well, apparently at 98:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1649225,6_1_NA02_EGIZIO_S1-090702.article
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July 7, 2009 6:22 p.m. aircooled SuperDork
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July 7, 2009 6:34 p.m. Josh HalfDork
My god, that's a traffic ticket nearly ONCE every TWO YEARS! He must NEVER stop terrorizing other drivers with his reckless behavior to rack up a whole half a ticket EVERY YEAR! I hope he ends up in a maximum security joint, we need to keep this MADMAN off our streets!
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July 7, 2009 6:39 p.m. zoomx2 New Reader
Rocco looks quite happy in his muggy. I suppose if I had a classic Corvair I would be too.
I used to have a '64 when I was 17, another car that I let down :(
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July 7, 2009 7:04 p.m. aussiesmg Dork
The man is a picture of consistency, what do they want of him.
Seriously though who would you rather see on the road the guy who enjoys driving briskly or the left lane hog at 62 mph in the 65 zone, yelling at his three unruly kids in the 10 year old mini van with original tires.
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July 7, 2009 7:08 p.m. wbjones New Reader
at least they call the Corvair a sports car
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July 7, 2009 7:23 p.m. aircooled SuperDork
Some notes on the driver (from another forum):
- Only one of those tickets is for speeding
- He is a regular autoXer
- Note the time he was driving in this "construction zone"... a few minutes to midnight.
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July 8, 2009 2:17 a.m. Wowak Dork
I get at least one ticket every two years, but I've only been driving for 14 years. Whoever wrote that agendized, tabloid piece of crap masquerading as news can blow me.
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July 8, 2009 6:21 a.m. M030 Reader
A good friend of mine sincerely believes that if you don't get at least two tickets a year, you are wasting too much time.
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July 8, 2009 6:32 a.m. MitchellC HalfDork
aircooled wrote:
Some notes on the driver (from another forum):
- Note the time he was driving in this "construction zone"... a few minutes to midnight.
I thought it funny how they called it a "busy thoroughfare" at that time of night. Naperville is apparently the city that never sleeps!
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July 8, 2009 8:00 a.m. Spinout007 Reader
MitchellC wrote:
aircooled wrote:
Some notes on the driver (from another forum):
- Note the time he was driving in this "construction zone"... a few minutes to midnight.
I thought it funny how they called it a "busy thoroughfare" at that time of night. Naperville is apparently the city that never sleeps!
Naperville, ever been there? Not much to look at, My ex wife was from the Chicago area, Aurora to be exact (sp?) She went to school in Naperville, if I remember correctly almost everything is closed by like 9pm.
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July 8, 2009 8:07 a.m. 4cylndrfury Dork
please PLEASE read the comments after that story.
made my morning
yay
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July 8, 2009 8:26 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
That's got to be the definition of slow news day. Hey look, this guy has managed to get 14 tickets for minor traffic violations over the past 27 years. Wow!
I can almost picture the Naperville cop beat reporter casting about for ANYTHING resembling a story that day.
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July 8, 2009 8:31 a.m. hotrodlarry Reader
M030 wrote:
A good friend of mine sincerely believes that if you don't get at least two tickets a year, you are wasting too much time.
Or you're not gettin caught.
My only ticket in 12 yrs of driving, was in Massachusetts for not wearing my seatbelt. I'm from NH and we don't have that rule ( yet) so I didn't think anything of not wearing it. There has been plenty of times I shoulda been caught and hauled away for speeding, reckless driving, etc.
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July 8, 2009 8:40 a.m. EricM HalfDork
98mph in a corvaire? must have had an engine swap.
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July 8, 2009 9:47 a.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork
LOL seems like a cool guy, we should get him on here. I'm sure any one of us would have more (and worse) tickets if we were unlucky
Could he be running a Porsche turbo flat 6 in that Corvair?
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July 8, 2009 9:51 a.m. neon4891 SuperDork
Man, I'm glad the press ignored my 98 in a 55.
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July 8, 2009 11:17 a.m. jstein77 HalfDork
Spinout007 wrote:
MitchellC wrote:
Naperville, ever been there? Not much to look at, My ex wife was from the Chicago area, Aurora to be exact (sp?) She went to school in Naperville, if I remember correctly almost everything is closed by like 9pm.aircooled wrote:
Some notes on the driver (from another forum):
- Note the time he was driving in this "construction zone"... a few minutes to midnight.
I thought it funny how they called it a "busy thoroughfare" at that time of night. Naperville is apparently the city that never sleeps!
I was going to ask just where in the heck Naperville was (I couldn't tell from the newspaper site), but you've now answered my question. A major metropolis, apparently.
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July 8, 2009 11:39 a.m. 93celicaGT2 Dork
I love the utter lack of reading comprehension of most of the commentators. They all seem to be convinced that he's had 14 reckless driving infractions.
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July 8, 2009 3:40 p.m. thatsnowinnebago HalfDork
Capt. Retard wrote:
I guarantee Rocco and all his supporters on this page won't be smiling so smugly and laughing it up next time, when he kills someone crossing or riding a bike.
That's my favorite comment about the article.
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July 8, 2009 4:10 p.m. aircooled SuperDork
EricM wrote:
98mph in a Corvair? must have had an engine swap.
Smack!
I currently have a stock engine in mine, and am certain it will do 100 ( I am borrowing the engine so I am being nice to it), and it's not even one of the hi-po ones (4 carb or turbo)
GameboyRMH wrote:
Could he be running a Porsche turbo flat 6 in that Corvair?
Smack! Smack!
You don't need no stinkin' Porsche turbo to push 100. I have cruised down the highway at over 90 in mine (not stock, but it its not a Porsche or a turbo)
BTW - I looked it up. He has a 65 Turbo that has some mods (his car was placed in an improved stock class at a track event)
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July 8, 2009 6:05 p.m. StevenFV19 New Reader
I like the Tilted Kilt add on the right side of the page, I stopped reading when I saw that.
