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Atlanta Man Shatters Coast-to-Coast Driving Record, Averaging 98MPH

Posted by Soulskill on from the thank-you-for-endangering-so-many-people dept.

New submitter The Grim Reefer sends this quote from CNN: "[Ed] Bolian set out on a serious mission to beat the record for driving from New York to Los Angeles. The mark? Alex Roy and David Maher's cross-country record of 31 hours and 4 minutes, which they set in a modified BMW M5 in 2006. ... He went into preparation mode about 18 months ago and chose a Mercedes CL55 AMG with 115,000 miles for the journey. The Benz's gas tank was only 23 gallons, so he added two 22-gallon tanks in the trunk, upping his range to about 800 miles. ... To foil the police, he installed a switch to kill the rear lights and bought two laser jammers and three radar detectors. He commissioned a radar jammer, but it wasn't finished in time for the trek. There was also a police scanner, two GPS units and various chargers for smartphones and tablets -- not to mention snacks, iced coffee and a bedpan. ... The total time: 28 hours, 50 minutes and about 30 seconds. ... When they were moving, which, impressively, was all but 46 minutes of the trip, they were averaging around 100 mph. Their total average was 98 mph, and their top speed was 158 mph, according to an onboard tracking device."

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  1. Whoosh! by dtmos · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pretty sure this guy passes me every day on the way to the office.

    1. Re:Whoosh! by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm pretty sure this guy passes me every day on the way to the office.

      off the road, grandpa!

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    2. Re:Whoosh! by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny

      pssst!... buddy... you can get Coors East of the Mississippi these days at any grocery store.

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    3. Re:Whoosh! by lgw · · Score: 5, Funny

      The best part of the first Cannonball Run was the team that used an ambulance for the race (wasn't that Burt Reynold's character?). Csaba Csere actually did this in the real Cannonball Run! He said it worked perfectly - they had no trouble from the law, and would have won except the ambulance blew it's transmission as they approached the west coast. (Hey guys, next time don't stop in San Francisco to blow a tranny.)

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  2. there was a bit of a mixup by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 5, Funny

    He was really just trying to get some groceries but he used Apple Maps.

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  3. Re:When will he be arrested? by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We don't know when, we don't know where, but we know you did it!" doesn't hold up very well in court.

  4. Speed doesn't kill by w0mprat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Speed doesn't kill it's suddenly becoming stationery that's the problem.

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  5. Re: "Driving like a fool" by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny

    I presume that you also consider 5 out of 6 people who play Russian roulette to be "geniuses" as well.