I was reading the local paper and found an article about a local guy who was charged with speeding/careless b/c of an online post on one of the Beemer enthusiast sites. Apparently he bragged about doing 140km/h in a 50km/h zone. The article indicated that he was traced by checking his online moniker and they then got his ip address and other technical gobbledygook and were able to charge him. I think there's more to this story than was posted b/c there was something about a package sent to the police from the US - perhaps some snitch evidence or something. There must have been local complaints too to initiate all this but I don't know the details. But the guy is on probation for a year and lost his licence for 6 months basically caught by an online post.

Good thing the vids on this board are from "south of the border"

 

Pretty crazy for sure. This had been talked about quite a bit on a local Porsche forum here and one of the guys went through the original thread and summarized a few interesting points:

"Seems the police had local eyewitnesses that after going door to door in the neighbourhood, came forward about the incident in question - securing the conviction. "

"This 18 y.o. kid had his 500 BHP car for only a few weeks prior to posting his accomplishment of doing 140 in a 40kmh zone (with complete details on the day/street/city name of where he did it). Rather than getting the expected hero-worship replies, he gets (appropriately) lambasted by the M5 crowd, who last fall, saw a similar teenager owner post similar boasts, only to crash his M5 with 4 other occupants, removing 5 young people from this earth in the process. "

"Early on in his 24 page thread, he talks about how he dislikes driving while he's high, and doesn't do it very often ?!?. "

"a week after his initial post, he throws up another thread announcing he'd crashed his M5 into a pole, but able to correct most of the damage in a friends garage with $5K worth of parts (without having to report anything to police/insurance). "

Sounds like they might have gone out of their way to make sure this guy got what he deserved - maybe for his own good.

 

Wow.... I guess I must come forward with the truth now. I'm only posting other peoples' data pretending it to be mine. I don't really own a 997tt either. I make my living as a fictional writer involving stealth modding of cars and when their spouses find out all hell breaks loose. It will be an upcoming late night TV series right behind "Cheaters".

 

For the record, I only drive my Porsche south of the border. Just saying.

 

lol, I was thinking the same thing. Uh yes, I'm really only 14yrs old and don't even have my licence, just wanted to hang with the cool kids on this forum.

JT, I hadn't seen that other thread and didn't know those details. Shameful behaviour for sure and I'd have to say it sounds like he deserved to be caught for such recklessness.