Slant six in a Miata ? Why ???
Mine was a Panther-Pink 70 Swinger340. lol.
The cops would pull me over and tell me all the things they could charge me with, even tho I hadn't done any of those things in the past 24 hours, lol.
My Mum even got calls from the cops saying my car had been spotted doing such and such, where the heck could the find me...... while, in fact, I had been outta town for at least 10 days; what a riot.
I often played the "Sir,yes sir" routine and in the 5 years I drove that car, only got two tickets; one for speeding, and the other, for imprudent driving. I couldn't bs my way outta that imprudent, cuz he was right behind me when the alleged event occurred. lol. As for the speeding, Why the heck was he doing 55 in a 65? Oh I know, baiting that Pink Flamingo car I was driving... I guess you know that if you downshift and floor a 340Dart at 55, it will be doing 85 when you pass the driver's door of the car you are overtaking? I didn't,lol.
Yeah buying a car that color was a mistake. I bought it after dark, and it was parked under a mercury-vapor street light, which made it look Purple. Next day when I brought the rest of the money, with the sun blazing down on it, it was no longer Purple. I was 17, so that was a minor glitch....
but Boy if I only had that car today....
yeah, i may have had a hard time denying that "alleged incident"
(here is how it happened as i posted it a while ago)
i caught a pretty cool cop the other day ...about 11 at night, quiet street cutting through an industrial turf on my way home
2 lanes, 1 light
im in the fast lane, some import is in the slow lane
when the light turns green i start to go, not racing mind you, just pulling out
well, you know this thing people sometimes do, where they pace you, and your not really racing but your not letting the other car pass?
well, he did that to me
so at about 45 MPH i had enough of it, and i stepped on it
1.5 seconds later, at 75 MPH i let off, and the moment i let off, the cop behind me lit me up
so i pulled over, killed the engine, turned the dome light on and put my hands on the wheel
he came over and asked if i had a drivers license
i said, i do, but im not gonna reach for it with that 9MM laying there (i keep it under the armrest)
when he asked if it was loaded i managed to refrain from explaining they would be rather pointless if not loaded, and simply said "off course"
he ran my license and CPL and throughout the whole deal i of course was very polite (as always) and the cop must have appreciated that because he let me off with a warning
now, if you ever been let off with a warning before, you know it ALWAYS comes with a sermon (or so im told, i never get pulled over)
so, the sermon went something like this:
Son, what you are not getting a ticket for is reckless driving
if you get on it hard enough to go sideways...and i was behind you, you were s-i-d-e-w-a-y-s...that is considered reckless driving
and then he tells me, your driving an orange duster, if you acting out you WILL get noticed