> > anybody else driven their vanagons somewhat less than legally for any > long length of time? anything come of it? > Not my van, but I am always happy to relate the time when I was driving my unregistered car around the block to test some changes I made prior to going to the emissions test. The bastard of a sherifff threatened me that he could "have a tow truck there in five minutes and take it away from me." I was covered with grease and dirt, not like I was going to work or anything. The car is a Chevette that I had sitting for about a year. I came pretty close to telling him to just stick it where the sun can't find it, and walking the 75 yards back to my house. I have no problem paying a fine if caught doing the wrong thing, but now I do all I can to avoid having some power hungry, abusive cop, goose stepping all over me and having to put up with their attitude. I have respect for the law, but not for some of the enforcers. Thanks to the recent Supreme Court ruling, o risk getting pulled over is to risk having your vehicle impounded, being handcuffed and taken to jail, even for a recently expired registration, and if you have "too much cash" (whatever that means) they can take it away until you prove to a judge how you got it, and even then they do not have to give it back because you might have gotten if from a drug deal. (once again, okayed by the supreme court) It can only get worse when you are driving a van <g> In my youth, I did some silly things and got off pretty easy, but in the police state we live in now, I am not of a mind to push my luck. BTW, if you were in a vanagon, why would you ever have to hit the brake around a cop? :-) Regards from Utah, John |
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