Thurs was "the good day" - yesterday (Sun) was the opposite.

finished up the friend's bachelor party, hung over but in decent operating condition, fire up the car, and take off.

get on the first major road (right by the pier), there are 3 cops sitting on the side of the road. do complete stops, drive slowly, and what do you know - one has decided to follow me.

2 blocks later, lights.

"why is your exhaust so loud?"

it took them about 30 minutes to write up the ticket (they had a handbook out and everything); meanwhile, Harleys and muscle cars were passing by, shaking the teeth out of my head.

i had to just accept the ticket w/o complaints. obviously, i don't need them to start poking around looking for trouble. (the other officer asked if my Moton cannisters were nitrous.)

ugh...

- chuck

 

That sucks. Last summer, we had a couple of our cars sitting outside and my neighbor had a friend over and they walked down to look at the cars and one asked me if the Moton canister was 'NOS'.

 

Did they actually have a noise meter? What did they write you for?

 

Mate that officer is just another Moron with a small manhood. I would just let it go

 

unfortunately, i have to get the "problem" fixed within a month. which means trying to find a quieter exhaust, switching it out, going to CHP/cops to get it approved, etc.


neural - in CA, they don't need a noise meter since they are "trained" (ha!) those that have heard the car would not argue that it's very very loud; it's just silly the cops are sitting on the side of the main drag looking for problems.


one more place i will never re-visit.

- chuck

 

I haven't had a fixit ticket in a long time but can't you just pay the fine if it's easier(less money) than doing the work?

 

Yeah police coverage has suddenly spiked. I saw 5 people pulled over this afternoon on a shortish drive. I never see anyone...

Sorry about your ticket. You might be able to just pay it.