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GM_Traitor3.5 · 03-16-2011, 11:12 AM

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Yeah, the small remaining brain left inside helped me make a wise financial decision

I'm just waiting for a 2012 Mustang. Maybe I'll get a Boss!

Or maybe you'll be lucky enough to get a hold of this amazing car:

m4a1mustang · 03-16-2011, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

You know nothing about the red key until you drive the red car!

I give the Boss a few months before police are checking to see if you run the red key. They'll even be checking on non-boss models

FWIW I read somewhere that the Red Key was actually emissions legal, so that's not a worry.

GM_Traitor3.5 · 03-16-2011, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

FWIW I read somewhere that the Red Key was actually emissions legal, so that's not a worry.

Doesn't it change quite a few parameters in the car? (i.e. ignition timing, launch control, rev limiter, etc)

m4a1mustang · 03-16-2011, 11:14 AM

BTW Dan... check out the new 5.0 tunes...

m4a1mustang · 03-16-2011, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by GM_Traitor3.5

Doesn't it change quite a few parameters in the car? (i.e. ignition timing, launch control, rev limiter, etc)

It changes 200 different things.

Red__Zed · 03-16-2011, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

BTW Dan... check out the new 5.0 tunes...

b1adesofcha0s · 03-16-2011, 11:17 AM

Is it like the Bugatti's special top speed key?

m4a1mustang · 03-16-2011, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Is it like the Bugatti's special top speed key?

Sort of. It switches the car into the "race" tune, enables launch control, etc.

Red__Zed · 03-16-2011, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

FWIW I read somewhere that the Red Key was actually emissions legal, so that's not a worry.

It likely is, but it's not tested, so you'd be due for a new inspection if you changed it. Plus most cops are just going to assume it's illegal. It's just something easy and new to write a ticket for.

m4a1mustang · 03-16-2011, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

It likely is, but it's not tested, so you'd be due for a new inspection if you changed it. Plus most cops are just going to assume it's illegal. It's just something easy and new to write a ticket for.

Well, you won't have an issue if you carry both keys.

Red__Zed · 03-16-2011, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Well, you won't have an issue if you carry both keys.

Probably not. You never know man.

I've had officers not care about my s2000 (which was pretty much illegal in every way it could be, except it wouldn't serve alcohol to minors), and was ticketed more than once for "suspension modification" when I had LCA's and Koni yellows on my mostly stock Civic. If word of the "red key" gets around, there will be certain officers that will harass people for it.

b1adesofcha0s · 03-16-2011, 11:30 AM

You'd have to run into an officer that knows of it's existence though.

GM_Traitor3.5 · 03-16-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Probably not. You never know man.

I've had officers not care about my s2000 (which was pretty much illegal in every way it could be, except it wouldn't serve alcohol to minors), and was ticketed more than once for "suspension modification" when I had LCA's and Koni yellows on my mostly stock Civic. If word of the "red key" gets around, there will be certain officers that will harass people for it.

Red Key means one thing for officers and the state of VA. It's the color Green.

2theextreme · 03-16-2011, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Probably not. You never know man.

I've had officers not care about my s2000 (which was pretty much illegal in every way it could be, except it wouldn't serve alcohol to minors), and was ticketed more than once for "suspension modification" when I had LCA's and Koni yellows on my mostly stock Civic. If word of the "red key" gets around, there will be certain officers that will harass people for it.

I've had officers harrass me just because my car is blue.

(or so it feels, at least)

Red__Zed · 03-16-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

You'd have to run into an officer that knows of it's existence though.

Word gets around. There's been so much media hype about the "red key" that people will have heard of it. And the media has portrayed it as a "race key".

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Originally Posted by GM_Traitor3.5

Red Key means one thing for officers and the state of VA. It's the color Green.

Bingo. Same thing when they ticketed for "cut springs" whenever you lower a car....

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