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

[Christopher Kimball]

That's a sad story combined with a happy ending!

> From: lotus0005 at hotmail.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 01:41:53 +0000
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Most expensive ticket in a Pantera and otherwise?
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> 
> 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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