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Author Topic: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero  (Read 15568 times)

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GTRS Fiero

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The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« on: August 25, 2019, 01:03:27 pm »
I bet you can't guess why.

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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2019, 03:00:08 pm »
LED lights?  Converter missing?
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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2019, 03:23:13 pm »
Nope.  Nothing like that.  I worry that they could find some gripe, if they look long and hard enough, though.

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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2019, 03:57:30 pm »
Get this.  Per them, my Fiero was illegally modified to remove the rear seats.  I'm fairly certain that that won't stick.

I did not remove the rear seats.

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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2019, 07:34:45 pm »

Is this a joke?  :o
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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2019, 07:46:36 pm »
Not as far as I know.  I drove to church.  When I came out, they were taking my Fiero.  Nothing I can do, until tomorrow.  Meanwhile, they towed it, less than gently.

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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2019, 02:57:23 am »
I’m sorry this happened to you, but it’s so unbelievable, it’s funny. I can only imagine that they’ll definitely find something to justify their actions, once the embarrassment wears off inside the dept. time to call the local “news on your side” and see if they’ll pick it up. The story shout fit nicely into the “WTF?!” column. I’m sure they’ve got a bloodhound there that enjoys chasing Barney Fife stories.
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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2019, 07:33:43 am »
The city attorney is a client of mine.  I'll give her a call.

I was dumbfounded by their claim.  There were many more likely things they could have said.

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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2019, 10:11:45 am »
You REALLY need to move out of that place.
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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2019, 11:35:40 am »
I think I would seek retribution.  Loss of use and enjoyment of personal property should be worth a couple Thousand.  Pain and Suffering from the anxiety of what might happen to your car while it was in their possession.  Damage to the vehicle while loading and unloading from the tow truck.  I'd let it go to court so there's a full public record of it. 

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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2019, 01:55:36 pm »
I dont see how any body in their right mind would think that there ever was a back seat in  a Fiero.  You sure it wasnt done as a joke???

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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2019, 02:00:32 pm »
You live in a Police State! You must had made some politician or bureaucrat angry. I've never heard of such. How would they have known to look for the car at a church? There has to be more to the story...

 In Georgia you can take out all the seats from a car if you want to.

« Last Edit: August 26, 2019, 02:08:52 pm by MikeMac »

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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2019, 02:46:11 pm »
My first car was a VW Microbus. The back seats were made to be easily removed for carrying cargo. I wonder if they allowed those where  you live.
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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2019, 06:00:50 pm »
He hasn't posted since 7 something this morning. I hope he didn't get sent to Guantanamo.

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Re: The highway patrol confiscated my Fiero
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2019, 06:02:26 pm »
You REALLY need to move out of that place.

This happened in a different city than where I live.  Not near a highway, though.  I have no explanation what the HP was doing there.