Have you ever.......
 

Have you ever had a scenario when you are stopping at a red light with a
loud exhaust, and the police is next to you? Would you let him go first or drive normal?

Do a burn out. Or just drive normal.

Make eye contact. Nod my head with acknowledgement. Light turns green, I gun it. Pay for ticket with pride.

I'd lug in second.

The only time I sat beside a cop he motioned to roll down my window and asked me what the car was, how I liked it and how much it cost. The conversation lasted over 3 different lights before he turned away.
Just act and drive normal. If they are going to pull you over for exhaust then they are going to do it no matter what. If you are sitting there all jittery and nervous looking they are going to pull you over just to see what is up.

Dam dude,,you got balls ,,, 200% respect

i think i would do that too...

I hope so,,I had an exhaust for my last car and lasted 5 years,,
I hope I didnt use all the luck...

Scared of loud exhaust? They keep a tight leash on you there it seems. Are adults in CA allowed out after 9 PM and able to cross an intersection with out holding somebody's hand? I can't even fathom being scared of a cop because my car is loud. Are Harleys outlawed there?
Edit: Found the answer to this. http://patch.com/california/berkeley...cles-not-cited
Sucks for you Californians.

lol I just drive normal. my car isnt too loud until I get over 3k rpms

I've never. I would need money for a loud exhaust first.

All the time.

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Littering and....

Brings to mind a story of back in the day ……… after I acquired my second vehicle (a 1948 Chevrolet coupe), I decided to “mod” my old ride (a 1937 Chev Pickup).

Yep, I turned it into a “quarter mile dragon wagon” …… cut off the bed and removed the sides of the hood to reduce the weight. Painted it with various different colored spray cans.

Welded 3 single barrel carbs onto the intake manifold.

Welded up a set of "headers", which consisted of four, 2” x 2’ long pieces of water pipes, coming more or less straight out of the head ……. of my “blue flame six” …… more on that later.

Now, in front of our farm, was a mile long, straight stretch of paved road …….. my personal drag strip.

I pulled out on the road to do a time trial ……… when out of nowhere, came an Ohio State Patrol car.

He pulled up beside me and motioned me over ……. so, I shut er down and drifted over onto the shoulder. He whipped out his pad and started writing. Then he got to the place where he said “fire it up”.

So, I did ……. he was standing right in front of the open exhaust pipes when he said, with an attitude, “rev it up”. I couldn’t resist and stomped on it and my “blue flame six” shot flames out about 2 feet …. slightly burning his uniform.

He was pissed ….. threw his book back into his patrol car and told me to get that POS off his highway and he NEVER wanted to see that machine again!



humfrz

Well Hum for a change I have zero corresponding stories since I have never singed a cop with exhaust.

My cop friends always tell me to not bother. Cops already know when your shit is loud.

@humfrz (quoting isnt working again)

That is officially your best story yet.

:burnrubber:

You couldn't quote him either eh? Must be something in his post the site doesn't like.

Ya, I don't know why the quoting doesn't work sometimes ....... maybe admin is trying to protect me ...... from myself ...... maybe too many "back in the day stories" ..... :iono:

Thanks for the complement .... :)


humfrz

There is no such thing as "too many" back in the day stories!
I could go on for hours.
Who am I kidding?
I have.


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You, Humfrz, Ultra, and the other older members of this forum need to make a thread dedicated to "back in the day" stories.

I dunno about anyone else but I very much enjoy reading those.

We don't do enough as it is?
I am sure there are guys out there thinking "ahhhh there they go again".


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Hold clutch in, let him go first, lower window and greet them, then go home and uninstall loud exhaust. Aint need anymore worry in my life. I love my TRD exhaust. Lol


Im already dealing with a bs fixer ticket

Whenever I'm at a light at a cop is next to me I reach into my dash pull out my license and registration and get ready to pull over.

Comes with territory of being brown and in America. :lol:

#funnybutnotfunnybro...

I drive like a normal person. No use in being afraid of a cop. The swat team saw me take off like a bat out of hell from a stop light, pulled up beside me and the driver said "hey, I know you have a cool car, just slow it down next time" and I said "cheers m8" and continued on my merry way.

Then...

Hmmm.. must be the "new normal" I keep hearing so much about. I'll pass. Prefer the old normal, personally. To each his/her own.

Now, back to the OP's question. Permit me to rephrase.. "I'm breaking the law. What's the best way to get a cop to look the other way?"

The best way is to not break the law. If you're breaking a law you believe is unjust or just plain silly (and there are plenty of those in my opinion, too), then either do it openly thereby demonsrating publicly your opposition and disagreement with the law while being prepared to either contest or accept the consequences of your actions (the most honest way) or be very circumspect in your breaking of the law when in areas of a high risk of capture (accomplishing nothing towards reforming the law you deem unjust, and taking a more cowardly/sneaky way out). Either way, do no harm. That is paramount.

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Fix it ticket? For TRD?!

Clickbait title.

The only time someone would drive more cautious with a loud exhaust is 1) the exhaust is clearly illegal or too loud, or 2) the driver is unsure of how the law applies to their exhaust.

-alex

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Obligatory

nope. Taillight not working when applying brakes.

I did the other day in my project FC (racingbeat headers w/ test pipe, stock mufflers). This was as I lost the clutch due to the line springing a leak. Had to take off first as he was in a turn lane except I could only manage it into 3rd gear. Very surprised I didn't get pulled over but maybe throwing my hazards on and pulling over right away helped :bonk:

Should have amended with "I didn't see the swat van, so I took off quicker than normal because I just put a new exhaust on and wanted to hear it."