Rick- quitchyerbichin!!
and you car has a whopping 42 HP!!! (not a mear 40) :)
BillM
> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:19:33 -0800
> From: rbastedo at gmail.com
> To: ladaniels at sbcglobal.net
> CC: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Personalized LBC plate question
>
> For my daily driver Midget (that I actually drive every day) I have regular
> plates and pay the tabs and taxes every year.
> The car is on my State Farm policy and I'm currently paying more than I do
> for our family van.
> I try very hard to obey the speed limit, I have had one speeding ticket in
> the past many (too many) decades and that was when I first got the Midget
> and was unaware of just how fast it can be. (88 mph in a 70 zone).
> My state has a great thing when you get one ticket you can agree to pay the
> fine and not speed any more and they will erase it from your record if you
> remain ticket free for one year. Thus I have no speeding tickets on my
> record.
> I park legally, have had no parking tickets ever.
> Sure I may do 72 in a 70 zone from time to time, but it's not intentional.
> I'm seriously very boring, if you look at things like traffic citations for
> excitement.
> If I were using a car with classic plates as my DD then I'd agree, I'd have
> no room to bitch.
>
> Here is my beef.
> I have this other Spridget that I don't drive for about 2/3 of every year.
> It has classic plates and classic insurance through Grundy.
> My policy states I may drive my car for pleasure use.
> State law in my state says I may drive my classic car for pleasure use and
> on club business and to and from shows, or if I need to have work done on
> it.
> There are a lot of good valid reasons I can use to drive my classic car and
> remain legal.
>
> Three or if I'm very lucky 4 months of the year I can, should I choose, get
> in my Sprite and head out where ever it's whopping 40 HP will take me.
> If I happen to be out and think I ought to pick up a case of beer or a loaf
> of bread before going home so be it.
> What I don't want to have to do is think about what I'll say to a cop about
> why I am driving my car if I get pulled over.
> That's just wrong.
> What I don't need is some local cop who thinks he knows better than me
about
> when and where I can drive my classic pulling me over and flipping me any
> shit.
> I will explain the state law and the terms of my insurance to the cop.
> I will have a printout of these items ready to hand to the cop.
> If he decides to issue a citation I will see him in court.
> It ain't like I'm runnin' bootleg in the trunk or smuggling pot (wait,
> that's still a thing right?)
>
> I've gone to court over less and made the cop look like the idiot he was
> just to prove the point.
> Judges don't like cops who waste their time and can be very harsh toward
> them.
> Prosecutors also don't like having their time wasted.
> I'm simply not going to put up with it - Period.
>
> Rick (mad as hell at the moment, it will pass...) Bastedo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry Daniels" <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net>
> >
> > Pardon me, but it seems to me that if you know in advance what the
> > restrictions are for using special plates, you ought not complain when
you
> > get caught intentionally violating those restrictions.
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