Dodge Hellcat outruns police cars, helicopters, but he's caught after losing his Louis Voutton shoe in manure
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August 23, 2020, 10:39 AM
architect
So that's what "drive it like you stole it" means!
August 23, 2020, 10:59 AM
FN in MT
California is such a weird place. The comments...
August 23, 2020, 11:18 AM
OKCGene
Ha! Silly TV reporter at the end of the video keeps referring to the car as a Dodger.
August 23, 2020, 11:22 AM
HK Ag
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Originally posted by FN in MT: California is such a weird place. The comments...
FN this took place in Texas, between Houston and Beaumont, deep east Texas.
August 23, 2020, 12:00 PM
jsbcody
The law and order in me wants him severely punished......The Gumball Rally in me says he should have planned for a fuel pit stop. You know most cops in the pursuit were thinking, "wow, I wish I could drive a performance car like that. Instead I have the under maintained rattle trap that tops out at 80mph."
I remember an old Top Gear where Clarkson was driving a Mercedes AMG Black and said it's top speed was 240mph but at that speed you only had enough gas for about 10 minutes. Of course at that speed the tires would only last about 8 minutes.
Yeah, if that had been a Demon, he could have phoned ahead for pit stops and still be going.
August 23, 2020, 12:28 PM
coloradohunter44
110, hell, he probably wasn't even outta 3rd gear. Amazing performance. Too bad he couldn't just have enjoyed it legally on a fun track somewhere.
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August 23, 2020, 12:40 PM
trapper189
Yet another jerk that doesn't use his turn signals.
August 23, 2020, 12:43 PM
x0225095
Reporters are idiots.
A couple of them refer to it as a Charger. Clearly a Challenger.
Mopar or Nocar baby!
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August 23, 2020, 12:55 PM
chellim1
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The law and order in me wants him severely punished......The Gumball Rally in me says he should have planned for a fuel pit stop. You know most cops in the pursuit were thinking, "wow, I wish I could drive a performance car like that. Instead I have the under maintained rattle trap that tops out at 80mph."
I have to admit... driving that car looked like a lot of fun. Muhammad Abu...
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August 23, 2020, 12:57 PM
rat2306
Another guy getting in touch with his inner Kowalski...
August 23, 2020, 01:03 PM
selogic
What kind of chopper did he outrun ? Must have been an elcheapo Robinson .
August 23, 2020, 01:34 PM
chellim1
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What kind of chopper did he outrun?
TV News helicopter. But it wasn't by much. They caught back up to him.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The driver who memorably led authorities in a high-speed chase behind the wheel of a stolen Dodge Challenger Hellcat muscle car has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Mohmed Ahmed Abu-Shlieba, 25, pleaded guilty to evading arrest stemming from the October 2017 chase, which started in Houston and wound up in a cow pasture two counties away in Jefferson County.
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August 23, 2020, 01:48 PM
cparktd
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Originally posted by selogic: What kind of chopper did he outrun ?.
Don't know but it's pretty funny... vid was from April '18. News station got a new "faster" chopper ~one year later guess they didn't want to suffer through that embarrassment again.
Snip: From May '19... ABC13 has upgraded its eye in the sky. The brand new SkyEye13 is faster, and more high-tech than any news helicopter in the area.
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August 23, 2020, 02:19 PM
YooperSigs
The old school cop who trained me often said: "You cant outrun a radio"!
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August 23, 2020, 08:37 PM
1s1k
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Originally posted by jsbcody: Yeah, if that had been a Demon, he could have phoned ahead for pit stops and still be going.
Actually a Hellcat has a much higher top speed than a Demon. The Demon is electronically governed at 168 mph because it comes with drag radials from the factory that are not designed for sustained high speeds.
August 23, 2020, 09:55 PM
ersatzknarf
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Originally posted by rat2306: Another guy getting in touch with his inner Kowalski...
Ha!
August 23, 2020, 10:10 PM
jimmy123x
The driver could've gotten away with it if he had a better lawyer. There's no way they could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was indeed the driver. Nobody physically saw him get out of the drivers seat, and it's doubtful that any of the footage was clear enough to prove it was him with the tinted windows.
August 24, 2020, 07:36 AM
heisrizn
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Originally posted by jimmy123x: The driver could've gotten away with it if he had a better lawyer. There's no way they could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was indeed the driver. Nobody physically saw him get out of the drivers seat, and it's doubtful that any of the footage was clear enough to prove it was him with the tinted windows.
When I bought my Jeep Gladiator earlier this year, the dealer had a Hellcat on the showroom floor. Sticker price was 93K..thats 93 thousand dollars! My salesman said they sell a few of them, mostly to the Native Americans who get stipends from the Casino money.
And I thought I overpaid for my Gladiator!
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