Giving the car a little stick off the lights, only to 70km/h (speed limit).
Cruising along for around a few km and then being pulled over by a paddy wagon.
Officer "do you know why I pulled you over?" (somewhat aggitated)
Myself "no officer"
Officer "you don't remember the lights back there?"
Myself "which ones? the ones just there that i went through? They were green..."
Officer " no the ones before that that you took off from at ######## Ave"
Myself "yes, I do, what have i been pulled over for?"
Officer " you(motions with fingers in circles), umm(still motioning with fingers) umm, your wheels spun"
Myself "No they didn't"
Officer "is this your car?"
Myself "yes mate, did you see my wheels spin? This car is an automatic and has ESC, and the wheels don't spin"
Officer "I heard you take off"
Myself "Did you see the wheels spin?"
Officer "No but I heard the loud exhaust, is this a V8?"
Myself "You heard a loud exhaust? Are you going to defect it? I'm pretty sure it is legal. Did you hear the wheels spin?"
Officer "I was attending to another matter, I only heard your car i didn't see it."
Myself "did you hear the wheels spin?"
Officer " I have 2 witness that saw the wheels spin"
Myself "honestly mate, was i speeding when you came up behind me? I took off at the lights and you heard the sound of a V8 taking off, that's what they sound like, If it was a Camry that took off like i did you would have heard nothing and thought nothing, what am i being charged for, you heard something but saw nothing?"
Officer "you are being charged for (motions with fingers again) umm(walks away to his car and then comes back) you will recieve a fine in the mail"
Myself " for what?"
Officer " for doing a burnout"
Myself " ARE YOU KIDDING ME BUDDY? Now your saying i did a burnout? I will see you in court mate, you are wasting my time..Are you seriously going to book me for doing a burn out?"
Officer "(walks back to his car, then comes back) You will receive a fine for Neg driving"
Myself "Mate if I did something wrong I would take it on the chin, but you are just being ridiculous, I will see you in court"
Officer "(very aggitated by now) Listen, I'm just trying to do my job and you are making this harder, I've got a job to do"
Myself "Buddy you have a job to learn, you are booking me for having an iconic Australian car, you are basically booking me for being a hoon because of it, you saw nothing, i did nothing, you heard a V8 and your booking me for it, are we finished here?"
Officer "do you wan't to keep going with this?"
Myself "are we finished here?"
Officer "I'm just trying to do my job"
Myself "your over doing your job mate, now can i go?"
So obviously I got the fine in the mail........looking back at it, I could have gone about it better, I had done the red eye from Perth to Sydney over night and I'm not the best person to be around with little sleep.......
But to be honest this guy seemed fresh out of Goulburn, had little experience in the field of cars, and was basically out to write a ticket for something he didn't see, and that didn't happen........He was aggitated, or almost hyper from the start, and didn't really know what he was booking me for......
Yep, pisses me off.