[A2000RICH]

a great story about rick and his car---------and i'm pretty sure he hasn't forgot about it------sometime around 95/96 rick had just put a new turbo, fuel pump and injectors on "xray"-------we were both staying at the hampton in BG------one evening we were in the parking lot tweeking on the car and rick decides he wants to take it out and give it a run----------as we were leaving the parking lot i noticed a cop car entering the parking lot going the other direction-------i mentioned it to rick and said we need to "keep an eye on him"----------we pull out and take a right turn out of the parking lot and as we got away from the bob evans rick takes off rather fast--------i couldn't get the cop out of my mind and i took a look back and saw that things were clear--------rick stopped and did a powerbrake takeoff-------as we were getting up to speed i again looked behind us and saw a pair of headlights in the far distance----------i told rick to be cautious cause it could be the cop on our tail---------rick says he didn't think it was the cop--------as rick stopped again for another "test" i noticed the car gaining rather rapidly--------rick took off again and we left the headlights in the distance-------rick stops again and the lights keep coming--------rick takes off for the third time and we again leave the headlights in the distance--------each time we did 100+ MPH runs---------as we were stopping for another run the dreaded "blue lights" came on and they closed on us rapidly------ i knew we were in trouble and so did rick-------we pulled over and stopped------the cop pulled up behind us and got out of the car and came to the window-------he asked "you guys were going kinda fast weren't ya"------rick camly says "officer we were just testing the car cause it wasn't running quite right and i didn't realize we were going so fast"--------cop looks in and i'm sitting in the pass seat with a scan tool in my lap/dumb look on my face--------cop says from the way you guys kept pulling away from me i would say it seems to be running pretty good, there is quite a bit of traffic around here and if you need to do anymore testing i would suggest that you guys go up to .................... (he actually told us a place, can't remember where) and finish your testing------------i couldn't believe it---------it looked like we were playing cat and mouse with the cop with 3 100+ MPH runs and he lets us go with a suggestion of a better street for test and tune !!!!!!!!!!!!!-----------must be the white paint cause i know that don't work with black paint...................RC