Does anyone know how I might increase horsepower for my newly
acquired 300zx turbo (the old model, 1986)? I have found a
lot of reading about the NEW model (1990+) but no one seems
to be interested in the older 300zx’s. The car already has
very decent hp/torque, but I would still like to increase that
signifigantly, say by 40-60% if possible. The car is a 5-speed
model by the way.
Thanks
Jack Stitt
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Hello rec.autos.driving readers,
thank you all for your tips and remarks! I hope the cops don’t
need to stop me and that i don’t mix interstate roadnumbers with
speedlimit signs 
Greetings from sunny Berlin (we have 32 Degree Celsius today!)
Boris
P.S. Special thanks to Karin, Mike, Bill, Gary, George, Hugh,
Ken, Brian and Peter.
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Can someone tell me what are the consequences of getting a ticket, apart from
the insurance going up? Also, how long does it take (provided you don’t
get a ticket in between) for the insurance to come down to normal again?
Is it adviseable to take the defensive driving test, instead of paying off the
ticket, if you get a ticket for the first time?
Thanks.
Moonmoon.
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My wife was recently involved in a serious car accident.
It happened at an intersection. She was going north bound
on the road. When she was about to pass through the intersection
another car travelling south made left turn. The cars collided
in the intersection.
The accident happened in the northern side of the intersection.
Fortunately cop came within 1 minute at the scene. Both the cars
were still in the intersection. My wife was alone in the car and
was in severe pain. The other car was operated by a 17 year old kid.
There was a witness. The witness was in another car waiting to make
a right turn on the north bound road. The witness told the officer that
my wife’s car entered the intersection before the other car.
The cop took my wifes statement in the hospital. She had to be operated for
internal injuries. The other driver first told the cop that my wife
was 3 street light poles away (i.e apporx 330 ft.) from the intersection
so he turned. The passenger in his car said he was playing with the
stereo so he did not know what happened. After the driver’s parents
came to the scene he (driver) approached the officer and said he stopped
at the intersection before turning. This is mentioned in the report.
My wife told she saw another car turned left when she was away from the
intersection. This car completed the turn. As she proceeded to cross the
intersection suddenly another car turned left onto her. She could not apply
brakes at all. When she entered the intersection the light was turning
yellow. She was doing 35. The road has a speed limit of 40.
The officer has given a citation to the other driver. He also got citation
since the passenger(under 18) was not wearing a seat belt. My wife did not
get any. The report does not blame her in any way. He also concluded that
since there were no skid marks on the road by either of the cars the left
turn was made in a hurry not allowing my wife to react.
The other driver is defending his ticket. Soon there is hearing. We have
never been in a traffic court before. What is the scenario in the traffic
court in such cases. My wife has to appear as witness in this hearing since
the case is between the state and the other driver.
If any of you would like to share your experiences involving accident of
this type please post to the net or send email. If any of you know how
this type of court hearings proceed please share your experience.
Thanks
Hemant.
I was wondering if anyone can tell me anything about an "R221" radar gun
used by King County, WA (or perhaps state police, WA) police force. I
would like band coverage, beam width, distance, accuracy, etc. if available.
Thanks,
Doug
t-do…@microsoft.com
I just hit a deer with my car. Traumatic for the both of us.
Do the little whistles which are mounted on the hoods of cars really work?
sstev…@oregon.uoregon.edu
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I was on vacation for a couple
of weeks and I had misplaced the information. Regardless, here it is:
1 day BMW advanced driving school: $450 ($300 stand by)
August: September: October: November: December:
1 Lime Rock 8 Sears Point 1 Lime Rock 11 Sears Point 27 Sears Point
6 Lime Rock 10 Lime Rock 8 Lime Rock
11 Sears Point 16 Lime Rock
2 day BMW advanced driving school: $880 ($600 stand by)
August: September: October:
1-2 Road Atlanta 9-10 Sears Point 2-3 Lime Rock
7-8 Lime Rock 11-12 Lime Rock 6-7 Sears Point
10-11 Lime Rock 14-15 Lime Rock 9-10 Lime Rock
12-13 Lime Rock 15-16 Sears Point 12-13 Lime Rock
12-13 Sears Point 21-22 Lime Rock 12-13 Sears Point
17-18 Sears Point 22-23 Road Atlanta 23-24 Lime Rock
24-25 Road Atlanta 22-23 Sears Point 24-25 Sebring
29-30 Sears Point 29-30 Lime Rock 30-31 Lime Rock
31-11/1 Sears Point
November: December:
4-5 Lime Rock 7-8 Sears Point
6-7 Lime Rock 28-29 Sears Point
9-10 Sears Point
13-14 Lime Rock
23-24 Sears Point
1 day traveling BMW advanced driving school $450.
August: October: November:
4 St. Louis 9 Las Vegas 7 Orlando
5 St. Louis 10 Las Vegas
6 St. Louis
7 St. Louis
14 Detroit
15 Detroit
16 Detroit
For more information write or call:
East Coast West Coast
BMW/Skip Barber Advanced Driving School BMW/Skip Barber Advanced Drinving School
Route 7 29355 Arnold Drive
Canaan, CT 06018 Sonoma, CA 95476
(203)824-0762 (707)939-8000
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South San Francisco, CA 94080 Phone: (415) 872-2722 x2283
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Opionions expressed are mine and only mine <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
As far as I am concerned, first start off with the premise that deer are as
dumb as dirt. I’ve never seen stupider animals. They:
A- eat grass on the VERY edge of the road in the middle of the night, usually
when it is foggy. They simply CAN’T go a bit further (like 6 inches) on the
shoulder and eat that grass…no…that’s too easy!
B- Look at your headlights and don’t move at all as you approach. You can
flash, turn them off, or even pretend to be a police car and alternate your
brights, but they won’t care. (Although they may follow you around for donut
handouts/leftovers, etc!)
C- If you honk at them, they get frightened, but of course they don’t run AWAY
from the moving vehicle which is flashing and swirving to escape hitting
them…NOOOO…they run RIGHT into you!
So although they may be cute, don’t expect them to come up to you and discuss
Plato or Hobbes in the near future.
With this being said, I have found that deer whistles make them freeze earlier,
and pay attention to you somewhat earlier. Before I put whistles on, I tended
to totally startle them, now, they seem to be looking for me before my lights
hit them. So they become alert sooner, and usually this allows me to honk a few
times and they start to scatter. It also allows me to have a bit more time to
avoid them if they scatter in the path of my car.
I drive a lot in Westchester, around North Salem on NY-121, 124, 22, NY/CT-35,
and of course the Meritt/Hutchinson River Parkway. Tons of deer, all year
round. I’ve come VERY close to hitting a few prior to installation of the
whistles; now I seem to avoid them with a greater margin safety, ie, more time
to react. And *I* have not been driving slower, I can assure you!
Overall,while they may not always help or be 100% effective, they do, at least
in my case, appear to alleviate the closest calls, thus saving my car some
damage and (hopefully) saving the deer its life. I would advise spending the
$5 or so and getting a pair.
(BTW: to those people who will flame me for making fun of how stupid deer are,
well, get a life. I think you have better things to do than defend the
intelligence of deer. If you can’t find ANYTHING better to do, however, feel
free to come to Westchester County, NY, and tell them yourself to move. No
doubt they will be *much* more responsive to what YOU tell them, being as you
are much closer to their 3-nueral-firings per minute brains than I am…:/ )
-Doug
dreu…@eagle.wesleyan.edu
dreu…@wesleyan.bitnet
Well, today I saw living proof of natural selection in action and just how
stupid cops can be. ABC had a story on police officers testifying before a
congressional committee on the supposed dangers of radar guns to the officers,
and I was almost moved to tears at one pi^H^Hofficer’s story.
Seems he got into a "bad habit" of pointing the gun between his legs
between cars going by so it wouldn’t set off radar detectors, and now he
has a rare form of testicular cancer. Go figure! Who would have known
that microwave frequencies could do that? He was bitching about how there
weren’t warning labels on the guns. Sob!
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"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."
— Vice President Dan Quayle
I am looking for information about electric cars. Any information
on the following would be appreciated.
1. If you own or drive an electric car,send me your story on how
you like it ,milage per charge,make and model number,and fea
tures,etc.
2. Any electric car club or organisations in Canada or U.S.A. .
( particular California)
3. Would like to here from any person or company involved in con
verting , building or selling electric cars.
Please send E-mail only .
Thanks in advance.
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