California Crackdown on Modified Cars Options

[CheesyLobster]

This really does suck a bunch for me, especially as i just got my turbo kit. I'll need to keep my car as stock looking as possible...

[Valo666]

they did somethin like that here in toronto and the greater toronto area called pacer programe. To get the point across that modifying ur car is "bad" and "wrong". The police decided to soup up/rice out a 2001 civic SIR. It even had a greddy turbo kit. They said it was to chase down the faster cars at drag races. thing is though, there has been nights where the cops drivin it have taken part. I dunno, i think police cracking down on modifying imports is stupid. They admire modified classics/muscel cars, they fear bikers, yet are most intimidated by imports. Theres a guy who goes to the car show at my work on weekends who drives a 1600hp supercharged plymouth GTX with a 300shot of nitrous. Its street legal, but i mean its 1600hp, this guy runs 1/4 mile in like 8 seconds on pump gas. Ive seen this guy show up at drag races north of where i live. The police will not stop this guy even if they see him racing. Why? because they respect the fact he restored the car and did what he did to it. The guys runnin straight exhaust with 2 3 1/2inch glass pack straight mufflers. hez easily 3 times as loud as any import i know. cops wont pull him over. Yet if a civic with a loud exhaust drives by right after him, they will get the civic. It pisses me off that just because u drive an import u get profiled, yet there r bikers who are twice as loud as my celi at 5000rpm, and they actually cause dmg n stuff. I dunno, its anoying that ppl drivin and import with an exhaust system will get pulled over, but a guy drivin a muscel car twice as loud, and duin twice the speed we are.

[FAQdaWorld]

Its like a generational thing, try and tell me those cops pulling you over werent doing the same exact damn thing when they were our age?

[jayi12-15psi]

I think it has a bit to do with a generational thing, but there is also a logical reason for a greater crackdown on streetracing/speeding. I think it is reasonable for them to crack down on speedracing more so than they did 30 years ago because with more people on the roads and technological advancements, there are alot more people racing these days and their cars go alot faster. Which is not to say that older cars aren't fast, but these days most cars can easily go 120 mph. I do however believe that there is an unfair combination with different variations of profiling, whether it is age or race, with probable cause.

just my $.02

[thaimiishoe]

lol speaking of modified cars...i got pulled over this morning with 3 other full cars. Dumb cop thought we were racing. We were on our way to some "haunted preschool"...and its on mountain roads....and he thought we were racing?!?! wtf....and he kept on asking what i had modified to the front of the cat....I told him intake only, and other than that I have no clue because I just bought the car how it is. I hate the po.

[jayi12-15psi]

Yeah, I hate the po. Wouldn't it be nice if one day, they would all just vanish? Then civilization would be left to it's own devices, chaos would insue amidst all the looting and murder, Back to the stone age! Before you go on claiming that you "hate" the police, you need to realize that they are a necessary evil. You need to respect them simply for the job that they do, because somewhere there's a cop raiding a crackhouse while you decide which body-kit would look sweet on your ride.

[macavely]

but what about the modified american muscle cars? ... this is why we need more young people in political office..so we can flip it on this pill popping little dick dick heads that want to make stupid laws.. and not worry about the real problems in this country .. or in there state .

[jayi12-15psi]

True, in any instance where a common vote is used in order to elect a politician, I will usually vote for a younger candidate(that agrees with my views of course). Of course there is always the problem with experience. Most positions of power take experience in a particular field, which of course takes time, which of course leads to older candidates pushing themselves into commanding positions. It's your country, take control of it. Some laws are unfair and need to be changed.

[CheesyLobster]

lol speaking of modified cars...i got pulled over this morning with 3 other full cars.  Dumb cop thought we were racing.  We were on our way to some "haunted preschool"...and its on mountain roads....and he thought we were racing?!?! wtf....and he kept on asking what i had modified to the front of the cat....I told him intake only, and other than that I have no clue because I just bought the car how it is. I hate the po.
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Did he look under the hood? I think that its totally a vialation of privacy if they do. A wing/stickers is not probable cause. That's like saying if someone has dredlocks the cops can pull them over and search the car because they probably have weed.

[bojangles_8686]

When I got my ticket a while ago the cop told me I was lucky that he didnt tow my car for all the illegal stuff done to it. All that was done was a muffler and it was lowered with rims. And the muffler isnt loud at all!!

This post has been edited by bojangles_8686: Aug 9, 2005 - 6:38 AM

[playr158]

let me reiterate my point


cops = bad

thank you
you may now return to your normal programing


This post has been edited by playr158: Aug 9, 2005 - 9:11 AM

[tranxendz]

I strongly discourage this "crackdown on modified cars". I don't know about the rest of you but having a customized exterior does not necessarily mean "racing". Heck, my car is all show and no go. Thankfully, about 4 cops that stopped me due to the fact that they thought my car was modified to "race" but let me go without a fix-it ticket. As y'all know I have an auto with no modification on the performance, other than my exhaust (which is deep in its sound). It's funny cause those cops looked under my hood and saw no modifcation haha. So they let me go, I think cause they liked my girl who was sitting on the passenger seat LoL. So basically a pinto can catch up to me. LoL. What makes window tinting, large spoilers, and extra gauges make a car a race car? There are a lot of Mercedes, BMW's, etc who have window tinting with big rims, are they racers too? The first car I started Driving was a Nissan 200SX 1985, the only thing I put on there was a sticker on the window. LoL I know that’s ghetto but it would be even worse if a cop stopped me for my "sticker", assuming I was racing. That Nissan can't even go past 60 without doing weird shaking motions. This in fact is stereotyping and it is unethical for police to immediately think that just because a car looks like a "racer" doesn't mean they are. I've seen old Toyota's that are modified in its performance and its ugly with no modifications in its exterior. Those oldie Toyota Corolla's can beat me. My Celica looks fast but it can't even go 70 without shaking. I had all these plans for my SCION but I think I'm going to work underneath the hood now cause I hate being harassed. We all need to sign a petition against this because y'all are right it is a waste of taxpayers money. They need to put that towards the school system that the Governor borrowed from last year. Not waste it on paid harrasment towards "driving while Asian" stereotyping towards us car enthusiasts. Racing=road rage on the highways/freeways and roads. I only race if I'm pissed off. LoL. Hey modifying our cars our better than us being in gangs, doing drugs, selling drugs, and what not. I strongly believe that this kind of enthusiasm towards cars makes you not think about anything else….That is why when my little bro hits 16 I'm going to get him a car so he can modify it too.

[Ralph96gt]

yeah i got pulled over a while ago for no reason..i was not speeding and i even had my stock muffler on at the time...but my car looks "racey" so he stopps me and the first thing he asks me is "there isnt anything under that hood that shouldnt be there right?" and i popped it and said take a look..he looked and felt stupid cause i had my car stock so he just wasted his time by pulling me over.....dumb cop....

[jayi12-15psi]

playr158 Posted Today, 06:11 AM
  let me reiterate my point


cops = bad

thank you
you may now return to your normal programing

That's a pretty broad statement. Yes, there are of course, bad cops, but to say something as all inclusive such as "cops = bad" is fairly ignorant.

[CheesyLobster]

Do you think you could get away with saying that the celica comes turbo charged? im sure most cops dont know a thing about celicas..

[playr158]

lol yea just havea a box of donuts handy

[darksecret]

Well Cali has to keep the rich farts who drive Ferraris, Porches, etc. from being outrun by some shade tree mechanic with a CRX because it sucks to own a $300,000 car that can't beat a $10,000 one, lol.

[bloodrain]

....because somewhere there's a cop raiding a crackhouse ...

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sons of bitchs raided me last week.

[thaimiishoe]

lol speaking of modified cars...i got pulled over this morning with 3 other full cars.  Dumb cop thought we were racing.  We were on our way to some "haunted preschool"...and its on mountain roads....and he thought we were racing?!?! wtf....and he kept on asking what i had modified to the front of the cat....I told him intake only, and other than that I have no clue because I just bought the car how it is. I hate the po.
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Did he look under the hood? I think that its totally a vialation of privacy if they do. A wing/stickers is not probable cause. That's like saying if someone has dredlocks the cops can pull them over and search the car because they probably have weed.
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nah. He just assumed we were racing when only 2 of the 4 cars were "race status". My friends rx-7 fd was the other one. But the cop assumed that because of my kit and muffler, that we were racing. I hate how cops can let domestic muscle cars get by. From all the crap i've seen on domestics...imports are innocent

[dustin15brown]

Thats ok though.... cuz teens dont drive 500hp muscle cars Only the elder responsible adults do that... and they DO NOT break the law