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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 12:57 PM
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On my way home from work I spotted a Black ITR with Black Rims on a tow truck heading North on I295 South Jersey.

ITR had a Whitesh/beige License Plate starts with NLY
Will give the details I have on the tow truck if this car was yours..

I didn't see anyone in the passenger seat of the tow truck.

Tow truck was from VA.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 01:03 PM
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R speed guys getting towed home? I dunno.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 01:04 PM
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i hope its not a stolen R
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 01:13 PM
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its good to see someone keeping an eye out. props to you
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 01:32 PM
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When in doubt, just call the police and give them the info on the towing truck.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 01:39 PM
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That does not sound too good...
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 02:46 PM
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i think i know who's it was. a vir vitcim.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 02:48 PM
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Not stolen....coming back from VIR

G&G transport or something like that, ri?
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 02:49 PM
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black wheels? Most like like Aaron <oops, Magic Hat>'s ITR.

One of the 3 VIR victims.


Modified by nEoMuGen at 10:09 PM 2/23/2004
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 02:59 PM
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Ding Ding.. Yep.. G&G Towing.
Good to hear its not stolen.. It just looked a little funny when I didn't see a passenger in the tow truck.

So what's the story on the VIR victims?
Hmm. lemme guess.. Use the Search button ?
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 03:03 PM
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no need.. just read the VIR threads..

good to hear that Aaron's car was getting home safe..
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by arren123 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ding Ding.. Yep.. G&G Towing.
Good to hear its not stolen.. It just looked a little funny when I didn't see a passenger in the tow truck.
</TD></TR></TABLE>


Aaron has the bladder of a 90 year old man...and didn't want to pay extra for frequent pee breaks...

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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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it was my car, the transmission seems to have developed a slight leak at vir the tow truck driver (he's name is squirrel) got my car home in about 9.5hrs - f'ing fast!

edwin chaffeured me home! i have a small bladder, but edwin's bladder called for more stops than me
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 06:09 PM
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damn, I dont even wanna know how much that cost.

atleast shes home and you can get her back in shape
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 06:22 PM
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sounds like a few itr's got 0wn3d at VIR this past weekend.


nice of you to be looking out for fellow itr owners
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 06:24 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B( * Y * )BIES &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sounds like a few itr's got 0wn3d at VIR this past weekend.


nice of you to be looking out for fellow itr owners </TD></TR></TABLE>

few?...almost all
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 06:41 PM
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Default Re: Anyone missing an R??? (magic hat #9)

Good to hear your car made it past the accident that happened behind me. Your car was maybe another mile behind me. Some punk teenagers were weaving in and out of traffic like maniacs. They were in two Lumina's 1995 or newer.. One was red with big 18 " chrome rims, and the other was a blue lumina full of teens following the red car. (The blue car had three teens in the back)

Its a 3 lane highway. Heavy traffic. I was in the passing lane (leftmost lane) and the two crazy drivers were in front of me. The traffic wasn't really passing as fast as they wanted so the driver of the red car weaved his car past the middle lane to the slow right hand lane. He makes it. The blue car follows and gets in the middle lane. I think they were dumb drivers without much experience. Its obvious they weren't looking ahead and fail to see that there's nowhere for them to go. They boxed themselves in in slow traffic. There was no way I was going to stay near these crazy drivers. I sped up to pass the blue car and my nose was about to his driver mirror when the driver started to drift into my lane. I lay on the horn and make it past him safely. Not sure if he heard my horn or saw me because the next thing I hear is screeching tires and see his car spinning in my rearview mirror. My guess is that he wasn't looking, didn't see my car or hear my horn, was suffering from tunnel vision and got spooked. He probably tried to turn sharply back into the middle lane and hit the brakes hard. That's the only way I can see a spin like that happening.

Not sure what happened to them. It was heavy traffic and it was not safe to stop. I hope that the driver didn't kill anyone. A pickup truck was able to stop and flag down a cop that was about a mile down the road. And it looked like the driver in front of me was on his cellphone calling it in.

That is messed up though. If the driver just realized that there are people with families driving on the road, he might've thought twice about endangering everyone.

For now my R is safe.. Whew. Autocross skills kept me safe because I was looking ahead, kept calm and I was able to react correctly by reflex instead of thinking about it.
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