INBOUND BE55 TO LAL MISSES TFC PATTERN RPTING POINT; FOLLOWS TOO CLOSE TO LNDG LANCAIR; RE-ENTERS TFC PATTERN; LANDS; FAILS TO CONTACT GND CTL IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IS CONCERNED THAT ATC IS NOT FLEXIBLE OR FRIENDLY.

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I ARRIVED VFR AT LAL AND WAS DIRECTED TO CALL 'PASSING THE INTERSTATE' N OF THE FIELD AND EXPECT RWY 9 L DOWNWIND. APPARENTLY I CALLED PASSING THE WRONG INTERSTATE; WHICH CAUSED A LITTLE CONFUSION WITH TWR CTLRS. AFTER THAT WAS SORTED OUT; I WAS DIRECTED TO FOLLOW BEHIND A LANCAIR ON BASE LEG AS I WAS ENTERING DOWNWIND. I TURNED BASE WITH PLENTY OF SPACING; BUT THE LANCAIR SLOWED MUCH MORE THAN I ANTICIPATED ON FINAL; SO TWR SENT ME AROUND JUST AS I WAS PULLING THE THROTTLES TO IDLE AND STARTING TO ROUND OUT. I WENT AROUND AS DIRECTED; COMPLETED A CLOSED PATTERN AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. PULLING OFF THE RWY; I CONTACTED GND; BUT APPARENTLY CONFLICTED WITH ANOTHER XMISSION (FROM A GND VEHICLE; I BELIEVE). SINCE THERE WAS NO TFC IN SIGHT; I CONTINUED TO TAXI FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS (PERCEIVED) TOWARD THE TERMINAL BEFORE FINALLY ESTABLISHING CONTACT WITH THE GND CTLR; WHO ADVISED THAT I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AT THE HOLD LINE FOR CLRNC TO TAXI; PER FARS. WHILE TECHNICALLY TRUE; IT IS VERY SELDOM REQUIRED IN THE REAL WORLD. I FEEL THE CTLR'S INTERP AND APPLICATION OF THE FARS SO STRICTLY WILL ONLY ADD TO ANIMOSITY BTWN PLTS AND CTLRS. I ALSO FEEL HE WAS INFLUENCED BY THE PREVIOUS EVENTS DESCRIBED ABOVE BUT HAVE NO BASIS TO SUPPORT THAT FEELING. REGARDLESS; IF CTLRS ARE GOING TO INSIST ON 'LETTER OF THE LAW' COMPLIANCE WITH OR WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION; I WILL COMPLY IN THE FUTURE. IT'S TOO BAD WE CAN'T BE A LITTLE FRIENDLIER. I ALSO BELIEVE THE LATE GAR CALL FROM THE TWR CTLR CREATED A LESS SAFE SIT THAN IS JUSTIFIABLE. THE LANCAIR WAS CLRING AS I WAS SENT AROUND AND THERE WAS NO REAL CONFLICT OTHER THAN A STRICT INTERP OF THE RULES.