Testarossa gets its own private police force

What a jerk, what a bunch of jerks. All that time spent by not one but several A**HOLE civil servants in a misguided attempt to generate some additional income for the city saving the citizens from some errant, and obviously dangerous TR owner all the while saving THEIR chicken A**ES from stopping crime that takes and endangers lives.

And they wonder why citizens video tape their activities.


Do you suppose those brainless idiots know their city is not exactly violent crime free enough to be spending their time and our not insubstantial (SJ cops are well paid) money in such fruitless endeavors?

 

The nice thing about having a tesatrossa in Wisconsin is the fact that the law, and pretty much everyone else, ignores it...which is odd.

When I had my boxster S, I got pulled over for just about anything - though never ticketed. It seemed like every cop made a u-turn to follow me...odd.

With the testarossa I can keep with the flow of traffic ( )

 

Sounds like Kalifornia is going to have a crack down on Ferraris thanks to the Enzo crash guy.

 

I bet you're right......... I think they are pretty upset that Enzo was on the road.

 

That's absolute *HORSESH*T*, Larry. I can't BELIEVE you were treated that way - unbelieveable. I'm almost ashamed to be a resident of a city whose police force behaves in such a manner. I applaud you for handling the situation so calmly - I can't say that I'd have been able to exercise the same restraint. Whereabouts in San Jose did this take place, so I can do my best to avoid the same stretch of road when I'm out in my red one...

Take care,
Aaron

 

He then advises me that "guys like me bring these Ferraris into the United States, and drive them around without registering them, and that's against the law".

Inspector Clouseau is alive and well in the People's Republic of California...

 

I am a big supporter of good cops as well but not tax collectors with a gun or badges attached to bad attitudes and unfortunately that accounts for more than 50%, way more.

 

The lighter side..............East Coast style..........3/17/2006

Great TR - Cops story.
I am on a straight away that is about a 3/4 to a mile long in a the city nearby...........I see that there is a police car 3/8 to 1/2 mile back, lights blazing and quickly passing 5 to 6 cars between myself and them. Cars pull over and others are over taken at speed (35 mph zone I might add) by the cruiser. The Sheriff's car very quickly (probably in excess of 80 mph) gets by the last car and immediately turns off it's lights and races to within 10 feet of my back bumper and stays there! Sh*t, what have I done? I am doing 35 mph and have been...so why? I signal to turn right, 500 feet before my turn (so obviously "law abiding"), and as I go to turn I hear a whoop, whoop of the sirens....I look left and to my amazement there is the Sheriff's passenger side window down and he and his partner are giving me a thumbs up with great big smiles on their faces............ Here I am thinking the worst and the cops have just passed going at least 80 mph and lights flashing, 5-6 cars at 80-100 mph to catch up to me to give me a compliment.........To hell with public safety!! There's a Black Nero Metallic TR and we must catch it and let the owner know it's "*#)^!*'"! Life is good in my TR!!!.............I truly am amazed..............Hell 3 Asian Cornell students asked permission to take cell phone pix and promptly bowed tonight when I was fueling up! Can I get laid by a well educated, together, gymnast that has a winning Mega-Lotto ticket in this thing.............Cool............And I thought having a mid-life crisis at 53 was an obvious testosterone induced, bi-polar, neurotic move! ............I have NO life, NO friends and NO future...........but hey, I have a Ferrari........Now if I can find an Aisan law enforcement officer with a a pair of of hand-cuffs and a nightstick, I might have to re-evaluate my submisive side (in Italian).....LOL........Kerry

 

Kerry...every time I hear you say "I have no life, no friends, and no future....but hey I have a Ferrari" I burst out laughing...!!!

In my TR I get very little attention from the local police, which surprises me too. I think that since the car is so conspicuous they figure I'd have to be a total moron to do something stupid, so they hardly give me a glance. And they probably also think that I can't be stupid since I have managed to aquire a Ferrari....and they'd be right about that of course...

I do get occasional bad treatment from the local rednecks and stuff, but most times people including law enforcement are very accomodating.

 

I never got pulled over in my TR in 2 1/2 years and 20k miles. And I was quite frequently in triple digit speeds !!

 

I would have asked Orrificer ***** what he meant by that comment

That came straight from the Enzo ***** crash but you obviously had a reg so he was an idiot

 

Holy cr@p. Profiling for what? I guess the widespread "Illegal Enzo from Sweden" problem is high on law enforcement's radar. You should have said your passenger fled.

FWIW, I registered my 328 with and got regular boring sequential plates the same day. I might do personalized plates eventually, but I didn't want to give America's Finest another reason to pull me over.

At least it all came to naught.

 

Yeah...definitely watch the speeds tonight - CHP is out in *force* this weekend, and especially on 17 b/w San Jose and Santa Cruz...there was a big article about the "stepped up" police presence on that stretch of road in the Mercury News on Thursday, I believe.

Anyway - I'd love to do the kind of track day you're talking about. I'd even like to just do a "normal speed" cruise on the freeways with some fellow chatters who enjoy driving...maybe briskly at times...but not always Mach 12. My little GT4 just wouldn't keep up.

Aaron