Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Speeding close call......

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Terri and I went over to the Pasadena car show.  First time ever to block 
off Colorado (Rose Parade Route) and show cars.  Hot hot hot - the cars, the 
women, the weather.  heh heh
DOUG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hans E. Hansen" <FList [at] hanshansen.org>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Speeding close call......


> Hi Rob.
>
> No, it was in the other family car.
>
> I did take the sister-in-law for a ride in the GT4, tho.  Seemed
> kind of speachless for a while.  Earlier in the week we had toured
> up in the mountains.  She isn't used to any place that isn't billiard
> table flat, so my modest cornering speeds earned me the
> nickname "A.J."
>
> Hans.
>
> On 5/18/08, Robert W. Garven Jr. <rgarven [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> > was that in the gt4?
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 18, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Hans E. Hansen wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > OK, looks like a few of us aren't doing anything worthwhile on a Sunday
> > > afternoon.  (Actually, I'm quasi-working - waiting for the financial
> > markets
> > > to open the evening session.)  I'll relate a *very* embarrassing 
> > > story....
> > >
> > > A couple of weeks ago I was travelling from home (Roseburg, OR) to
> > > Eugene to pick up sister-in-law.  I was cruising at my usual 80-85mph.
> > > Note that I very rarely pass on the right and I try to acknowledge that
> > > others may not realize that I am catching them at a greater than normal
> > > rate.
> > >
> > > So...  Coming to a hill is a car that is near identical to the one that 
> > > I
> > > left in my driveway - a late model Chev Impala.  Mine is the SS, but
> > > I could see from the skinnier tires that this one wasn't.  As I
> > approached,
> > > the car moved over from the left to the right lane.  I sped up a bit, 
> > > as
> > > there was some truck traffic on this hill and I wanted to get in front
> > > of this car before he pulled back left.  I crested the hill - which 
> > > also
> > > was on a corner - going maybe 85.  80 down the hill to where it leveled
> > > out.  Then 80-85 for a few miles.  The guy that I passed on the hill
> > > tucked right at my bumper, sometimes dangerously close.  I would
> > > pull over right to let him re-pass, but he would hang right there on
> > > my left rear corner.  After 10 miles or so, I had a semi pull out right
> > > in front of me and I had to dog the brakes hard.  I blew the horn to
> > > let him know he cut me off.  As soon as the truck pulled back into
> > > the right lane, I passed.
> > >
> > > Well.....  The guy following me tucked right back in behind and
> > > turned on some hidden reds and blues.  I about crapped my pants.
> > > Turns out he was a plain clothes detective and said that if he wasn't
> > > going to a meeting that he would haul me in for Class 1 wreckless
> > > driving - 1 year in jail and $10,000 fine.  He had radio'd for a
> > > patrol car to cite me, but after a while he thought enough was
> > > enough and pulled me over.  He claimed that I was going 95 at
> > > times, but that number was at least 5 higher than any I saw.
> > >
> > > I got a loooooong lecture.  My car wasn't suited for high speed
> > > driving,  as my suspension wasn't up to it and my tires could have
> > > simply folded under on the rims on some of the high speed corners.
> > > I didn't tell him that I used to sell cop cars and that what I was
> > > driving had a much superior suspension than his.  Nor did I mention
> > > that I was riding on some quality Z-rated tires.  Also, at his
> > > insinuation that his training made him more qualified than I,
> > > I conveniently didn't mention all the race schools that I had
> > > been to.  (And I really was not going that fast around corners,
> > > etc.)  Nope, kept my mouth shut and ate crow.
> > >
> > > He let me off...........
> > >
> > > Hans.
> > >
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