The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by **Dave** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:27 pm

Got my first penalty points today, on the naas road (50km) doing 93km in the prelude, pulled over and had to try and explain to the cop why i hadn't taxed it since Novemeber! :shock:

In fairness he was reasonably ok as cops go, he could have technically impounded the car!

by CJ » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:48 pm

Dave wrote:Got my first penalty points today, on the naas road

That Naas Road is a b@stard of a spot to get done, its absolute madness that a 3-lane duel carriageway like this has a 50kph limit. Out of interest whereabouts were the boys hiding out when you were clocked?

CJ

by **Dave** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:59 pm

down at the Harris-Iveco, the car was pulled in and they had a tripod up which i only caught at the last minute!
it is madness that it's 50kph, to come from the M50 which is 120 straight down to that, it's more dangerous than having the limit higher!

by **Mustang** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:05 pm

CJ wrote

That Naas Road is a b@stard of a spot to get done, its absolute madness that a 3-lane duel carriageway like this has a 50kph limit.

Agreed! It's a real cash cow for the cops. I know of quite a few people, none of whom I would describe as speed demons being done on that stretch. While the 50 kph is a temporary measure during road works, the limit on that stretch was always too low anyway 50mph was it?
The was a gatso van parked up there the morning I was heading to the last FTO meet in the RDS.

by **Dave** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:09 pm

i blame the prelude! if i was driving the FTO i would have gotten away with it! :wink:

by CJ » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:11 pm

Dave wrote:i blame the prelude! if i was driving the FTO i would have gotten away with it!

Ah come on, the GS isn't that slow!

CJ

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:12 pm

Dave wrote:Got my first penalty points today, on the naas road (50km) doing 93km in the prelude, pulled over and had to try and explain to the cop why i hadn't taxed it since Novemeber! In fairness he was reasonably ok as cops go, he could have technically impounded the car!

Welcome to the club - not exactly exclusive though!
I got my first points on the Stillorgan Dual Carriageway - 30 zone - though I was in a line of traffic doing 50MPH - Got caught on camera. Points didn't appear on license for some reason? And thats about 2 years ago now - so I presume some kind of admin c0ck-up. I got caught since and they said I had a balance of 2 points. I should have 6 but who am I to argue. :roll:

This is fairly typical of the cops these days - easy pickings - put a stupid speed limit on a dual carriageway and get your quota in a couple of hours - sure they'd have to wait all night to catch the one lunatic at the nearest accident blackspot.

by **Dave** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:13 pm

Ah come on, the GS isn't that slow!

had to expect that!

by CJ » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:15 pm

Dave wrote:had to expect that!

Sorry Dave, couldn't resist

CJ (ex-GS owner)

by **Mustang** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:16 pm

MfFTO wrote

Welcome to the club - not exactly exclusive though!

Now I'm wondering is it such a good idea to travel in convoy with MfFTO to the RR meet :roll:

Mustang

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:17 pm

Mustang wrote:MfFTO wrote
Welcome to the club - not exactly exclusive though!

Now I'm wondering is it such a good idea to travel in convoy with MfFTO to the RR meet

Mustang

Why did you think I said you should go on ahead and clean the road? :twisted:

by **Dave** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:20 pm

Sorry Dave, couldn't resist

CJ (ex-GS owner)

ah i don't mind, she'll be turbo'd soon! :twisted:

Now I'm wondering is it such a good idea to travel in convoy with MfFTO to the RR meet

If i remember correctly at the last rolling road day there was a convoy mostly doing in excess of 100mph all the way! :twisted:

by **Mustang** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:25 pm

Dave wrote

If i remember correctly at the last rolling road day there was a convoy mostly doing in excess of 100mph all the way!

Convenient that they have a private Rd leading to the facility :wink:

by **Dave** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:26 pm

Convenient that they have a private Rd leading to the facility

yeah it's CJ's back garden i think. :wink:

by CJ » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:30 pm

Dave wrote:yeah it's CJ's back garden i think.

If thats the case my back garden must look like the moon, have you seen the size of some of the potholes on the road up to Westward?! I'm sure I saw a Starbo caught up in one!

CJ

by **Dave** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:37 pm

I'm sure I saw a Starbo caught up in one!

LMAO

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