Last Friday my wife & I flew to Washington, DC. Lil Raja's brother met us at the airport and gave us a ride to their house. My wife & loved the car, so we bought it & took off for the Blue Ridge Parkway.

We had a great time driving through the mountains! There's nothing like the sound of an S going through a tunnel at vtec with the Injen intake and Invidia exhaust. The car got lots of attention from everyone. A biker gave us a thumbs up, some kid leaned out of a car and took our picture and people every where told me what a nice car it was. We also got some bad attention.

Here's that story:

My wife is driving and we're stuck behind two slow pokes. We finally get a chance to pass one of them and the wife doesn't down shift. The passing area is not that big and Linda (wife) still has the car in 6th. I told her to shift to 3rd, but she just shifted to 5th. Anyway it's taking forever to pass and the double line is coming up and now two cars are coming at us. Linda is now past the slower car by one car length or more and we're getting into the double yellow and the cars are still coming. I kept wondering why she wasn't getting over (top is down, so no problem seeing), so I yelled at her to get over. We are now three car lengths ahead and she finally got over. We did cross the double yellow and the other cars coming at us probably slowed down, but none of us were close to death or anything like that. Linda hates passing anyone and she's always afraid to downshift. Linda usually is very safe, but she is not much of a passer.

Anyway, 15-20 minutes later we are still behind one slowpoke and we see a cop go by the other way. He sees us and turns around. He pulls us over and the car in front pulls over. The car in front realizes he's not in trouble and takes off. I told the officers that we just bought the car. I have the title and bill of sale. I explain to them that we just bought the car and are traveling back to Alabama with the car. They tell us that they got three 911 calls about us passing on double lines. I can't believe this! Three calls! 911? Maybe one call from a busy body, but three? I figure they're lying, but anyway they can't do anything because they didn't see it. Linda nor I ever admitted to anything. Well the cops take my info and go back to their car. They come back in a few minutes and give my wife a ticket for no tag. I said, "What are we supposed to do? We bought the car Friday afternoon and we'll be back in Alabama on Sunday and I'll buy a tag on Monday." They said they didn't know, but that we are supposed to have a tag. They were nice the whole time, but I thought this was ridiculous, and I figure that since they couldn't give us a ticket for improper passing they would give us a ticket for no tag.

On Monday I talked to the tag office in Alabama and they thought getting a ticket was crazy. I then called Hillsville, VA where Linda received the ticket. The lady there thought the ticket was crazy too. Then she looked up the code & she said it had no provision for paying the ticket my mail. She said to write the judge a letter explaining everything and that he would probably throw the ticket out.

I sent the letter & copies of everything off yesterday. I also looked up the code & here is what it said:

46.2-606. Notice of change of address.
Whenever any person who has applied for or obtained the registration or title to a vehicle moves from the address shown in his application, registration card or certificate of title, he shall notify the Department of his change of address within thirty days.
Anyone failing to comply with this section may be charged a fee of five dollars, to be used to cover the Department's expenses.
(1974, c. 347,

 

I hope this isn't the beginning of bad happenings with your Spa. Enjoy the car. IT'S SUMMERTIME!!!!!!!!