As I was driving back down from the Hospice du Rhône on Sunday morning, while passing through San Luis Obispo we caught up with three older Porsche 911s that were being escorted by a CHP motorcycle officer. They were moving along at about 55 mph and a truck pulled out to pass them.
He was going maybe 58 mph and after about two miles he hadn't yet
cleared the three cars and the CHP guy pulled behind him to maybe hurry
things up a bit. I'm not sure whether the driver saw the cop or just decided to pull back into the slow lane, but he apparently hadn't noticed that he hadn't quite cleared the lead car. Fortunately, the driver was paying attention, and as the trailer began crossing over into his lane, he moved over onto the side of the road, maintaining his speed (and presumably, his composure).
http://www.hospicedurhone.org/
The CHP officer then hit his lights and siren and pulled the truck over, and with the accident averted, the Porsches continued along to their destination.
I found the stickers on the back of the trailer to be more than a little appropriate:
BTW, about 20 miles south of this almost-an-incident, the odometer on A360P went over 100K. So much for the warranty; I'm happy that nothing major has gone wrong with this car thus far. It either speaks volumes for the quality of VW's construction (at least where the R32 is concerned) or maybe to the value of proactive maintenance. My 1999 VW GTI VR-6 made it to 170K without anything dire occurring and I'm hoping to enjoy the same reliability with the R32.
