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FRUNKenstein wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 10:37 am Probably going to be $500 or more "amendment" though.

Just present the car as Exhibit A and the judge will likely throw the case out recognizing the impossibility of the situation.

In 22 years, I have never gotten a ticket of any sort in the 996. I have had tickets in all 9 of the other vehicles I have owned or had regular use of.

Last one I had was in the P!g (fucker was actually chasing someone else but decided to give up and take me instead ). For being a dick on the road he was actually cool in court and immediately suggested the judge reduce the charge. When the judge asked me to explain myself I explained that the wife just had a miscarriage (true) and I was on my way home from talking to a surgeon about heart surgery (also true, but I didn't mention that it wasn't the scary kind). Apparently the judge has a reputation for being a real hard ass, but he knocked it down even further than the cop requested and made it a non moving violation.

I've only gotten one actual speeding ticket...and Cuda's ticket fixer fixed it for me. For $75. It was ridiculously cheap.

Also I don't drive anything that doesn't have a radar detector. I can't count how many times Mrs. S. or I have avoided the wrath of the law thanks to installing decent radar detectors in everything we own.

Having a dashcam visible when you get pulled over doesn't seem to hurt, either. One especially dick LEO pulled me over to give me crap for no front plate; when he saw the dashcam (and asked if it was a dashcam), he got back on his bike and left.

In other news, our WK2 Grand Cherokee has now eaten as many water pumps as the 996 - but it's only done 70K miles vs. the 996's 110Kish.

At least I was able to shame the Jeep dealership into not charging for this replacement, since the last "new" pump only lasted 3K miles.

5chn3ll wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 5:17 pm In other news, our WK2 Grand Cherokee has now eaten as many water pumps as the 996 - but it's only done 70K miles vs. the 996's 110Kish.

At least I was able to shame the Jeep dealership into not charging for this replacement, since the last "new" pump only lasted 3K miles.

JEEBUS!

Interacted with AI today....

Finally got to see my pop's new C8 R yesterday when I met him for breakfast in Dana Point. Ain't gonna lie - it's a pretty sweet ride.

5chn3ll wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 10:26 am Finally got to see my pop's new C8 R yesterday when I met him for breakfast in Dana Point. Ain't gonna lie - it's a pretty sweet ride.

Did he let you drive it?

He wanted me to, but I wasn't keen on blasting around Dana Point with a street fair going on half a block away. I'll give it a try the next time I'm up at his place in Huntington Beach - there's an awesome stretch of PCH between where he lives and Seal Beach that lends itself to exuberant driving.

I-5 has been a crapshoot lately, but yesterday was awesome. Traffic was moving at 85-95 northbound at ~6:30 AM, and just a little slower coming back south at 10AM. The SoCal autobahn did not disappoint yesterday.

Schnelly what is it about that C8 that makes it an "R"? I don't know anything about Corvette special packages besides Z06. I could google this but this is now what we are here for - now is it?