You heard it here first

Last Wednesday I submitted a contribution to the Commetric blog referring to the still simmering story of Jim Sikes and his runaway Prius, which hinted at my fears that there might be something a bit Jimmy Hill about this incident...if you get the drift of my hot air balloon.

Now it seems that Federal investigators are concerned about "a particular pattern of wear on the car's brakes that raises questions about the driver's version of the event."

Scam or not, at least they should book him for using a mobile phone while driving on the freeway. But maybe that's not illegal in California?