Official "It Happened to me Today" thread - Porsche Stories - good, bad, funny, sad
08-29-2009, 12:49 AM
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One section of the highway near me has two lanes with a concrete island about ¾ mile long on the right and then two more lanes. The third lane is to service the two exits and entrances onto the 4th lane, and to use as a "shortcut" when folks are poking up the slight incline on the two main lanes.
One day I was working on jetting my PMOs. they had been running a little too rich.
When I came to this section of highway there were two long lines of traffic poking up the incline with an 18 wheeler in the right lane. I moved to the "shortcut" lane and spooled it up to get past the long lines before the extra lanes ended. There was plenty of room if I hustled.
As I popped out onto the highway the slow car in the left lane next to the truck turned out to be a State Trooper. OOPS! I let off the gas and coasted down trying to look innocent. NOT! The trooper’s eyes got real big and he almost cut the truck off to get behind me. When the lights came on I figured here we go…
We pulled over and parked. He got out and started towards me.
He was about 6 feet from the rear bumper when I figured this was going to take awhile and shut the car off. The car belched a mighty backfire with a bright orange flash; I think the flame was 3 feet long. He jumped towards the curb and I saw his hat land on the road. I thought Oh snakes now he's really mad, I bet his eyebrows are singed and my butt is going to be the same way.
When he got to the window he was pretty calm all things considered. He asked "Do you know how fast you were going back there?" I replied "No" (I’m pretty sure it was a bit over 100) He said “Neither do I but it was over the speed limit!" He took my paperwork back to the cruiser and let me sit for a few minutes. He came back with a warning. I'm pretty sure he just wanted to get home to wipe the soot off his face and change his britches. Only the laundryman will know for sure.
One day I was working on jetting my PMOs. they had been running a little too rich.
When I came to this section of highway there were two long lines of traffic poking up the incline with an 18 wheeler in the right lane. I moved to the "shortcut" lane and spooled it up to get past the long lines before the extra lanes ended. There was plenty of room if I hustled.
As I popped out onto the highway the slow car in the left lane next to the truck turned out to be a State Trooper. OOPS! I let off the gas and coasted down trying to look innocent. NOT! The trooper’s eyes got real big and he almost cut the truck off to get behind me. When the lights came on I figured here we go…
We pulled over and parked. He got out and started towards me.
He was about 6 feet from the rear bumper when I figured this was going to take awhile and shut the car off. The car belched a mighty backfire with a bright orange flash; I think the flame was 3 feet long. He jumped towards the curb and I saw his hat land on the road. I thought Oh snakes now he's really mad, I bet his eyebrows are singed and my butt is going to be the same way.
When he got to the window he was pretty calm all things considered. He asked "Do you know how fast you were going back there?" I replied "No" (I’m pretty sure it was a bit over 100) He said “Neither do I but it was over the speed limit!" He took my paperwork back to the cruiser and let me sit for a few minutes. He came back with a warning. I'm pretty sure he just wanted to get home to wipe the soot off his face and change his britches. Only the laundryman will know for sure.
08-29-2009, 09:28 AM
#33
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You are blessed my-son. I gently coasted thru a stop sign in our very own neighborhood one night after dinner with my wife. There was cop sitting exactly where they never sat. He followed us into our driveway and my wife went inside while he wrote me a warning. She stood behind the storm door with our two cats, one under each arm and they all were laughing. He thought it was funny - it was - in retrospect.
One section of the highway near me has two lanes with a concrete island about ¾ mile long on the right and then two more lanes. The third lane is to service the two exits and entrances onto the 4th lane, and to use as a "shortcut" when folks are poking up the slight incline on the two main lanes.
One day I was working on jetting my PMOs. they had been running a little too rich.
When I came to this section of highway there were two long lines of traffic poking up the incline with an 18 wheeler in the right lane. I moved to the "shortcut" lane and spooled it up to get past the long lines before the extra lanes ended. There was plenty of room if I hustled.
As I popped out onto the highway the slow car in the left lane next to the truck turned out to be a State Trooper. OOPS! I let off the gas and coasted down trying to look innocent. NOT! The trooper’s eyes got real big and he almost cut the truck off to get behind me. When the lights came on I figured here we go…
We pulled over and parked. He got out and started towards me.
He was about 6 feet from the rear bumper when I figured this was going to take awhile and shut the car off. The car belched a mighty backfire with a bright orange flash; I think the flame was 3 feet long. He jumped towards the curb and I saw his hat land on the road. I thought Oh snakes now he's really mad, I bet his eyebrows are singed and my butt is going to be the same way.
When he got to the window he was pretty calm all things considered. He asked "Do you know how fast you were going back there?" I replied "No" (I’m pretty sure it was a bit over 100) He said “Neither do I but it was over the speed limit!" He took my paperwork back to the cruiser and let me sit for a few minutes. He came back with a warning. I'm pretty sure he just wanted to get home to wipe the soot off his face and change his britches. Only the laundryman will know for sure.
One day I was working on jetting my PMOs. they had been running a little too rich.
When I came to this section of highway there were two long lines of traffic poking up the incline with an 18 wheeler in the right lane. I moved to the "shortcut" lane and spooled it up to get past the long lines before the extra lanes ended. There was plenty of room if I hustled.
As I popped out onto the highway the slow car in the left lane next to the truck turned out to be a State Trooper. OOPS! I let off the gas and coasted down trying to look innocent. NOT! The trooper’s eyes got real big and he almost cut the truck off to get behind me. When the lights came on I figured here we go…
We pulled over and parked. He got out and started towards me.
He was about 6 feet from the rear bumper when I figured this was going to take awhile and shut the car off. The car belched a mighty backfire with a bright orange flash; I think the flame was 3 feet long. He jumped towards the curb and I saw his hat land on the road. I thought Oh snakes now he's really mad, I bet his eyebrows are singed and my butt is going to be the same way.
When he got to the window he was pretty calm all things considered. He asked "Do you know how fast you were going back there?" I replied "No" (I’m pretty sure it was a bit over 100) He said “Neither do I but it was over the speed limit!" He took my paperwork back to the cruiser and let me sit for a few minutes. He came back with a warning. I'm pretty sure he just wanted to get home to wipe the soot off his face and change his britches. Only the laundryman will know for sure.
08-29-2009, 11:11 AM
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Not really an on the road Porsche story but yesterday we had a contractor visit us because we're looking at doing some back yard rennovations. In any case he brought his ten-year old son with him to help with measurements. He got there about 15 minutes before I did so my wife was out talking to him as I pulled into the driveway.
As I got there this kid comes running towards me and I'm not even out of the car while he's asking, "Is that a Porsche???" I answered him and he just started peppering me with questions and asking about features and performance. He was amazed by the rear wing and even stared at the engine for quite some time.
I would have taken him for a ride but didn't want to put the contractor in an uncomfortable position. But I was just amazed by how much this kid knew and how the car seemed to light up his day.
As they were leaving he asked me, "What if we traded keys and we took the Porsche home instead?" I told him, "I don't think your dad could pull his boat around with my car, so it's probably best you keep the truck instead!"
Fun time seeing someone so young being so interested in this car!
As I got there this kid comes running towards me and I'm not even out of the car while he's asking, "Is that a Porsche???" I answered him and he just started peppering me with questions and asking about features and performance. He was amazed by the rear wing and even stared at the engine for quite some time.
I would have taken him for a ride but didn't want to put the contractor in an uncomfortable position. But I was just amazed by how much this kid knew and how the car seemed to light up his day.
As they were leaving he asked me, "What if we traded keys and we took the Porsche home instead?" I told him, "I don't think your dad could pull his boat around with my car, so it's probably best you keep the truck instead!"
Fun time seeing someone so young being so interested in this car!
08-29-2009, 01:04 PM
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Some years ago, I dated a young woman, who on our first date, asked if my Porsche was a Karmann Ghia. I just smiled and said, I can see how it sort of looks like one, but nope, it's a Porsche.
Later she revealed that I had "passed a test." If she went out with a guy with a Porsche and he got upset when she pretended to mistake his car for a Karmann Ghia, she knew he was too insecure/full of himself, and she'd dump him on the spot.
Later she revealed that I had "passed a test." If she went out with a guy with a Porsche and he got upset when she pretended to mistake his car for a Karmann Ghia, she knew he was too insecure/full of himself, and she'd dump him on the spot.
08-29-2009, 01:33 PM
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Coming home from work last week I was in the Audi and this bad boi POS lime green honda come on the highway. I was passing a couple cars at the time so he figured he'd show me how it's done and started weaving in and out hauling ***. I lost sight of him for about a minute but caught up when he was just getting pulled over.....Gotta love those incidences...
08-29-2009, 01:43 PM
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Some years ago, I dated a young woman, who on our first date, asked if my Porsche was a Karmann Ghia. I just smiled and said, I can see how it sort of looks like one, but nope, it's a Porsche.
Later she revealed that I had "passed a test." If she went out with a guy with a Porsche and he got upset when she pretended to mistake his car for a Karmann Ghia, she knew he was too insecure/full of himself, and she'd dump him on the spot.
Later she revealed that I had "passed a test." If she went out with a guy with a Porsche and he got upset when she pretended to mistake his car for a Karmann Ghia, she knew he was too insecure/full of himself, and she'd dump him on the spot.
now I know why James called my car a Volkswagen the first time we met
- If I remember correctly I ran out the door crying -
hahaha
08-30-2009, 03:01 AM
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Not quite happened to "me" today, but rather a collective "us" as jerks like this is going to ruin it for the rest of us. Anyway, a local BMW dealer here has been very gracious and started hosting Cars and Coffee. As always, there's a knucklehead (or two) that wants to chest thump: linky.
The second car was a Cobra kit car that bit the curb and nearly crashed into the tollway wall. No video of it on the intraweb... yet.
At least no European cars were involved.
///Michael
The second car was a Cobra kit car that bit the curb and nearly crashed into the tollway wall. No video of it on the intraweb... yet.
At least no European cars were involved.
///Michael
08-30-2009, 10:56 AM
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when I opened the link it was in the background - be fore seeing it I heard it -
my first reaction was, OH its a joke video of someone farting -
stupid sounding car - if he crashed it we would not be subject to that silly sound any more - sorry the jerks showed, we had a group of tuners come to a C&C but they acted like grown ups...
my first reaction was, OH its a joke video of someone farting -
stupid sounding car - if he crashed it we would not be subject to that silly sound any more - sorry the jerks showed, we had a group of tuners come to a C&C but they acted like grown ups...
08-30-2009, 11:46 AM
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Three Wheelin'
Not really a story so much as an observation, I'm amazed at the number of times I get passed by someone blasting along at high speed in a pos vehicle that is the Least safe to be travelling at those speeds. (jacked up pickup, econo box, etc.) Simply amazing.
08-30-2009, 12:03 PM
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I was driving to VT for skiing one Xmas. A guy in an older Chevy went blasting past me on snowy roads. I was cooking along, so I was amazed that he would drive that much faster. (Good luck with that.) About a half hour later, I saw the rear end of his car....stopped far ahead of me....but it just looked odd....it was at an odd angle.
Slowed down, got closer to find that there had been an avalanche and he had driven at high speed into a 15' -20' snowbank across the roadway. His car was now about 10' in the air, sort of nose down in the snowbank. He was out of it, walking around, cursing. The little you could see, the front of the car looked crunched by the impact.
In about 30 minutes, a road grader and other equipment showed up to clear the road. The guy in the road grader was PISSED that a car was blocking the road. He backed up the grader near the car, got out a long heavy chain, attached one end to the grader and the other to the differential of the Chevy.
Then he put the grader in a much higher gear than I would have expected, considering there was full slack in the chain. At relatively high speed, the slack tightened and the car came Flying backward out of the snow drift....to the screams of the owner.
Could have been a movie with the guy yelling as his car sailed past him onto the pavement. A tow truck hooked him up and he was gone in less than 2 minutes. In less than an hour, the road was clear. But the vision of the Flying Chevy stays with me.
ok....it wasn't "Today" -- will keep with the focus of the thread.
Slowed down, got closer to find that there had been an avalanche and he had driven at high speed into a 15' -20' snowbank across the roadway. His car was now about 10' in the air, sort of nose down in the snowbank. He was out of it, walking around, cursing. The little you could see, the front of the car looked crunched by the impact.
In about 30 minutes, a road grader and other equipment showed up to clear the road. The guy in the road grader was PISSED that a car was blocking the road. He backed up the grader near the car, got out a long heavy chain, attached one end to the grader and the other to the differential of the Chevy.
Then he put the grader in a much higher gear than I would have expected, considering there was full slack in the chain. At relatively high speed, the slack tightened and the car came Flying backward out of the snow drift....to the screams of the owner.
Could have been a movie with the guy yelling as his car sailed past him onto the pavement. A tow truck hooked him up and he was gone in less than 2 minutes. In less than an hour, the road was clear. But the vision of the Flying Chevy stays with me.
ok....it wasn't "Today" -- will keep with the focus of the thread.
08-30-2009, 02:30 PM
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<laughing> well it was funny!
I had a 4x4 pass me going up Snoqualmie a few years back and just as he got up a ways he spun the thing...into the jersey barrier and as it rotated he hit all 4 corners....I was thinking "dumb a$$" as he came to a stop - facing the center of the highway, but still a little ways up the road...
as I aproached his "playground" (with caution) he litterally drove his truck straight across the freeway about 30 feet in front of me - I almost tagged his a$$ and luckily was driving a car that was great in the snow - at a failry low speed (still about 35) -
I think the guy was dazzed or something but "GEEZ what a stupid f^ck" was the second thought I had about him and his smashed up rig -
and yes, on the I-405 motocross (as I like to call it) the big, lifted, crappy handling, poorly maintained are the ones doing all the tail gating, cell phone texting, lane hurkey jerky, dumb a$$ driving - I see it everyday..........thankfully they all look like cones to me.... just drive around them and "where's the next one"
I had a 4x4 pass me going up Snoqualmie a few years back and just as he got up a ways he spun the thing...into the jersey barrier and as it rotated he hit all 4 corners....I was thinking "dumb a$$" as he came to a stop - facing the center of the highway, but still a little ways up the road...
as I aproached his "playground" (with caution) he litterally drove his truck straight across the freeway about 30 feet in front of me - I almost tagged his a$$ and luckily was driving a car that was great in the snow - at a failry low speed (still about 35) -
I think the guy was dazzed or something but "GEEZ what a stupid f^ck" was the second thought I had about him and his smashed up rig -
and yes, on the I-405 motocross (as I like to call it) the big, lifted, crappy handling, poorly maintained are the ones doing all the tail gating, cell phone texting, lane hurkey jerky, dumb a$$ driving - I see it everyday..........thankfully they all look like cones to me.... just drive around them and "where's the next one"
08-30-2009, 11:44 PM
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my 11 year old has a friend who decided, after seeing my arctic silver C4, that he needed a picture of it to use as his wallpaper on his computer.
my 11 year old saw it and asked him, "is that my dad's car?!". her friend replied, "yes", and smiled.
i guess i'm paying forward my own lust for 911s when i was 11 years old. maybe i've inspired him to work hard and own one of his own someday. hopefully he won't wait as long as i did.
my 11 year old saw it and asked him, "is that my dad's car?!". her friend replied, "yes", and smiled.
i guess i'm paying forward my own lust for 911s when i was 11 years old. maybe i've inspired him to work hard and own one of his own someday. hopefully he won't wait as long as i did.
08-31-2009, 11:14 PM
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I looked at my car at lunch and smiled like freeking crazy on the inside - It wasnt anything special - just the way it makes me feel all the time -