What car do you drive?

[Bubblehead Nuke]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I am convinced the reason I did not get a lot of speeding tickets is that no one looking at the car could believe it could go that fast.

I once had a 1982 Volvo 245 wagon. I was blasting down I-10 in Florida knocking back triple digits. I had a 242GLT intercooled turbo engine in it that was overbuilt and overboosted.

Anyway, I BLASTED by a local boy and he pulled out, sirens on, but failed to pull me over. Luckily for me I had brake lights that I could disable with a switch and I rapidly slowed down. He FLEW by me without flagging me over.

As it happens I knew the guy and later asked him why he did not nail me? Did I own him a favor now?

He told me he remembers the radar alarm and the 110+ reading. From his blind he didn't see me approach and when he pulled out all he saw was cars that looked to be at normal speeds. He remembered seeing my car but discounted it as he thought that there was no WAY a volvo could do that kind of speed.

To this day I think it was the fact that I was in a Volvo wagon that was biege in color that saved me.

If I ever do the hot rod thing again, I am going to have it painted in fleshtone biege. They are ignored as they are so ugly.