My Car History...

A few months ago, i was refueling my only car - a 2006 Mustang GT. It was over 100°F, so i left it running.

A few minutes later, a giy refiing on the other side of the pump said, "Hey, Mister. You better shut it off or it might blow up."

I noticed a NASCAR sticker and a '24' in his back window, so I replied with a question:

"You like NASCAR?"

He said, " Well, Hell ya, Man!"

I asked, "Who's your favorite driver?"

He responded, "Jeff Gordon, #24 all the way, Man!!!!"

I said, "They shut his car off to refuel it?"

He thought for a minute and said, " I'll be damned, i never thought about that!!!!"

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Evading arrest... tsk! I assume you never did that again!!
We keep our vehicles waaay too long. Can't buy a new car right now, we should have traded the Genisis a couple years ago.
The wife's Grand Am oddly never had a head gasket change and she had it 17 years!
Too long.
I would like to trade off n up every 4 years or so while on warranty.

Case was thrown out on a technicality...
 
Case was thrown out on a technicality...

Specifically...when we got to court, the officer said i passed his parked location, Northbound Highway 99 at Avenue 200 in Tulare, California.

I was nowhere near wide open, but was doing 135mph indicated

The officer tried to catch up in his 1983 Dodge St. Regis.

Several miles ahead, i slowed and exited Tulare Avenue. A few miutes later, while stopped at the intersection of Tulare Avenue and Prosperity, the officer pulled up behind me and activated his red spotlamp. I pulled over immediately.

The judge said there was no evading (officer did not activate lights/siren while trying to catch up) or Reckless driving (based on empty freeway) and the judge challenged the officer's speed estimated based soley on my passing him while taking a leak.

I was admonished by the judge for speed, but he commended my honest account of the event.
 
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