Bay Area zero tolerance for modified cars...... (reffed last night)
I feel your pain, I got tint and no front plate 4 weeks ago on 280n in about your area from sf to sj on my long a** commute home after work. On Friday I got another ticket for my exhaust, its kinda loude though, a greddy ti-c. This was not a fix it and I played it real nice with the CHP and he decided not to send me to the ref.
I just ordered a cobb cbe today, I hope its tame enough, i guess with a catted dp its around 90dec. thats 5dec. under the law.
be careful out their they want us to all be driving Cammeries
I just ordered a cobb cbe today, I hope its tame enough, i guess with a catted dp its around 90dec. thats 5dec. under the law.
be careful out their they want us to all be driving Cammeries
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Yeah, the whole thing is definitely way out of hand at this point, the best part of it is, these cops go home, laugh about who they taged during the day, and will never experience the frustration that all of us regulars feel. My dream job would be a job, where you monitor and scold cops all day, HEY! DONT DO THAT! THATS IGNORANT!
I think that makes me so mad is that i see more guys in g35's, m3/5, and merced., trying to race me then other imports, exspecially on 280. Yet its always us taking the heat for a few reckless people.
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people, instead of talking about it, we should do something about it. i am not talking about fighting a ticket or two. i am talking about fighting the system that is making this mess for all of us. how can we get ref tickets when the refs are closed which means we only need to pay the tickets. the system is made in a way to steal our money. we are tax paying citizens and we vote and have rights. is this even America? what happened to our rights? America is fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan for our freedom, yet it seems we have very little here at home. Total BS.
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^ something that is gonna be hard for us to do lol. the problem is the people that race, it gives r cars bad names! and why don't vetts or stangs ever get reffed
The biggest thing is that its all so confusing.
For Example: the law about exhaust says you cant change it to make it louder, but you can change it as long as its below 95dec, and if you do change it your car has to be over something like 50k or have a reason to change it.
And thats just the part i kinda understand, so each cops has a different interpretation of that law and charges us with a different part, its all such a mess and not in our favor.....
You cant fight without money and a lawyer
For Example: the law about exhaust says you cant change it to make it louder, but you can change it as long as its below 95dec, and if you do change it your car has to be over something like 50k or have a reason to change it.
And thats just the part i kinda understand, so each cops has a different interpretation of that law and charges us with a different part, its all such a mess and not in our favor.....
You cant fight without money and a lawyer
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It'd be great to get something like that going with at least a few hundred people but, at the same time, no matter what, it all comes down to time and money, which is just what they want from us
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Them (cops, court, etc) => lots of time, taking our money
Us (criminals) => no time, cuz we're trying to make money
A few months back a cop asked my y I needed such a loud exhaust? I told him I have lots of cats and dogs on my street and i am afraid I wold hit them if my car was 2 quiet. He laughed
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isn't there a SEMA organization that protects the rights of modifying your car? If not, isn't there something against profiling? Tell the damn hot rods to put smog legal exhaust on their cars and leave us alone.
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I got reffed for JUST the exhaust, he knew I had an intake but didn't give me any crap for it, and yeah, I got the ref in San Jose, then got pulled over in mountain view dropping a friend off, then got pulled over coming back to my house in Foster City from 10pm - 1:30am
I promise you, the exhaust is quiet compared to most!
I promise you, the exhaust is quiet compared to most!
where in MV and was it MVPD or CHP?
and i have a silenced Borla, the MV cop let me off with a fix it for that instead of my 50 in 35 El Camino.
