Geo Metro High-Speed chase

[bennelson]

Today, I was reading an article about photography.

The premise was that it's the PHOTOGRAPHER who makes a photograph, not the CAMERA.

The article said that "even a crummy car like a Geo Metro" can elude police with the right driver.

Now that got my attention, and I had to follow the link.

So here it is:
The Morning News: News : Police Chase Car At High Speeds

The chase lasted nearly 20 minutes and reached speeds of 110 miles per hour. The driver lost the police.

[Frank Lee]

Heh heh, some of those comments are hilarious! LOL

[taco]

neddy haha i remember that epsiode.

i have been to about 110 in a 02 lsi metro with a total of 5 guys in it.
i was the smallest at 240lbs, we had about 1500lbs of people in it, and going down hill. dowm right the most frightening thing i have ever done.

[blueflame]

My lil 45hp citroen goes around corners faster than anyone (go-kart). A 70hp Metro is no slouch.

Sounds like the driver was a stoner. Embarrassing for the pursuit vehicles, especially the one that wrecked.

Robin Hood rides again! Have weed will travel! Down with burgers and booze!

[MazdaMatt]

That's gold. I always tell the newbs at the race track with their pricey cars - good cars don't make good drivers, good drivers make good cars.

Apparently the cop in the story was not a good driver

[Clev]

Originally Posted by MazdaMatt

That's gold. I always tell the newbs at the race track with their pricey cars - good cars don't make good drivers, good drivers make good cars.

Apparently the cop in the story was not a good driver

Probably overestimated the capabilities of the cruiser. "If that Metro can go around that corner that fast, so can I." Horsepower != cornering capability. :-)

[Johnny Mullet]

LOL at the comments....................

" Bud Light Salutes . . . Real Men of Genius . . . Mr. Drive Away in a Geo Metro Guy . . . No one like you can make a Geo Metro go . . . No one like you can out run the cops . . . Your driving too fast now . . . Only man like you can make cop wreck on dirt road . . . Only you can leave them in the dust . . . Ohhhhhhhh my asthma . . . So Bud light salutes you, oh Andretti of dirt . . . cuz no one but you . . . .can get away with only 70 horsepower. . . . .Mr. Drive Away in a Geo Metro Guy

" I always speed in my Geo (or Baby George as I like to call it) because I figure that cops think, "it's a Geo Metro, it can't go that fast, our radar is clearly broken." "

[roflwaffle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZMH4TJI6EI

[Compaq888]

Cars that get high mpg 40+ usually are very light. That's why they can reach 110+ with no problem. I can bounce off my speed limiter in 5th gear easily. If it wasn't there at 120mph the car would probably hit 140mph with no problems.

[Johnny Mullet]

And little cars like the Metro can handle corners at high speeds.