Car problems

[layperson]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Driving at 100 mph (160 km/h): When I crank my 2004 Mazda 3 up to 160, I hear something like a continuous muffled screech - I have tried to figure out where it's coming from, but wasn't able to. I don't think it's a warning mechanism set by the manufacturer, because it sounds sort of mechanical. Then again, it happens exactly when I hit 160 km/hr, so it's kind of confusing.

I don't want to call up my dealer and tell them I'm driving at 160 and given that highways in Canada and the US have a max speed limit of 110km/70mph, I don't mind pushing it down a notch and cruising along at 159 km/hr, but please help me fly like Shoaib Akhtar without the STD, err...I mean...the annoying muffled screech.

Otherwise, I've had this for around a year now and I'm happy with the performance so far. Looking at the records, it seems like the girl who owned it (the first owner) before me had it well maintained.

I see you license getting suspended and car being impounded soon if you keep doing this. If you go 50 over the speed limit( which is 100 kmp) they impound your car and suspend your license on the spot. I know of one guy whose car was impounded and his license suspended because he was going 130 in an 80 kmp highway. Another story: me and friend of mine where racing on highway 400 on our way to a cottage, we were drifting like crazy and people were just staring us scared. For some reason I decided to stop while my friend kept going and out of nowhere a ghost(undercover) cop car stopped my friend. He would have suspended his license and the only reason he got saved was because there were too many people in the car and too much stuff that was being transported. At one point the cop even had my friend pinned on the front of his cop car ready to arrest him !!!. All i can say is be careful with the speeding.

[Kabir]

Originally Posted by layperson
I see you license getting suspended and car being impounded soon if you keep doing this. If you go 50 over the speed limit( which is 100 kmp) they impound your car and suspend your license on the spot. I know of one guy whose car was impounded and his license suspended because he was going 130 in an 80 kmp highway. Another story: me and friend of mine where racing on highway 400 on our way to a cottage, we were drifting like crazy and people were just staring us scared. For some reason I decided to stop while my friend kept going and out of nowhere a ghost(undercover) cop car stopped my friend. He would have suspended his license and the only reason he got saved was because there were too many people in the car and too much stuff that was being transported. At one point the cop even had my friend pinned on the front of his cop car ready to arrest him !!!. All i can say is be careful with the speeding.

Thanks for the reminder. The street racing law in Ontario is seriously used by the cops. Like your friend, I've heard of an uncle who was driving at 140 and got his car impounded. Apparently it was a 90 km/hr zone...and at 140, he's just hit that 50km over speed limit mark.

Come to think of it, you'ld often find people driving at 140 on 401...which is seriously stupid. 401 has a few construction zones right now with 80 as the highest speed. Even a 130 can get your car impounded.

From a friend of mine who works in Waterloo and commutes from Mississauga, he tells me that 160 is regular on 401 on the way to Waterloo. He tells me that they do it all the time...and know that there's no cop there.

You don't wanna be that one idiot guy who got caught coz the cop just happened to be there that day. Trust me.