even the rich boys have to play by the rules

Fred · Post by **Fred** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:42 am

Very nice to see, always been under the impression that the ppl with flash cars manage to get away with more, ie nearly every porsche,jag etc ive seen have stick on licence plates.

Mustv been an impressive burnout in a 200k plus car :lol:

http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3535996a10,00.html

Silent Knight · Post by **Silent Knight** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:54 am

Alleged to have 'spun' the wheels with his merc?

I would like the cop's definition of 'spun' the wheels....

XERO · Post by **XERO** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:01 am

Is it something like Sustained loss of traction?

Silent Knight · Post by **Silent Knight** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:34 am

XERO wrote:Is it something like Sustained loss of traction?

It is yes but I would like to know what their exact definition of this is...

A cope on a bad day could do you for taking off from a set of lights too fast because your wheels chirpped..

This has happned before aswell in Hamilton I remember when I was down there.

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:37 am

id have thought that car would have had traction control.... maybe he switched it off... also isnt he the same guy that races that camaro in super gt?

Silent Knight · Post by **Silent Knight** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:42 am

I'm guessing it is the same guy as they have the same name.
Unless someone else is going by the same first and last names...

cheese · Post by **cheese** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:56 am

Silent Knight wrote:A cope on a bad day could do you for taking off from a set of lights too fast because your wheels chirpped..

yeh my mate got arrested for that, possibly because he was a kid in a flashcar, but since he was a millionaire he just went and bought something quicker

Website · Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:06 am

Mr Revhead wrote:id have thought that car would have had traction control.... maybe he switched it off... also isnt he the same guy that races that camaro in super gt?

yup it is the same guy
used to live down the road from him when i was a kid, and he is my sisters god father in fact

he used to race sprint cars as well as other things
Ngaere said when the Daily News rung him last night he wasnt very happy about the whole thing and didnt wanna talk about it! i dont blame him. hardly front page material

flygt4 · Post by **flygt4** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:32 am

i thought mercedes traction control was unable to be completely switched off , but tis supposed to give you a bit of leeway before if operates .

either way i bet its just another officer abusing the law

mr pad · Post by **mr pad** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:45 am

flygt4 wrote:i thought mercedes traction control was unable to be completely switched off , but tis supposed to give you a bit of leeway before if operates .

Pretty much. You can still smoke em before traction control can stop ya.

rollas22 · Post by **rollas22** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:18 pm

Good stuff! Good on him, musta been classic tho from the cops point of view, seeing this mega rich merc popn a skid!!!

86_rolla · Post by **86_rolla** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:51 pm

hahah yeh. The cop that i sent an e-mail to about the exhaust laws sent me this think today saying "you might be interested in this". Oh well he's got plenty of money

Chelles · Post by **Chelles** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:13 pm

Hahahah I know John Rae. He is the oldest 'boy racer' I know. He's been motor racing for years. Has a very very nice ex Brock Bathurst Torana.

I don't imagine he would have been too impressed that they took is 'toy' away from him.
Classic!
:mrgreen:

blackmk3 · Post by **blackmk3** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:56 pm

ive be very intrested to know if he gets done with the same penalties as i did as i got charged with the same offence recently....

or they lower it a bit as he isnt young driving a merc not a "boy racer" supra is well known and proberly got plenty of $

Nick

86_rolla · Post by **86_rolla** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:09 pm

i heard that like when he got pulled up his missus was driving, but like someone had called in and reported him dropping one

Stu- · Post by **Stu-** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:48 am

Its a decent length line left on the road too

Snoozin · Post by **Snoozin** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:41 am

Chelles wrote:Hahahah I know John Rae. He is the oldest 'boy racer' I know. He's been motor racing for years. Has a very very nice ex Brock Bathurst Torana.

I don't imagine he would have been too impressed that they took is 'toy' away from him.
Classic!

That A9X Hatch was fantastic... one of the country's best classic race cars. I think he may have sold it a few years back, I recall it being run at a Whittakers event by someone else (and yes, I know there is a similar car running round as well.....).

Fred · Post by **Fred** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:05 am

heard on the radio that an owner of an itm or some hardware store heard noise and saw smoke and reported it to the police, mustv been a massive burnout =)

Chelles · Post by **Chelles** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:41 pm

SnoozinEuro wrote:
Chelles wrote:Hahahah I know John Rae. He is the oldest 'boy racer' I know. He's been motor racing for years. Has a very very nice ex Brock Bathurst Torana.

I don't imagine he would have been too impressed that they took is 'toy' away from him.
Classic!

That A9X Hatch was fantastic... one of the country's best classic race cars. I think he may have sold it a few years back, I recall it being run at a Whittakers event by someone else (and yes, I know there is a similar car running round as well.....).

Sold it?? crickey that suprises me. I know that someone else used to drive it on occasion.
But yes you are right, it's abeautiful car

2LTR Rona · Post by **2LTR Rona** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:51 pm

Caught the end of 91ZM speaking to him on air yesterday afternoon, by the sounds of it they are arranging a ZX200 for hime while his is locked up, would suck to get that impounded too :lol: