[DeTomaso] Most expensive ticket in a Pantera and otherwise?

Bill Lewis lotus0005 at hotmail.com
Tue May 1 21:41:53 EDT 2012


Another chalk-up for life is stranger than fiction!!!   ---Bill

> From: cars at wt-inc.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 18:12:02 -0700
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Most expensive ticket in a Pantera and otherwise?
> 
> Not sure if this qualifies, it kind of goes the opposite way....
> 
> When I was 17 I was delivering Christmas gifts for my father's company in my
> personal truck.  My truck was very distinctive looking and fast. My father
> was giving out very nice bottles of Vodka and I had two cases of them in my
> front seat.  It was December 23
> 
> I was driving and showing off for my buddy and doing some pretty stupid
> stuff (not drinking, thankfully) when I got pulled over.
> 
> The cop told me he lost count at 18 different violations that included:
> Speeding
> Exhibition of speed
> Running a red light
> Making turns without blinkers
> Speeding in a school zone
> Illegally crossing the center median to turn into somebody's driveway 
> And the big one.... reckless driving for doing some stupid stuff in a
> parking lot and on public and other private property
> 
> Needless to say I was crapping my pants.
> 
> He put his flashlight in my truck and saw two open cases of Vodka, I thought
> I was going to jail right then.
> 
> He asked me my story and I told him the truth.  He took my license and went
> back to his patrol car.  When he returned he told me, "consider this your
> Christmas present" handed me my license and drove off.
> 
> When I got home my father asked how the deliveries went.  I told him "fine".
> He looked at me and asked if I had any trouble, I told him "no".  He then
> looked at me the way only a dad can look at his guilty son and left the
> room.  It turned out that my scout master, and good family friend (also a
> cop) heard the conversation between the cop and dispatch and intervened on
> my behalf.  Then called my dad and told him everything prior to my getting
> home.
> 
> So the price I paid was a week of tearing myself apart with guilt and
> knowing that my dad knew "something" but would never let on.  It was Hell.
> I would have rather gone to jail than what I put myself through.
> 
> He finally confessed that he new everything.  Worst Christmas ever.....
> 
> Lynn
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