems like it would kind of fun to try, but I am too much of a wimp and probably too scared to hit someone. When I was in Europe driving (in Italy), it is amazing how fast people come up behind you. You look in your rear mirror - nobody there. No time later, someone zooms by you who you never saw. All is it would take is someone switching lanes way in front of you and BOOM)

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        Jolly
        wrote on 21 Aug 2020, 13:10 last edited by Jolly
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        My son took my SIL for a ride in Bad Kitty a couple of weeks ago. He cranked it up to 130mph, before he let up and slowed down. Top speed on the car is supposedly 202mph, but he's only had her up to 170 on the track.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          Mik
          wrote on 21 Aug 2020, 13:22 last edited by Mik
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          They should be arrested. i don't care how little traffic there was, they were still a hazard.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            21 Aug 2020, 13:22

            They should be arrested. i don't care how little traffic there was, they were still a hazard.

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            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on 21 Aug 2020, 13:29 last edited by
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            @Mik said in New Record:

            They should be arrested. i don't care how little traffic there was, they were still a hazard.

            With all the actual races available, they choose to do this. Assholes.

            I was only joking

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              Loki
              wrote on 21 Aug 2020, 13:52 last edited by
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              Who says you can’t excel during COVID? That’s making lemonade out of lemons. But could they have done it without the “tailwind”?

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                Jolly
                wrote on 21 Aug 2020, 14:59 last edited by
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                I suspect that in any urban or semi-urban area, they weren't going that fast. There are looong stretches out west where there isn't a ton of traffic...

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 21 Aug 2020, 17:07 last edited by
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                  You have to be going damn fast everywhere to average 112. That would mean Formula One speeds on public highways. No sale.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 21 Aug 2020, 17:22 last edited by Doctor Phibes
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                    There's a reason that proper racing and rally drivers have to abide by a ton of rules and take additional tests.

                    Assholes.

                    I was only joking

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