[DeTomaso] REASONS I DID NOT DRIVE THE PANTERA TODAY

[Peter Kovacs]

... or your other hobby cars. I was rotating mine through the weekend but often 
overlook the V8 Vega because of the potential for tickets and break downs. This 
weekend I got both while taking my 10 year old Max for a drive. A motorcycle 
office was enjoying the nice weather with his radar gun sitting under a tree. 
Pulled me over issuing a citation for 64 in a 50. Called another motorcycle 
officer who had been through the smog equipment training who made me open the 
hood, The wheel tubs, roll cage, and aluminum air filter housing sticking 
through the hood may have provided a clue I was not bone stock. I was cited for 
that too and need to take the car to a referee now. Lovely. 


The car is mostly used for car shows, charity functions, and the track. it may 
be time to pull the plates.

After the officers drove away, the car decided not to start. I called my trustee 
friend Curt to come by with jumper cables. Within minutes a tow truck pulled up. 
I thought the police may have called him to tow my car. He thought I had called 
AAA for assistance. He offered to jump me anyway (recognized the car from a 
previous AAA call) so Max called Curt to cancel his rescue mission. The AAA guy 
was unable to start the car and went to the real AAA member who called. So it 
was back to Max and me on the side of the road. Time for some exercise. It was 
only a mile from the house. I began to push and had Max hop to the drivers seat 
to steer and be near the brake just in case. While pushing, we were passed by 
'Officer friendly' with his lights on pulling over a 70 Chevy truck. Many 
calories later, as I was pushing the car past the parking lot where 'Officer 
Friendly' and his latest victim were parked, he was kind enough to bellow out ' 
your kid can't be steering the car without a license'.

Max hopped back over to the passenger seat for a few then joined me pushing for 
the rest of the way home. 


Curt and his trustee side kick Missy showed up anyway driving behind us slowly 
with the hazards on. 


So, was I lucky I was driving the Vega instead of the Pantera? Was I unlucky I 
got pulled over?

or am I really lucky I am not stuck in Phoenix with my wife and other son 
waiting for Southwest Airlines to get them back home?


 
Peter Kovacs
209 345-6708 
209 436-2000 fx




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From: Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 4:10:48 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] REASONS I DID NOT DRIVE THE PANTERA TODAY

The only proper excuse there is to not drive your Pantera:
I drove my other DeTomaso!

Mikael

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