[DeTomaso] Mid America Pantera Roadtrip to Phoenix

David in Durango adin at frontier.net
Tue Dec 6 22:46:01 EST 2011


Funny, never been my experience!

I bought my Pantera just outside of El Paso and started north on I25.  At the illegal alien search stop, it looked like good fun to just accelarate like a mad-man for a while . . .  as I shifted into 3rd gear I noticed a law enforcement officer on my wing . . .and drove the speed limit to Albuquerque (yes, it takes forever).  Back roads might be a little different.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: MikeLDrew at aol.com 
  To: adin at frontier.net ; detomaso at realbig.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 8:34 PM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mid America Pantera Roadtrip to Phoenix



  In a message dated 12/6/11 19 22 19, adin at frontier.net writes:



    **    Traversing NM at average speeds well over 100mph [1],



  I don't know what it is about New Mexico, but they just don't seem interested in speed enforcement there. I first discovered this when I rode with Jim Demick, who lives about 17 miles outside of Alburquerque.  Once clear of the last stoplight, his foot went down and we cruised at 100+ all the way to his town (on the sparsely populated interstate).  I asked him about speed enforcement and he just dismissed it, said it was no factor.

  A couple of years later I had to drive to ABQ to attend a safety school (ironically) in my silver Scirocco.  When I hit the NM border my foot went down to the floor and stayed there.  Aerodynamics and the grade of the road became the limiting factor in my speed, which varied from 109 to 115 mph or thereabouts, for hours.

  What a wonderful place!

  Mike


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