We made it home form Cincy and thanks...

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

Wow! That whole story sucks!
I had no idea Mark was that nice of a guy though. Holy Cow, I'm impressed!

OTOH, what the hell were you doing 110MPH for?
Glad everything came out relatively well in the end!
Dan

From: "Peter" <peter@thescirocco.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 4:42 AM
Subject: RE: We made it home form Cincy and thanks...


> It was great seeing EVERYONE again!
> 
> It started out as me catching up to the first Scirocco convoy...
> 
> And it ended up with me getting arrested, because my license had expired 30
> days ago, without me noticing it.
> The Highway Patrol was dispatched, and I was clocked at 110MPH...
> 
> After spending 12 hours in Licking County Jail in Newark Ohio, my good
> friend Marc Getty posted the $10,000 bail, and I was released around 2AM
> Monday morning. 
> 
> Marc picked me up at Licking County Jail, and dropped me off at my house in
> Delaware.
> 
> Thanks again Marc, I really appreciate having friends, that I can count on.
> 
> It's now 4AM Wednesday, Kevin and I, just came back from Licking County,
> after getting arraigned today at 12:45.
> We set out at 2AM on Tuesday morning, driving my '83 Pickup to Newark Ohio.
> 
> At ~6AM the Pickup suddenly stopped running, so I coasted off US 68, into
> the friendlies town in Maryland, Cumberland.
> Kevin and I were taken back, because everyone, that we came across in this
> town, were extremely nice. After some research at the corner store, we
> trekked ~10 miles north to an Enterprise Car Rental, on the other side of
> town. We got there before they opened, and they didn't even have cars for
> customers reservations. I called Hertz, which was located in a Citgo, a
> stones throws from my Pickup, and Enterprise was nice enough to drive us
> there. The unlimited car rental was only $42 for the day, and I made it to
> court in Ohio, with 15 mintes to spare.
> 
> We went to the Higway Patrol, and got a release ticket for my Rabbit GTI,
> the one with a Golden Finch in the grill. 
> 
> Kevin and I got back with it at 3AM, after having the Pickup towed home 210
> miles, w/Premier AAA...
> 
> Thanks to Daun and Brad for organizing CINCY2006, and for our little
> contingency plan, for getting my Rabbit GTI back, from the Newark-Heath
> Airport. 
> 
> Luckily that wasn't needed, but it was great for Daun to offer to fly in,
> and drive my Rabbit GTI back to Wilmington OH.
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter