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> It was Halloween night, a few years back. And it was a beautiful > night -- clear and cool, no rain, snow, ice, etc. And I was in > Albany, NY, but I had to be in Boston, Mass. the next morning. And it > was very late -- 2 AM or so, and I really wanted a chance to get some > sleep and take a shower, etc before my morning meeting -- but I was > starting out fairly well rested. > Fortunately, I had my '81 911SC with me. (My 911 is a gray-market > car, and was substantially tweaked beyond straight euro-spec.) > We (my girlfriend and I) left Albany at about 2AM, and took the Mass > Pike clear accross Mass. About an hour into the trip, the speedo was > reading in the vicinity of 160 MPH (but I knew it read kind of high -- > the car was outfitted with smaller rubber than stock, and I never Today, in MA I think it's $50 for the 1st 10mph, and $10 for every mph after that. I don't think they'd let you go now.....It's important revenue to the state.....you'd be happy to know that it's 65mph now so.......say 140mph.......yep.....that's $700 bucks, and they'd probobly throw in another grand for whatever (Driving to Endanger, Reckless Driving, etc.)........but you lucked out....you probably can't get on a race track for a c-note...... TVL
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