Dealer Road Tested My IsF
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All I know is don't take your ISF to Lexus of Escondido in San Diego. Absolutely beautiful facility and their roof top restaurant is awesome.The sales staff rocks as well. But... their service department is terrible. Not sure where to begin. How they scratched our rear bumper badly and denied it until the threats had to come out or the fact that they were beating on the ISF during their road tests. From their service writers all the way to the service manager, all a bunch of morons. Beware! It's pretty sad that ISF owners have to result to reviewing dash cam footage after taking the car in for service every time.
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The local Porsche dealer did this with my car when I had an inspection for a PCA track weekend. Needless to say, I have not returned there.
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Here in Texas, you're considered wreckless at 25+mph over any speed limit. I'm not sure how heavily it's enforced b/c I got nailed in my IS250 back in '08 doing 104 in a 65, but was only given a speeding ticket. The officer didn't mark the box for "wreckless". That may have been b/c it was 3:30 in the morning on an open highway with no one around but me and my thoughts...and the cop.
Back to the OP. I saw you updated that they gave you an extended warranty for your troubles. What kind of EW was it? Hopefully a bumper-to-bumper. I would have accepted nothing less.
Back to the OP. I saw you updated that they gave you an extended warranty for your troubles. What kind of EW was it? Hopefully a bumper-to-bumper. I would have accepted nothing less.
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Source please? 25+, or so many random folks on the internet have claimed. My friend and I were specifically researching this yesterday and the sites we turned up claiming it were far from official. Wikipedia on the other hand clearly said no threshold, and an old PDF from US Govt DOT made no mention either (dated 2000). DOT's PDF only said the 3rd time you are caught street racing in TX (which is a different charge than reckless), it is a felony.
1. You're in Ohio. Why the hell do you care?
2. Looks like you need to work on your researching. Took me 15 seconds.
3. Wiki is changable and unreliable.
4. US Govt DOT??? Traffic laws are state to state.
But anyway, here you go: Under Texas law, reckless driving can be based on driving too fast for the road and traffic conditions at the time. Texas charges reckless driving for anyone who is doing 20 mph or more over the speed limit, or for anyone exceeding 81mph in a 65mph zone. It is a class I misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in jail and up to a $2500 fine.
Happy now?
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I have to admit your response is rather vexing.
1. You're in Ohio. Why the hell do you care?
2. Looks like you need to work on your researching. Took me 15 seconds.
3. Wiki is changable and unreliable.
4. US Govt DOT??? Traffic laws are state to state.
But anyway, here you go: Under Texas law, reckless driving can be based on driving too fast for the road and traffic conditions at the time. Texas charges reckless driving for anyone who is doing 20 mph or more over the speed limit, or for anyone exceeding 81mph in a 65mph zone. It is a class I misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in jail and up to a $2500 fine.
Happy now?
1. You're in Ohio. Why the hell do you care?
2. Looks like you need to work on your researching. Took me 15 seconds.
3. Wiki is changable and unreliable.
4. US Govt DOT??? Traffic laws are state to state.
But anyway, here you go: Under Texas law, reckless driving can be based on driving too fast for the road and traffic conditions at the time. Texas charges reckless driving for anyone who is doing 20 mph or more over the speed limit, or for anyone exceeding 81mph in a 65mph zone. It is a class I misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in jail and up to a $2500 fine.
Happy now?
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Speeding and Safety
You guys who are commenting on excessive speed on our nations highways may want to read parts of the US Attorney Generals report on Ferguson, Missouri. If you look into some of the details you'll notice the part on citations, pull overs and other attempts by local and other law enforcement units to earn income from said pull overs. Notice that the police and courts were lumped together in this.
We have all been issued tickets and plead innocent in order to appear in court. I automatically plead not guilty to every citation. You'd be amazed at what I've learned after many such tickets. It is not about safety. I once watched a very nice black lady get convicted doing 22 MPH in a 20.
The courts are usually, depending on the state, operated with income the courts collect from fines. The district attorneys and police are paid out of general funds (taxes). Now if the courts don't collect their fines do you really think that the district attorney does not get the message especially if he needs to file a case with the court.
A retired cop told me write after Ferguson that the event would be very bad for law enforcement. I wasn't sure what he meant but noticed a lot fewer speed traps where I live. You notice stuff like this when you drive a F.
I now have a really good defense and I will use it.
Loren
We have all been issued tickets and plead innocent in order to appear in court. I automatically plead not guilty to every citation. You'd be amazed at what I've learned after many such tickets. It is not about safety. I once watched a very nice black lady get convicted doing 22 MPH in a 20.
The courts are usually, depending on the state, operated with income the courts collect from fines. The district attorneys and police are paid out of general funds (taxes). Now if the courts don't collect their fines do you really think that the district attorney does not get the message especially if he needs to file a case with the court.
A retired cop told me write after Ferguson that the event would be very bad for law enforcement. I wasn't sure what he meant but noticed a lot fewer speed traps where I live. You notice stuff like this when you drive a F.
I now have a really good defense and I will use it.
Loren
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Update: I got a call from the dealer and they asked the tech if he had driven the car like I explained before even showing them the video and the tech told the service manger yes. I was told he has been dismissed. The general manager of the dealership apologized and is in communications with me. He is trying to resolve the matter and does not want to lose my business. I did show the video to them in order for them to understand the magnitude of abuse my ISF went through. I tell my kids all the time, trust is hard to get back once you lose it.
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Update: I got a call from the dealer and they asked the tech if he had driven the car like I explained before even showing them the video and the tech told the service manger yes. I was told he has been dismissed. The general manager of the dealership apologized and is in communications with me. He is trying to resolve the matter and does not want to lose my business. I did show the video to them in order for them to understand the magnitude of abuse my ISF went through. I tell my kids all the time, trust is hard to get back once you lose it.
Again, speaking from experience with my dealer I reiterated that I will make the video viral if they fire the tech(s), and that I would like the tech to know that its not okay and to use it as a lesson learned that sometimes there's eyes out there and to not make the same mistake again. God forbid that someone uses a mistake we make in our places of work to cost us a potential career or job over something that could've been resolved (potentially) with a slap on the wrist.