Today while heading home from work I was pulled over by the local police for random harrassment, I pull over to the side of the road and wait for the officer to approch my window.
He does a quick walk around my car first and then walks up to the window and asks me to step out of my car, I do so and he says to me "pop your bonnet and let us see what you have here"
I reach in and pop the bonnet, the officer opens the bonnet and stares at the engine for awhile and then says to me"is this worked?",
I replied "no it's standard, nothing special"
He looks back at me and says"I'll ask you once more, is this a 351?
I said in disblief "you have got to be kidding right?"
he replies "no, I have heard this is a worked 351 V8 so don't be smart with me now"
I start to laugh at him, and he says to me"what are you laughing at?, are you going to answer my question or what?"
I said "ummm no, if you can't count spark plug leads then I shouldn't have to tell you "
He looks back at the motor then goes red in the face as he counts six..not eight plug leads.
I then tell him that it's my other Ford that has the V8 in it and that he is just wasting my time.
He just walks back over to his patrol car and drives off.
What a dumbass, couldn't tell an inline 6 from a V8, what makes it even funny is that my 1986 ford never even had a V8 option from the factory and doesn't even look anything like my 1978 Ford which he was confused with.
And these are the guys that are allowed to defect your car if they think something is wrong with it.
Has anybody else encountered the dumb arm of the law before like this?
Bonnet is what Australian's call hoods, and a boot is what trunks are called...it's not my fault yanks are all backwards and give things incorrect names.
He does a quick walk around my car first and then walks up to the window and asks me to step out of my car, I do so and he says to me "pop your bonnet and let us see what you have here"
I reach in and pop the bonnet, the officer opens the bonnet and stares at the engine for awhile and then says to me"is this worked?",
I replied "no it's standard, nothing special"
He looks back at me and says"I'll ask you once more, is this a 351?
I said in disblief "you have got to be kidding right?"
he replies "no, I have heard this is a worked 351 V8 so don't be smart with me now"
I start to laugh at him, and he says to me"what are you laughing at?, are you going to answer my question or what?"
I said "ummm no, if you can't count spark plug leads then I shouldn't have to tell you "
He looks back at the motor then goes red in the face as he counts six..not eight plug leads.
I then tell him that it's my other Ford that has the V8 in it and that he is just wasting my time.
He just walks back over to his patrol car and drives off.
What a dumbass, couldn't tell an inline 6 from a V8, what makes it even funny is that my 1986 ford never even had a V8 option from the factory and doesn't even look anything like my 1978 Ford which he was confused with.
And these are the guys that are allowed to defect your car if they think something is wrong with it.
Has anybody else encountered the dumb arm of the law before like this?
Bonnet is what Australian's call hoods, and a boot is what trunks are called...it's not my fault yanks are all backwards and give things incorrect names.
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