1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

Man Tries To Impress Wife - Gets Car Impounded

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Tideland Prius, Jan 17, 2006.

  1. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2004
    44,947
    16,165
    41
    Location:
    Canada
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    "Bad boys, bad boys - whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they
    come for you."

    In New Zealand, a local businessman by the name of John Rae recently
    made headlines when in a vain attempt to impress his wife and mother-
    in-law, he performed a wicked burnout in his shiny new CLS 55 AMG.

    Unfortunately for John, his heroic stunt was witnessed by local law
    enforcement, and forty-five minutes later, police pulled him over.
    To add to his unfortunate series of events, police then notified John
    his CLS 55 was being impounded, citing he violated recently passed
    "boy racer legislation," which apparently prohibits performing
    treacherous acts of insanity to impress your significant other.

    Here's what John had to say about the incident: "I lost traction."

    Yeah right John, like we've never heard that one before.

    I'm not from New Zealand, so I don't want to speak for the entire
    population, but I'm sure everyone is sleeping a little sounder now
    that Johnny "The Rocket" Rae isn't prowling the streets any more
     
  2. priusenvy

    priusenvy Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 15, 2004
    1,765
    14
    0
    Location:
    Silicon Valley, CA
    Vehicle:
    2005 Prius
    CLS comes with traction control standard. He would have had to have purposely switched it off in order to do a burnout.
     
  3. tag

    tag Senior Member

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2003
    2,526
    19
    0
    Location:
    Chicago
    Yeah well the guy's got some serious issues, IMHO, considering the individuals he was trying to impress. I mean, his wife and mother-in-law? Nope.......girlfriend or potential girlfriend, maybe....... :D
     
  4. Jack 06

    Jack 06 New Member

    Joined:
    Oct 13, 2005
    2,556
    0
    0
    Location:
    Winters, CA: Prius capital of US. 30 miles W of S
    Oh, I thought the title said "man gets wife impounded". :blink:
     
  5. DocVijay

    DocVijay Active Member

    Joined:
    Sep 15, 2005
    1,455
    2
    0
    Location:
    Tampa, FL
    Exactly, why does he need to impress his wife?
     
  6. B1ggz

    B1ggz New Member

    Joined:
    Nov 2, 2006
    3
    0
    0
    Just thought Id update you with the latest
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2...34a6002,00.html

    I actually know John Rae. Hes actually REALLY well known in my home town.
    Insurance broker, motorsport enthusiast, Director of the local Chamber of Commerce.
    Hes TOTALLY screwed now. What a wombat.

    Classic.