Judge Cameron said Spittal showed "complete disregard for any other drivers". Finally, Spittal lost control of the vehicle, driving on to a grass verge at 150km/h or more, sending his car "catapulting into the air", going through a fence and into a paddock.
There was "extensive damage" to the vehicle, but it landed on its wheels.
Though Spittal wasn't wearing his seatbelt he wasn't seriously injured. He and his passenger were pulled from the car.
Police found a knife and brass knuckledusters in the driver's door.
He was charged with reckless driving, failing to stop, driving while forbidden, and possessing an offensive weapon.
On February 2, Spittal and a friend met a man at a house and drove him to another address, where they left him.
"That person became suspicious upon being left abandoned and rang the police," Judge Cameron said. "Police immediately went to the address and discovered the defendants had unplugged the TV, DVD, and Sky decoder. Because of the timely arrival of police, they had no opportunity to remove those items."
Spittal was charged with burglary and driving while forbidden.
On May 30, he was involved in another car chase through Wanganui.
Spittal sped away down Heads Rd, at 110km/h at least, before reaching his house and pulling into the driveway.
He got out of his car and ran towards the patrol car, yelled at officers and went into the house.
Another person then came out of the house and claimed to have been driving and that Spittal was in the shower, where he had been for 10 minutes.
"The defendant was aggressive and abusive and was taken into custody only after being challenged with a Taser," Judge Cameron said. "Numerous" other vehicles were on the road during the chase, as it happened at 11.50am.
Spittal had a "poor" history, with convictions between 1989 and 2011 and had earned a 16-month jail term in 2007.
Defence lawyer Debbie Goodlet said there had been a slowdown in Spittal's offending, the last conviction being in 2011. He was attending drug and alcohol counselling.
Judge Cameron felt jail would be a "retrograde step", though the May 30 offending had occurred while Spittal was on bail. He was sentenced to six months' community detention with curfews, disqualified from driving for 18 months and put on six months' supervision.
The knife and knuckledusters were ordered destroyed.