Local Meet
March 14, 2005
Yesterday afternoon, I met up with about 40 or 50 fellow Subaru enthusiasts in my area and caravanned up to Park City for a drive. Despite 95% of us driving quite conservatively, we still ran into some severe problems with the law. About half of our group got separated because the police set up a road block to better control us. While this roadblock took place several cops raced (completely out of control) ahead to stop the other pack. Being in this first pack we were completely oblivious to the problems behind us. We continued to the designated meeting spot to wait for stragglers and anybody who got left behind.
Apparently the officers, who were panicking because they had all seen Fast and the Furious, knew exactly what high-performance import cars do when they gather. I say they were panicking for several reasons.
- A couple of them got out of their car and started yelling at each other.
- One squad car, upon entering the freeway, fishtailed uncontrollably for several moments before finally getting control.
- A second squad car, upon seeing the first car out of control, lost control himself and ended up in the median of the highway.
I bring this episode up not to say, "look how much of a ruckus we WRX and STi owners can cause," but to point out who was the real problem yesterday. I'm actually quite surprised that there wasn't an accident. But rest assured, the vehicles involved in it wouldn't be driven by one of us Subarus who were abiding by the law.