[carolinus]

I would like to relate to all of you something interesting and unpleasant. This is related to porsche owners as well as everybody else.

I feel stupid now, but hind sight is always 20/20.

Last night, I was driving my new (to me) volvo station wagon. I was happy for the upgrade to a turbocharged engine, and I got the car at a very good price. This is a car man's morphine, and I was happy.

I was on the way to my in-laws, and it being a first trip for a new car, my wife and I took two separate vehicles and traveled in convoy in case of trouble.

Well, trouble there was. At about 10:00 PM my engine temp gauge went from middle of the road to the stop on the toast side. I stopped immediately, and checked the problem out. The radiator was leaking quite a bit of fluid. I decide to leave the car there for the evening, and come back in the morning to fix it or tow it. At about the time that I was leaving, a couple of visitors showed up.

This is where the story starts to get interesting. The two good samaritans who stopped were officers from the local sheriff's office. They asked me for ID and asked if they could help. I told them the situation, and that I was going to return to get the car the next day.

They looked at each other and asked if they could call me a tow truck. I told them that I would be just fine. They then mentioned that they wouldn't leave such a nice car there overnight. I said it wasn't the best car in the world, and just because it says Volvo on it doesn't mean much on the price end of things. They then mentioned with a helpful smile that people had a tendancy to have their windows broken out in this area if they leave their cars unattended.

Since it was not a bad neighborhood at all, I decided that I would risk it and told them so. Their cruiser was parked behind my wife and I with all of their lights going, and my wife and I decided to wait until they had left to move on. It was impossible to see oncoming traffic with them there.

We sat there for almost 10 minutes waiting for them to leave. They did not. They just sat there and stared at us. Not talking to each other. Not doing paperwork. Not doing anything but staring at us. Eventually we risked it and left.

They continued to sit there until we were out of sight.

When I returned in the morning, I had two of my windows broken out.

How many of you would like to bet me the cost of two windows that those police officers did it? Perhaps because they had kickbacks from the tow service they REALLY wanted to call for me.

What do you guys think I should do? Right now I think I am screwed.

I think that hearing that this story is very important info for everybody?